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KCRW KCRW, a community service of Santa Monica College, is Southern California's leading NPR affiliate.

KCRW, a community service of Santa Monica College, is Southern California's leading NPR affiliate, featuring an eclectic mix of music, news and arts programming. Broadcasting from Santa Monica, CA at 89.9 FM and online at KCRW.com, the station boasts one of the nation's largest arrays of locally-produced and nationally-distributed content, including Morning Becomes Eclectic, Left, Right & Center, Bookworm, Unfictional and Good Food.

The modern internet didn’t just happen. What if scammers, s**t, and a strange court ruling in the 1990s shaped everythin...
12/24/2025

The modern internet didn’t just happen.

What if scammers, s**t, and a strange court ruling in the 1990s shaped everything we see online today?

Find out how it all began — and why it still matters.

🎧 Listen now — link in bio or wherever you get your podcasts.

Why support KCRW?➡️ Swipe through and see (and hear) for yourself.KCRW is independent, trusted, and community-powered.It...
12/19/2025

Why support KCRW?
➡️ Swipe through and see (and hear) for yourself.

KCRW is independent, trusted, and community-powered.

It’s a place for discovery, curiosity, and real conversation. A place that carries the spirit of LA —wherever you listen, watch, and connect.

Help protect public media, a free press, and this community NOW and for years to come.

Become a KCRW MONTHLY Donor and keep KCRW Always on LA.
🔗 DONATE — link in bio.

We asked for your Cinerama Dome stories. You blew us away.
12/17/2025

We asked for your Cinerama Dome stories. You blew us away.

KCRW and Sony Pictures Classics invite you to an advance screening of The Choral.RSVP HERE: https://kcrw.visitlink.me/AI...
12/11/2025

KCRW and Sony Pictures Classics invite you to an advance screening of The Choral.

RSVP HERE: https://kcrw.visitlink.me/AI4mra

📅 Thu, Dec 18
⏰ 7:30 PM

📍 AMC The Grove 14

12/05/2025

We remember renowned architect Frank Gehry who passed away today.

Reporting by Frances Anderton

KCRW Board Member Madhu Pocha and O’Melveny & Myers challenge YOU to donate to KCRW by midnight tonight. Today only, you...
12/02/2025

KCRW Board Member Madhu Pocha and O’Melveny & Myers challenge YOU to donate to KCRW by midnight tonight. Today only, your dollars will be doubled up to $25,000!

https://kcrw.visitlink.me/kM1JAy

Management at the Cozy Inn is staffing up to accommodate TikTok-driven crowds, but the place has been slinging drinks in...
11/22/2025

Management at the Cozy Inn is staffing up to accommodate TikTok-driven crowds, but the place has been slinging drinks in Culver City long before social media. The building has been here since 1930.

Before it was the Cozy, it was a restaurant called La Cubanita, and when it crossed over to sell just booze it became a favorite for local cops, remembers bar manager Cathy Pellet.

"If they got a little too drunk, their fellow policemen would strip them and throw them under the shuffleboard table, and paint them in mustard and ketchup and toenail polish," she says laughing. "When they woke up, it was very funny."

Original reporting by Danielle Chiriguayo

Listen to the whole story on kcrw.com

Is Meta’s biggest scam… profiting from scams?Leaked internal documents show Meta’s platforms served 15 billion scam ad i...
11/21/2025

Is Meta’s biggest scam… profiting from scams?

Leaked internal documents show Meta’s platforms served 15 billion scam ad impressions every day. And thanks to Section 230, the company faces almost no legal accountability.

Brian Reed speaks with Reuters reporter Jeff Horwitz about how Meta’s ad system rewards fraud — and why the company has little incentive to stop it.

🎧 Listen to the full episode of Question Everything on the KCRW app (link in bio)

11/21/2025

“We need more Black Christmas movies.”

Danielle Pinnock () sits down with Sam to talk Ghosts, her breakout moment, and why she’s fighting for real visibility, Black stories, and body acceptance in Hollywood.

Full convo on YouTube — link in bio 🔗

A must-add to your queue! A Mystery in Marion (Part 1) made ’ Best of 2025. ⭐️🎧 Listen now — link in bio.
11/19/2025

A must-add to your queue! A Mystery in Marion (Part 1) made ’ Best of 2025. ⭐️

🎧 Listen now — link in bio.

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