Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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Writer George Saunders on death, morality, and ruining our planet
29.01.2026 | 52 min.
Plus, how California lawmakers are responding to federal immigration enforcement tactics, why fentanyl overdose deaths suddenly declined in 2023, and why a $1,500 per person dinner sold out in minutes.
‘Sinners’ nabs record 16 Oscar noms. Has horror finally found respect?
27.01.2026 | 52 min.
Plus, how the narrative about ICE is shaped by cell phone videos from both protesters and agents, President Trump turns his eyes to Cuba, and a dispatch from the Sundance Film Festival.
Will CBP agents who killed Alex Pretti be held accountable?
27.01.2026 | 53 min.
Plus, how LA activists are monitoring ICE activity at a MacArthur Park Home Depot, and rapper IDK on how serving time set him on a path to make music.
“They’re all kind of mid”: An underwhelming CA governor’s race
23.01.2026 | 53 min.
Plus, a new magazine called Geezer is a tongue-in-cheek alternative to the AARP, our weekend film reviews, and Evan Kleiman previews Dine LA’s Restaurant Week.
“This is NATO’s funeral,” even as Trump tempers Greenland threat
22.01.2026 | 52 min.
Plus, why a particularly nasty strain of flu is surging, LA drops charges against a crosswalk vigilante trying to make the city safer for pedestrians, and the future of the dictionary in an age of AI.