James Toback

Oktoberfest lasts all fall in Huntington Beach, where a small German neighborhood hosts annual dachshund races from June to December.

Kim Masters and Matt Belloni examine MSNBC’s decision to hold Errol Morris’ immigration documentary Separated until after the 2024 presidential election.

Tim Matheson takes us through his new memoir “Damn Glad to Meet You,” Laurent Bouzereau talks documenting John Williams, and Pamela Adlon has The Treat.

In the early 1970s, LA’s Sunset Strip was the epicenter of the rock'n'roll universe. Drugs, sex, private planes, limos, destroying hotel rooms – it wasn’t a myth.

The latest movie releases include Piece by Piece, The Apprentice, We Live in Time, and The Last of the Sea Women.

SoCal native and “Diva Of The People” Gavin Turek brings heavy disco to KCRW’s Annenberg Performance Studio via cuts like “WHITNEY,” “IOU,” and “Off The Wheel.”

LA-native Jessica Pratt brings twisted psych-folk sounds to the Annenberg Performance Studio via performances of 2024’s “Better Hate” and 2019’s “Poly Blue.”

The origin story of Miss Pamela Des Barres, the original queen of the groupies, author of the iconic memoir, I’m With the Band.

Brian Jordan Alvarez speaks on his zeitgeisty series “English Teacher,” Josh Greenbaum hopes his film “Will & Harper” sparks conversations, Elisabeth Moss has The Treat.