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Episode chemical/x-kinemage Diwali desserts, gothic recipes, great tacos, preserved fruit
Hetal Vasavada prepares for Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, by baking gorgeous, colorful sweets. The intersection of Gothic novels and food offers a rich, spooky tradition for literary scholar Dr. Alessandra Pino and food writer Ella Buchan.
Episode ECMAScript program Want to visit a custom-made haunted house? LA has hundreds
Whether you want to be just a little scared or pushed to the limit, LA has hundreds of different types of haunted houses. Vice Cooler, creator of Haunts of LA, is your guide.
Episode Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: October 25, 2024
If you love guitars and saxophones, Nilüfer Yanya’s “My Method Actor” set from KCRW’s Annenberg Performance Studio is for you.
Episode Troff document (with manpage macros) The enviable life of a true American publisher
Fewer people in the world had access to the personal moments experienced by Steve Wasserman, Heyday Books publisher, former LA Times Book Review editor and former editor at several of the nation’s most prominent book publishing houses.
Episode Will Trump or Harris win undecided voters?
The final campaign days are here. How are early voters affecting candidate strategies? Plus, the panel discusses how abortion rights may change the Nevada battleground.
Episode Weekend film reviews: ‘Venom: The Last Dance,’ ‘Concave,’ ‘New Wave’
The latest film releases include Venom: The Last Dance, Conclave, New Wave, and No One Asked You. Weighing in are Alonso Duralde and Dave White, film critics and co-hosts of the movie podcast Linoleum Knife.
Episode Z Berg: ‘Better The Devil’
With Halloween around the corner and our Masquerade blowout at the Mayan tonight(!), we turn to a haunting track written by Z Berg (a founding member of The Like).
Episode Tyler Boudreaux's playlist, October 24, 2024
A balanced diet of indie grooves, modern psych, alternative R&B and straight up rock and roll.
Episode FREAKS ONLY playlist: Oct 24, 2024
Join us as we rip the cellophane off of new LPs from two of our faves: “Divine Urge” by Elke and “Pearl” by Anna Lunoe.
Episode Politics of newspaper political endorsements, film reviews
LA Times editorial page editor Mariel Garza resigned Wednesday after the paper’s owner Patrick Soon-Shiong ordered the Times not to endorse a presidential candidate.
Episode Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: October 24, 2024
Joy Oladokun’s “LETTER FROM A BLACKBIRD” makes us think of Imogen Heap which (of course) makes us think of “SNL” and “The O.C.”
Episode 5: When To Call A Thing What It Is
Brian stops doomscrolling and starts doom-living. He brings two journalists he saw duking it out on Twitter into a studio, where they debate how to report on lies and racism in the Trump era.
Episode Prop 3 is an insurance policy for same-sex couples, backers say
Proposition 3 would enshrine the right for same-sex couples to marry in the California constitution. It would also repeal and replace language from 2008 that says otherwise.
Episode Metronomy: ‘Contact High’ (feat. Miki & Faux Real)
For Joseph Mount, mastermind behind the UK outfit Metronomy, The Posse EP Volume 2 represents a way of connecting with new music and new artists. It’s his way of championing newer performers and connecting with them.
Episode Ro "Wyldeflower" Contreras' playlist, October 23, 2024
Music to lift your spirits. An expansive sonic journey featuring new and classic rhythms from all over the globe.
Episode FREAKS ONLY playlist: Oct 23, 2024
Stereolab’s Tim Gane gives us a deliciously languid and decidedly vibes-forward take on Melenas’ “1000 Canciones.”
Episode High stakes in Harris-Trump race, tribute to Dodger great Fernando Valenzuela
Donald Trump’s longest-serving chief of staff, John Kelly, recently spoke to news media about concerns that the former president would govern as a dictator if re-elected.
Episode Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: October 23, 2024
Sharon Van Etten, via her new project The Attachment Theory, shares the magisterial new single “Afterlife.”
Episode Troff document Screw the dating scene with Dylan Tupper Rupert
Should I quit dating? This week, Dylan Tupper Rupert joins Myisha to talk about what to do when dating feels like a chore. Dylan is the host of KCRW’s Lost Notes: Groupies.
Episode object code 3: Girls Together Outrageously
By 1969, Pamela Des Barres was no longer a Valley teenybopper; she had transformed into a full fledged rock n roll icon-in-the-making.
Episode Midweek Reset: On Friendship
This week Kate Murphy, journalist and author of “ You’re Not Listening: What You’re Missing and Why It Matters,” sheds some light on the value of true friendships, why quality is often more important that quantity and why it is so important to give…
Episode ECMAScript program SoCal Dems head to swing state Nevada to turn out votes
SoCal Democrats anxious to help win the presidential election for Kamala Harris are road-tripping to swing states where they can make a bigger impact.
Episode Tunng: ‘Didn’t Know Why’
It’s been roughly twenty years since London-based Tunng crept onto the scene with their genre-defying and timeless “pagan folktronica” debut album — This Is… Tunng: Mothers Daughters and other Tales.
Episode FREAKS ONLY playlist: Oct 22, 2024
LCD Soundsystem’s tightly wound new single “X-Ray Eyes” hits DSPs on Friday, Nov. 1, but you’ll hear it here now(!).
Episode Pop Culture Can Help the Climate w/ Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Sam sits down with author and marine biologist Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson to explore her inspiring new book, What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures. Dr.
Episode text/texmacs Prop 6 explainer, the fight against Inland Empire’s online shopping warehouses
The medical diagnosis used to convict a Texas death row inmate has drawn growing skepticism. At least 30 others similarly convicted have been exonerated.
Episode Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: October 22, 2024
Revel in “Inertia” from subtle jazz master Samora Pinderhughes’ “Venus Smiles Not in the House of Tears.”
Episode Octet Stream Las Palabras: ‘La Misma Luna’ (feat. Angélica Garcia)
Las Palabras , or Words in English, is the Spanish-language solo project of punk-scene veteran and member of !!! (Chk Chk Chk) — Rafael Cohen.
Episode José Galván's playlist, October 21, 2024
An infectious harmony of varied sounds and melodies that bridge cultures and genres.
Episode FREAKS ONLY playlist: Oct 21, 2024
Boy Harsher’s icy-hot remix of Nilüfer Yanya’s “Just A Western” is just what your brain + body needs.