Kurt Andersen
Studio 360

Studio 360

Delve deep into the ever-changing cultural landscape with novelist and co-founder of legendary "Spy" magazine, Kurt Andersen. Studio 360 is public radio's smart and surprising guide to what's happening in pop culture and the arts. Each week, Andersen introduces you to the people who are creating and shaping our culture. Life is busy — so let Studio 360 give you new and different ideas for a movie this weekend, the next book for your nightstand, or the song that will change your life. Studio 360 also gives listeners a chance to get their creative juices flowing with regular listener challenges. Produced by PRI.
The Silver Lake Chorus brings harmony to indie rock
This Woman’s Work: Billie Holiday’s ‘Lady Sings the Blues’
Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir
The monumental art of Ursula von Rydingsvard
Aha Moment: ‘One Hundred and One Dalmatians’
Lynn Shelton started a conspiracy theory
Thirty-five years of Yo La Tengo
Aasif Mandvi on the novelty of playing a guy named Ben
The duo that’s really folkin’ funny
‘Yesterday’ and other pop culture doubles
Hollywood’s Stonewall missteps
Julio Torres and Ana Fabrega on ‘Los Espookys’
Day Jobs: Fourth grade elementary school teacher
John Cameron Mitchell’s genre-defying podcast musical
Taffy Brodesser-Akner on divorce in the Tinder age
Aha Moment: How ‘Finding Nemo’ changed my life
And they will inherit it
Regina Spektor heads to Broadway
Aha Moment: Ronald D. Moore on ‘Star Trek’
How the stars of ‘Booksmart’ became best friends to portray best friends
The injustice against ‘Ishtar’
How Shakespeare ended up in the park
Taylor Mac’s acclaimed sequel to Shakespeare’s not-so-acclaimed play
I am the very model of a modern Broadway patter song
‘When Doves Cry’ at 35
Beth McCarthy-Miller on directing ‘SNL,’ sitcoms and the most notorious Super Bowl halftime show ever
Werner Herzog on the art of narration, Gorbachev and cat videos
Singing along with “Romantic Songs of the Patriarchy”
Pete Seeger’s centennial
Ani DiFranco on Ani DiFranco
Life is but a ‘Scream’: Karl Ove Knausgård on the art of Edvard Munch
This Woman’s Work: Patti Smith’s ‘Horses’
Day Jobs: Arresting poetry
Susan Choi and the unforgettable angst of high school
The haunting power of ‘In the Pines’
Unsung Heroes: Supernumerary
Suzan-Lori Parks and Daveed Diggs on the trippiness of reality
Helado Negro teaches us how to smile
The autobiographical anxieties of ‘Cathy’ comics
Frederic Tuten’s young life
Jia Zhangke’s empathetic eye
Tough crowd
Sue Grafton, from A to X
Guilty Pleasure: ‘The Godfather: Part III’
David Remnick on the gangster myth
American Icons: ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’
Aha Moment: ‘The Metamorphosis’
A secret emerges out of the ‘Black Lagoon’
The Crack Monster: The mystery behind the creepiest cartoon on ‘Sesame Street’
Marcia Clark is totally not playing out her revenge fantasy
Remembering Nat King Cole
The secret of Yanni’s surprise success: viewers like you
Fact and fiction, blurred
Behind the curtain at autism-friendly Broadway shows
Aha Moment: John Zorn with a schmear
Elan and Jonathan Bogarín’s magical realist documentary
What the Constitution means to Heidi Schreck
‘This Is Spinal Tap’ at 35
American Icons: ‘Cross Road Blues’
N.K. Jemisin and the unspoken politics of speculative fiction