Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The tension and division when home ownership is out of reach
24/09/2026 | 52 min
Plus, the EPA permanently restores grants to UC researchers whose funding it stripped, our weekend film reviews, and we sent lifelong Angeleno Evan Kleiman to find the best Texas-style food in L.A.
West Nile on the rise in LA. How concerned should we be?
23/09/2026 | 52 min
Plus, Latino voters may be swinging back to Democrats, Emily St. John Mandel’s new book is set in dystopian Los Angeles in the not-too-distant future, and the case for starting holiday prep in September.
Min Jin Lee on betrayal, class struggle in the Korean diaspora
22/09/2026 | 52 min
Plus, ICE stopped disclosing where it's holding thousands of undocumented immigrants, a new documentary features the oldest people in the world, and coyote sightings light up an Encino group chat.
Settlement clears the way for Paramount-Warner Bros. merger
21/09/2026 | 51 min
Plus, news outlets banned from the White House sue on First Amendment grounds, Gov. Newsom declares a state of emergency due to El Niño, and a scathing review of a mostly-AI hip-hop album.
Kahlo. Rockwell. Jabba the Hutt. Inside the new Lucas Museum
17/09/2026 | 51 min
Plus, a conservative judge who advised Mike Pence after the 2020 election warns Republicans may try to keep Democrats from taking their seats in Congress after the midterms. And our weekly film reviews.