Studio 360 With Kurt Andersen
The Peabody Award-winning Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, from PRI, is a smart and surprising guide to what's happening in pop culture and the arts. Each week, Kurt introduces 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. Produced in association with Slate.
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Extra: New York Icons: West Side Story
This is the show that changed the Broadway musical — and how New York City sees itself.
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New York Icons: ‘The Bell Jar’ & ‘Siembra’
What Sylvia Plath’s novel and a landmark salsa album owe to the city.
51 min
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Extra: Guilty Pleasure: Comic Sans
The widely loathed font serves a noble purpose.
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Mark Morris, Carmen Maria Machado and ‘Rocky an...
Choreographer Mark Morris’ musical obsessions, Carmen Maria Machado on “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” and how "Rocky and Bullwinkle" was “The Simpsons” of its time.
49 min
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Why Should Tenors Have All the Fun?
Jamie Barton puts a bisexual spin on classical music.
21 min
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American Icons: The tales of Edgar Allan Poe
These are the stories that introduced America to its dark side.
50 min
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Extra: New York Icons: ‘The Bell Jar’
The making of “The Bell Jar,” and the unmaking of its author.
30 min
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Michelle Obama’s portraitist and ‘96 Tears’
The portraits of everyday people that Amy Sherald painted after her official Michelle Obama portrait, and the unlikely making — and legacy — of “96 Tears” by ? and the Mysterians.
51 min
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Extra: Ranky Tanky: Live in Studio 360
How a centuries-old musical tradition inspired the Billboard-topping jazz hits of Ranky Tanky.
26 min
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‘The Searchers’ and ‘The Rocky Horror Picture S...
An American Icon two-fer: rewatching the movie that made an art of talking back to movies, and John Ford’s racially problematic masterpiece.
50 min
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Extra: This Woman’s Work: ‘Hounds of Love’ by K...
How Kate Bush’s album captivated musicians as varied at Outkast’s Big Boi and singer Julia Holter.
28 min
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‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’ and Liz Phair
How Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” changed everything, and Liz Phair on her new memoir.
51 min
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Antonio Banderas, the Joker’s makeup and ‘I Wan...
Antonio Banderas on his latest Almodóvar collaboration, Rick Baker on the Joker’s makeup and the complicated wonder of the Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back.”
51 min
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Extra: David Byrne and the birth of Talking Heads
A look back at the early days of the seminal band.
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Fred Wilson, Uta Hagen and ‘The Most Mysterious...
How Fred Wilson’s art challenges the conventions of museums. Remembering the legendary performer and acting teacher Uta Hagen. And how a random song from the 1980s became known as “The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet.”
50 min
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Guest host Hari Kondabolu with Hannah Gadsby an...
Hari Kondabolu is in the host seat, with fellow comic Hannah Gadsby and hip hop impresario Sophia Chang.
50 min
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Extra: New York Icons: ‘Siembra’
24 min
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Guest host Hanif Abdurraqib!
Writer Ashley C. Ford, indie artist Vagabon and remembering Notorious B.I.G.’s “Ready to Die.”
50 min
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Guest host Maeve Higgins!
Playwright Michael R. Jackson, artist Molly Crabapple and the creators and cast of “Felix Starro,” a new musical from the Ma-Yi Theater Company.
50 min
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Extra: Day Jobs — Unannounced Standardized Patient
Lots of actors moonlight as waiters or baristas to pay the bills. Alex Kramer moonlights as a spy.
10 min
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‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ continued
With Margaret Atwood’s sequel to “The Handmaid’s Tale” forthcoming, a look at the novel’s impact, including Ann Dowd, who plays Aunt Lydia on the Hulu adaptation, and how Louise Erdrich and Megan Hunter also wrote about pregnancy in their dystopian novels.
50 min
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Shades of noir
How film noirs inspired Portishead’s album “Dummy,” gave novelist Karen Russell a creative breakthrough and launched the career of composer Carter Burwell.
50 min
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Extra: Touring Edgar Allan Poe’s Baltimore with...
The acclaimed mystery writer tells Kurt about her fascination with Poe, and why Baltimore is a “good noir town.”
10 min
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Taking stock of Woodstock
The oddity of Sha Na Na at Woodstock, Jimi Hendrix’s searing performance of the national anthem, how Sly and the Family Stone’s album “Stand” sounded a note of hope in a turbulent time, and the surprising, life-changing influence of that other Woodstock — the “Peanuts” character.
50 min
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Hallelujah
How Leonard Cohen lives on for artists and fans, Nick Waterhouse performs live, and why Bim Adewunmi still loves the “Sweet Valley High” books.
50 min