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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Palm Springs Food Scene

    Tens of thousands of people will creep down the 10 this weekend toward Indio. It’s the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Annual Festival. And beyond the culturally-appropriated bindis, the flowing skirts and freshly coiffed man buns, there’s something else that’s become Coachella fashionable: Palm Springs.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Apr 8, 2015 • 1 min read

    Tens of thousands of people will creep down the 10 this weekend toward Indio. It’s the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Annual Festival. And beyond the culturally-appropriated bindis, the flowing skirts and freshly coiffed man buns, there’s something else that’s become Coachella fashionable: Palm Springs. Especially the Palm Springs food scene.

    The full episode

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    A Police Shooting on Video, Online Shaming, and the Palm Springs Food Scene
    1. 0:00Secrecy and Police Shootings
    2. 9:33Water Pricing and Innovation
    3. 19:04Overcoming the Drought with Desal
    4. 27:42Public Shaming Online
    5. 43:39Palm Springs Food SceneYou’re reading this
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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    The full episode

    5 of 5
    A Police Shooting on Video, Online Shaming, and the Palm Springs Food Scene
    1. 0:00Secrecy and Police Shootings
    2. 9:33Water Pricing and Innovation
    3. 19:04Overcoming the Drought with Desal
    4. 27:42Public Shaming Online
    5. 43:39Palm Springs Food SceneYou’re reading this
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