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Spring is usually peak poppy season for Southern California, but limited winter showers dampened the flower species’ chances.

Spring is usually peak poppy season for Southern California, but limited winter showers dampened the flower species’ chances.

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5 Songs to Hear This Week: A very incomplete SXSW highlight reel

Picking just 5 artists to spotlight after a week of marinating in live music in Austin was next to impossible, but we do this because we love you.

KCRW Partner Screening: 'Holland'

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KCRW and Prime Video invite you to an advance screening of Holland.

Luscious Scandinavian brown cheese isn’t technically a cheese

Scandinavian brown cheese has the color of caramel and a fudgy consistency. In Scandinavia, it’s most commonly eaten on bread with jam, atop waffles, or melted into other dishes.

Weekend film reviews: ‘The Alto Knights,’ ‘Snow White,’ ‘Ash’

Critics review the latest film releases: “The Alto Knights,” “Snow White,” “Misericordia,” and “Ash.”

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KCRW's signature daily music show. New releases, live performances, and interviews.

 This season on Lost Notes: Groupies. Women of the Sunset Strip from the Pill to Punk.

Lost Notes

This season on Lost Notes: Groupies. Women of the Sunset Strip from the Pill to Punk.

 Left, Right & Center is KCRW’s weekly politics show where we take on the tough, divisive issues you’re afraid to talk about with your own family.

Left, Right & Center

Left, Right & Center is KCRW’s weekly politics show where we take on the tough, divisive issues you’re afraid to talk about with your own family.

 Madeleine Brand hosts Press Play, examining the latest ideas and trends shaping our world and Los Angeles. Streaming & podcast daily at KCRW.com.

Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Madeleine Brand hosts Press Play, examining the latest ideas and trends shaping our world and Los Angeles. Streaming & podcast daily at KCRW.com.

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KCRW's signature daily music show. New releases, live performances, and interviews.

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FREAKS ONLY

Future beats and a mind-melting mix of fuzz, bass, and funk. Served fresh every weeknight.

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Ro "Wyldeflower" Contreras

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 Poppies aren’t popping: Why a superbloom won’t happen this year

Poppies aren’t popping: Why a superbloom won’t happen this year

 KCRW Features

COVID nurse’s audio diary brings back memories, 5 years later

 KCRW Features

Angeleno explains tough decision to sell scorched dream home in Altadena

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Food & Drink

 Luscious Scandinavian brown cheese isn’t technically a cheese

Luscious Scandinavian brown cheese isn’t technically a cheese

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Making pit-roasted birria is a family affair in this Inglewood backyard

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Turnips turn up at farmers markets

 Good Food

Politics

 Is the White House gearing up for a larger fight with federal judges?

Is the White House gearing up for a larger fight with federal judges?

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Univision airs ads urging migrants to leave. Staff are angry

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Israelis and Palestinians on failed peace deal, resumed war

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5 Songs to Hear This Week: A very incomplete SXSW highlight reel

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 Weekend film reviews: ‘The Alto Knights,’ ‘Snow White,’ ‘Ash’

Weekend film reviews: ‘The Alto Knights,’ ‘Snow White,’ ‘Ash’

 Weekend Film Reviews

What are people on vacation *really* searching for? Carrie Coon has some ideas

 The Treatment

André Holland talks grappling with identity in various forms

 The Treatment

Entertainment

 Weekend film reviews: ‘The Alto Knights,’ ‘Snow White,’ ‘Ash’

Weekend film reviews: ‘The Alto Knights,’ ‘Snow White,’ ‘Ash’

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Documentarian Alex Gibney shares his wisdom on speaking truth to power

 The Business

United Talent Agency gets a new CEO and Village Roadshow goes bankrupt

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KCRW's all-music channel blending the collected talents and tastes of all KCRW's DJs into a single voice streaming 24 hours a day.

Eclectic 24

KCRW's all-music channel blending the collected talents and tastes of all KCRW's DJs into a single voice streaming 24 hours a day.

Documentarian Alex Gibney taps into his experiences — including his ongoing Elon Musk series — with confronting power to remind us of our strength in numbers.

Documentarian Alex Gibney shares his wisdom on speaking truth to power

Documentarian Alex Gibney taps into his experiences — including his ongoing Elon Musk series — with confronting power to remind us of our strength in numbers.

from The Business

Can new leadership finally cure United Talent Agency of its “middle child syndrome?”

United Talent Agency gets a new CEO and Village Roadshow goes bankrupt

Can new leadership finally cure United Talent Agency of its “middle child syndrome?”

from The Business

Memo Torres visits an Inglewood backyard, where three generations of the Sandoval family make birria using an abuela's recipe.

