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The Peabody Award-winning Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, from PRI and WNYC, is public radio’s smart and surprising guide to what's happening in pop culture and the arts. Each week, Kurt Andersen introduces you to the people who are creating and shaping our culture. Life ...
The Peabody Award-winning Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, from PRI and WNYC, is public radio’s smart and surprising guide to what's happening in pop culture and the arts. Each week, Kurt Andersen introduces you to the people who are creating and shaping our culture. Life is busy – so let Studio 360 steer you to the must-see movie this weekend, the next book for your nightstand, or the song that will change your life.
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Classical Music for Bros & A New Symbol for the South
Sure, the on-field sounds of crunching bones and concussing heads ...
Sure, the on-field sounds of crunching bones and concussing heads are great, but football just wouldn’t be the same without the music. Also, we hear from "The New Yorker" writer Patricia Marx, who actually tried all of those brain-training techniques we
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Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Big Magic” & a Musician Tries to Transform the New York Subway
Elizabeth Gilbert's huge bestseller "Eat, Pray, Love" was created with ...
Elizabeth Gilbert's huge bestseller "Eat, Pray, Love" was created with lots of hard work and a little bit of fairy dust — which she's happy to sprinkle in your direction. Also, James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem wants to make the New York City subway a more
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American Icons: The Lincoln Memorial
This is America's soapbox. Kurt Andersen looks into how the ...
This is America's soapbox. Kurt Andersen looks into how the Lincoln Memorial became an American Icon. Sarah Vowell discusses the battle over Lincoln's memory, which lasted for three generations. Dorothy Height, a veteran of the Civil Rights Movement, rec
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Sideshow Podcast: How Hodor Became the Heart of “Game of Thrones”
Like Sailor Moon and Ron Swanson before him, Hodor belongs ...
Like Sailor Moon and Ron Swanson before him, Hodor belongs to a special league of TV characters who have become memes. When Kristian Nairn received the casting call for a role in which he would only utter one word over and over, he was ambivalent. “Do I
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Alice Cooper, Black Bond, & Saying Goodbye to “Mamma Mia!”
When legendary rocker Alice Cooper moved into a mansion in ...
When legendary rocker Alice Cooper moved into a mansion in Connecticut, the locals ran for cover — all except Bette Davis, who asked him to turn the volume up. Also, when the author of the latest James Bond novel threw shade on Idris Elba as the fan-favo
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Lily Tomlin on “Grandma” & the Guy Who Slapped the Bass for "Seinfeld"
Starting in 1969 on "Laugh-In," Lily Tomlin has created and ...
Starting in 1969 on "Laugh-In," Lily Tomlin has created and played a whole theatre troupe’s worth of characters. But her latest — a ballsy, fiercely protective grandmother in the movie "Grandma" — might be the closest to her real self. Also, we hear from
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Sideshow Podcast: Hip-Hop, 40s, and the Myth of the Brass Monkey
In the mid-90s, rappers from the East Coast to the ...
In the mid-90s, rappers from the East Coast to the West convinced an entire generation to consume malt liquor in “40s”— 40-ounce glass bottles that delivered the alcohol equivalent of a six-pack in one serving. Songs like N.W.A.’s “8 Ball” glamorized the
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Crime and Justice: with Sue Grafton, Joshua Oppenheimer, & the Art Forger That Got Away
This week's show is all about crime: author Sue Grafton ...
This week's show is all about crime: author Sue Grafton had never tried to write a mystery before “A Is for Alibi,” the first novel in her Kinsey Millhone series. Now that she’s on “X,” she’s getting ready for a well-deserved party. And we hear from Josh
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Jason Segel, “The Diary of a Teenage Girl,” & Yo La Tengo Takes Requests
In his latest movie, “The End of the Tour,” Jason ...
In his latest movie, “The End of the Tour,” Jason Segel stretches from the goofy, lovable characters he normally plays to the role of the tragic genius David Foster Wallace. Also, the writer and director of “The Diary of a Teenage Girl,” Marielle Heller,
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Sideshow Podcast: Jonathan Wolff Slapped the Bass for Seinfeld and the Internet Can’t Thank Him Enough
Jonathan Wolff is the Michael Jordan of TV theme songs. ...
Jonathan Wolff is the Michael Jordan of TV theme songs. He’s written over 40, from Will and Grace to The Hughleys. Before becoming Hollywood’s go-to theme song writer, Wolff spent a decade as a “multi-purpose utility tool for musical chores” — a studio m
