The Madeleine Brand Show

The resurgence of former president Bill Clinton - Bloomberg News' political analyst Margaret Carlson joins the show to discuss his role in this year's presidential campaign.

There is one place in Los Angeles where you can drive without abandon, where you can go as fast as you can without the worrying about tickets or traffic jams. Reporter Jed Kim takes us inside the K1 Speed go-kart racing track in Torrance, Calif.

Humorist, essayist and longtime "This American Life" contributor David Rakoff has died of cancer at the age of 47.

Performer Heather Woodbury's latest one-woman play is "As the Globe Warms," about global climate change. She'll be presenting a 40-minute preview of the whole 12-hour opus at Redcat's New Original Works Festival here in L.A.

Madeleine Brand finds out the latest conversation starters with Rico Gagliano and Brendan Francis Newnam, the hosts of KPCC's "Dinner Party."

LA Laker fans still celebrating the recent acquisition of All-Star guard Steve Nash can keep smiling.

Meghan McCarty brings you the Weekend Alibi, a roundup of the best entertainments in Southern California, so when anyone asks you how you spent your weekend, you've got a good alibi.