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Measure A – on LA County ballots this November – asks voters whether or not to approve a sales tax hike to fund homeless services and affordable housing.

Measure A – on LA County ballots this November – asks voters whether or not to approve a sales tax hike to fund homeless services and affordable housing.

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Left, Right & Center

Left, Right & Center is KCRW’s weekly politics show where we take on the tough, divisive issues you’re afraid to talk about with your own family.

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 Another sales tax for homeless services: LA voters to decide

Another sales tax for homeless services: LA voters to decide

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How can a country so rich in resources and farm production have people who still go to bed hungry?

Food Insecurity

How can a country so rich in resources and farm production have people who still go to bed hungry?

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A balanced diet of indie grooves, modern psych, alternative R&B and straight up rock and roll.

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A balanced diet of indie grooves, modern psych, alternative R&B and straight up rock and roll.

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Ilana Glazer shares some feelings on the impersonal nature of stand-up as they prepare to drop their new special “Human Magic.”

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Ilana Glazer shares some feelings on the impersonal nature of stand-up as they prepare to drop their new special “Human Magic.”

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Filmmaker Matt Tyrnauer and legendary political firebrand James Carville fill us in on their new documentary “Carville: Winning is Everything, Stupid.”

James Carville and filmmaker Matt Tyrnauer explain ‘Winning is Everything, Stupid’

Filmmaker Matt Tyrnauer and legendary political firebrand James Carville fill us in on their new documentary “Carville: Winning is Everything, Stupid.”

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Acclaimed chef René Redzepi discusses how, to him, hiking is a spiritual experience.

Hiking helps remind Chef René Redzepi that life is beautiful

Acclaimed chef René Redzepi discusses how, to him, hiking is a spiritual experience.

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KCRW's all-music channel blending the collected talents and tastes of all KCRW's DJs into a single voice streaming 24 hours a day.

In part two of our chat with “Apprentice” writer Gabriel Sherman and distributor Tom Ortenberg, we hear about unlikely sources of funding and navigating death threats.

How a Trump supporter accidentally funded (then withdrew from) ‘The Apprentice’

In part two of our chat with “Apprentice” writer Gabriel Sherman and distributor Tom Ortenberg, we hear about unlikely sources of funding and navigating death threats.

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Skydance Media CEO David Ellison moves ahead with his deal to acquire Paramount Global. Matt Belloni and Lucas Shaw tell us what to expect.

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Skydance Media CEO David Ellison moves ahead with his deal to acquire Paramount Global. Matt Belloni and Lucas Shaw tell us what to expect.

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Rowan Jacobsen travels deep into the Bolivian Amazon to uncover the chocolate's origins.

Making a modern chocolate bar from rare cacao grown deep in the Amazon is even harder than it sounds

Rowan Jacobsen travels deep into the Bolivian Amazon to uncover the chocolate's origins.

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Essayist and poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil explains the laborious process of cultivating vanilla and the fragile state of its existence.

Vanilla's existence is precarious. Is the global obsession with it making it worse?

Essayist and poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil explains the laborious process of cultivating vanilla and the fragile state of its existence.

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Molecular biologist Raven Hanna shows us how to produce tree-to-bar chocolate.

Yes, you can grow cacao trees and make your own chocolate from the pods

Molecular biologist Raven Hanna shows us how to produce tree-to-bar chocolate.

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Pastry chef Victoria Granof relishes the diverse, and often misunderstood, sweets of Sicily.

Italian desserts go way beyond cannoli in this sweet cookbook

Pastry chef Victoria Granof relishes the diverse, and often misunderstood, sweets of Sicily.

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At the farmer's market, Klementine Song reminisces about the jujubes her parents grew while farmer Terry Kashima shares the fruit's health benefits.

Jujubes at farmers' markets mean its fall in Los Angeles

At the farmer's market, Klementine Song reminisces about the jujubes her parents grew while farmer Terry Kashima shares the fruit's health benefits.

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The recent hurricanes unleashed a storm of conspiracies. Could Omaha voters decide the nation’s fate? Plus, an indie newsletter saved a politically divided marriage.

Have hurricanes gotten swept up in the culture wars?

The recent hurricanes unleashed a storm of conspiracies. Could Omaha voters decide the nation’s fate? Plus, an indie newsletter saved a politically divided marriage.

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KCRW's signature music program features new releases, live performances, and artist interviews hosted by Novena Carmel.

Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: October 18, 2024

KCRW's signature music program features new releases, live performances, and artist interviews hosted by Novena Carmel.

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We’ve got a new one from alt-country singer Margo Price ! “Too Stoned To Cry” finds the singer sharing a mic and guitar duties with her friend Billy Strings .

Today’s Top Tune: Margo Price – ‘Too Stoned To Cry (Feat. Billy Strings)’

We’ve got a new one from alt-country singer Margo Price ! “Too Stoned To Cry” finds the singer sharing a mic and guitar duties with her friend Billy Strings .

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Any urban street in America is guaranteed to be lined with popular fast food chains, the readily available nature of their products being the main attraction, with people barely giving…

It’s time to get rid of big agriculture

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Little Saigon’s Vietnamese community has long leaned Republican. Now local Democrat Derek Tran is trying to peel away votes in an OC swing district.

Will a Viet American Democrat unseat GOP in Little Saigon?

Little Saigon’s Vietnamese community has long leaned Republican. Now local Democrat Derek Tran is trying to peel away votes in an OC swing district.

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