Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen

Saturday at 2 pm
Kurt Anderson

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Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen is a program for pop culture and the arts, brought to you from PRI and WNYC.

Each week, Kurt Andersen steers you to the must-see movie this weekend, the next book for your nightstand, or the song that will change your life.

Podcasts

  • Friday, May 25, 2012 12:00am

    Kurt Andersen talks with Men In Black III director Barry Sonnenfeld about the secret to a great sci-fi blockbuster. As part of our American Icons series, we visit Dallas, the 1980s soap opera about a wealthy oil family. The singer and composer Gabriel Kahane performs live in our studio. Plus a down-and-out rocker finds inspiration at a Curtis Mayfield concert.

    (Some segments in this week’s show were broadcast previously.)

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  • Friday, May 18, 2012 12:00am

    Art is changing medicine. Music helps patients recover in a burn unit and medical students learn how honing their narrative skills will make them better doctors. Kurt Andersen talks with the writer Chris Adrian about how his day job as a children’s cancer doctor finds its way into his novels. And an ER doc reveals which hospital television show tells it like it is. (Originally aired: December 10, 2010)

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  • Friday, May 11, 2012 12:00am

    Acclaimed children's book author Mo Willems (Knuffle Bunny) considers Maurice Sendak’s legacy.  Kurt Andersen talks with Mark Duplass, the actor/director/writer/producer who is giving 30-something slackers the spotlight.  The music industry taps hackers for the next killer app. And Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy K. Smith reveals the winner of our Ode to a Teen Idol poetry contest.

    → Spotify Playlist: Listen to the music used in this week's show

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