Madeleine Brand: Public Radio, Press Play, and Finding Her Voice

Madeleine Brand: Public Radio, Press Play, and Finding Her Voice

Madeleine Brand is one of those voices millions of people recognize — even if they don’t immediately know the name behind it.

For more than a decade, she’s hosted Press Play on KCRW. Before that came NPR, Day to Day, and a public-radio career that took her from Berkeley to Buffalo, Boston, New Jersey, Washington, New York, and finally — wisely — back home to Los Angeles.

What’s remarkable is how early she figured out what she loved. While many careers in media involve detours, reinventions, and a fair amount of chaos, Madeleine found public radio in college, got very good at it, and kept following the work wherever it led.

In this episode, we talk about the sleepy New Jersey station that somehow became a launching pad for an entire generation of legendary broadcasters, why one very large and very well-intentioned grant ultimately convinced her it was time to leave, and what it takes to stay thoughtful, curious, and unmistakably yourself across decades on the air.

Madeleine is also funny, candid, and wonderfully self-aware — including about why her favorite place to hear live music in Los Angeles is her own house.

And yes, at one point she tells me I’m a good interviewer. Which, for me, was a little like Kobe Bryant telling you you’ve got a nice jump shot.

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Jim & Janice Hahn: Family Legacy, Sibling Rivalry, and Serving Los Angeles

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