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Press Play with Madeleine Brand — 143 episodes
Eastsiders enraged as charred, rotting food stinks up Boyle Heights
What’s behind the Los Angeles Zoo’s doom loop
Angry voters. Corrupt leaders. Shakespeare’s ‘Coriolanus’ feels like a modern tragedy
What happens when a quarter of Congress is over 70
Why libraries still matter as LA Central Library turns 100
Why immigration arrests are surging again
AI ‘actor’ Tilly Norwood. Marketing gag, or existential threat?
White House mounts fierce push to reverse soccer star’s red card
Fireworks are illegal in LA. Why are they still everywhere?
‘A little bit of freedom’ as CA moves death row prisoners out of isolation
State Sen. Scott Wiener run out of a trans march over Gaza stance
How legendary producer Ariana Morgenstern shaped KCRW’s sound
Supreme Court puts thousands of Haitians at risk for deportation
Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, and sports’ most intense rivalry
Brexit begets ‘Bregret’: 10 years on, Brits feel buyer’s remorse
What’s in Boyle Heights fire’s toxic air spreading across LA?
Venezuelan artist Magdalena Suarez Frimkess is 96. And pissed.
Remembering Lorcan O’Herlihy, who built affordable housing that looked good
Yoko Ono at The Broad: An 'iconoclast' willing to do 'the strangest stuff'
Miles Davis’s nephew says his uncle’s fusion era is misunderstood
‘A global eclipse’: The World Cup arrives in Los Angeles
The eyebrow-raising ethics of a White House cage fight
Historian Ada Ferrer recounts her 9-year-old brother left behind in Cuba
Jakob Nowell on filling his late father’s shoes as Sublime’s frontman
The unpleasant experience of visiting Yosemite
Bass headed to runoff; Pratt says ‘I hope she’s ready’
Do YouTubers’ success in Hollywood threaten the studio system?
Spencer Pratt’s insurgent campaign reflects the anger of some Angelenos
Assessing Karen Bass's record on housing, public safety, fires
Political outsider Adam Miller promises more cops, fewer homeless in LA
Nithya Raman tries to forge a third way for LA between Bass, Pratt
How Monterey Park banned AI data centers
Chiara Barzini’s ‘Aqua’ chronicles LA’s water in peril
Mayoral hopeful Rae Huang vows to fire LAPD chief, make buses free
The many delights of Herb Alpert
Why the coming “Godzilla El Niño” could preview life on Earth in 2035
Sophy Romvari reimagines her family tragedy in ‘Blue Heron’
Meet the sculptor making a giant transgender Jesus out of chocolate
Jazz giant Arturo Sandoval still finds inspiration in his 70s
LA Metro’s decades-in-the-making D Line opens this weekend
Why climate change is making our food less nutritious
They’re cute. Even polite. But does LA need more delivery robots?
How McCabe’s in Santa Monica became a nationally known venue
$25 billion (and counting): The Iran War’s cost, 2 months in
‘A hugely terrible opinion’: UCLA’s Rick Hasen on SCOTUS voting rights decision
Comedian Sheng Wang on immigration, kind comedy, and ‘rat news’
Ruth Slenczynska, Rachmaninoff’s student who performed for presidents, dies at 101
A Thriller? Or just Bad? We review the Michael Jackson biopic
Why Lena Dunham inspires so much hate, and love, as a millennial feminist
Louise Erdrich’s remarkable encounters with the natural world
‘Ramones’ turns 50: Punk producer Craig Leon’s stories from the studio
LACMA’s decades-in-the-making $724 million wing finally opens
AI is replacing coders, but some coders welcome the change
‘LIVE from…’ London? Saturday Night Live expands to the UK
Swalwell’s stunning exit adds more chaos to CA governor race
Remembering “Swedish Death Cleaning” guru Margareta Magnusson
LA Phil's new conductor Anna Handler 'energized, motivated' by Los Angeles
Photographer Cathy Opie remembers friend, mentor Larry Sultan
UCLA demolishes South Carolina to claim first national title
Artemis II heads to the dark side of the moon
For LA City Council President, police reforms are personal
‘No Kings’ protests and CPAC symbolize a nation divided
The déjà vu of the 1970s oil shock after a Middle East war
Writer Annabelle Gurwitch on the ‘unexpected joys’ of cancer
Writer McKay Coppins on his 'year as a degenerate gambler'
James Blake’s ‘Trying Times’ and how he sees the world
Fallout for the farmworker movement Cesar Chavez led
Cesar Chavez biographer on rape, sexual assault allegations
Iran’s $200/barrel oil threat could mean $8 gas in California
Is Israel preparing to occupy Lebanon again?
