KCRW DJ & Culture Producer Tyler Boudreaux follows the JSJ Photo Collective, a group of high school photographers, as they interview the local vendors at KCRW’s Summer Night at the California African American Museum.
It’s late Spring in Santa Monica, and that means it’s cherry season at the farmers’ market. Whether you like a dark red Brooks or the bright pop of an Early Glen, they’re all here.
There’s no doubt that the 86-year-old institution that is Alcoholics Anonymous has helped millions of people around the world recover from alcoholism, but now, more than ever before, it’s members are beginning to question whether a program foun
How the ocean continues to bring peace and healing to two women. Their similarities and differences unfold as they explore surf culture, gender, race, and the impact of the sea.
The 2021 Emmy Awards air Sunday, Sept. 19, but whether this year’s ceremony marks a return to business as usual for the Academy, the industry, and its audiences remains up in the air. Cedric the Entertainer is the host. We are still in the pand
Nice to Meet You Forever is the story of Shaka Mali Tafari and his best friend Gail, a 78-year-old Jewish woman who grew up attending theatre and opera on the Northside of Chicago. He grew up Black, poor, and sometimes homeless on the westside
KCRW and the California African American Museum have co-commissioned artist Lynnée Denise’s art piece, “Feet Prayer,” and a contextual conversation with the artist, crunk-funk dancer Joi, and Morgan Rhodes, music supervisor, and co-host of the
This broadcast celebrates the winners of the first annual Sarah Awards with a kaleidoscopic cross-section of innovative radio drama from around the world.
Millions of farmers in California, Africa, and South Asia are all facing severe water issues.In this edition of America Abroad, we hear how unmanaged groundwater drilling in California and India is threatening to deplete huge underground aquife
Who’s really benefiting from the GI Bill? Why does the U.S. Coast Guard have some explaining to do? How much arsenic in our water is actually safe? There’s always more to the story.
Growing up with revolutionary technology and entering adulthood in a time of recession, millennials have recently been much maligned. Are critics right? (Sat/Sun 1pm)
We peek behind the national headlines and find out who keeps California's beleaguered state capital running — day in, day out — despite all that's going wrong.
The season finale of Mad Men may be just around the corner, but you can learn a little more about Don Draper and the entire Mad Men phenomenon in KCRW’s exclusive live webcast of KCRW UpClose. Elvis Mitchell, host of KCRW's The Treatment, speak
A music-filled documentary that reveals Elvis Presley's love for Gospel, his roots in the church and the stories behind his greatest Gospel recordings.
In the 1990's, producer Joe Richman gave tape recorders to a few teens and asked them to report on their own lives. Now he's checked back in with them. (Sat, Jan 18, 9am)
Rising Sea levels threaten the US, which has 20 of the most threatened coastal cities in the world. BURN examines the causes and consequences of rising seas.
An unprecedented and intimate portrait of the sacrifices reporters and their families make to tell untold stories -- and the sometimes dangerous allure of the job.
Alex Chadwick takes us to the next frontier of energy development, introducing us to people and ideas that may help the next president propel us to energy independence.