Left, Right & Center

Left, Right, & Center is a weekly hour-long public radio program that provides a "civilized yet provocative antidote to the self-contained opinion bubbles that dominate political debate".[1] The program is also distributed as a political podcast.[2] The show is recorded each Friday, produced by KCRW in Santa Monica, California,[1] by Laura Dine Million, although hosts typically contribute over ISDN telephone lines from wherever they happen to be.

For the 1959 film, see Left Right and Centre.

Left, Right & Center
GenreTalk show
Running timeCirca 60 minutes
Country of originUnited States
Language(s)English
Home stationKCRW
SyndicatesKCRW
Hosted byDavid Greene
Recording studioSanta Monica, California
Audio formatStereophonic
Websitewww.kcrw.com/podcasts

After covering the week's events and speaking to invited guests about other topics of interest, each host gets a short period of time to rant about whatever they like without fear of rebuttal. Effective with the broadcast of July 7, 2017, the show expanded from a half-hour to a full hour and changed its long-time theme music—"Let's Call the Whole Thing Off", sung by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong—with a new instrumental theme.

In 2018, the show launched a spin-off, LRC Presents: All the President's Lawyers. Co-hosted by Barro and Popehat lead blogger Ken White, the show follows and examines the legal issues that orbit the presidency of Donald Trump. After Joe Biden became president, the show's title was changed to LRC Presents: All the Presidents' Lawyers, with "Presidents" now pluralized.[3]

Co-hosts and guests

The show's regular co-hosts are the following:[1]

After Blankley's death, various conservative writers and pundits have appeared as guests to represent an American conservative viewpoint. Conservative columnist David Frum has made numerous appearances to fill this role,[9] and Rich Lowry from the conservative National Review is now billed as co-host on the right.

References
  1. "Left, Right & Center". Official web site. KCRW. Archived from the original on October 22, 2008. Retrieved October 19, 2007.
  2. Gabillet, Annie (June 15, 2016). "8 Podcasts That Make It Easy to Be Smart". PopSugar.com. Retrieved September 17, 2016. ...NPR Politics: NPR Politics features off-the-cuff discussions among NPR's political reporters ...
  3. "First impressions of the second impeachment". KCRW. February 10, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  4. "NSA, Immigration and Nice Nails | Left, Right & Center". KCRW. May 8, 2015.
  5. "American Progress". Americanprogress.org. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  6. Elizabeth Bruenig [@ebruening] (May 25, 2020). "hey guys, a lot of you keep asking when i will return to Left, Right and Center. the show's producers and KCRW decided to go in a different direction after Bernie dropped out. wasn't my choice, and i hope you guys still enjoy the show" (Tweet). Archived from the original on May 25, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2023 – via Twitter.
  7. "Arianna Huffington". Kcrw.com. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  8. "Keli Goff". Kcrw.com. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  9. "Truthdig – Tag – David Frum". Truthdig. Archived from the original on January 1, 2013. Retrieved May 7, 2012.
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