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Executive producer Ariana Morgenstern reflects on her decades-long friendship with David Lynch, and how he showed up as a friend to KCRW and to LA.

Executive producer Ariana Morgenstern reflects on her decades-long friendship with David Lynch, and how he showed up as a friend to KCRW and to LA.

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Wildfire health questions: Air quality, clean up risks and more

KCRW and R&S Kayne Foundation Los Angeles held a public information panel and Q&A session regarding immediate and long-term health considerations from the fires.

Traci Park on fire cleanup timeline, investigations, recovery legislation

LA City Councilmember Traci Park represents Pacific Palisades and has introduced a suite of legislation to respond to last week’s devastating wildfires and protect affected residents.

Are you a renter impacted by wildfires? Here are some housing resources

From what you owe (or don’t owe) to applying for federal disaster relief, check out these resources for renters displaced by the Los Angeles wildfires.

From fried chicken to vegan jambalaya, food truck serves free hot meals to fire victims

With help from World Central Kitchen, Kim Prince and Greg Dulan of the Dulanville soul food truck know how to get hot meals to people who need them

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

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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.

 Are your friends sick of hearing about your latest hookups and troublesome relationships? We’re not. KCRW is here to ask, How’s Your Sex Life?

How’s Your Sex Life?

Are your friends sick of hearing about your latest hookups and troublesome relationships? We’re not. KCRW is here to ask, How’s Your Sex Life?

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

Jan. 17 2 hr, 49 min

Tyler Boudreaux

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

Jan. 16 2 hr

FREAKS ONLY

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

Jan. 16 1 hr, 59 min

Ro "Wyldeflower" Contreras

Music to lift your spirits. An expansive sonic journey featuring new and classic rhythms from all over the globe.

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Francesca Harding

Music to make you feel.

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 Immigrant leaders, DIY crews begin lengthy cleanup in Pasadena

Immigrant leaders, DIY crews begin lengthy cleanup in Pasadena

 KCRW Features

Wildfire health questions: Air quality, clean up risks and more

 KCRW Features

Traci Park on fire cleanup timeline, investigations, recovery legislation

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Food & Drink

 From fried chicken to vegan jambalaya, food truck serves free hot meals to fire victims

From fried chicken to vegan jambalaya, food truck serves free hot meals to fire victims

 KCRW Features

How will the wildfires affect restaurants in LA?

 Good Food

Remembering the Reel Inn, a century old building, lost to the Palisades Fire

 Good Food

Politics

 What tone will Donald Trump set on Inauguration Day 2.0?

What tone will Donald Trump set on Inauguration Day 2.0?

 Left, Right & Center

Biden’s farewell speech warns of unchecked tech power

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

After 15 brutal months, a deal to end the war in Gaza

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Best New Music

 Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: January 17, 2025

Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: January 17, 2025

 Morning Becomes Eclectic

Today’s Top Tune: Destroyer – ‘Bologna (feat. Fiver)

 Today's Top Tune

Tyler Boudreaux's playlist, January 16, 2025

 Tyler Boudreaux

Arts

 Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold: a seven year battle to make ‘The Brutalist’

Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold: a seven year battle to make ‘The Brutalist’

 The Business

Warner Brothers shakes up the C-suite

 The Business

Weekend film reviews: ‘Hard Truths,’ ‘Vermiglio,’ The Last Showgirl’

 Weekend Film Reviews

Entertainment

 ENCORE: ‘Sing Sing’ director Greg Kwedar has big plans for pay equity

ENCORE: ‘Sing Sing’ director Greg Kwedar has big plans for pay equity

 The Business

Hollywood power players question LA’s mayoral leadership

 The Business

Weekend film reviews: ‘One of Them Days,’ ‘Wolf Man,’ ‘I’m Still Here’

 Weekend Film Reviews

This Week on KCRW

Director Greg Kwedar’s recently re-released A24 film “Sing Sing” offers a parity model for equal ownership and equal pay in film production.

ENCORE: ‘Sing Sing’ director Greg Kwedar has big plans for pay equity

Director Greg Kwedar’s recently re-released A24 film “Sing Sing” offers a parity model for equal ownership and equal pay in film production.

from The Business

Industry leaders express frustration with LA’s leadership in the midst of ongoing wildfires, Justin Baldoni sues Ryan Reynolds, and Trump threatens Comcast.

Hollywood power players question LA’s mayoral leadership

Industry leaders express frustration with LA’s leadership in the midst of ongoing wildfires, Justin Baldoni sues Ryan Reynolds, and Trump threatens Comcast.

from The Business

Dina Samson offers perspective on how the fires are impacting LA's already struggling hospitality industry.

