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Big Pharma has spent more than $85 million to defeat Prop 61 Election spending is cruising toward record highs in California, and no one’s making it rain harder than Big Pharma. Pharmaceutical companies have spent more than $85 million to defeat Prop 61.

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Reality Check: military spending and national security The most powerful military in the world is not big enough for Donald Trump, although Hillary Clinton's considered more likely to use it to intervene overseas. We continue our reality check on the presidential campaign

Listen to full episode Oct 05, 2016

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Devendra Banhart: Saturday Night The ninth album by freak folk artist Devendra Banhart was written, produced, arranged and recorded in his adopted home base of Los Angeles.

Listen to full episode Oct 05, 2016

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KCRW Investigates

Troubled waters: Low wages on the high seas Seafarers move millions of people and billions of goods around the world every year. It’s always been a dangerous profession, and that’s why it’s had global protections for hundreds of years. But some of those are unraveling thanks to a private system of justice that some say is anything but just.

Listen to Full Episode Oct 04, 2016

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Morning Becomes Eclectic

Norah Jones

48 MIN, 16 SEC Sep 28, 2016

Scheer Intelligence

Gary Tyler: Cast the First Stone

30 MIN, 37 SEC Sep 30, 2016

Metropolis

Lee Burridge Exclusive Mix UK House DJ Lee Burridge has made his mark as an important figure in the underground, especially through his popular All Day I Dream parties in LA and abroad. We share an exclusive mix from Lee in advance of the CRSSD Festival in San Diego.

1 HR, 6 MIN, 1 SEC Sep 24, 2016

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R.E.M.: Radio Song It's been 25 years since R.E.M. issued Out of Time, an album that catapulted them to international acclaim and ushered alternative music into the mainstream. Later this fall, the band will release a remastered album.

4 MIN, 12 SEC Sep 27, 2016

Jason Bentley hosts KCRW's signature daily music program featuring new releases from emerging and established artists, underappreciated gems, live performances, and interviews.

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Eclectic 24

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.

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To the Point

"To the Point" is a fast-paced, news-based program that focuses on the hot-button national issues of the day. Hosted by award-winning journalist Warren Olney, the hour-long show presents informative and thought-provoking discussion of major news stories and front-page issues.

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand