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For those with chronic pain - does surgery lead to improvement?
Health & WellnessWhile it depends on the pain and the cause, on average surgery for chronic musculoskeletal pain does not result in less pain compared to those who received no surgery.
Gardening, dishwashing, fighting for fridge space
Food & DrinkThe new year is an opportunity to scale back and reflect.
LA homeless shelters hit by COVID outbreaks
HomelessnessCases of COVID-19 are on the rise among people experiencing homelessness in LA County. Group shelters are having a particularly hard time controlling the spread.
Cheese, bucatini shortage, amatriciana, women chefs
Food & DrinkThis week’s Good Food is a metaphoric grilled cheese sandwich with tomato soup — an hour of comfort and distraction from a headshaking news cycle.
Jimmy Carter's Lifelong Efforts to Atone for White America's Sins
BooksRaised in privilege amidst the barbarism of segregation, the oft-maligned president eventually embraced the New South liberalism that just swept his native Georgia’s election.
Susan Taubes, introduction by David Rieff: “Divorcing”
BooksDavid Rieff discusses “Divorcing” by Susan Taubes: the reimagined end of an autobiographical marriage.
‘Death reveals the depths of our love.’ Rabbi Steve Leder on dying and grieving
Health & WellnessKCRW’s Jonathan Bastian talks with Rabbi Steve Leder the Senior Rabbi of Wilshire Boulevard Temple and author of the upcoming book “ The Beauty of What Remains: How Our Greatest Fear…
The power of giving back by baking, farming, and eating dim sum
Food & DrinkA note from Evan Kleiman: I am devoting this show to something that has sustained me this year — the power of giving.
Christmas Eve special: Sopan Deb, ‘Mr. SOUL!’ and David Byrne
HollywoodOn this Christmas Eve, Press Play re-airs some favorite interviews of the year. Sopan Deb shares how his Indian heritage informs his standup comedy. The documentary “Mr. SOUL!”