TikTok's Rise, Fall & Messy Future
The internet was in a frenzy over the short-lived TikTok ban. The app went down, then came back, and could still disappear again? Here to unpack what it all means for pop culture are two viral sensati...
24 Jan 202545min
2025’s Pop Culture Forecast
It’s been a rough start to the year for everyone in Los Angeles so we invited some friends to help us get through it with laughter. Chelsea Devantez, host of the Glamorous Trash podcast, and comedian ...
17 Jan 202551min
Checking in from Los Angeles
Due to the recent fires in Los Angeles, we’re postponing our episode this week. Sam and the KCRW team are safe. Our hearts go out to everyone affected by these devastating events. We’ll be back in you...
10 Jan 20253min
Rachel Bloom Confronts Grief with a Heckler Named Death
In early 2020, comedian and actor Rachel Bloom faced life-changing extremes: the birth of her first child and the loss of collaborator Adam Schlesinger to COVID in the same week. In her Netflix specia...
3 Jan 202549min
How To Talk To Yourself When Things Suck (from 10% Happier with Dan Harris)
Today we’re sharing an episode from our friends at 10% Happier with Dan Harris featuring our own Sam Sanders. Sam shares how he’s been dealing with grief over the last year, what it looks like to mai...
27 Dec 20241h 7min
Jessica Williams Talks Therapy and Life Lessons
Jessica Williams plays a shrink on TV, but we’d pay money to have her be our therapist IRL. From her time on The Daily Show, to playing a therapist on Apple TV+’s Shrinking, and what it was like to fr...
20 Dec 202458min
The Evolution of Pop Music with Diallo and LUXXURY
Diallo and LUXXURY, hosts of the One Song podcast, help us recap the year in pop music. We talk about Drake’s beef with Universal, the evolution of sampling in the music industry, and the most slept-o...
13 Dec 202457min
Kendrick vs. Drake to Wicked: 2024 Unpacked
2024 delivered endless pop culture phenomena from Brat Summer to Wicked’s box office domination. Traci Thomas, host of The Stacks podcast, and Franklin Leonard, founder of The Black List, help us refl...
6 Dec 202456min
