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Fanatic! Hello from Eugene OR. It’s been raining off an on all day. Shows have been going well and I’m looking forward to tonight. A great show we have lined up for you. I’ve been working on new shows out here on the road that will be pulling in a lot of new records that have been coming out lately. Here are some. Modal Melodies - new album Stroppi…

Fanatic! The frogs are back in town. It must be summer. It is as far as this Fanatic is concerned. I’m beaming in to you from the parking lot of the venue in Colorado Springs, CO. Shows have been going great and if anything, it seems to be ending before it even started. It seems like a week ago we were in Michigan and now we’re over fifty shows in.…

Fanatic! Hello from Des Moines. The wind is shaking the bus as we sit in the parking lot outside the venue. Over 40 shows in and things are going well. Here are the rest of the shows on this part of the tour. https://www.henryrollins.com/tour Here’s last week’s heads up again: New Dion Lunadon. Liz Lamere has a new solo album which is super cool. Y…

Fanatic! Hello from Des Moines. The wind is shaking the bus as we sit in the parking lot outside the venue. Over 40 shows in an things are going well. Here are the rest of the shows on this part of the tour. Here’s last week’s heads up again New Dion Lunadon. Liz Lamere has a new solo album which is super cool. You might have heard her on her husba…

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So often architecture is associated with high price custom homes and fancy institutional buildings.But many designers are also helping shape the city with pro bono work for nonprofits in less affluent neighborhoods. One in the news recently is the Campus For At-Risk Children in Watts being designed by Frank Gehry.And unveiled Saturday – with a cele…

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Berliners are facing many of the same challenges as Angelenos in terms of affordable living space, as well as coming to grips with changing family structure; but, they have come up with an intriguing solution. Baugruppen, meaning building groups, are cohousing communities where you choose who you want to live alongside and then split the costs of d…

While in Berlin, DnA’s producer Caroline Chamberlain visited the world’s first board game cafe called Spielwiese. She met with the designers of some games dealing with some very German challenges. “Cool am Pool” is a board game coming soon by Hartwig Jakubik that has players compete over the best places by the pool. Caroline learns how it works and…

Frank Lloyd Wright’s first L.A. commission, the Hollyhock House, opens once more to the public after a lengthy restoration. Alan Hess, an architect and preservationist who has written five books on Frank Lloyd Wright, talks about why he can’t wait for the building’s opening and what we can learn from Frank Lloyd Wright today.…

Everything Talks let us know what our objects really think. In this episode Tom Saunders channels a paper and a Wholefoods reusable bag bickering over who killed the plastic bag. Shockingly, however, "plasty" makes a comeback.Av KCRW: DnA

Huntington Beach approved a reusable bag ordinance last month. Channel 2 reports, while many agree with the goal to cut down on the 123 thousand tons of discarded plastic bags in the state every year, a lot of residents in HB are hot under the collar that the ban wasn’t put on the ballot. They say if the city is worried about the beaches, they shou…

Giulia Rozzi compares the pros and cons of an open relationship.Av KCRW

How did Christian Duguay wind up handcuffed in his own apartment? He explains.Av KCRW

Chris Garcia remembers the confrontation between his sweet old dad, and a sweet former gangbanger.Av KCRW

Brendon Small tries to stay sober at a metal festival.Av KCRW

Bobcat Goldthwait tells a couple of stories about his friend Tony.Av KCRW

Thomas Lennon goes to New Orleans and buys a new sex toy.Av KCRW

Andy Daly explains how he wound up on a bus with a rollerblading hip-hop mime.Av KCRW

Steven Yeun talks about family, love and punishment.Av KCRW

Rick Glassman tries out a speech he's going to deliver to his old high school.Av KCRW

Mike White talks about "getting the help he needs" before appearing on "The Amazing Race" with his dad.Av KCRW

Matt Jones reveals the lie he told "The Gilmore Girls," and how it got him his first job in show business.Av KCRW

Kurt Braunohler talks about the worst thing he ever did on a date.Av KCRW

Kristina Wong meets a porn star.Av KCRW

Kim Coles talks about a phone conversation with Bill Cosby that she'll never forget.Av KCRW

Ken Reid encounter a machete and a snake.Av KCRW

A teenage Jay Larson takes a limo to Hampton Beach and winds up rich.Av KCRW

Jamie Lee goes on spring break.Av KCRW

A recording from KCRW's showcase at Riot, LA's newest comedy festival.Av KCRW

Jackie Kashian shares the story of her old friend Kim.Av KCRW

Nick Kroll has an accident.Av KCRW

Julian McCullough's story about a debaucherous adventure.Av KCRW