Plus, filmmaker John Wilson's new documentary about the history of concrete has a lot under its surface. And KCRW’s LeRoy Downs stops by to discuss jazz saxophonist John Coltrane, who was born 100 years ago this month.

Plus, an LA artist receives the MacArthur Foundation’s “genius grant,” and Angelenos screen their home videotapes on VHS for the first time with the help of T.A.P.E. Collective.

Plus, Trump’s new TV ad was funded by taxpayers, how cuts to Medicaid are impacting some California hospitals, and Chuck Klosterman’s alternative history of alternative rock.

Plus, the EPA permanently restores grants to UC researchers whose funding it stripped, our weekend film reviews, and we sent lifelong Angeleno Evan Kleiman to find the best Texas-style food in L.A.

Plus, Latino voters may be swinging back to Democrats, Emily St. John Mandel’s new book is set in dystopian Los Angeles in the not-too-distant future, and the case for starting holiday prep in September.

Plus, ICE stopped disclosing where it's holding thousands of undocumented immigrants, a new documentary features the oldest people in the world, and coyote sightings light up an Encino group chat.

Plus, news outlets banned from the White House sue on First Amendment grounds, Gov. Newsom declares a state of emergency due to El Niño, and a scathing review of a mostly-AI hip-hop album.

Plus, a conservative judge who advised Mike Pence after the 2020 election warns Republicans may try to keep Democrats from taking their seats in Congress after the midterms. And our weekly film reviews.

Plus, twin crashes in Chatsworth involving a bus, an SUV, and then a helicopter. LA County moves to tax private jets, and Evan Kleiman is here with her favorite cheese.

Plus, President Trump lost at the Supreme Court, but he has other plans to limit mail-in voting. The Los Angeles Times opposes the billionaire’s tax, and Jarvis Cocker on the band Pulp’s comeback.