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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 creati... Read more

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American Icons: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

American Icons: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

This is the story of America’s fight against authority. Ken Kesey had worked in a mental hospital, but his first novel w... Read more

12 Oct 2017

50mins

Ranked #2

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American Icons: Moby-Dick

American Icons: Moby-Dick

Herman Melville's white whale survived his battle with Captain Ahab only to surface in the works of contemporary filmmak... Read more

3 Aug 2017

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Learning to Love “Fuller House”

Learning to Love “Fuller House”

John McPhee is the godfather of a certain kind of long-form creative non-fiction, and over the past half-century, he’s w... Read more

14 Sep 2017

50mins

Ranked #4

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When music punches you in the face.

When music punches you in the face.

Some of our favorite recent stories about music.What drove Carrie Brownstein to actually punch herself in the face when ... Read more

10 Aug 2017

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Across the Multiverse

Across the Multiverse

Universe not big enough for you? There’s always the multiverse — many universes, scattered through time and space. In on... Read more

15 Jun 2017

49mins

Ranked #6

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Off Script

Off Script

This week, Kurt goes through the looking glass into the world of conspiracy thrillers. Plus, Matt Walsh breaks down how ... Read more

13 Jul 2017

49mins

Ranked #7

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American Icons: Native Son

American Icons: Native Son

This is the novel about racism that America couldn't ignore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoi... Read more

20 Jul 2017

49mins

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Twin Peek

Twin Peek

This week, we head back to “Twin Peaks.” “Fargo” showrunner Noah Hawley talks about the impact of David Lynch’s cult TV ... Read more

11 May 2017

49mins

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A Wild and Crazy Anniversary

A Wild and Crazy Anniversary

 It was 40 years ago when Steve Martin released the concert album, “A Wild and Crazy Guy.”  These days Martin is known a... Read more

24 Jul 2018

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American Icons: ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ — Part One

American Icons: ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ — Part One

A half century later, Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” is still shaping our future. With no help from CGI, the ... Read more

9 May 2019

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Ranked #11

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Tupac and Art Rock

Tupac and Art Rock

This week, an episode about groundbreaking pop music: The music that preceded and followed Radiohead’s landmark album, “... Read more

22 Jun 2017

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All Shakespeare All the Time

All Shakespeare All the Time

On the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, we look at the ways his work continues to change and adapt. In ... Read more

24 Nov 2016

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The Agonies of Small Talk

The Agonies of Small Talk

Sitting down with some of the smartypants whom the MacArthur Foundation just awarded its genius grants. Jesmyn Ward bega... Read more

9 Nov 2017

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Extra: The Symphonic Side of Wynton Marsalis

Extra: The Symphonic Side of Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis is a jazz icon — a renowned trumpet player and composer, he is also the music director of the Jazz at Li... Read more

26 Nov 2019

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One tall woman

One tall woman

Kurt Andersen speaks with Laurie Metcalf, the actor who is striking gold everywhere: she was nominated for an Oscar for ... Read more

26 Apr 2018

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American Icons: ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ — Part Two

American Icons: ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ — Part Two

A half century later, Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” is still shaping our future. With no help from CGI, the ... Read more

30 May 2019

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American Icons: Monticello

American Icons: Monticello

Monticello is home renovation run amok. Thomas Jefferson was as passionate about building his house as he was about foun... Read more

5 Jul 2018

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American Icons: Buffalo Bill

American Icons: Buffalo Bill

This was the American spectacle that colonized our dreams. He was the most famous American in the world — a showman and ... Read more

4 May 2017

49mins

Ranked #19

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Walden pondered

Walden pondered

In “Walden,” Henry David Thoreau helped shape the way we think about nature and our place in the world. An American Icon... Read more

9 Aug 2018

50mins

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American Tricons

American Tricons

Three stories from the American Icons series. How “Amazing Grace,” a song written by a slave trader, came to be a civil ... Read more

19 Apr 2018

49mins

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