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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Patti Smith’s ‘Horses,’ Susan Choi and a police...
How “Horses” by Patti Smith helped ignite the punk explosion, plus Susan Choi on “Trust Exercise” and a published poet who’s also a cop.
50 min
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Daveed Diggs and Suzan-Lori Parks, ‘In the Pine...
Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks on “White Noise” with one of its stars, Daveed Diggs. Plus the rich history of the folk song “In the Pines,” and the art of being a supernumerary.
50 min
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In the Footsteps of Merce Cunningham
For over half a century, Merce Cunningham’s work was marked by his consistent embrace of innovation expanding the frontiers of contemporary dance.
10 min
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Portraits of the artists
Frederic Tuten’s Zelig-like connection to New York, plus cartoonist Cathy Guisewite on creating “Cathy,” and the music of Helado Negro.
50 min
80
This Woman’s Work: Patti Smith’s Horses
This is the album that helped forge punk’s DIY attitude with its fusion of free-form rock and poetry.
24 min
81
Mob mentalities
Filmmaker Jia Zhangke, David Remnick, and others on why we’re so obsessed with the gangster myth.
50 min
82
Susan Choi’s Surprising Side Project
How a fun file on Susan Choi’s hard drive turned into her new novel, Trust Exercise.
19 min
83
Remembering Agnès Varda
What happened when iconic filmmaker Agnès Varda and artist JR teamed up for a road trip? They brought art to the people of rural France.
20 min
84
Let’s do the time warp
“The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” the woman who created the Creature from the Black Lagoon but didn’t get credit, and how reading “The Metamorphosis” created a metamorphosis for one writer.
50 min
85
Cracking cases
After prosecuting the O.J. Simpson case, Marcia Clark turned to writing courtroom-drama novels and a new TV show. Plus the mystery of “Cracks,” a “Sesame Street” cartoon that terrified kids — and then disappeared.
50 min
86
Jia Zhangke’s Empathetic Eye
Jia Zhangke on his latest film about the lives of working-class Chinese, Ash Is Purest White, and the movies that shaped him.
19 min
87
Why Yanni happened
The improbable starmaker that brought us Yanni and John Tesh. Plus director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, and Nat King Cole at 100.
49 min
88
The Playbill of Rights
Heidi Schreck’s memoir-tinged play about the Constitution hits Broadway, plus making Broadway autism-friendly and the magic-realist documentary “301 Hollywood.”
48 min
89
Arresting Poetry
A Baltimore police officer turns to poetry to understand his experiences on the job.
12 min
90
These go to 11
“This Is Spinal Tap” at 35. Plus N.K. Jemisin on “How Long 'til Black Future Month?” and the mythology — and musicality — of Robert Johnson’s “Cross Road Blues.”
49 min
91
The Oscar hour
Two nominees — actor Richard E. Grant and “Black Panther” costume designer Ruth E. Carter. Plus how a movement director helped Rami Malek embody Freddie Mercury.
49 min
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The Crack Monster: The Mystery Behind Sesame St...
The Sesame Street cartoon that terrified children and created an obsession.
26 min
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Sex seen
Sex on the screen: first times, an intimacy coach and bisexual pride. Plus, “Reality Bites” at 25.
49 min
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Honky tonk angels
The past, present and future of country music.
49 min
95
Behind the Curtain at Autism-Friendly Broadway ...
Kids on the spectrum — and their families — let it go at a special performance of Frozen.
12 min
96
Found in translation
How Natasha Wimmer translates Bolaño, plus theater about gynecology’s unconscionable founder, and fine art made of carpet.
50 min
97
Shall we dance?
Dance, movement and the music that moves you to dance.
49 min
98
From Aria Code: Dalila, the Femme Fatale
The wildly beautiful aria that drives Samson wild.
31 min
99
The mother of all abstraction
A new exhibit at the Guggenheim suggests it was Hilma af Klint who invented abstraction — so why has she been practically unknown for the last century?
49 min
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Digging into ‘Doug’
The quietly enduring impact of Nickelodeon’s “Doug,” plus artist Rina Banerjee and the migrant-camp play, “The Jungle.”
49 min