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Scheer Intelligence features thoughtful and provocative conversations with "American Originals" -- people who, through a lifetime of engagement with political issues, offer unique and often surprising perspectives on the day's most important issues.
An examination of medical ethics and the practioners who define them.
All presidents have legal issues. Some have more than others. A weekly conversation about the law, executive power, and all the presidents' lawyers, good and bad.
Every week, host Elvis Mitchell conducts in-depth interviews with the most innovative and influential people working in entertainment, art, and pop culture.
Host Steve Chiotakis connects you to the people and places of Southern California.
Left, Right & Center is KCRW’s weekly civilized yet provocative confrontation over politics, policy and pop culture.
When Carly Parker’s friend Yumiko goes missing under very mysterious circumstances, Carly’s search for her friend leads her headfirst into a ancient mysterious game known only as Rabbits. Soon Carly begins to suspect that Rabbits is much more than just a game, and that the key to understanding Rabbits, might be the key to the survival of our species, and the Universe as we know it.
Host Madeleine Brand looks at news, culture and emerging trends through the lens of Los Angeles.
A weekday download of standout songs, including advance releases, exclusive live tracks recorded at KCRW, remixes, and an introduction to new artists on our radar.
“What’s wrong with me?” Each episode of this documentary series begins as a medical mystery. But once you peel back the layers, more questions emerge.
The Business is a weekly podcast featuring lively banter about entertainment industry news and in-depth interviews with directors, producers, writers and actors. The show is hosted by award-winning journalist Kim Masters of The Hollywood Reporter and produced by KCRW. Past guests include Norman Lear, Ava DuVernay, Matt Damon and Ice Cube.
Created and hosted by award-winning journalist Farai Chideya, Our Body Politic is unapologetically centered on reporting on not just how women of color experience the major political events of today, but how they're impacting those very issues. Weekly episodes feature in-depth conversations about the economy, health, politics, education, the environment, and the most prescient issues—because all issues are women's issues. Tune in every Friday everywhere you listen to podcasts, and on public ...
Henry Rollins hosts a great mix of all kinds from all over from all time.
Intellectual, accessible, and provocative literary conversations.
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Tanis is a bi-weekly podcast from the Public Radio Alliance, and is hosted by Nic Silver. Tanis is a serialized docudrama about a fascinating and surprising mystery: the myth of Tanis. Tanis is an exploration of the nature of truth, conspiracy, and information. Tanis is what happens when the lines of science and fiction start to blur... Support TANIS to hear exclusive MINI and BONUS EPISODES and more! http://patreon.com/tanispodcast Please rate and review on iTunes if you enjoy TANIS! http:/ ...
Evan Kleiman's taste of life, culture and the human species.
A recording from KCRW's showcase at Riot, LA's newest comedy festival.
Los Angeles County is spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year to combat homelessness. Yet the problem is getting worse. Why? Well, part of the answer is simple: LA's severe shortage of affordable housing. But that's not all there is to it. For more than a year KCRW reporter Anna Scott followed a woman named Christine Curtiss through LA’s homeless services system to find answers. Listen to Christine's journey in the four-part podcast "Samaritans."
The Pulitzer Prize-winning critic of The Wall Street Journal, Joe Morgenstern reviews films weekly in the paper and on KCRW.
This season on UnFictional: Stories of fantasy: a childhood dream that becomes a life, impossible goals, underground worlds, adapting to new realities, memories of old friends and relations that become more real than the truth. It’s UnFictional, hosted by Bob Carlson.
The stories shaping California's Central Coast, hosted by Jonathan Bastian.
A weekly tour of the real Orange County, warts and all, with reporter Gustavo Arellano
Kim Masters, host of KCRW’s The Business, breaks down Hollywood's top stories.
KCRW's Guest DJ Project invites an array of cultural luminaries to share and discuss songs that have inspired and moved them with a KCRW DJ.
An independent podcast about fear, beauty and the unknown. Since 2012. Hosted by Jeff Emtman and others.
Award-winning moderator Warren Olney leads lively, thoughtful and provocative discussion on the issues Southern Californians care about.
Los Angeles is a city carved out of the desert — a conjured image of paradise. Award-winning journalist David Weinberg returns with stories of people who learn what lies beyond the dream.
Fanatic! I hope you had a great week. We have, once again gathered a group of tunes that we hope you will enjoy immensely. I hope you got a chance to order the Dischord box set. I will hopefully be on hand when the parts are being assembled later this year and will put photographs into one of the show notes. It’s going to be a great one. I don’t kn…
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Sly & Robbie and the Taxi Gang: ‘Linstead Market’
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Pillars of Jamaican music Sly & Robbie are the Riddim Twins, propelling beats for over 40 years. Their work is catchy, thick, and always tasty, as we hear on the instrumental “Linstead Market.”By KCRW
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What will public spaces look like post-pandemic?
