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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At Dartmouth College recently, avant-garde classical composer Molly Herron unveiled a new piece played entirely on homemade instruments. -
"Different Kind of Tears" is part of an awareness campaign to fight opioid addiction. It was created in partnership with the Recovery Centers of America and the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation. -
In Gayle Forman's novel "Leave Me," a heart attack prompts an overcommitted mother of twins to leave her family and start a new life. -
Forty years ago, President Jimmy Carter awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. -
From a stock market milestone to a low unemployment rate, there have been a number of important economic indicators to follow in the first half of 2017.
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If you have some time to get away this summer, which lakes around the country should you visit?
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A Pakistani family is one of the last group of refugees to be resettled in the U.S., ahead of new federal guidelines restricting refugee arrivals, expected to go into effect next week.
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As Trump and Putin sat down for their first face-to-face meeting, thousands took to the streets of Hamburg, Germany, to protest the G-20 summit. -
As MC Bugg-Z, mosquito biologist Andy Lima raps about mosquitoes and the illnesses they can spread. It is all part of a campaign to educate the public on disease prevention. -
In 1899, George and Willie Muse, the African-American children of sharecroppers, were lured from their home to become part of a sideshow. Author Beth Macy tells their story.
