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Kurt, Pico, and Bambi

Yesterday the whole team was in Nara (30 minutes by train from Kyoto) to meet with the writer Pico Iyer -- we've turned to him several times on the show for his keen, beautifully expressed observations...

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New Amsterdam, New Paris

I will probably never be an expatriate. But that doesn't mean I don't fantasize in every foreign city I visit about which neighborhood I'd live in. In Tokyo, I think it'd probably be on the Naka-meguro...

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Post-Tokyo high

Last night I visited the new highrise called Tokyo Midtown, which is the tallest building in the city and on its lower floors contains -- thanks to vast swaths of wood, elaborate lighting, and other...

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We have a show!

We proudly present the complete Studio 360 in Japan episode!Check out our website for more Japan stories, video and photos.

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See Kurt Become a Beautiful Girl

Blogger Lisa Katayama took Kurt to Tokyo's girl haven: the sticker picture booth.

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Palm trees and power lines

Gaze up above any low slung building in LA and this is the view. Greetings from the other side of the Pacific Rim-- Los Angeles! This winter/spring Kurt Andersen has a special residency at the Art...

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Kurt on the Red Carpet

Attending the Oscar ceremony last night, I realized why the pre-show red-carpet rigmarole has become more and more a focus of the television coverage over the last decade or so: that's the juiciest...

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Kurt in the LA Times

The LA Times just did a nice feature about Kurt and his spring semester post as "Visionary in Residence" at the Art Center College of Design.  Now if only they could get his name spelled right! They...

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No Particular Place to Go

'No Particular Place to Go' as Chuck Berry sang in 1964 is as good a metaphor as any to describe the current plight of the U.S. auto industry. It was just announced that the once mighty Pontiac is no...

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Kurt Goes Vaudeville

Live radio lives! Kurt recently stopped by the Aladdin Theater in Portland, Oregon for Live Wire -- an old school variety show with a modern twist, recorded in front of the hippest audience west of the...

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Kurt wins Deadline Club award

Kurt's Vanity Fair article on the new era of Beijing architecture, 'From Mao to Wow,' just won a Deadline Club Award for best Arts Reporting.  Lucky for us, he did a radio version of the piece, too....

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Gay Flag Controversy in Paper Magazine

Our gay pride flag redesign challenge drew lots of great listener entries — and no small amount of criticism (see here and here). Yesterday, Papermag ran an interview with Kurt about the kerfuffle. Why...

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They Might Be Puppets

On July 4th, Kurt caught up with They Might Be Giants' John Flansburgh, John Linnell, and Marty Beller at the Aspen Ideas Festival and found out why the sun really shines. (The special show airs on...

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Celebrity Pet Peeves

They Might Be Giants dressed up as...penguins? snowmen? All I know is that these guys crack me up.If you’re ever in a room with They Might Be Giants, one thing’s for sure, watch what you say! At the...

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Multi-talented Giamatti

Paul Giamatti is an award-winning actor, a graduate of Yale, a member of Skull and Bones, and… a soul singer?! The last one surprised us too when we rediscovered his performance in Duets (2000) – about...

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Kurt Gets Colberted

It's not every day that you see someone you know on your favorite TV show-- which is why I was so psyched to see Kurt on The Colbert Report Tuesday night. Stephen Colbert talked to Kurt about his new...

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The Priciest Way to Remember Michael

What happens when you mix the King of Pop with the King of Pop Art? The answer is Andy Warhol's 1984 portrait of Michael Jackson, which will hit the New York auction block later this month. The bidding...

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Kurt on The Leonard Lopate Show

Our host didn't have to go far for his most recent media appearance. On Tuesday, Kurt was a guest on  The Leonard Lopate Show-- our friendly neighbors in the WNYC office.Kurt tells Leonard about his...

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Kurt Gets Auto-Tuned

Reports of the death of Auto-Tune are greatly exaggerated. This week on the show, we hear from the Gregory Brothers, a band that has turned the music industry's favorite note-correction software on TV...

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Cuteness gets remixed

Don't be fooled by the first 20 seconds of this video-- it's is not just another cute toddler Youtube sensation. Prepare to be impressed and a little freaked out by some very slick video editing. The...

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Let's Take A Ride

They Might Be Giants is just about my favorite working band, and not just because they're also the only band -- apart from the Byrds, many many years ago -- with whom I've actually worked a show...

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Dear Diary -- It's Paul's Alter

Have you been acquainted with a Mr. Elyot Vionnet?You may not think so, but he's actually someone we have all experienced at one time or another. For instance, remember the time when that woman with...

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Waiting for 2010

As the New Year closes in and we all take a little time for reflection, I can’t help but wonder what I’ll be doing at the close of the next decade -- and the next, and the next...  I get solace and...

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Change of Heart

Have you noticed how the rituals of Valentine's Day seem to be designed for children? The red hearts, the overload of candy, and that weird baby Cupid. It's all so bizarre, and may I say --...

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The Apples in Stereo Are Back from the Future

The Apples in stereo have been turning out impeccable indie pop tunes for nearly 17 years now.  The band's latest album is something a little different: Travellers in Space and Time is a danceable...

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Reggie Watts Gets Cosmic

Earlier this week, one-of-a-kind comedian/musician Reggie Watts rocked WNYC's Jerome L. Greene Performance Space for a special 'Studio 360' all about Theoretical Physics. That’s right…Theoretical...

