Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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

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Previous Episodes

  • A24 films: Budding auteurs, unusual marketing, new AI adoption 02.10.2025
  • Supervisor Barger on what went wrong during January’s fires 01.10.2025
  • Meme del Real, from Café Tacvba to ‘La Montaña Encendida’ 30.09.2025
  • U.S. Forest Service lifts mask ban. CA firefighter reacts 26.09.2025
  • ‘Long Story Short’: Jewish family drama, grief, humor 25.09.2025
  • Pentagon to reporters: Get permission before publishing 24.09.2025
  • Jarvis Cocker on Pulp’s ‘More,’ growing up, second marriage 23.09.2025
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Latest victim of Trump’s war on speech he doesn’t like 19.09.2025
  • Huntington Beach’s complicated history of white supremacy 18.09.2025
  • James Conlon on his last season with LA Opera 17.09.2025
  • Audiences are ‘still so obsessed’ with Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks 16.09.2025
  • Prop 50 could tip the balance of power in Congress 12.09.2025
  • Economic check-in: National and Hollywood 11.09.2025
  • Safety or income? Immigrants make hard choice amid ICE raids 10.09.2025
  • 2025: No song of the summer? 09.09.2025
  • Eames House survived the Palisades Fire. KCRW gets a tour 05.09.2025
  • 3 West Coast states form health alliance to counter info from Trump 04.09.2025
  • ICE is hiring. Many prospective candidates are Latino 03.09.2025
  • Labor Day special: New Hollywood’s leading men in photos 01.09.2025
  • When AI companionship turns into psychosis 29.08.2025

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