Per Petterson

From magical cookbooks to culinary ethnographies to secret histories, these are the books that inspired Good Food in 2021.

Iranian director Asghar Farhadi has won two Oscars and could be up for a third. His new movie “A Hero” is on this year’s shortlist for Best International Film.

Dave Eggers further discusses his new book, “The Every.”

The standard Netflix plan now costs $15.49 a month — 50 cents more than HBO Max. Some subscribers may cancel, but the price will likely continue to rise as Netflix grows.

Newly minted LA Opera conductor Lina González-Granados often works with young singers outside of performance halls and says the LA Opera does a good job of bringing music to other…

Bradley Cooper has two films out — “Licorice Pizza” and “Nightmare Alley.” In the first of a two-part interview, Cooper tells KCRW how he prepared for each role.

Jonathan Bastian talks with psychologist Paul Bloom about the role that hardship and pain play in living a good life.

"Lunana: A Yak In the Classroom" is Bhutan's international-feature entry for the Oscars.

After the deaths of her husband, John Gregory Dunne, and her daughter, Quintana, Joan Didion wrote "Blue Nights," the most personal and poetic book of her career.