Tommy Bazarian appears in the following:
The Music of "Twin Peaks"
Thursday, May 11, 2017
"Breaking Bad" composer Dave Porter and "X-Files" composer Mark Snow break down Angelo Badalamenti’s iconic score.
Terms of Art: TV Writer Lingo with David Mandel
Thursday, March 30, 2017
The Veep showrunner walks Kurt through some of his favorite jargon, from “laying pipe” to “zhuzhing”.
The Story of Wheelchair Barbie
Thursday, March 23, 2017
In 1997, Mattel introduced a Barbie that used a wheelchair. It didn’t go as planned.
Terms of Art: Film Composer Lingo with Carter Burwell
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Carter Burwell teaches Kurt how to talk like a film composer.
Live In-Studio: The Magnetic Fields
Thursday, March 16, 2017
Not long ago, Stephin Merritt wrote the first “confessional” song of his life. Then he wrote 49 more.
Live In-Studio: Basia Bulat
Thursday, February 09, 2017
Fresh off a breakup, the folky, autoharp-wielding Canadian songwriter Basia Bulat went into the studio in Louisville, Kentucky. She came out with a bona fide pop album.
Day Jobs: Unannounced Standardized Patient
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Lots of actors moonlight as waiters or baristas to pay the bills. Alex Kramer moonlights as a spy.
The Art of Hollywood Mockery
Thursday, December 01, 2016
From “Blazing Saddles” to “Airplane!”... what does it take to make a movie spoof that makes you think, as well as laugh?
Neal Gabler on the Presidency as a Performance
Thursday, November 10, 2016
How the government-entertainment-industrial complex elected Donald Trump.
Guilty Pleasure: The Word 'Moist'
Thursday, November 03, 2016
Sadie Stein cannot understand why you would want a cake that is anything but “moist.”
Neal Gabler on the Presidency as a Performance
Thursday, September 29, 2016
When an actor named Ronald Reagan ran for president, it seemed like such a stretch. Now it’s hard to see the presidency as anything but a movie role.
360 Live: Dr. Rachel Yehuda Misses Her Rats
Wednesday, September 07, 2016
For years, Rachel Yehuda researched PTSD using lab rats. When she tried to replicate her findings with Vietnam veterans and Holocaust survivors, things got a little more complicated.
360 Live: Herman Pontzer Ends Up in the Hot Seat
Tuesday, September 06, 2016
While researching a hunter-gatherer population in northern Tanzania, anthropologist Herman Pontzer’s experiment almost goes up in flames.
360 Live: Wyatt Cenac Drives Drunk (for Science)
Monday, September 05, 2016
While volunteering at a science museum, comedian Wyatt Cenac decided to conduct a little experiment.
That’s All, Folk: Basia Bulat’s Pop Transformation
Thursday, June 23, 2016
Fresh off a breakup, the folky, autoharp-wielding Canadian songwriter Basia Bulat went into the studio in Louisville, Kentucky. She came out with a bona fide pop album.
Cinematographer Roger Deakins Doesn’t Just Shoot Pretty Pictures
Thursday, February 18, 2016
One of the most celebrated cinematographers working just got his 13th Oscar nomination — this time, for the narco-thriller “Sicario.”
Return to the Wild, Wild Western
Thursday, February 18, 2016
From “Mad Max” to “The Martian,” why are Westerns, after a hundred-odd years, now the genre du jour?
Live In-Studio: Basia Bulat
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Fresh off a breakup, the folky, autoharp-wielding Canadian songwriter Basia Bulat went into the studio in Louisville, Kentucky. She came out with a bona fide pop album.
Is Kobe Bryant's 'Dear Basketball' a Reimagining of Shakespeare's Final Soliloquy?
Wednesday, December 09, 2015
Kobe and Prospero, from "The Tempest," say goodbye to their powers in remarkably similar terms. Coincidence?
Trawl the Depths of YouTube with YouHole.tv
Monday, November 16, 2015
A new site called YouHole.tv serves up random, wonderful videos that you can't pause or share — you just have to experience them in the moment. How Zen!
