The Peabody Award-winning Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, is public radio’s smart and surprising guide to what's happening in pop culture and the arts. Each week, Kurt Andersen introduces you to 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.
Kurt Andersen - novelist, journalist, and co-founder of legendary "Spy" magazine - gets inside the creative mind through conversations with guests such as Yo-Yo Ma, Zadie Smith, Sean Lennon, Sean Penn, Walter Mosely, Dolly Parton, Ang Lee, Dave Eggers, Frank Gehry, and Tori Amos. Studio 360 is also the place where a Freudian shrink can analyze a videogame about bunnies and astronauts play piano on the International Space Station.
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Crews are battling wildfires in Northern California, with officials requiring some residents in Napa and Sonoma counties to evacuate.
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The film opened to mixed reviews in 1982. But eventually it came to be considered a science fiction masterpiece.
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"You Can't Turn That Into A House" takes home improvement to a new level: transforming old grain silos, school buses and more into tiny houses.
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Algae blooms have been getting larger and more frequent in the lake, and in 2014 one affected Toledo, Ohio's water supply.
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The Clark County sheriff said more than 100 investigators were combing through evidence collected in Stephen Paddock's home and hotel room.
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Allison Light of WLRN in Miami has the story of the Beep Baseball World Series held recently in Florida.
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A beach community near Los Angeles is mourning the loss of a favorite police department employee, Rachael Parker, who died in the Las Vegas shooting.
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There are nearly 6,500 troops and support staff deployed to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as part of the government's relief response to Maria.
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Trinity County in Northern California is one of the state's most food insecure regions, meaning many people there don't know where their next meal is coming from.
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Police still don't know what suspect Stephen Paddock's motive was in the Las Vegas shooting.