L.A. has the largest jail system in the country.

You got people that been in jail just like one time and their life can't get nothing because of whatever mistake they made.

I stole some ground turkey because I wanted to feed my family. We was hungry.

Off the Block. Stories tracing the path from city block to cell block and back.

Available September 13th at KCRW.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

From KCRW and KCRW.com, I'm Kim Masters and this is the business.

Imagine doing a talk show and it's Wednesday and it's 5.30, and the show starts in three hours, and you don't have a guest yet.

I don't think any of the newer hosts have had to experience that.

For Jimmy Kimmel, launching his late night show on ABC almost 14 years ago was a struggle.

Now, Kimmel talks about being a grizzled veteran and his plans for hosting the Emmys,

which includes writing hundreds of jokes, but not an acceptance speech even though his show is nominated.

But first on the news banter, the high cost of ending the Roger Ailes era at Fox News.

Stick around. It's the business from KCRW.

I'm joined by my associate in banter, Michael Schneider, of Indie Wire and Variety.

Hello, Mike.

Hello, Kim.

So, Fox News, as from a journalistic point of view, a gift that keeps on giving.

So this past week, we have Gretchen Carlson settling.

Roger Ayles, as you obviously know, the founder, the creator, the very soul of Fox News has been dismissed because of Gretchen Carlson.

He was paid $40 million to go away.

She now has settled for $20 million.

These are her claims that he was inappropriate, harassed her sexually, dropped her contract because if she was unaccommodating,

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