An audio folk story examining the tradition of Black watermelon long-haulers, who drive to farms in the South for watermelon and sell them in Black neighborhoods around the US.
Buildings Speak: Stories of Pioneering Women Architects
"Buildings Speak: Stories of Pioneering Women Architects," a new special from The Kitchen Sisters, hosted by Academy Award-winning actress Frances McDormand.
For some eight years now, 34 Black women from the Bay Area — artists, scholars, midwives, nurses, an architect, an ice cream maker, a donut maker, a theater director, a choreographer,…
Here they are! The 2022 winners of KCRW’s 24-Hour Radio Race
On Saturday November 12 at 10 a.m. PST, hundreds of producers from around the world received a theme that launched the start of KCRW’s 10th Annual 24-Hour Radio Race.
KCRW’s Summer Nights: Local vendors carry our communities and our stories
KCRW DJ & Culture Producer Tyler Boudreaux follows the JSJ Photo Collective, a group of high school photographers, as they interview the local vendors at KCRW’s Summer Night at the…
Color Me Sober: Can AA evolve to include its most marginalized members?
There’s no doubt that the 86-year-old institution that is Alcoholics Anonymous has helped millions of people around the world recover from alcoholism, but now, more than ever before,…
How the ocean continues to bring peace and healing to two women. Their similarities and differences unfold as they explore surf culture, gender, race, and the impact of the sea.
On November 13, hundreds of producers from around the world — from India to Ireland, London to Las Vegas, Sydney to Santa Monica — revved up their recorders to make an audio story…
The 2021 Emmy Awards air Sunday, Sept. 19, but whether this year’s ceremony marks a return to business as usual for the Academy, the industry, and its audiences remains up in the air.
Nice to Meet You Forever: The unlikely story of a cross-cultural, cross-generational friendship
Nice to Meet You Forever is the story of Shaka Mali Tafari and his best friend Gail, a 78-year-old Jewish woman who grew up attending theatre and opera on the Northside of Chicago.
