UnFictional

UnFictional is KCRW’s home for documentary stories that do not fit a news slot: odd lives, long obsessions, and scenes that need music more than a headline.

The constant is the form, a shaped story with a beginning and a turn, closer to a short film than to a chat about the week’s culture.

Los Angeles public radio has used the strand to keep narrative work on the air between the bigger seasonal investigations. Some of the strongest hours are about people who would never book themselves on a talk show.

Read the episode title before you commit. The range runs from playful to bleak, and the feed does not warn you which one you pressed.