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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.

Join us for a celebration of film, music, and you at our first Member Night with Searchlight Pictures. We’ll kick off ...
10/28/2025

Join us for a celebration of film, music, and you at our first Member Night with Searchlight Pictures. We’ll kick off the evening with a pre-party featuring a variety of curated food truck options available for purchase, plus a hosted bar, and a live set from KCRW DJ Novena Carmel.

Then, be among the first to see Rental Family, the buzzworthy new film directed by Hikari (the Emmy®-winning filmmaker behind Netflix’s Beef) and starring Brendan Fraser. To finish off the night, we’ll be joined by director, writer, and producer Hikari in a conversation moderated by Novena Carmel.

Become a member or renew your membership to get the invite: https://kcrw.visitlink.me/IA0bFF

Politics… but make it a music quiz.From Kamala Harris to RFK Jr., politicians are chasing clout, and some of the biggest...
10/24/2025

Politics… but make it a music quiz.

From Kamala Harris to RFK Jr., politicians are chasing clout, and some of the biggest TikTok stars are turning them down.

This week on Question Everything, sits down with , , , and to ask:
What happens when creators have the power — and politicians are just trying to game the algorithm?

🎧 New episode out now.
Listen wherever you get podcasts — link in bio.

A monument of the Confederate general Stonewall Jackson was taken down in the aftermath of the 2017 “Unite the Right” ra...
10/24/2025

A monument of the Confederate general Stonewall Jackson was taken down in the aftermath of the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Curator Hamza Walker convinced artist Kara Walker to transform it into a new work of art, now on display in Los Angeles.

Hear the full piece from Press Play at https://www.kcrw.com/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/stories/toppled-confederate-statues-transformed-reimagined-as-art-in-monuments?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=kcrw-fb-post&utm_campaign=&utm_content=

Need to get up to speed on the Dodgers ahead of tonight's World Series opener? outlined the absolute need-to-know 🖊️
10/24/2025

Need to get up to speed on the Dodgers ahead of tonight's World Series opener? outlined the absolute need-to-know 🖊️

Conspiracy theories ruin lives. There is an idea that could stop this. Reforming Section 230 would compel social media ...
10/16/2025

Conspiracy theories ruin lives. There is an idea that could stop this.

Reforming Section 230 would compel social media companies to play by the same legal rules every other media company has to play by, when it comes to pushing lies. Section 230 currently shields internet companies from being sued for defamation.

Getting rid of these so-called “26 words that created the internet” in its current form would make it much harder for lies to thrive online and for internet companies to profit from boosting them.

Learn more about the case for changing Section 230, and how we could all benefit from it, here ➡️ play.cdnstream1.com/s/kcrw/question-everything/i-believed-sandy-hook-wa-787827

10/13/2025

We caught up with the creative minds behind ’s Task to find out what our favorite fictional Delconeans might bump when they aren’t running for their lives + the music that inspires the creatives who bring them to life.

Catch the finale this Sunday on and !

The state of California aims to address abysmal literacy levels in public schools by adopting a new phonics-based approa...
10/11/2025

The state of California aims to address abysmal literacy levels in public schools by adopting a new phonics-based approach to reading called the “science of reading.”

The strategy relies heavily on systematic phonics instruction, and is aligned with decades of cognitive, neuroscience, and psychological research about how kids learn to read. It teaches children to connect sounds with letters and string them into words, then builds in complexity toward vocabulary and comprehension.

In a story published before the bill passed, Robin Estrin dives into the years-long campaign it took to get here.

🎧 Listen now ➡️ kcrw.com/shows/kcrw-features/stories/phonics-science-reading

10/08/2025

From Bernie to Obama. Wait ‘til you see the next one… 😂
drops the impressions — and reimagines Harriet Tubman as a rap icon in a new episode of The Sam Sanders Show.

👀 Full convo on YouTube — link in bio
🎧 Listen wherever you get your pods

10/08/2025

This week on a special episode of The Business, Kim Masters talks with Shrinking co-creator and star Jason Segel, recorded live at KCRW’s Annenberg Performance Studio. Segel looks back on highlights from Freaks and Geeks, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and The Muppets, and discusses how Shrinking, now nominated for five Emmys, came together with co-creators Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein.

Check out the full episode now wherever you get your podcasts, or at link in bio 🔗

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10/08/2025

“America is the escape room of countries.” 😅

🎧 Listen on Apple or Spotify
🎥 Watch the full episode on YouTube — link in bio

10/08/2025

Can you predict a recession using vampire movies? 🧛

Zach Zimmerman () and Eliot Glazer () talk with Sam Sanders about some unusual recession indicators in a brand new episode of The Sam Sanders Show!

New Episodes every Friday morning! ☀️ Listen on all podcast platforms and watch on YouTube! 🎧 ▶️


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