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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

In the wake of the Oakland 'Ghost Ship' fire, what happens next?

An Oakland warehouse fire claimed at least three dozen lives this weekend. The fire broke out Friday night during a concert at a building which housed artists’ studios and living spaces.

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By Madeleine Brand • Dec 5, 2016 • 50m Listen

An Oakland warehouse fire claimed at least three dozen lives this weekend. The fire broke out Friday night during a concert at the building, which also housed artists’ studios and living spaces. We hear from a witness and talk about what happens next.

Donald Trump has chosen Ben Carson to run the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Could he undo a wide-ranging anti-discrimination rule for cities implemented by President Obama?

A fake news story became frighteningly real when a man with gun showed up at a Washington D.C. pizzeria apparently because of false online claims that it was the site of a child sex trafficking ring run by the Clintons. People are also pointing fingers at Michael Flynn, Trump’s pick for national security advisor, for fanning the fake story.

The novel ‘Mr. Monkey’ pulls back the curtain on a children’s theater production.

Photo courtesy of REUTERS/Stephen Lam; A man places flowers at a makeshift memorial near the scene of a fire in the Fruitvale district of Oakland, California.

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    Madeleine Brand

    Host, 'Press Play'

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    Sarah Sweeney

    Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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