Ryan Coogler

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.”

As David Ellison’s Skydance merger with Paramount begins, studio executives have been given some serious incentives to stick around through the transition process.

The latest film releases include Smile 2, Anora, Woman of the Hour, and Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party.

Matt Tyrnauer and James Carville speak on their new Carville documentary, Ilana Glazer fills us in on their stand-up special “Human Magic,” and René Redzepi has The Treat.

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

Filmmaker Lauren Greenfield assesses how constant internet access affects the coming-of-age experience of pandemic teens in a new series called “Social Studies.”

Maria Bamford stops by ahead of a stand-up show at the Broad, film critic Chris Nashawaty breaks down his new book “The Future Was Now,” and Richard Linklater has The Treat.

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.

Gael García Bernal speaks on his new series “La Máquina,” Cheech Marin goes deep on Chicano art, and Rob Lowe has The Treat.