Jenny Lawton

Managing Editor, WNYC Studios

Jenny Lawton appears in the following:

Howard Jacobson Wins the Booker Prize

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

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Just last weekend, the British novelist Howard Jacobson was lamenting that he wasn't being taken seriously.  "There is a fear of comedy in the novel today," he wrote the Guardian ...
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Aha Moment: To Kill a Mockingbird

Friday, July 09, 2010

Indie rockers Ra Ra Riot found sonic inspiration in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. Singer Wes Miles explains that like the book, their song "Each Year" explores issues of prejudice.

Weigh in: Has a work of art changed your life?

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Extreme Makeover: Uncle Sam Edition

Friday, July 02, 2010

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I’m as patriotic as the next guy.  But this morning on the subway, I couldn’t help but feel a bit deflated by the sight of our national mascot peddling fast cash. Uncle Sam, how c...
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Andrew Jackson Rules

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

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Part history lesson, part satire, part blood bath — a lovely night at the theater, no? “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” (now up at New York’s Public Theater) is a singing, dancing, pun...
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Now Playing in an Aspirational Design Catalogue Near You

Friday, May 28, 2010

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Earlier this year, we introduced you to an Indian artist named Vijay Singh.  For decades, he painted the bright, larger-than-life murals that showcased current attractions in Delh...
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Experimenting with Laughing Gas

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

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Richard Holmes tells the story of chemist Humphrey Davy’s experiments with nitrous oxide (a.k.a. laughing gas). It's a wild tale of how the scientist convinced friends — like the ...
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The Return of the ArchAndroid

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

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Janelle Monaé may look like a petite, pompadoured doo-wopper straight out of early Motown.  But when she hits the stage, she bursts into something light years beyond that.

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Growing Pains with Josh Ritter, Martha Plimpton, and Junot Diaz

Friday, May 14, 2010

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Last week, WNYC’s Jerome L. Greene Performance Space was packed for Studio 360 Live — a night of stories and music about growing up with Josh Ritter, Martha Plimpton, and Junot Diaz....
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Aha Moment: e.e. cummings

Friday, April 30, 2010

As a child Quang Bao fled Vietnam and lived in a refugee camp with his family. They eventually settled in Sugarland, Texas, and he was in high school when he discovered e. e. cummings. "i like my body when it is with your" set him on the path ...

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All Apologies ... to Erin

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

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A couple weeks ago, Studio 360 featured the good works of David Ellis Dickerson — former Hallmark greeting card employee gone solo.  He takes commissions at his blog, Greeting Card ...
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Next to Normal Wins a Pulitzer

Monday, April 12, 2010

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A rock musical about a bipolar suburban housewife?  Admit it, you doubted the success of “Next to Normal” too.  But 11 Tony nominations (3 wins) and 400+ performances later, the s...
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The Large Hadron Collider Is a Smash Hit

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

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After 15 years and several false starts, the Large Hadron Collider research program has finally begun.  Early this morning, 3300 feet below the Swiss-French border near Geneva, it...
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Precious

Friday, March 05, 2010

In the film, "Precious," the heroine fantasizes about escaping the horrors of her life as an abused teenager and walking down a red carpet. Now the actress who plays her, newcomer Gabourey Sidibe, gets to walk down that red carpet for real — she's up ...

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Aha Moment: John Zorn with a Schmear

Friday, January 29, 2010

Niki Russ Federman, fourth generation of the smoked fish dynasty Russ & Daughters, resisted joining the family business. She explains why she owes her career choice to hipster klezmorim and the musician-composer John Zorn. Produced by Studio 360's

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No Time For Tea

Friday, January 08, 2010

The tea ceremony is a 400-year-old ritual for serving green tea. But in Japan's techno-centric society (increasingly fueled by coffee) can the tea ceremony survive? Studio 360’s Jenny Lawton talked with tea masters, old and young.

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360 Staff Pick: A Devil to Play

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

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Some people solve their midlife crises by buying a motorcycle — Jasper Rees decided to face down his childhood enemy: the French horn.  Now available in paperback, Rees' account tak...
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Off With "The Sing-Off"

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

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It turns out that Fox’s hit musical comedy "Glee" was primetime TV’s gateway drug to a cappella.

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Aha Moment: Robert Frank

Friday, December 18, 2009

As a security guard at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jason Eskenazi was used to directing visitors to the restrooms. But keeping watch at an exhibit of Robert Frank's photography project The Americans, Eskenazi turned his life around. Produced by Studio 360's

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Brush Up On Your Golden Globes

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

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With yesterday’s announcement of the Golden Globe nominees, it’s officially awards season.  Before you watch them work the red carpet (and, perhaps, get tipsy during the broadcast...
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Mamet's "Race"

Friday, December 11, 2009

Ads for David Mamet's new play proclaim it his "most explosive four-letter word yet." Mamet has always courted controversy on hot-button issues. "Race", now on Broadway, is about a diverse team of lawyers defending a white man accused of raping a black woman. Kurt sees the show with ...

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