Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Meet LA’s 2018 MacArthur ‘Geniuses’
This year’s MacArthur “Genius” grants are out. The five-year grants are for people who show “exceptional creativity” and potential in their work. They each get $625,000 to pursue their projects, no strings attached.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readThis year’s MacArthur “Genius” grants are out. The five-year grants are for people who show “exceptional creativity” and potential in their work. They each get $625,000 to pursue their projects, no strings attached. A few of them are based in Los Angeles: neuroscientist Doris Tsao, playwright Dominique Morisseau, and music composer Matthew Aucoin.
Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Duarte Geraldino
journalist, analyst, and radio host
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Line Editor, Press Play
Amy Ta
Digital News & Culture Editor
Matthew Aucoin
composer-conductor-pianist, LA Opera
Dominique Morisseau
playwright
Doris Tsao
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