Reade Pickert

Kim Masters and Matt Belloni banter about the summer box office, noting that it started with a whimper but is ending with a bang thanks to a sequel and two superheroes.

An audio folk story examining the tradition of Black watermelon long-haulers, who drive to farms in the South for watermelon and sell them in Black neighborhoods around the US.

Video game performers have gone on strike after two years of negotiations around AI and the use of performers’ digital likeness.

Fast-food owners are belt-tightening — but not laying off workers — three months into the new $20 minimum wage.

LA chicken legend Koo Koo Roo announced its return this week. KCRW spoke with its new CEO to get answers to burning questions.

The “big club” that “you ain’t in,” as George Carlin famously put it, is increasingly visible as the presidential election rolls on toward November.

The Federal Reserve announced a half-a-percentage point cut in interest rates on Wednesday. Mortgage rates had already been falling, but the median home price in LA is $1 million.

Can civility influence voters in the Trump era? Has Biden’s policy in the Middle East backfired? Plus, the United States hits a bleak milestone on executions.

In the midst of election season, conversations revolving around the levers of power become more frequent, and in the case of a U.S.