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Most Unusual
Show #419

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Friday, January 09, 2004

A look at the rather non-traditional relationship between a North Dakota museum and a New York artist. Jazz pianist Kenny Barron playing as only he can. And a vicarious wander through the streets with a man who tunes in to other people’s personal listening devices.

A Jury for Martha

Dean consults with a few well-versed experts about what Martha Stewart’s defense team might be looking for in a juror.

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I’m Sick: An Audio Diary

Next Big Thing contributor Mary Purdy’s intimate record of a non-life-threatening and not-especially-protracted bout of the flu. Produced by Curtis Fox.

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Good Evening, Mr. and Mrs. America

Breaking news from Walter Winchell, dated Sunday, January 11, 1948.

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Walkman Busting

A guy walks up to you on the street and asks you what's playing on your Walkman. You tell him. But wait - now he says he wants to listen too. Before you know it, he's plugged his recorder into your player and he’s taping ...

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A Most Unusual Collaboration

In parts of the world, New York artist Barton Benes’s work is routinely rejected for being outrageously grotesque. Not so in Grand Forks, North Dakota. In 1997, Benes helped the art museum there create a reliquary of objects recovered from a devastating flood. Since then, he and curator Laurel Reuter ...

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Into the Picture

A painting hangs on a wall in the American wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Four people stand in front of it - three poets and a painter. What do they see? That depends on which one you ask. Produced by Pejk Malinovski. To see the painting for yourself, ...

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By Heart

Saxophonist Stan Getz once described pianist Kenny Barron as the “other half of my heart.” Barron is known for his soft and soulful playing. Listen in as he joins Dean in the studio to play music and talk about his life as a sideman – and a band ...

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