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Great white sharks call Southern California shores their home. Carlos Gauna, a photographer and drone pilot, documents the hot spots and shares safety tips.

Great white sharks call Southern California shores their home. Carlos Gauna, a photographer and drone pilot, documents the hot spots and shares safety tips.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

LA’s Kismet co-owners on global inspirations for their recipes

The cookbook “Kismet” features family recipes and favorites from the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern restaurants owned by Sara Kramer and Sarah Hymanson.

Jerry West, Lakers legend and ‘The Logo,’ dies at 86

Jerry West, the perennial NBA All-Star and architect of the Lakers’ “Showtime” and Shaq/Kobe eras, dies at 86.

Why is it hard to initiate sex? with Allison Behringer

Can women initiate sex? I’m thinking of breaking my celibacy, but men scare me. How do I set boundaries with my parents about my sex life?

Midweek Reset: Perfectionism

This week, Katherine Morgan Schafler, author of The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control, explores our relationship with the ideal of being a perfectionist.

University of Connecticut basketball coach Dan Hurley said, “Thanks, but no thanks” to a reported six-year deal to be the Lakers’ new coach. The offer would’ve doubled his salary.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

A new documentary looks at George Coulam's multi-million dollar Texas Renaissance Festival. He’s ready to step down, and a fight is brewing over who will step up.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

LA duo Brijean’s lush 'n' dreamy waltz, "Euphoric Avenue," lands at number one and invites us to slow down and savor the sounds.

from Music Special Programming

Japanese Americans have played baseball in SoCal for 100 years, but the last Japanese American youth league in LA County — Sansei Baseball — is shrinking.

from KCRW Features

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Bookworm, a premier literary talk show providing intellectual, accessible, and provocative literary conversations. Hosted by Michael Silverblatt at KCRW.com.

Bookworm

Bookworm, a premier literary talk show providing intellectual, accessible, and provocative literary conversations. Hosted by Michael Silverblatt at KCRW.com.

 In-depth interviews with the most innovative & influential people in entertainment, art, and pop culture. Hosted by film critic Elvis Mitchell, at KCRW.com.

The Treatment

In-depth interviews with the most innovative & influential people in entertainment, art, and pop culture. Hosted by film critic Elvis Mitchell, at KCRW.com.

 Unbelievably true stories of chance encounters that changed the world. A pair of mail-order shoes that led to the film The Outsiders. A secret road to a California paradise.

UnFictional

Unbelievably true stories of chance encounters that changed the world. A pair of mail-order shoes that led to the film The Outsiders. A secret road to a California paradise.

 Evan Kleiman explores current events, social phenomena, history and culture through the lens of food.

Good Food

Evan Kleiman explores current events, social phenomena, history and culture through the lens of food.

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Mdocu Moctar’s “Funeral for Justice” is a blend of desert blues and sociopolitical commentary about his West African home country of Niger.

‘Funeral for Justice’: Music against colonialism and corruption

Mdocu Moctar’s “Funeral for Justice” is a blend of desert blues and sociopolitical commentary about his West African home country of Niger.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Doctor Elizabeth Comen and Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse talk about gender bias and its lingering impact on women’s healthcare and reproductive rights.

It’s all in her head: Gender bias in healthcare and reproductive rights

Doctor Elizabeth Comen and Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse talk about gender bias and its lingering impact on women’s healthcare and reproductive rights.

from Life Examined

Gifts are unethical and drive up healthcare costs

Pharmaceutical gifts to healthcare providers

Gifts are unethical and drive up healthcare costs

from Second Opinion

Emmy winning comedy impressaria, Maya Rudolph, revels in the joy of messy characters and season two of her Apple TV+ series “Loot.”

Making ‘Loot’ with Maya Rudolph

Emmy winning comedy impressaria, Maya Rudolph, revels in the joy of messy characters and season two of her Apple TV+ series “Loot.”

from The Treatment

Writer-director Richard Linklater joins “The Treatment,” to talk hard work, self-acceptance, and making his films as real as possible.

Richard Linklater’s ‘Hit Man’ keeps it real

Writer-director Richard Linklater joins “The Treatment,” to talk hard work, self-acceptance, and making his films as real as possible.

from The Treatment

Actor and director Ethan Hawke sells us on his idea of “real” cinema by extolling the virtues of 1981’s Reds — starring Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton.

Ethan Hawke on Warren Beatty’s 1981 ‘masterpiece,’ ‘Reds’

Actor and director Ethan Hawke sells us on his idea of “real” cinema by extolling the virtues of 1981’s Reds — starring Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton.

from The Treatment

Zucchini hits the market with a young farmer growing the crop.

Meet Alex Frecker, the newest face at the farmers market

Zucchini hits the market with a young farmer growing the crop.

from Good Food

Gustavo Arellano weighs in on a proposed California law that would require folic acid to be added to masa.

Why is the government messing with our tortillas?

Gustavo Arellano weighs in on a proposed California law that would require folic acid to be added to masa.

from Good Food

Chef Jordan Kahn ushers in a new era of Vespertine.

Jordan Kahn rebirths Vespertine, now anchored by nature and nutrition

Chef Jordan Kahn ushers in a new era of Vespertine.

from Good Food

Jo Flashman pairs Southern California hikes with microbreweries.

A guidebook to the great outdoors and the craft of brewing beer

Jo Flashman pairs Southern California hikes with microbreweries.

from Good Food

In a new cookbook filled with Lebanese recipes, Hana El-Hibri invokes the spirit of "mayylu," an invitation for visitors to pop in.

A trek through Lebanon's Mountain Trail opens the doors of hospitality

In a new cookbook filled with Lebanese recipes, Hana El-Hibri invokes the spirit of "mayylu," an invitation for visitors to pop in.

from Good Food

Kitty Morse opens a tattered leather valise and uncovers a WWII journal from her French forbearers — with photographs and some very special recipes.

The contents of an old valise inspire a deeply personal cookbook

Kitty Morse opens a tattered leather valise and uncovers a WWII journal from her French forbearers — with photographs and some very special recipes.

from Good Food

The “Chappelle Show” co-creator shares why he thinks people should stop taking comedians so seriously.

Comedian Neal Brennan on standup special ‘Crazy Good’

The “Chappelle Show” co-creator shares why he thinks people should stop taking comedians so seriously.

from The Business

The latest film releases include Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Robot Dreams, Handling the Undead, and The Watchers.

Weekend film reviews: ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die,’ ‘Robot Dreams’

The latest film releases include Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Robot Dreams, Handling the Undead, and The Watchers.

from Weekend Film Reviews