The Next Big Thing: December 2005
Hot, Hot, Hot
Friday, December 30, 2005
Some ways to beat the heat – with verse recommended by former Poet Laureate Billy Collins, romantic fiction from sound artist Miranda July, and a conversation in the hot kitchen of “Cakeman” Raven Patrick DeSean Dennis III. Also, André Aciman on writing in exile.
Playing and Praying
Friday, December 16, 2005
We profile a married couple who sustain their relationship by playing games. Also, the sound of one hundred motorcycles playing a symphony, as well as cellist Erik Friedlander playing in collaboration with writer Michael Greenberg. On the prayer front, we offer a search for the eleventh amendment, and a sound ...
"Ten After Eleven"
Friday, December 09, 2005
We use the full hour to premiere "Ten After Eleven," a radio play written for The Next Big Thing by Theresa Rebeck, in collaboration with the Naked Angels Theater Company, starring Marlo Thomas, Lili Taylor, Dan Lauria and Fisher Stevens. The play was inspired by the infamous 1964 murder of ...
Phantom Limb Phenomena
Friday, December 02, 2005
The adventures of comedy duo Ahna Tessler and Lauren Engel, who make their way to L.A. with their Hollywood pitch. Also this week, “Phantom limbs” in history and literature; three songs on three banjos from musician Tony Trischka; a fourth song, this one from John Linnell of They Might Be ...