Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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LA Metro’s decades-in-the-making D Line opens this weekend
2026-05-07 | 51 mins.
Plus, two LA politicians and a reality TV star mix it up in their first mayoral debate, our weekend film reviews, and Evan Kleiman is here with a dish that sounds disgusting, but is actually delicious.
Why climate change is making our food less nutritious
2026-05-06 | 52 mins.
Plus, LA’s infrastructure is a mess. Now there’s a plan to make a plan. Also, why Latinos make up half of the Border Patrol, and a new book examines the idea of a bad mom.
They’re cute. Even polite. But does LA need more delivery robots?
2026-05-05 | 50 mins.
Plus, the Iran War leaves California refiners scrambling to find new sources of crude, the hantavirus that killed three people on a cruise is part of life in the Mammoth area, and how to be a dissident.
How McCabe’s in Santa Monica became a nationally known venue
2026-05-04 | 53 mins.
Plus, whipsaw court rulings over the abortion drug mifepristone, a new report says New Orleans could be underwater in decades, and how the Met Gala became the party everyone loves to hate.
$25 billion (and counting): The Iran War’s cost, 2 months in
2026-04-30 | 51 mins.
Plus, new apps allow people to “nudify” photos, how The Devil Wars Prada 2 is part fan service, part documentary, and Evan Kleiman makes her case for the tuna melt.