What makes good casting as the Oscars add a new category
Iran War could prompt a fresh look at alternative energy
Why air power alone is destined to fail in the Iran War
Buck Meek looks in 'The Mirror' to face fear, find self-acceptance
LA has a trash problem. The meth crisis is a big part of it
Wagner Moura on ‘The Secret Agent’s’ real-life inspiration
The big winner in the war with Iran? Benjamin Netanyahu
Assessing the “known unknowns” of Trump’s war with Iran
Art Insider Carolina Miranda previews Frieze Los Angeles
Celebrity chef Alison Roman on making ‘Something from Nothing’
Gavin Newsom’s new memoir is a ‘clapback’ to his critics
How Tucker Carlson went from mainstream pundit to MAGA extremist
Sanders, Newsom on opposite sides of California’s ‘wealth tax’
Artist Sayre Gomez recreates LA’s infamous ‘graffiti towers’
How ‘America’s Next Top Model’ trafficked in abuse
Ski patrol deaths at Mammoth Mountain prompt scrutiny
Humanity’s first trip to the moon in 53 years is weeks away
How ICE is defying court orders to release immigrants
Decoding the political messages in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show
Chuck Klosterman argues football’s hold on America will fade away
“He should resign.” Councilmember Nithya Raman on LA28 chair Casey Wasserman
Artist An-My Lê’s desert photos of starscapes, and the sublime
LAPD won’t enforce ICE mask ban. Is it legal?
Evan Kleiman on the meme’d, maligned, and misunderstood bay leaf
Writer George Saunders on death, morality, and ruining our planet
‘Sinners’ nabs record 16 Oscar noms. Has horror finally found respect?
Will CBP agents who killed Alex Pretti be held accountable?
“They’re all kind of mid”: An underwhelming CA governor’s race
“This is NATO’s funeral,” even as Trump tempers Greenland threat
Comedian Eddie Izzard takes on the ultimate tragedy: Hamlet
Selena, A Tribe Called Quest inspire Adrian Quesada’s ‘boleros psicodelicos’
BTS is back! Previewing the year ahead in KPop
Could exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi be Iran’s next leader?
Can Democrats capitalize as ‘Abolish ICE’ regains momentum?
Altadena rapper Fat Tony on grief, resiliency, and…pickles?
Remembering Christine Moore, her ‘famous hugs,’ and community she built at Little Flower
Palisades, Eaton victims mark a year since devastating wildfires
R. Crumb’s Zwirner Gallery show a ‘culmination of his obsessions’
What’s next for Venezuela after U.S. indicts Nicolás Maduro
‘Uptown Girl’ Christie Brinkley dishes on Billy Joel, becoming the 1980s’ biggest model
Christmas Eve special: Remembering musical visionary Brian Wilson
Goodbye to ‘Stranger Things,’ the show that defined modern streaming
DOJ may face contempt charges over unreleased Epstein files
Oscars move reveals what YouTube always wanted: to replace TV
Rob Reiner’s son’s struggles feel familiar for many families
Rhea Seehorn on happiness, self-loathing, and optimism in ‘Pluribus’
Remembering Rob Reiner, and his ‘endlessly quotable’ films
Disney’s $1B Sora deal could upend Hollywood’s relationship with AI
Restaurant critic Bill Addison on LA’s 101 best restaurants
A bear moved into Altadena man’s crawlspace. He won’t leave.
Remembering Frank Gehry, the ‘never pretentious’ star of the starchitects
Caribbean boat strikes, Signal fiasco. Could Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s days be numbered?
Why San Francisco sued Coca-Cola, Kraft Heinz, and others over ultra-processed foods
‘No Lessons Learned’ over 12 pretty, pretty good seasons of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’
Mothers of the Mothership: The women who shaped the sound of 70s funk
How two movie critics (and their thumbs) became must-see TV 50 years ago
What every restaurant owner wants - Michelin Guide stars. But how do you get them?
Composer Alexandre Desplat on ‘Frankenstein,’ collaborating with Guillermo del Toro
R.I.Penny. Is the nickel next?
‘Rental Family’ and the morality, ethics of stand-in roles in peoples’ lives
Susan Orlean’s new memoir ‘Joyride’ and ‘the essence of feeling alive’
How the Sierra Club ‘imploded’ over DEI
Why California has some of the country’s weakest drunk driving laws
The 100-year history of motels from architectural gems to ‘hot pillow joints’
Veterans Day special: ‘He's become untouchable’: Jeff Buckley is star of new documentary
‘Electric Nebraska’: Springsteen album that never was…until now
Nancy Pelosi to retire after nearly four decades in Congress
How famed war photographer Lynsey Addario balances work, home life
Succession’s Matthew Macfadyen: Presidential assassin character ‘less calculating than Tom’
‘Dodgers stand tall,’ win back-to-back World Series titles
42 million may lose SNAP benefits. This CA mayor is one of them
Why child sex trafficking exploded on Figueroa in South LA
Why AI data centers are the ‘new American factory’