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David Krasnow

Executive Producer, The New Yorker Radio HourStudio 360
David began producing stories for Studio 360 in 2001 with a profile of experimental musician Pauline Oliveros. He joined the staff in 2003 after many years in print media as an editor and writer, covering music, design, American history, land use, science, and health care.Formerly the reviews editor of Artforum, he has written for the Village Voice, Jazz Times, Metropolis, The New York Observer, and The Wire, and remains a contributing editor for Bomb.  He teaches radio writing to print journalists at Mediabistro and has discussed how to pitch features at the Third Coast International Audio Festival and the Public Radio Program Directors conference. Among his stories for Studio 360 are features on Andy Warhol’s soup cans, the folk ballad “John Henry,” and Jimi Hendrix’s “Star-Spangled Banner” for the American Icons series.  He was first on air at 17 on his college station, WESU. 
Talking Heads, 1976: Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, David Byrne and Jerry Harrison.
Music
David Byrne and the birth of Talking Heads
Jimi Hendrix plays at Woodstock.
American Icons
American Icons: Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Star-Spangled Banner’
A watercolor of Jimi Hendrix.
American Icons
American Icons: Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Star-Spangled Banner’
Justin Timberlake performs "Cry Me A River" during the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards in New York
Arts
Ode to Justin Timberlake
Tracy K. Smith
Arts
Tracy K. Smith explores ‘Life on Mars’
Arts, Culture & Media
Warhol’s Soup Cans
Arts, Culture & Media
Campbell’s Soup Can
Arts, Culture & Media
Free Theatre Belarus
Arts, Culture & Media
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Arts, Culture & Media
Let Us Now Praise Famous Women
Arts, Culture & Media
Cuter Than a Surprised Kitten
Arts, Culture & Media
There Arose Such a Clatter
Arts, Culture & Media
360 Staff Pick: Byrne Country
Arts, Culture & Media
360 Staff Pick: Henry Threadgill
Arts, Culture & Media
360 Staff Pick: The Original Crossover Act
Arts, Culture & Media
“This is Studio 360, I’m…”
Arts, Culture & Media
#1 Indie Rocker
Arts, Culture & Media
360 Staff Pick: A Fortunate Age
Arts, Culture & Media
Law and Order: Special Theater Unit
Arts, Culture & Media
I Am Happy To Have Been Served
Arts, Culture & Media
360 Staff Pick: Caetano Veloso and Son
Arts, Culture & Media
Waiting for Tolkien
Arts, Culture & Media
360 Staff Pick: Short Stories that Pack a Punch
Arts, Culture & Media
360 Staff Pick: The Badger Game
Arts, Culture & Media
American Icons: Jimi Hendrix’s “Star-Spangled Banner”
Arts, Culture & Media
American Icons: Jimi Hendrix’s Star-Spangled Banner
Arts, Culture & Media
360 Staff Pick: H. L. Mencken’s Prejudices
Arts, Culture & Media
360 Staff Pick: Janus Trio’s Debut
Arts, Culture & Media
University Denies Tony Kushner Award Over Views on Israel
Arts, Culture & Media
360 Staff Pick: dos y dos
Arts, Culture & Media
360 Staff Pick: Wild Flag
Arts, Culture & Media
360 Staff Pick: General Orders No. 9
Arts, Culture & Media
A New Multimedia Masterpiece: Brooklyn Babylon
Arts, Culture & Media
Eisenhower Family Objects to Gehry Design for Memorial
Arts, Culture & Media
The Truth: Redefining Radio Drama
Arts, Culture & Media
Wish You Were Here: David Byrne and St. Vincent
Arts, Culture & Media
Lois Lowry Confirms Jeff Bridges to Film The Giver
Arts, Culture & Media
Exclusive Videos: Neneh Cherry Is Back
Arts, Culture & Media
This Artist Makes Some of Her Best Work in the Airplane Bathroom
Arts, Culture & Media
Aleksandar Hemon: The Accordion
Arts, Culture & Media
Tracy K. Smith: Life on Mars
Arts, Culture & Media
Redesign Challenge: Bring Joy to the Everyday
Arts, Culture & Media
John Henry
Arts, Culture & Media
Kelly Link, Queen of Realistic Fantasy
Arts, Culture & Media
Trenton Doyle Hancock’s Universe of Weirdness
Arts, Culture & Media
Terry Riley, a Founder of Minimalism, Turns 80
Arts, Culture & Media
The Computer As Artist
Arts, Culture & Media
Eve Sussman’s Algorithmic Noir
Arts, Culture & Media
Lois Lowry: The End of “The Giver”
Arts, Culture & Media
Our Computers, Our Viruses, Our Selves
Arts, Culture & Media
The Flame Alphabet
Arts, Culture & Media
Gary Marcus: Enhancing Creativity
Performer Jacqueline Salamack (L) jokes with an audience member after a performance of "A Klingon Christmas Carol" in Chicago, December 20, 2012.
Arts
Why yes, I do speak Klingon
MRI of the brain
Arts
Gary Marcus: Enhancing creativity
Gary Marcus, director of New York University’s Center for Language and Music
Arts
Gary Marcus: Defining creativity
Jesmyn Ward
Arts
Jesmyn Ward reflects on Katrina
What's happening in this bored young woman's brain? Scientists aren't totally sure, but suspect that it is mostly beneficial
Technology
One woman’s plan to take your creativity back from your phone — by making you bored
Charlie Hebdo cover
Culture
Charlie Hebdo is an equal opportunity offender — endearing it to all and none
Computer malfunction
Technology
Should we even call computer problems ‘viruses’ anymore?
Arts, Culture & Media
Trenton Doyle Hancock