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Since the pandemic, restaurants have taken over curbside parking for outdoor eating, and some streets have been closed to traffic. Might these changes be permanent, and what could U.S. cities look like overall post-pandemic? In LA, the pandemic pushed a car-centric community to think of public areas as pedestrian-friendly, and even beaches had more…
The word “drama” reads the same in English or Portuguese, which is fitting for Brazilian artist Rodrigo Amarante, who gifted his latest album with the title. The “drama” he’s referring to is the story we tell and embellish from our own experiences. “Maré” is based on a Spanish proverb: The tide will fetch what the ebb brings.…
It turns out that clinicians are not very good at estimating the probability of illness which leads to unnecessary care.By KCRW
Retired? Not on your life, or hers. This indefatigable entertainment icon has recently finished a role in Steven Spielberg's new screen version of "West Side Story" (she won an Oscar for her work in the 1961 version.) Now she's the subject of a new documentary in which she looks back on her life, and forward to whatever the next gig may be.…
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Good Food
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Juneteenth, ‘High on the Hog,’ restaurants return
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June 19, 1865 was the day in Galveston, Texas when enslaved African Americans learned they were free a full two years after then-President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Today is Juneteenth, the yearly holiday Black Americans celebrate their true emancipation. Chef and artist Ray Anthony Barrett discusses how he incorporates …
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Nida Manzoor created an all-female Muslim punk band for ‘We Are Lady Parts’
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Writer Nida Manzoor wanted “We Are Lady Parts,” her series about an all-female Muslim punk band, to be funny. But as a Muslim woman writing about very underrepresented characters, she also felt some heavy responsibility. Manzoor shares her process for writing comedy while also breaking new ground with “We Are Lady Parts,” now on Peacock.…
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Our Body Politic
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Black Americans Call for Political Substance over Symbolism, the Biden-Harris Administration on Systemic Racism, and the Power of Telling Our Stories
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Farai Chideya talks with special guest Jenni Monet, an Indigenous affairs reporter and media critic at Indigenously, and Errin Haines of The 19th, on Sippin’ the Political Tea. U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia L. Fudge explains why it’s so important to her that the federal government call out systemic racism. Harvard Universit…
Soul stylist Curtis Harding wrote “Hopeful” as a timeless track that reminds us to keep hope alive and riding into the future.By KCRW
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The second American Revolution: A work in progress
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The second American Revolution: A work in progressBy KCRW
After a highly anticipated summit between President Biden and Vladimir Putin, here’s what we’re left with: if Russia’s going to cyberattack the United States, they should not target sixteen critical areas of American society and infrastructure, or else. What does that mean? And where does that leave us with Russian hackers that aren’t part of the g…
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What’s behind the ‘In the Heights’ box office miss?
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Warner Bros. was hoping for a big summer hit with its movie adaptation of the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical “In the Heights.” Instead, the movie fell below expectations and only made $11.4 million at the box office opening weekend. The lack of big stars could have kept people home, as well as the fact that the film was also streaming on HBO Max.…
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Greater LA
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LA’s lesbians are rebuilding long-lost sapphic spaces
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LA currently has zero lesbian bars. Since the closure of LA’s last remaining gay bar in 2017, the second-largest city in the U.S. has been left without any brick and mortar center of lesbian nightlife. It’s a trend reflected across the U.S., which only has 21 lesbian bars. Now young queer women are part of a new wave in LA to feed the hunger of LGB…
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Juneteenth is an official holiday. California looks into reparations for Black Americans
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President Joe Biden signed a bill into law today declaring June 19, commonly referred to as Juneteenth, a federal holiday. It marks the 1865 day when slaves in Texas learned they were free. The revelation came months after the end of the Civil War and two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, though slavery wasn’t truly abolishe…
Joan Silber writes about life's strange surprises in her new book, “Secrets of Happiness."By KCRW
LA-based neo-soul artist Rozzi has collaborated with a span of artists, from Maroon 5 to Kendrick Lamar, and hosts the popular music podcast “Ugh! You’re So Good.” Gifted with a big, throaty sound, let’s take a listen to “I Can’t Go to the Party.”By KCRW
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Will LA adopt New York’s approach to homeless shelters?
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More people are experiencing homelessness in New York City than in all of LA County. But fewer people sleep on the streets in New York — partly because of its state law guaranteeing emergency shelter to every person who qualifies. Now one state lawmaker is proposing a similar law in California.By KCRW
It’s been an interesting week for Donald Trump’s Department of Justice, despite the fact that Donald Trump isn’t president anymore. This week, we saw communications from Trump administration officials pressuring people in the Department of Justice to investigate increasingly erratic claims about the November election. In one exchange, White House C…
A short episode from the new show Neutrinowatch: A Daily Generative Podcast. Each episode of Neutrinowatch changes a lil’ bit every day. This episode, The Daily Blast, features two computerized voices (Wendy and Ivan), who share the day’s news. To get new versions of this episode, you’ll need to either stream the audio in your podcast app/web brows…
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Recall threats and turf fights heat up over LA homelessness
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Political fallout is mounting as LA grapples with how to house its many residents living on the streets. Councilmembers Joe Buscaino and Mike Bonin are butting heads with LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva on how to address the crisis in Venice and Echo Park. Meanwhile, on Tuesday, residents in Bonin’s district served the councilman a recall notice.…
Episode 149 is an odd duck for sure. It changes every day due to some coding trickery that is happening behind the scenes. That episode is a part of a bigger project, a new podcast project that’s potentially the first of its kind. It’s called Neutrinowatch, and every day, each episode is regenerated with new content. But this is a conversation betw…
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Antrom Alexander: 'Touch and Go' (feat. Brian Belier)
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Get ready to pump your fists with this shiny new track by San Francisco’s Antrom Alexander. Lean in if you’re a fan of ‘70s-inspired disco.By KCRW
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LA grocery worker and bar owner on California fully reopening
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After 15 months of the pandemic, the Golden State is no longer requiring capacity limits, masks, or social distancing in most places. LA business owners and employees must make some decisions, like whether to ask customers for vaccination proof and whether to leave plexiglass at checkout counters. KCRW speaks with a bar owner and a grocery store wo…
Actor, writer and poet Saul Williams on not talking until he has something to sayBy KCRW