Making pit-roasted birria is a family affair in this Inglewood backyard

Memo Torres visits an Inglewood backyard, where three generations of the Sandoval family make birria using an abuela's recipe.

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Chef Caroline Leff of Stir Crazy turns up at the farmer's market for a favorite root vegetable.

Turnips turn up at farmers markets

Chef Caroline Leff of Stir Crazy turns up at the farmer's market for a favorite root vegetable.

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Carolyn Kormann shares alarming facts about how microplastics have made their way into our bodies.

Microplastics have invaded our air, our water, our food, and our brains

Carolyn Kormann shares alarming facts about how microplastics have made their way into our bodies.

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Deb Freeman traces the life of Edna Lewis, author of "The Taste of Country Cooking," in a new documentary.

Influential Southern chef Edna Lewis finally gets the documentary she deserves

Deb Freeman traces the life of Edna Lewis, author of "The Taste of Country Cooking," in a new documentary.

from Good Food

While some people spent the pandemic starting sourdough, Jesse Valenciana got busy perfecting his birria.

Jesse Valenciana finds ways to use birria at breakfast and on the grill

While some people spent the pandemic starting sourdough, Jesse Valenciana got busy perfecting his birria.

from Good Food

KCRW's signature music program features new releases, live performances, and artist interviews hosted by Novena Carmel.

Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: Mar. 21, 2025

KCRW's signature music program features new releases, live performances, and artist interviews hosted by Novena Carmel.

from Morning Becomes Eclectic

Literal blue-eyed soul man Luke Marzec has the type of rich, booming, wise-beyond-its-years voice that’ll make you do a double take. And he’s got saxophone skills to match(!).

Today’s Top Tune: Luke Marzec – “I Can't Get You Out Of My Mind”

Literal blue-eyed soul man Luke Marzec has the type of rich, booming, wise-beyond-its-years voice that’ll make you do a double take. And he’s got saxophone skills to match(!).

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The latest film releases include The Alto Knights, Snow White, Misericordia and Ash.

Weekend film reviews: ‘The Alto Knights,’ ‘Snow White,’ ‘Ash’

The latest film releases include The Alto Knights, Snow White, Misericordia and Ash.

from Weekend Film Reviews

Did President Trump defy court orders with deportation flights? Can Democrats recover from historically low polling? Plus, KCRW examines The Kennedy Center culture wars.

Is the White House gearing up for a larger fight with federal judges?

Did President Trump defy court orders with deportation flights? Can Democrats recover from historically low polling? Plus, KCRW examines The Kennedy Center culture wars.

from Left, Right & Center

A balanced diet of indie grooves, modern psych, alternative R&B and straight up rock and roll.

Tyler Boudreaux's playlist, March 20, 2025

A balanced diet of indie grooves, modern psych, alternative R&B and straight up rock and roll.

from Tyler Boudreaux

New music. Emerging artists. No boundaries. Served fresh every weeknight, 8-10pm, only on FREAKS ONLY by Travis Holcombe.

FREAKS ONLY playlist: Mar 20, 2025

New music. Emerging artists. No boundaries. Served fresh every weeknight, 8-10pm, only on FREAKS ONLY by Travis Holcombe.

from FREAKS ONLY

Spanish-language TV networks Telemundo and Univision have aired DHS ads urging people in the U.S. illegally to leave.

Univision airs ads urging migrants to leave. Staff are angry

Spanish-language TV networks Telemundo and Univision have aired DHS ads urging people in the U.S. illegally to leave.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Amid a new phase of war, public opinion polls show a majority of Israelis want to see the end of fighting in Gaza and a return of hostages.

Israelis and Palestinians on failed peace deal, resumed war

Amid a new phase of war, public opinion polls show a majority of Israelis want to see the end of fighting in Gaza and a return of hostages.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

KCRW's signature music program features new releases, live performances, and artist interviews hosted by Novena Carmel.

Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: Mar. 20, 2025

KCRW's signature music program features new releases, live performances, and artist interviews hosted by Novena Carmel.

from Morning Becomes Eclectic

Spanish-American singer-songwriter Victoria Canal first began using her voice as a way to process grief… and she gained some serious fans in the process.

Today’s Top Tune: Victoria Canal – “Talk”

Spanish-American singer-songwriter Victoria Canal first began using her voice as a way to process grief… and she gained some serious fans in the process.

from Today's Top Tune

Erin McIntosh is a nurse practitioner at Riverside Community Hospital. She recorded a series of audio diaries five years ago at the height of the pandemic.

COVID nurse’s audio diary brings back memories, 5 years later

Erin McIntosh is a nurse practitioner at Riverside Community Hospital. She recorded a series of audio diaries five years ago at the height of the pandemic.

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