How will the wildfires affect restaurants in LA?

Dina Samson offers perspective on how the fires are impacting LA's already struggling hospitality industry.

from Good Food

Teddy and Andy Leonard look back on their Malibu restaurant, which succumbed to fire after 36 years of selling seafood on the Pacific Coast Highway.

Remembering the Reel Inn, a century old building, lost to the Palisades Fire

Teddy and Andy Leonard look back on their Malibu restaurant, which succumbed to fire after 36 years of selling seafood on the Pacific Coast Highway.

from Good Food

Christine Moore, owner of Little Flower in Pasadena, fought flames in her neighborhood and is now feeding the community while navigating her own displacement.

'I just knew it was biblical,' says restaurateur Christine Moore of the Eaton Fire

Christine Moore, owner of Little Flower in Pasadena, fought flames in her neighborhood and is now feeding the community while navigating her own displacement.

from Good Food

Wendy Escobedo of World Central Kitchen explains how the organization mobilizes — with a little help from chefs and restaurateurs like Roy, Choi, Kim Prince, and Greg Dulan — to feed…

Local chefs team up with World Central Kitchen to feed evacuees of the historic LA wildfires

Wendy Escobedo of World Central Kitchen explains how the organization mobilizes — with a little help from chefs and restaurateurs like Roy, Choi, Kim Prince, and Greg Dulan — to feed…

from Good Food

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

Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: January 17, 2025

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

from Morning Becomes Eclectic

Critics review the latest film releases: “One of Them Days,” “Wolf Man,” “I'm Still Here,” and “Wish You Were Here.”

Weekend film reviews: ‘One of Them Days,’ ‘Wolf Man,’ ‘I’m Still Here’

Critics review the latest film releases: “One of Them Days,” “Wolf Man,” “I'm Still Here,” and “Wish You Were Here.”

from Weekend Film Reviews

Dan Bejar (aka Destroyer) is not afraid to take chances and he steps out of his comfort zone with each new album as the music takes on new and distinct characteristics.

Today’s Top Tune: Destroyer – ‘Bologna (feat. Fiver)

Dan Bejar (aka Destroyer) is not afraid to take chances and he steps out of his comfort zone with each new album as the music takes on new and distinct characteristics.

from Today's Top Tune

The wildfires in Los Angeles county have brought a multitude of difficult and prevailing questions to the forefront of the region as well as the system of capitalism.

Did Mike Davis get it right in making “The Case for Letting Malibu Burn”?

The wildfires in Los Angeles county have brought a multitude of difficult and prevailing questions to the forefront of the region as well as the system of capitalism.

from Scheer Intelligence

What can we expect from President-elect Trump’s inauguration? Will he squander the goodwill of the moment? Plus, KCRW takes pre-inauguration audience questions.

What tone will Donald Trump set on Inauguration Day 2.0?

What can we expect from President-elect Trump’s inauguration? Will he squander the goodwill of the moment? Plus, KCRW takes pre-inauguration audience questions.

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, January 16, 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: Jan 16, 2024

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

from FREAKS ONLY

In addition to listing his administration’s accomplishments, President Biden echoed another president when he spoke of a “tech industrial complex.”

Biden’s farewell speech warns of unchecked tech power

In addition to listing his administration’s accomplishments, President Biden echoed another president when he spoke of a “tech industrial complex.”

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Filmmaker David Lynch was known for an unconventional approach and non-linear storytelling. His name was used as an adjective — Lynchian — to express surreal normalcy.

Remembering David Lynch: Artist, filmmaker, transcendental meditation advocate

Filmmaker David Lynch was known for an unconventional approach and non-linear storytelling. His name was used as an adjective — Lynchian — to express surreal normalcy.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Critics review the latest film releases: “One of Them Days,” “Wolf Man,” “I'm Still Here,” and “Wish You Were Here.”

Weekend film reviews: ‘One of Them Days,’ ‘Wolf Man,’ ‘I’m Still Here’

Critics review the latest film releases: “One of Them Days,” “Wolf Man,” “I'm Still Here,” and “Wish You Were Here.”

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: January 16, 2025

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

from Morning Becomes Eclectic

Known for her improvisational recordings — turning warehouses, trailers, and lofts into studios – Japanese Breakfast front-woman and founder Michelle Zauner took to a proper studio for…

Today’s Top Tune: Japanese Breakfast – ‘Orlando In Love’

Known for her improvisational recordings — turning warehouses, trailers, and lofts into studios – Japanese Breakfast front-woman and founder Michelle Zauner took to a proper studio for…

from Today's Top Tune