Press Play with Madeleine Brand

KCRW

Host Madeleine Brand looks at news, culture and emerging trends through the lens of Los Angeles.

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Episodes

Jarvis Cocker on Pulp’s ‘More,’ growing up, second marriage

Jimmy Kimmel: Latest victim of Trump’s war on speech he doesn’t like

Huntington Beach’s complicated history of white supremacy

James Conlon on his last season with LA Opera

Audiences are ‘still so obsessed’ with Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks

Prop 50 could tip the balance of power in Congress

Economic check-in: National and Hollywood

Safety or income? Immigrants make hard choice amid ICE raids

2025: No song of the summer?

Eames House survived the Palisades Fire. KCRW gets a tour

3 West Coast states form health alliance to counter info from Trump

ICE is hiring. Many prospective candidates are Latino

Labor Day special: New Hollywood’s leading men in photos

When AI companionship turns into psychosis

‘Love, Queenie’: Hollywood’s first Indian star hid her origins

Why did modern cities move away from creating shaded public spaces?

At 90, father of minimalist music is still performing

HHS cuts investments in mRNA vax research. Impact on US science?

Newsom does a 180 on oil drilling

Housing First: Hear from its pioneer and a beneficiary