Jenny Lawton appears in the following:
360 Listener List: What to Reread & Rewatch
Thursday, October 13, 2011
A couple weeks ago, Kurt Andersen realized that he’d never read a book or seen a movie more than twice. The reasoning seemed clear: with so many great works (new and classic) to be di...
National Book Award Nominees Announced
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Finalists for the 2011 National Book Awards were announced today. The nominees include a first-time novelist and the recently deceased biographer of Malcolm X.
Bonus tracks: intervie...
Is Life Too Short for Re-reading?
Friday, September 30, 2011
A couple weeks ago, Kurt Andersen threw out a notion into the Twitter and Facebook universes: “I'm not 100% sure, but I just realized I don't think I've ever read a book (my own and T...
Online Gamers Make Discovery in HIV Battle
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Last weekend, the journal Nature Structure & Molecular Biology published a key discovery in the study of HIV — and it was made with the help of online gamers. They were playing Foldit...
Stories of Loss and Recovery
Saturday, September 10, 2011
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As part of The Requiem Project, we searched the WNYC Archives for voices that offer perspective on loss, grief and remembrance. The goal was for these voices to augment the mu...
Artists Respond to 9/11: Michael Stipe, Björk, Jodie Foster
Thursday, September 08, 2011
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Over the last several months, Kurt Andersen has been asking guests about their memories of 9/11 and the changes that came after it. Hear responses from Michael Stipe, Jodie F...
To Score or Not To Score
Monday, August 29, 2011
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As part of Q2's Requiem Project, we're collecting stories from the New York Public Radio archives to augment the music stream — voices that expand upon the themes in the mus...
Quiet Acts of Kindness
Saturday, August 20, 2011
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As part of Q2's Requiem Project, we've been searching the NYPR archives for voices that offer perspective on 9/11 and help us better understand the world in which we now li...
Philip Levine: From Auto Worker To Poet Laureate
Monday, August 15, 2011
Last week, the Library of Congress named Philip Levine the country’s 18th poet laureate of the United States, succeeding W.S. Merwin. “He’s the laureate, if you like, of the indus...
Beauty from Tragedy: Artists Reflect on 9/11
Friday, August 12, 2011
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The 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks is approaching, and Studio 360 is curating a list of the best cultural works that responded to and helped us understand it...
American Icons: I Love Lucy
Friday, August 05, 2011
It set the model for the hit family sitcom. Lucy's weekly antics and humiliation entered the DNA of TV comedy: from Desperate Housewives to 30 Rock – writers can’t live without Lucy.
Absurd Architecture in Your Neighborhood
Friday, July 29, 2011
Which of these things is not like the others? Last week on the show, Kurt Andersen went head to head with the conservative culture critic John Silber, who railed against the “absurd”...
Miranda July Asks: What’s On Your Mind?
Friday, July 22, 2011
She makes movies, she writes fiction, and now, she tells fortunes. When we found Miranda July would be coming into the studio, we decided to put those skills to the test. We asked...
Why I Won’t See Super 8
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Super 8 may be the biggest movie of the summer — but nothing can sway my loyalty to Friday Night Lights.
Songs from The Book of Mormon
Friday, June 10, 2011
If you’ve ever watched South Park, you know that a few of Trey Parker and Matt Stone's favorite things are organized religion and musical theater. In 2003, they did a musical epi...
Sleep No More
Friday, June 10, 2011
Sleep No More may be the most unusual, fantastical take on Macbeth ever produced. The London-based theater company Punchdrunk has transformed 100,000 square feet of New York City war...
Maggie Gyllenhaal Channels Madame Curie
Thursday, June 02, 2011
Marie Curie is the sexiest story in science history and has charmed authors, filmmakers, and playwrights. Add Alan Alda to the list, who makes his playwrighting debut with Radianc...
Sneak Preview: The Book of Mormon Decoded
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
The Book of Mormon is the toast of Broadway (with 14 nominations for June’s Tony Awards). Trey Parker and Matt Stone teamed up with Robert Lopez, best known for Avenue Q, to put the s...
Soldiers Protecting Art, Art Protecting Soldiers
Monday, April 18, 2011
A recently discovered audio recording of a 1946 speech by then-General Dwight D. Eisenhower reminds us that "they who have dwelt with death will be among the most ardent worshipers of...
Monopoly Redesign: Do Not Pass "Go"
Friday, April 15, 2011
Later this year, Hasbro will unveil a partly-electronic version of one of the classic board games. But Studio 360 thinks Monopoly needs more of a makeover to bring it into the 21st c...
