Private ICE detention centers, Kenny Scharf’s Karbombz project

Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Private ICE detention centers, Kenny Scharf’s Karbombz project

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Published on Jun 10, 2025, 6:50:41 PM
Total time: 00:49:51

Episode Description

The White House’s immigration crackdown, the protests, the mobilization of the National Guard and Marines have all reignited the personal feud between President Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom, and the White House versus California.

LAUSD officials are deploying school police to create "perimeters of safety” around graduation ceremonies and campuses where federal immigration agents have been detected. 

ICE is looking to spend as much as $45 billion on private prisons and related infrastructure over the next two years. Border czar Tom Homan says he wants 100,000 detention beds.

Kenny Scharf has painted mischievous-looking cartoons on about 300 cars, most of them in LA. He talks about making art accessible, plus his relationships with Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Andy Warhol. 

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Host Madeleine Brand looks at news, culture and emerging trends through the lens of Los Angeles.