Former "Seinfeld" writer and consumer advocate Peter Mehlman joins the show to talk about the upcoming Sotheby's auction of Edvard Munch's "The Scream." The painting is expected to be sold for more than $80 million, but Mehlman explains why this may not be the deal it appears to be ...
Josh Bearman tells the story of the Baghdad Country Club, a place where people could relax with a beer during the bloodiest years of the Iraq insurgency.
The hacking and bribery scandal plaguing Rupert Murdoch's publishing empire has claimed its most high profile name yet. James Murdoch, Rupert's youngest son, resigned today as the executive chairman of the company's newspaper division.
Luke Burbank, host of the podcast Too Beautiful to Live, brings us his weekly assesment of the week’s awesome and not awesome news.
This week, Wyoming nearly passes doomsday legislation to prepare for the zombie apocalypse, a professional yoga organization pushes to turn the practice into an olympic sport and we give an update on the ridiculously smug Park Slope food co-op vote over boycotting Israeli products.
The Madeleine Brand Show, exclusively on 89.3 KPCC, 89.1 KUOR and 90.3 KVLA, captures the spirit of the West in a conversational, informal, witty style and examines the cultural issues people are buzzing about. Hosted by Madeleine Brand, and produced by Kristen Muller, Steve Proffitt and Sanden Totten, the show includes regular segments like Weird L.A. - highlighting a person, place or thing that you've never heard about, but probably should; Parenting on the Edge - a weekly discussion on the challenges and pitfalls of raising kids; as well as regular contributors like Luke Burbank, Rico Gagliano, Brendan Newnam and John Moe to help dissect culture, technology and business news.