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Premiere Performance: Shara Worden, “We Added It Up”

On Thursday, January 27, Shara Worden will bring her synergetic mix of classical music, cabaret, and punk to Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series -- and we’re thrilled that she's given us an...

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Spark: Read Kurt's Foreword

Spark: How Creativity Works doesn't hit bookshelves until February 15.  But to get you in the mood, we've got a sneak-preview.  In his foreword to the book, Kurt describes how he embraced Daniel...

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360 Exclusive: Hot on the Trail of "Anonymous"

Anyone else feeling a little political déjà vu?  Fifteen years ago this month a salacious political novel called Primary Colors was published.  It offered a thinly veiled account of President Bill...

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Kurt Andersen on the Year of 'The Protester'

This morning, TIME announced 2011's Person of the Year: The Protester. Studio 360's own Kurt Andersen wrote the cover story, and was sworn to secrecy so we were just as surprised as everyone else. But...

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Willing to Be Lucky in New York

Kurt Andersen remembers the writing that brought him to New York from the Midwest — an essay by E.B. White that explored the different sides of the same city. The memories and places from Kurt’s early...

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Sideshow Podcast: The Best of 2014's Internet

It’s the end of the year and there are more “Best of” lists than there are people to read them, but we figured we’d add one that seems to be missing: the Best of the Internet. With the help of past...

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Tony Bennett: Gentleman, Singer, Doodler

This summer, Tony Bennett is on tour with Lady Gaga, proving the 88-year-old singer still has some surprises up his sleeve. In this week's show, we reach back into the Studio 360 archives for our 2003...

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Taking Calls on the New Southern Icon

For our latest Redesign challenge, we've asked a design firm to come up with a new icon for the South. This week, our host Kurt Andersen made a guest appearance on WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show along...

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"Human Intelligence: A Holiday Tale"

Way back in 2011, Kurt Andersen wrote a new piece of fiction for a collection of stories edited by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio: "Stories: All New Tales." It's a holiday tale ... of a sort. "Human...

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Studio 360's Kurt Andersen on "Casino Economy"

According to Studio 360's Kurt Andersen, the economic crisis might have an upside. His latest book is called Reset.Listen to the whole interview:

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Verdict in on Mamet's Race

"At the end of the play, we left the theater knowing almost nothing about the characters internal lives or even their back stories." That's what Kurt Andersen had to say after a night out at David...

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Redesigning Monopoly

Kurt Andersen, host of PRI's Studio 360, stops by to discuss his show's listener contest to redesign the game Monopoly for the 21st century.

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From the 60s to the Supreme Court with Kurt Andersen

Kurt Andersen is a man of many talents. In addition to hosting Studio 360, the radio show from Takeaway co-producers WNYC and Public Radio International, Andersen just published a new novel, "True...

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Producer Joe Boyd On Nick Drake; Broadway’s 'Cinderella' In Studio; Remixing...

In this episode: More than forty years ago, the record producer Joe Boyd helped turn the songs of the late English musician Nick Drake into musical masterpieces. Now, he’s releasing a tribute album to...

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Guest Host Kurt Andersen (of ‘Studio 360’) Referees A Battle Of The High...

In this episode: Soundcheck guest host Kurt Andersen (host of Studio 360) talks high school rockers, as part of Studio 360’s ongoing Battle of the High School Bands. One of the contest judges, musician...

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Andrew W.K., Ben Folds, And Your High School Bands

The last time Studio 360’s Kurt Andersen appeared on Soundcheck, he spoke with host John Schaefer to highlight his show's "Remixing Spring" listener challenge. Andersen is back on Soundcheck, but this...

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Video: David Chase and Steve Buscemi on the Rise of TV Antiheroes

In today's new golden age of television, why are the most fun-to-watch characters also the most morally dubious?  Studio 360's Kurt Andersen joined us live in The Greene Space on Monday, March 3 to...

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Seven Floors of “Eccentric Glamour” with Simon Doonan

Simon Doonan started out designing window displays at Barneys, a posh department store for the fashion-forward. Now, he’s the chain’s creative ambassador-at-large. In his fourth book, "Eccentric...

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Fancy a British Accent?

It seems like there are a ton of English actors masquerading as Americans — Damian Lewis in “Homeland” and “Billions,” Hugh Laurie in “House” and “Veep,” and most of the cast of “The Wire.”Kurt...

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High School Reunion

Gary Sedlacek was a teacher for 42 years. Back in 1970, his first job out of college was teaching American literature in Omaha, Nebraska, introducing high school juniors to transcendental authors like...

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360 Preview: The Short-Fingered Vulgarian

Kurt co-founded Spy magazine in 1986 — and Donald Trump was a fixture from the very first issue. In this sneak peek of this week’s episode, Kurt talks with Spy co-conspirator (and current New Yorker...

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Stream Live Tonight: Studio 360 Remembers the Golden Record

In honor of the 40th anniversary of the Golden Record, Studio 360 and Science Friday are teaming up for an evening of music, culture, and science — featuring Ira Flatow, Maria Popova, Terrance...

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Human Intelligence: A Holiday Tale

Kurt Andersen’s version of a Christmas story doesn’t have your typical talking snowman or mistletoe. Instead, this holiday tale involves extraterrestrial surveillance and melting polar ice caps. "Human...

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The Great Canadian Cultural Quiz

How much do you know about Canadian culture? Our resident producer from rural Ontario, Daniel Guillemette, tested Kurt and dual citizen Sean Rameswaram. 

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