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Critics review the latest film releases: “Old Guy,” “The Monkey,” “Picnic at Hanging Rock,” “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.”

Critics review the latest film releases: “Old Guy,” “The Monkey,” “Picnic at Hanging Rock,” “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.”

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Eclectic 24

KCRW's all-music channel blending the collected talents and tastes of all KCRW's DJs into a single voice streaming 24 hours a day.

LA teen donates thousands of shoes to fire victims

Jacob Chow leads the Pasadena Relief Boutique, an organization supplying thousands of shoes and other essentials to families affected by the Eaton Fire.

Pamela Anderson on her life in show business and ‘The Last Showgirl’

Star of “The Last Showgirl” Pamela Anderson keeps things in perspective, even pay discrepancies: “It doesn't matter, I mean, it all evens out in the end.”

Feud(s): The Murdochs (ongoing) + Harvey vs. Bob Weinstein (developing)

The Murdoch succession

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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.

 This season on Lost Notes: Groupies. Women of the Sunset Strip from the Pill to Punk.

Lost Notes

This season on Lost Notes: Groupies. Women of the Sunset Strip from the Pill to Punk.

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

Feb. 21 2 hr, 49 min

FREAKS ONLY

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

Feb. 20 2 hr

Ro "Wyldeflower" Contreras

Music to lift your spirits. An expansive sonic journey featuring new and classic rhythms from all over the globe.

Feb. 19 2 hr

Francesca Harding

Music to make you feel.

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José Galván

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

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 LA teen donates thousands of shoes to fire victims

LA teen donates thousands of shoes to fire victims

 KCRW Features

Try an upside down cake with cara cara oranges and California olive oil

 Good Food

Will Altadena restaurant Fox's rebuild after the Eaton Fire?

 Good Food

Food & Drink

 It's spiny lobster season at a landmark Santa Monica restaurant

It's spiny lobster season at a landmark Santa Monica restaurant

 Good Food

Bill Addison nabs a table at Holy Basil in Atwater Village

 Good Food

Fizzy, low-proof makgeolli enters its artisanal spirit era

 Good Food

Politics

 Trump sours on Zelensky amid US talks with Russia

Trump sours on Zelensky amid US talks with Russia

 Left, Right & Center

Far-right political party poised to make big gains in German elections

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

How much federal funding could LA schools lose under Trump?

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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 Eclectic 24

Eclectic 24

 Eclectic 24

Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: Feb. 21, 2025

 Morning Becomes Eclectic

Today’s Top Tune: Waxahatchee – ‘Mud’ (Clean)

 Today's Top Tune

Arts

 Weekend film reviews: ‘Old Guy,’ ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’

Weekend film reviews: ‘Old Guy,’ ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’

 Weekend Film Reviews

Quirky LA museum invites you into intricacies of Andalusian interior design

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Edward Norton tells us why he decided not to meet Bob Dylan

 The Treatment

Entertainment

 Weekend film reviews: ‘Old Guy,’ ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’

Weekend film reviews: ‘Old Guy,’ ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Pamela Anderson on her life in show business and ‘The Last Showgirl’

 The Business

Feud(s): The Murdochs (ongoing) + Harvey vs. Bob Weinstein (developing)

 The Business

This Week on KCRW

Chef Govind Armstrong cracks into spiny lobster while celebrating a classic seaside restaurant's 25th anniversary.

It's spiny lobster season at a landmark Santa Monica restaurant

Chef Govind Armstrong cracks into spiny lobster while celebrating a classic seaside restaurant's 25th anniversary.

from Good Food

Bill Addison dives into pad see ew and other iconic Bangkok street food dishes at Holy Basil.

Bill Addison nabs a table at Holy Basil in Atwater Village

Bill Addison dives into pad see ew and other iconic Bangkok street food dishes at Holy Basil.

from Good Food

Dakota Kim embraces the modern boom in an ancient Korean drink — makgeolli.

Fizzy, low-proof makgeolli enters its artisanal spirit era

Dakota Kim embraces the modern boom in an ancient Korean drink — makgeolli.

from Good Food

Pastry chef Sasha Piligian uses olive oil and farmers market citrus in a cake destined for a charity bake sale.

Try an upside down cake with cara cara oranges and California olive oil

Pastry chef Sasha Piligian uses olive oil and farmers market citrus in a cake destined for a charity bake sale.

from Good Food

Designer-turned-food-writer Kristina Cho celebrates her Chinese heritage with delicious and approachable recipes.

