Nina Jacobson

Lost Notes explores how the song “Viva Tirado” exemplifies the inter-generational musical conversation between LA’s Black and Brown communities.

Daniel Dae Kim talks Avatar: The Last Airbender,” Sam Esmail creates spaces for Julia Roberts to challenge herself, and David Oyelowo has The Treat.

Lost Notes details the darkly hilarious schemes of record-label magnate Ruth Christie, who instigated one of the most absurd court cases in music history.

Kim Masters and Matt Belloni take a look at Jeff Skoll’s decision to close Participant Media after 20 years.

“The People’s Joker” filmmaker Vera Drew turns queer superhero subtext into text, The Folio Society’s James Rose talks 85 years of Batman, Calmatic has The Treat.

Critics review the latest film releases: “Abigail,” “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare,” “We Grown Now,” and “The People's Joker.”

Ray McGovern, the 27-year CIA veteran who counseled seven presidents, joins host Robert Scheer in a Theatre of the Absurd reenactment of McGovern's historic role.

KCRW remembers Angela McCluskey, formerly of Wild Colonials, with a selection of KCRW live appearances.

LA bedroom-house artist Vagabon brings cuts from her 2023 LP “Sorry I Haven’t Called” to KCRW HQ.