Mail Art
In August, Studio 360 asked listeners to send us mail art. And you responded with fantastic enthusiasm. Streams of amazing things poured in through the mail drop from all around the world — a piece of...
View ArticlePushing The Envelope
Stephen Malinowski heard our request for mail art and decided to do a little experiment. He tested the post office to see what they would and wouldn’t deliver by mailing not one, or two, but 100 pieces...
View ArticlePushing the Envelope
Stephen Malinowski heard our request for mail art and decided to do a little experiment. He tested the post office to see what they would and wouldn't deliver by mailing not one, or two, but 100 pieces...
View ArticleMail Art
In August, Studio 360 asked listeners to send us mail art. And you responded with fantastic enthusiasm. Streams of amazing things poured in through the mail drop from all around the world — a piece of...
View ArticleJumping the Shark
Named after an infamously stupid episode of Happy Days, “jumping the shark” describes the moment when the inspiration dries up and it all starts to go downhill. Kurt called some of our listeners to ask...
View ArticleJumping the Shark
Named after an infamously stupid episode of Happy Days, “jumping the shark” describes the moment when the inspiration dries up and it all starts to go downhill. Kurt called some of our listeners to ask...
View ArticleMail Art
Studio 360 asked listeners to send in mail art, and the response was jaw-dropping. Streams of amazing things poured in from all around the world – envelopes big, small, glittery, fragile, sturdy and...
View ArticlePoetry from the People
A few weeks ago, after featuring actor Bill Murray’s passion for poetry, we asked you to send us your favorite poems. Kurt calls up a few listeners -– including a surprise celebrity listener -- to tell...
View ArticleWords from the Wise
We asked listeners to tell us about the best piece of wisdom you ever got from an older person, and we'll hear what some of them had to say.Weigh in: What's the best piece of advice you've received...
View ArticleCreative Career Change
Listener LaKeisha Sabol, from Las Vegas, tells Kurt what gave her the courage to make the leap from real estate to theater and event management.
View ArticleFrom Manager to Woodworker
Listener Rohn Amegatcher of Tacoma, Washington made a creative career change after his construction management business folded. He tells Kurt about his new career as a woodworker and cook.
View ArticleCreative Career Change
Last year listener Mark Solomon lost his job as a trial lawyer. He tells Kurt how the turn of events got him to pursue a brand new career as a sound engineer and designer.
View ArticleJuly 4th Redesign Shoutout
Thanks to all the listeners who heeded our call to redesign Uncle Sam and made videos of their new National Anthems. We were impressed and honored.
View ArticleAmerican Icons, The Listener Pick: “Dallas”
For our American Icons series this fall, we've looked at nine different great works, but we've also been asking listeners to suggest what our tenth should be. Laura Detre, a listener in Pittsburgh,...
View ArticleYour Comments: Can You Go Home Again?
We aired a story last week about John Steinbeck and Monterey, California. After returning to Monterey as an older man, Steinbeck wrote, "What we knew is dead…what's out there is new, and perhaps good,...
View ArticleWhere Do You Buy Books (Really)?
Last week, we took a look at how independent bookstores are trying to stay profitable in the age of the eBook. We asked where you buy books, and whether you’ve made the leap to e-books. And we must...
View ArticleAny Last Words?
Last week novelist Timothy Schaffert spoke with Kurt Andersen about his new novel, The Coffins of Little Hope. The narrator is the 83-year old obituary writer of a small-town newspaper in Nebraska. As...
View ArticleBeauty from Tragedy: Artists Reflect on 9/11
DoThe 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks is approaching, and Studio 360 is curating a list of the best cultural works that responded to and helped us understand it.Bruce Springsteen’s...
View ArticleArtists Respond to 9/11
DoThe 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks is approaching, and Studio 360 is putting together a list of the best books, music, movies, and other works of art that have responded to those...
