Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Host Madeleine Brand looks at news, culture and emerging trends through the lens of Los Angeles.
Latest Episode
The ‘vague, ambitious’ new phase of the Gaza ceasefire (24.10.2025)
Previous Episodes
- Toppled Confederate statues transformed, reimagined as art in ‘Monuments’
- For decades, CA students were taught the wrong way to read
- 'Like this best friend': How violinist Sudan Archives explores new sounds
- Gaza native on region’s power struggles after ceasefire agreement
- Raoul Peck on today’s Orwellian world, language and democracy
- ‘Shocking level of lawlessness and abuse’ inside Alabama prisons
- Cate Le Bon on making music from the ‘ruins’ of a relationship
- Possible end of war in Gaza can repair a ‘spiritual catastrophe’
- ChatGPT was partly the downfall of Palisades Fire suspect
- Trans swimmer on public misperceptions of ‘biological advantages’
- Musician Cochemea inspired by dreams, Mesoamerican concept of time
- Connecting with the audience is key to Heidi Duckler Dance
- A24 films: Budding auteurs, unusual marketing, new AI adoption
- Supervisor Barger on what went wrong during January’s fires
- Meme del Real, from Café Tacvba to ‘La Montaña Encendida’
- U.S. Forest Service lifts mask ban. CA firefighter reacts
- ‘Long Story Short’: Jewish family drama, grief, humor
- Pentagon to reporters: Get permission before publishing
- Jarvis Cocker on Pulp’s ‘More,’ growing up, second marriage
- Jimmy Kimmel: Latest victim of Trump’s war on speech he doesn’t like
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