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Veggie fritters are an easy treat to make for yourself and friends. They require few ingredients, the mixture can be made in advance, and cooking takes minutes.

Veggie fritters are an easy treat to make for yourself and friends. They require few ingredients, the mixture can be made in advance, and cooking takes minutes.

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Could regional war break out in the Middle East?

A Hamas leader was assassinated in Iran after an Israeli strike in Lebanon killed a top Hezbollah military commander there. The deaths threaten to spark a wider regional war.

‘The Other Olympians’: What fueled the rise of sex testing?

“The Other Olympians” traces the history of queer athletes at the games, and how sex testing began with track before other sports adopted it.

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Can Trump really distance himself from Project 2025?

The head of the project has stepped down, but the Heritage Foundation will continue pushing the conservative plan. Trump’s campaign is frustrated by the association.

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KCRW's signature daily music show. New releases, live performances, and interviews.

Morning Becomes Eclectic

KCRW's signature daily music show. New releases, live performances, and interviews.

 KCRW’s acclaimed music documentary podcast, Lost Notes, is back for its fourth season!

Lost Notes

KCRW’s acclaimed music documentary podcast, Lost Notes, is back for its fourth season!

 Left, Right & Center is KCRW’s weekly politics show where we take on the tough, divisive issues you’re afraid to talk about with your own family.

Left, Right & Center

Left, Right & Center is KCRW’s weekly politics show where we take on the tough, divisive issues you’re afraid to talk about with your own family.

 Are your friends sick of hearing about your latest hookups and troublesome relationships? We’re not. KCRW is here to ask, How’s Your Sex Life?

How’s Your Sex Life?

Are your friends sick of hearing about your latest hookups and troublesome relationships? We’re not. KCRW is here to ask, How’s Your Sex Life?

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Morning Becomes Eclectic

KCRW's signature daily music show. New releases, live performances, and interviews.

Jul. 31 2 hr, 49 min

Francesca Harding

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Jul. 30 1 hr, 59 min

FREAKS ONLY

Future beats and a mind-melting mix of fuzz, bass, and funk. Served fresh every weeknight.

Jul. 30 1 hr, 59 min

José Galván

An infectious harmony of varied sounds and melodies that bridge cultures and genres.

Jul. 29 2 hr

LeRoy Downs

A varied sonic experience to jazz, blending music, style, and culture.

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Sunset Concerts: Waahli
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Skirball Cultural Center

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 Peaches get a workout at two LA restaurants

Peaches get a workout at two LA restaurants

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‘Making it’ is having each other: An LAUSD teacher’s story

 KCRW Features

Newsom orders new homeless sweeps across California

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Food & Drink

 How to make seasonal fritters out of nearly any vegetable

How to make seasonal fritters out of nearly any vegetable

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

$20/hr wage stresses restaurants, but jobs are growing

 KCRW Features

Gastrodiplomacy: How wining and dining shapes global politics

 Good Food

Politics

 Could regional war break out in the Middle East?

Could regional war break out in the Middle East?

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Can Trump really distance himself from Project 2025?

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Can Kamala Harris win back Indian voters?

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Best New Music

 5 Songs to Hear This Week: Yard Act, Callahan & Witscher, Mal Not Bad

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Yard Act, Callahan & Witscher, Mal Not Bad

 Music News

MBE playlist July 31: Esperanza Spalding skips small talk, shares infinite sonic wisdom

 Morning Becomes Eclectic

Esperanza Spalding’s expands your mind with a KCRW guest DJ set

 Morning Becomes Eclectic

Arts

 Larry Mizell Live in Conversation at KCRW HQ

Larry Mizell Live in Conversation at KCRW HQ

 Lost Notes

Wild Sorrow: Poet Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer on losing her son and finding her way forward

 Life Examined

Why the TV industry hopes to “Survive until 2025”

 The Business

Entertainment

 ‘The Lost Tapes’: Elizabeth Taylor opens up about her life on and off screen

‘The Lost Tapes’: Elizabeth Taylor opens up about her life on and off screen

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The real-life succession war over Rupert Murdoch’s media empire

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Did Disney retaliate against workers wearing union buttons?

 KCRW Features

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UK band Yard Act draws up the fantasy blueprints for escaping modern life via "A Vineyard for the North (Live From: KCRW HQ)."

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Yard Act, Callahan & Witscher, Mal Not Bad

UK band Yard Act draws up the fantasy blueprints for escaping modern life via "A Vineyard for the North (Live From: KCRW HQ)."

from Music News

Multi-grammy-winner Esperanza Spalding drops by with a cosmically inclined guest DJ set.

MBE playlist July 31: Esperanza Spalding skips small talk, shares infinite sonic wisdom

Multi-grammy-winner Esperanza Spalding drops by with a cosmically inclined guest DJ set.

from Morning Becomes Eclectic

Esperanza Spalding dispenses with small talk to share favorite songs and break down “Milton + esperanza” — her new LP with Brazilian legend Milton Nascimento.

