Zoe Saunders

Guitarist and movie producer Stevie Salas shares the untold history of Native Americans in rock and roll. 

Slate senior editor and podcast host Sam Adams shares some of his favorite conspiracy thriller movies and explains what these films say about the American psyche.

Blondie’s Debbie Harry and Chris Stein stop by Studio 360 to talk about their new album, “Pollinator,” and share some of their recent influences.

Arts critic Philip Kennicott: “Anxiety about the climate is not an issue that is miles and miles and miles away from what happens inside museums and opera houses.”

Statistician Ben Blatt takes a critical look at the numbers behind our favorite books, and not even Kurt can escape Ben’s analysis!

Writer, psychologist, and podcast host Maria Konnikova shares some of her favorite con artist movies and explains why audiences can’t get enough of these grifters.

Margaret Lyons talks about TV’s obsession with Beautiful Dead Girls ever since Laura Palmer was found “dead, wrapped in plastic” on Twin Peaks.

Makeup designer Angelina Avallone talks Kurt through her behind-the-scenes work for the new Broadway musical, “War Paint.”

Yewande Omotoso on apartheid, architecture, and her novel "The Woman Next Door"

Stories short as tweets, by Osama Alomar: “He was born with a silver knife in his mouth. And he was its first victim.”

Singer Lily Arbisser shares her secrets for the perfectly-timed subtitle in this latest installment of our “Day Job” series.

Ali Smith’s new book “Autumn” is being heralded as the first great post-Brexit novel. Kurt talks with her about politics, art, and the very nature of time.

A tale of refugees: how this classic film seems timelier than ever.

With reports that Trump may eliminate the NEA, Dana Gioia, a former head of the NEA, explains why Republicans want to axe an agency that gets less than .002% of federal spending.

President Obama: “the greatest party host we’ve ever had”? 

Statistician and NY Times graphics editor Josh Katz joins us in studio for a game show based on his book, “Speaking American.”