Wade Killefer

Think of Santa Monica and there are a number of things that come to mind: an idyllic, beachside setting; a tech-saturated economy; a bastion of liberal politics.

Sea Monsters is a fascinatingly consistent and exquisitely shaped novel by Chloe Aridjis.

Two Russia experts discuss how the Washington establishment's virulent anti-Kremlin sentiment affects domestic and foreign policy as well as media narratives.

For a variety of different controlled drugs, such as opioids and stimulants, prescriptions are more common in majority white areas. What is the impact of this disparity?

Celebrate architecture and design from around the world at the Architecture and Design Film Festival; attend a lecture by award winning Nigerian architect, Kunlé Adeyemi; learn about…

Edward Goldman talks about two great American artists, Charles White and Alan Ruppersberg, and their retrospectives at LACMA and Hammer Museum.

Marlon James discusses the endlessly beautiful and brutal world of Black Leopard, Red Wolf, the first novel in The Dark Star Trilogy.

Happy Pi Day! We’re almost a month away from the 10th Annual KCRW Good Food Pie Contest.

It never occurred to Janey that he would put something in her drink. Never in a million years.