Esperanza Spalding’s expands your mind with a KCRW guest DJ set

Esperanza Spalding dispenses with small talk to share favorite songs and break down “Milton + esperanza” — her new LP with Brazilian legend Milton Nascimento.

from Morning Becomes Eclectic

This week, Kemi Nekvapil , leadership coach and author of “Power: A Woman’s Guide to Living and Leaving without Apology” shares a couple of power practices that can help women and…

Midweek Reset: Power practices

This week, Kemi Nekvapil , leadership coach and author of “Power: A Woman’s Guide to Living and Leaving without Apology” shares a couple of power practices that can help women and…

from Life Examined

If you have a new crush you’d like to get a little closer to, think about putting on Brooklyn-based Zsela ’s debut album, Big For You.

Today’s Top Tune: Zsela - ‘Not Your Angel’

If you have a new crush you’d like to get a little closer to, think about putting on Brooklyn-based Zsela ’s debut album, Big For You.

from Today's Top Tune

Author and activist Virgie Tovar is back with her own questions about sex dreams, perimenopause, and masturbating in the sun.

Perimenopause and sex with Virgie Tovar

Author and activist Virgie Tovar is back with her own questions about sex dreams, perimenopause, and masturbating in the sun.

from How’s Your Sex Life?

Lost Notes presents a special live conversation at KCRW HQ with legendary producer Larry Mizell (of the Mizell Brothers).

Larry Mizell Live in Conversation at KCRW HQ

Lost Notes presents a special live conversation at KCRW HQ with legendary producer Larry Mizell (of the Mizell Brothers).

from Lost Notes

Music to make you feel.

Francesca Harding's playlist, July 30, 2024

Music to make you feel.

from Francesca Harding

We will never be “Bored Of Guitar” around these parts.

FREAKS ONLY playlist: Being Dead, Kate Bolliger, Jack White

We will never be “Bored Of Guitar” around these parts.

from FREAKS ONLY

LA electro-pop-jazz duo Brijean’s totally chill rebuke of late capitalism (i.e. their new LP “Macro”) is number one.

KCRW’s Top 30 chart: July 22–28, 2024

LA electro-pop-jazz duo Brijean’s totally chill rebuke of late capitalism (i.e. their new LP “Macro”) is number one.

from Music Special Programming

Kamala Harris is half Indian American. What does her heritage mean to her — and Indian communities in the United States?

Can Kamala Harris win back Indian voters?

Kamala Harris is half Indian American. What does her heritage mean to her — and Indian communities in the United States?

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The Secret Service’s new acting director testified before Congress today that he was "ashamed" of the organization's failure to protect former President Trump from an assassination…

Trump assassination attempt: Secret Service acting chief admits mistakes

The Secret Service’s new acting director testified before Congress today that he was "ashamed" of the organization's failure to protect former President Trump from an assassination…

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Lt. William L. Calley Jr. led Charlie Company in killing as many as 500 unarmed Vietnamese civilians in March 1968.

The only soldier convicted for the My Lai Massacre dies in obscurity

Lt. William L. Calley Jr. led Charlie Company in killing as many as 500 unarmed Vietnamese civilians in March 1968.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

A new documentary features 40 hours of newly discovered interviews and archival footage of Elizabeth Taylor, revealing her thoughts on work, love, and feelings of inadequacy.

‘The Lost Tapes’: Elizabeth Taylor opens up about her life on and off screen

A new documentary features 40 hours of newly discovered interviews and archival footage of Elizabeth Taylor, revealing her thoughts on work, love, and feelings of inadequacy.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Wade in for a sonic sigh of relief in the form of LA-based, guitar virtuoso Fabiano do Nascimento’s latest “Olhos D'​á​gua.”

MBE playlist July 30: Fabiano do Nascimento’s soothing jazz guitar sounds

Wade in for a sonic sigh of relief in the form of LA-based, guitar virtuoso Fabiano do Nascimento’s latest “Olhos D'​á​gua.”

from Morning Becomes Eclectic

Today, Pearl & The Oysters announce their upcoming album, Planet Pearl, which promises to be a hypnotic vision quest conjuring moonlight, tropical waters, exotic botany, and buzzing…

Today’s Top Tune: Pearl & The Oysters - ‘Big Time’

Today, Pearl & The Oysters announce their upcoming album, Planet Pearl, which promises to be a hypnotic vision quest conjuring moonlight, tropical waters, exotic botany, and buzzing…

from Today's Top Tune

An infectious harmony of varied sounds and melodies that bridge cultures and genres.

José Galván's playlist, July 29, 2024

An infectious harmony of varied sounds and melodies that bridge cultures and genres.

from José Galván

Afro-rave stylings from Rema and relentless club beats out of Toronto (via BAMBII), right this way.

FREAKS ONLY playlist: July 29, 2024

Afro-rave stylings from Rema and relentless club beats out of Toronto (via BAMBII), right this way.

from FREAKS ONLY

KCRW DJ Anne Litt shares her new favorite tunes, plus talks about the legacy of The Chills’ Martin Phillipps.

Ezra Collective, Brijean: Picks from KCRW DJ Anne Litt

KCRW DJ Anne Litt shares her new favorite tunes, plus talks about the legacy of The Chills’ Martin Phillipps.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand