A weekly hour-long romp through the worlds of media politics sports and show business leavened with an eclectic mix of mysterious music hosted by Harry Shearer.
A treatment in Hollywood parlance is a concise overview of a screenplay. On The Treatment film critic Elvis Mitchell turns the tables and gives the treatment to some of the most influential and innovative force...more
The Pulitzer Prize-winning critic of The Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern reviews films weekly in the paper and on KCRW; he airs his current musings on the film industry in a biweekly column for the paper as...more
Your weekly treat from Evan Kleiman. By tuning in to Good Food you can discover great restaurants that youve never heard of the politics of consumption explorations of cultures through their food customs and so...more
Hosted by Claude Brodesser-Akner, The Business looks deep inside the business of entertainment. A half-hour of thoughtful and irreverent dialogue with Hollywood's top deal-makers, filmmakers, moguls, artists an...more
From your iPod to the Freedom Chair to the Walt Disney Concert Hall design and architecture shape our world. On DnA: Design and Architecture host Frances Anderton talks to design world leaders about the latest ...more
Veteran TV writer and producer Rob Long shares his behind-the-scenes look at Hollywood life on "Martini Shot". A contributing editor for the National Review and Newsweek International he was a co-executive prod...more
Sometimes a panel discussion about current controversies in the cultural world other times an in-depth interview with an author or leading figures in media the arts entertainment or politics The Politics of Cul...more
"Social Studies" is a four-minute, rapid-fire satire about power, politics, and popular culture, seen through the lens of characters who spring from the mind of actress, playwright and author Iris (e-reese) Bah...more
Art reviews, news and announcements from KCRW's resident art critic, Edward Goldman. Both fearless and fun, Edward offers a unique "accent" on art. Formerly employed by the famed Hermitage Museum in St. Petersb...more
Each week industry veteran Celia Hirschman considers the changes and trends happening in the music business. An independent consultant for the music business she founded the marketing consulting company Downtow...more
KCRW's media critic Nick Madigan takes a weekly look at how reporters for newspapers, television and other media are doing their jobs. He explores their methods, evaluates their results and questions their thin...more
Twenty-four hours a day in every city in America you can hear shock jock radio types screaming their outrage at the latest sports scandal and the din has become loud and steady. Diana Nyad on the other hand is ...more
Every week The Urban Man sets out to fathom Los Angeles: its mystery its poetry and its beautiful conundrums. Along the way he often gets personally involved with his subject and fraternizes with the natives.
Your weekly treat from Evan Kleiman. By tuning in to Good Food, you can discover great restaurants that you've never heard of, the politics of consumption, explorations of cultures through their food customs an...more
An examination of medical ethics and the practioners who define them. Dr. Michael Wilkes is a Professor of Medicine and Vice Dean for Medical Education at UC Davis. He takes on the pharmaceutical and health ins...more
In-depth provocative reviews and commentary on theatre in Southern California and beyond from James C. Taylor. He is an in-demand film/TV editor with a passion for theatre and opera who flies all over the world...more
L.A. Observed covers the weeks top stories in L.A. media politics and culture sharing breaking news when its available and tying up loose ends on the topics that Angelenos have been discussing all week.
