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: Remembering Toni Morrison
In a 2014 interview, the late Nobel Prize laureate explains why she began writing: She couldn’t find the novels she wanted to read.
17 min
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Extra: American Icons: ‘Mad Magazine’
Along with serving up a generous helping of dirtyish jokes and goofy parodies, “Mad Magazine” changed the way we consume pop culture and how we talk about world affairs.
20 min
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American Icons: ‘Moby-Dick’
In this Peabody Award-winning show, Kurt Andersen sets sail in search of the great white whale.
50 min
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John Leguizamo, Nipsey Hussle’s legacy and re-c...
John Leguizamo on his one-man play “Latin History for Morons.” Plus how the updated version of ‘Oklahoma!’ took a bold approach to choreography. And trying to bring peace to LA gangs in the wake of Nipsey Hussle’s death.
50 min
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Extra: This Woman’s Work: ‘The B-52’s’
How the debut B-52’s album wedded punk with fun.
28 min
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On a high note
The mystery and mastery of singing, with Billie Holiday’s “Lady Sings the Blues,” Eric Whitacre and the Silver Lake Chorus
49 min
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Lynn Shelton, Ursula von Rydingsvard and worshi...
Lynn Shelton on her new movie, “Sword of Trust,” a studio visit to see how Ursula von Rydingsvard make her enigmatic sculptures, and how the villain from “One Hundred and One Dalmatians” changed everything for a fourth grade boy.
49 min
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Extra: The Craft of John Leguizamo’s Theatrical...
How the comedian dissolves into multitudes of characters, from his mother to Andrew Jackson, in his one-man plays.
25 min
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Live with Studio 360!
Live on stage with Yo La Tengo, Aasif Mandvi and Friends Who Folk.
50 min
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‘Los Espookys,’ Stonewall on film and mistaking...
Julio Torres and Ana Fabrega of “Los Espookys,” what Hollywood gets wrong about Stonewall and when two artists independently come up with the same original-seeming idea.
49 min
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Extra: American Icons: Shaft
This is a new American hero.
23 min
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John Cameron Mitchell, Taffy Brodesser-Akner an...
John Cameron Mitchell’s podcast musical about a cancer patient, Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s tragically funny novel about divorce, and how Steve Von Till balances being a metal guitarist in Neurosis and an elementary school teacher.
50 min
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Extra: Nick Waterhouse Live on Studio 360
How Van Morrison and John Lee Hooker inspired the retro-styled music of Nick Waterhouse.
25 min
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The Spektor of performing on Broadway
How Regina Spektor prepared for Broadway, plus the real drama behind “Salt of the Earth” and finding oneself through “Finding Nemo.”
49 min
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Extra: Deadwood Creator David Milch on Swearing...
“There are no rules out here. Do not expect to be treated with a complicated civility.”
16 min
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‘Booksmart’ besties, and ‘Ishtar’ reconsidered
Why Elaine May’s 1987 flop “Ishtar” deserved better, the stars of “Booksmart” on their favorite on-screen friendships and how watching “Star Trek” as a boy changed everything for Ronald D. Moore.
49 min
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American Icons: ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ — Part Two
“My distrust of technology comes entirely from that movie.”
49 min
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How the Stars of Booksmart Became Best Friends ...
BFFs Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever share their favorite on-screen friendships.
21 min
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Drama club
An all-theater episode, including deconstructing the patter song, Taylor Mac’s latest on Broadway and how so much Shakespeare ended up in so many parks.
49 min
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This Woman’s Work: Billie Holiday’s Lady Sings ...
How the legendary jazz singer transformed pain into art on her 1956 album.
24 min
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Why Werner Herzog loves cat videos
Herzog on "Meeting Gorbachev," “When Doves Cry” at 35, and directing TV comedy.
50 min
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John Cameron Mitchell’s Genre-Defying Podcast M...
John Cameron Mitchell on the origins of his new musical podcast.
23 min
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American Icons: ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ — Part One
It’s HAL’s world — we just live in it.
50 min
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Karl Ove Knausgård and the musical activism of ...
Karl Ove Knausgård’s book about Edvard Munch and Ani DiFranco’s about herself. Plus Pete Seeger’s centennial and really catchy — but patriarchal — songs.
50 min
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Ali Smith’s great post-Brexit novel
Author Ali Smith on her post-Brexit novel “Autumn”
15 min