Arts & Culture

On Air | Now Playing

Anne Litt

Upcoming Event

Cheer on Team KCRW at The Los Angeles Marathon
Mar 16

KCRW

Cheer on Team KCRW at The Los Angeles Marathon

Hollywood & Vermont Triangle

All Events
Five years after the pandemic started, 2 million people still need treatment for long COVID. Doctors say there’s much yet to learn about the condition.

Five years after the pandemic started, 2 million people still need treatment for long COVID. Doctors say there’s much yet to learn about the condition.

from KCRW Features

Weekend film reviews: ‘Black Bag,’ ‘Opus,’ ‘Novocaine’

Critics review the latest film releases: “Black Bag,” “Opus,” “Novocaine,” and “The Electric State.”

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

Acclaimed dramatic actress Carrie Coon talks leaning all the way into her lighter side on the latest season of Mike White’s anthology series “The White Lotus.”

André Holland talks grappling with identity in various forms

Actor André Holland reveals what draws him to characters who are in search of an identity… and making poetry out of a challenging monologue.

Jack Huston on Swedish artist Hilma af Klint

Jack Huston gives props to Hilma af Klint, a mysterious Swedish artist and mystic celebrated for her vibrant portraits and landscapes.

Yiddish, the historic language of Jews in Europe, was once spoken by tens of thousands of Jews in Los Angeles before largely fading away. Now it’s making a comeback.

from KCRW Features

To help raise money for California’s Wildfire Recovery Fund, Fritz Colema is performing “Unassisted Residency” on March 30 at the El Portal in North Hollywood.

from KCRW Features

Disney has decided to shield talent from press opportunities at the upcoming “Snow White” premiere, Kim Masters and Matt Belloni examine their reasoning.

from The Business

Lesli Linka Glatter talks about directing Robert De Niro in his first TV role — Netflix’s “Zero Day” — and some of the absurd aspects of working with streamers.

from The Business

Featured Shows

All Shows >
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.

 KCRW wants to share our love for our city and the communities suffering in Pacific Palisades and Altadena. Want to get involved?

Love Letters to LA

KCRW wants to share our love for our city and the communities suffering in Pacific Palisades and Altadena. Want to get involved?

 Evan Kleiman explores current events, social phenomena, history and culture through the lens of food.

Good Food

Evan Kleiman explores current events, social phenomena, history and culture through the lens of food.

 In-depth interviews with the most innovative & influential people in entertainment, art, and pop culture. Hosted by film critic Elvis Mitchell, at KCRW.com.

The Treatment

In-depth interviews with the most innovative & influential people in entertainment, art, and pop culture. Hosted by film critic Elvis Mitchell, at KCRW.com.

This Week on KCRW

Known to his followers as the Caspian Chef, Omid Roustaei prepares to celebrate the Iranian new year with "Bitter + Sweet" recipes.

Prepare for Nowruz with herbs to symbolize birth and renewal

Known to his followers as the Caspian Chef, Omid Roustaei prepares to celebrate the Iranian new year with "Bitter + Sweet" recipes.

from Good Food

Economist Betty Resnick lays out the reasons behind the US's agricultural trade deficit.

Wage disparities and higher valued imports help explain the current agricultural trade deficit

Economist Betty Resnick lays out the reasons behind the US's agricultural trade deficit.

from Good Food

Whales that get caught in Dungeness crab fishing gear have left fishermen and environmentalists scrambling for a solution.

Crabbing season keeps getting shorter due to climate change and the overlap between fisheries and whale feeding grounds

Whales that get caught in Dungeness crab fishing gear have left fishermen and environmentalists scrambling for a solution.

from Good Food

In "Kapusta," a cookbook dedicated to vegetables in Eastern European cuisines, Alissa Timoshkina ventures beyond cabbage.

Cabbage isn't the only vegetable in Eastern European kitchens

In "Kapusta," a cookbook dedicated to vegetables in Eastern European cuisines, Alissa Timoshkina ventures beyond cabbage.

from Good Food

The latest film releases include Black Bag, Opus, Novocaine, and The Electric State.

Weekend film reviews: ‘Black Bag,’ ‘Opus,’ ‘Novocaine’

The latest film releases include Black Bag, Opus, Novocaine, and The Electric State.

from Weekend Film Reviews

Chicories, often called radicchio and known for bitterness, are often paired with bacon/pancetta and winter citrus in salads.

Radicchio: The bright splash of color and flavor in winter

Chicories, often called radicchio and known for bitterness, are often paired with bacon/pancetta and winter citrus in salads.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

With a $350,000 grant from the James Irvine Foundation, The LA County Public Library intends to expand social services and bolster community programs.

Books, overdose meds: LA County Public Library offers variety of services

With a $350,000 grant from the James Irvine Foundation, The LA County Public Library intends to expand social services and bolster community programs.

from KCRW Features

Figure skating is seen as an elite, mostly white sport, but a new documentary series tells the story of a program for Black girls in Harlem looking to change that.

Black girls learn to figure skate — and be bold — via Harlem program

Figure skating is seen as an elite, mostly white sport, but a new documentary series tells the story of a program for Black girls in Harlem looking to change that.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The legal dispute between actors Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni over alleged sexual harassment has become a cause celebre among right-wing media.

Right-wing media’s obsession with Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni legal dispute

The legal dispute between actors Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni over alleged sexual harassment has become a cause celebre among right-wing media.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

People whose homes survived in the Eaton Fire area face uncertainty as they figure out what it will take to return. Not all want to live amid the rubble.

‘The neighborhood is gone.’ Fire zone survivors weigh choices

People whose homes survived in the Eaton Fire area face uncertainty as they figure out what it will take to return. Not all want to live amid the rubble.

from KCRW Features

St. John’s Community Health is meeting its undocumented patients’ needs for at-home care through its new Health Care Without Fear program.

SoCal clinic offers home visits to undocumented patients

St. John’s Community Health is meeting its undocumented patients’ needs for at-home care through its new Health Care Without Fear program.

from KCRW Features

This week, polar scientist, explorer and author of “ Life Lessons From Explorers: Learn how to weather life’s storms from history’s greatest explorers” Felicity Aston reflects on her…

Midweek Reset: On failure

This week, polar scientist, explorer and author of “ Life Lessons From Explorers: Learn how to weather life’s storms from history’s greatest explorers” Felicity Aston reflects on her…

from Life Examined

As the Eaton Fire raged, some people never left. Then came battles with looters, isolation, loss of power, dirty water and military checkpoints.

They stayed and fought the flames — and still haven’t left

As the Eaton Fire raged, some people never left. Then came battles with looters, isolation, loss of power, dirty water and military checkpoints.

from KCRW Features

As Angelenos volunteer to support wildfire recovery, another cause is bringing folks together: Fireproofing history — by preserving it online.

SoCal Wikipedia volunteers are on a mission to fireproof history

As Angelenos volunteer to support wildfire recovery, another cause is bringing folks together: Fireproofing history — by preserving it online.

from KCRW Features