Kristina Cho bridges cultures in 'Chinese enough' cookbook

Designer-turned-food-writer Kristina Cho celebrates her Chinese heritage with delicious and approachable recipes.

from Good Food

Monique King mourns the loss of Fox's, a family restaurant in Altadena, while trying to support her staff.

Will Altadena restaurant Fox's rebuild after the Eaton Fire?

Monique King mourns the loss of Fox's, a family restaurant in Altadena, while trying to support her staff.

from Good Food

Novena and Black House Radio’s Micael Donte are live from On Air Fest w/ a set that’ll make you pay… in sweat.

Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: Feb. 21, 2025

Novena and Black House Radio’s Micael Donte are live from On Air Fest w/ a set that’ll make you pay… in sweat.

from Morning Becomes Eclectic

The latest film releases include Old Guy, The Monkey, Picnic at Hanging Rock, and Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.

Weekend film reviews: ‘Old Guy,’ ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’

The latest film releases include Old Guy, The Monkey, Picnic at Hanging Rock, and Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.

from Weekend Film Reviews

How about a little country twang from Waxahatchee , who shares an outtake from her 2024 album Tigers Blood?

Today’s Top Tune: Waxahatchee – ‘Mud’ (Clean)

How about a little country twang from Waxahatchee , who shares an outtake from her 2024 album Tigers Blood?

from Today's Top Tune

Donald Trump points fingers at Volodymyr Zelensky about the war with Russia. Should the president take accountability for the DOJ? Plus, how valuable are political rallies?

Trump sours on Zelensky amid US talks with Russia

Donald Trump points fingers at Volodymyr Zelensky about the war with Russia. Should the president take accountability for the DOJ? Plus, how valuable are political rallies?

from Left, Right & Center

KCRW's all-music channel blending the collected talents and tastes of all KCRW's DJs into a single voice streaming 24 hours a day.

Eclectic 24

KCRW's all-music channel blending the collected talents and tastes of all KCRW's DJs into a single voice streaming 24 hours a day.

New music. Emerging artists. No boundaries. Served fresh every weeknight, 8-10pm, only on FREAKS ONLY by Travis Holcombe.

FREAKS ONLY playlist: Feb 20, 2025

New music. Emerging artists. No boundaries. Served fresh every weeknight, 8-10pm, only on FREAKS ONLY by Travis Holcombe.

from FREAKS ONLY

The Museum of Jurassic Technology has recreated a meditative space from medieval Andalusia as part of the Getty’s region-wide PST Art event.

Quirky LA museum invites you into intricacies of Andalusian interior design

The Museum of Jurassic Technology has recreated a meditative space from medieval Andalusia as part of the Getty’s region-wide PST Art event.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Two foods that are fun to make and satisfying to eat: onigiri (Japanese rice balls) and spring rolls.

Try DIY onigiri and spring rolls for your next get-together

Two foods that are fun to make and satisfying to eat: onigiri (Japanese rice balls) and spring rolls.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Germany holds federal elections on Sunday, and the far-right AFD party is expected to make significant gains. Its candidate for chancellor is the charismatic Alice Weidel.

Far-right political party poised to make big gains in German elections

Germany holds federal elections on Sunday, and the far-right AFD party is expected to make significant gains. Its candidate for chancellor is the charismatic Alice Weidel.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Trump wants to stop funding schools with diversity initiatives. LAUSD officials fear losing more than a billion dollars in federal funding.

How much federal funding could LA schools lose under Trump?

Trump wants to stop funding schools with diversity initiatives. LAUSD officials fear losing more than a billion dollars in federal funding.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Novena and Sam Sanders beam in from On Air Fest in Brooklyn to spin a halftime show wish-playlist.

Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: Feb. 20, 2025

Novena and Sam Sanders beam in from On Air Fest in Brooklyn to spin a halftime show wish-playlist.

from Morning Becomes Eclectic

Nigeria-born, UK-based Obongjayer reflects on a surprising theme which you wouldn't guess when you hear the beat of “Just My Luck.”

Today’s Top Tune: Obongjayer – “Just My Luck”

Nigeria-born, UK-based Obongjayer reflects on a surprising theme which you wouldn't guess when you hear the beat of “Just My Luck.”

from Today's Top Tune