Steve Almond

author, “Bad Stories: What the Hell Just Happened to Our Country.”

Guest

Author of Against Football: One Fan's Reluctant Manifesto and Bad Stories: What the Hell Just Happened to Our Country.

Steve Almond on KCRW

After the 2016 presidential election, a lot of people were trying to explain how a reality TV star and real estate developer took over the White House.

How bad stories leading to bad outcomes in American life and politics

After the 2016 presidential election, a lot of people were trying to explain how a reality TV star and real estate developer took over the White House.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Former sportswriter Steve Almond was a huge football fan for 40 years. But ethical and moral issues led him to boycott the game at all levels.

Breaking Up with Football

Former sportswriter Steve Almond was a huge football fan for 40 years. But ethical and moral issues led him to boycott the game at all levels.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

This is the second full weekend of the National Football League’s 2014 season… but nobody’s talking about the games.

NFL Fallout and the Domestic Violence Discussion

This is the second full weekend of the National Football League’s 2014 season… but nobody’s talking about the games.

from To the Point

More from KCRW

Prop 34 – sponsored by the California Apartment Association – looks like health care reform, but it’s crafted to stop one nonprofit from spending on politics.

from KCRW Features

Four years after protesters called to defund the police, voters worried about crime are poised to toss out a reformer D.A. and pass a tough-on-crime bill.

from KCRW Features

Little Saigon’s Vietnamese community has long leaned Republican. Now local Democrat Derek Tran is trying to peel away votes in an OC swing district.

from KCRW Features

The Anaheim City Council postponed their vote on a proposed ordinance to set a $50 limit for gifts to council members.

from KCRW Features

The outcome of congressional races in Orange County could determine whether Republicans keep their majority in the House of Representatives.

from KCRW Features

In the midst of election season, conversations revolving around the levers of power become more frequent, and in the case of a U.S.

from Scheer Intelligence

What is a “never Trump” Republican? Both Trump and Harris are trying to win over swing and Centrist voters. Plus, conflict in the Middle East turns to Lebanon.

from Left, Right & Center

The U.S. continues to take a firm stance on China. When does censorship go too far? Plus, California’s gas inventory may hurt its neighboring state, Nevada.

from Left, Right & Center

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.

from KCRW Features