View ArticleWhen Once Just Isn’t Enough: Rereaders
A couple weeks ago, Kurt Andersen came clean on Twitter and Facebook. He admitted that (with two small exceptions), he’s never read a book or watched a movie more than twice. “I wonder how weird this...
View ArticleYour Occupational Tattoos
Last week on the show, we heard from people who are so passionate about their careers as scientists and mathematicians that they've tattooed equations and fragments of DNA on their bodies. So we asked:...
View ArticleTrue Confessions: Taboos Revealed
It’s easy enough to mock fallen taboos — but is nothing sacred?We asked our audience to fill in the blanks: "_______ is a taboo I love breaking, but I wish _______ was still taboo."Cintra Wilson reads...
View ArticleYour 420-Character Stories
Last week, Kurt Andersen talked with Lou Beach, an illustrator who turned his Facebook updates into super-short stories, each 420 characters long. They are collected in the new book420 Characters. We...
View ArticleListener Challenge: a 420-Character Winner
Last month, the illustrator-turned-author Lou Beach released a book of extremely short stories — each just 420 characters long. Kurt Andersen challenged our listeners to write their own 420-characters...
View Article“In My Next Life I Will Be…”
We asked our studio audience to tell us about their dream jobs. Eugene Mirman reads some of the responses, from “astronaut” to “artisan glass blower.”(Originally aired: June 3, 2011)→ What do you want...
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Significant Objects: More of Your Stories
Last month, we announced our Significant Object story contest. We picked out three objects from a thrift store — a doll ($5), a thermos with the Marlboro logo ($5), and a wooden trinket ($1). We want...
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Winners: The Signficant Objects Story Contest
Last month, we announced our Significant Objects story contest. We picked out three objects from a thrift store — a doll ($5), a thermos with the Marlboro logo ($5), and a wooden trinket ($1) — and...
View ArticleFamily Secrets: A Takeaway Listener's Story
Last week, we talked with Madeleine Albright about her life, and her discovery in adulthood that she was Jewish. We asked our listeners: have you ever discovered a secret about your family or identity?...
View ArticleWinner: Ode to Justin Timberlake
It’s the first poem about David Bowie to win the Pulitzer Prize. Tracy K. Smith’s collection Life on Mars contains many references to the man she salutes as the “Pope of Pop.” Inspired by Smith, we...
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The Top 10 Songs We Never Want to Hear Again
A couple weeks ago, Kurt Andersen talked with the music critic Tim Page about great music that’s been overplayed to the point of inanity. Call it death by heavy rotation — and not even the Beatles are...
View ArticleReliving the Golden Age of MTV
Recently, Kurt Andersen looked back at MTV’s Golden Age with Craig Marks, author of I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution.We asked for your favorite videos from that late,...
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Listener Challenge: Jingles for Obama and Romney
Back in the days of “I Like Ike,” presidential candidates hired Madison Avenue ad men to come up with winning jingles. These days, campaign ads are all message, no flair. We want you to come up with...
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Your Photo Remixes
We recently kicked off a new listener challenge — your mission, should you choose to accept it, involves photography.Married photographers Jerry Uelsmann and Maggie Taylor have provided ten elements...
View ArticleMore of Your Photo Remixes
We recently kicked off a new listener challenge. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, involves photography.Married photographers Jerry Uelsmann and Maggie Taylor have provided ten elements for...
View ArticleNew Year’s Resolution: A Cello Recital
As 2012 drew to a close, we asked you to declare your creative New Year’s resolution. We heard from more than 100 ambitious creatives, including aspiring novelists, composers, and a...
View ArticleNew Year’s Resolutions: Carpentry and Comics
In the final weeks of 2012, we asked our listeners for their creative New Year’s resolutions. Kurt Andersen is choosing projects to check in on during the year. Last week, he spoke with Michael...
View ArticleNew Year's Resolutions: 12 Short Stories
Throughout 2013, we’re going to check up on four listeners who made creative resolutions for the New Year and were brave enough to go public with them. Michael Relland is a music teacher who’s planning...
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Searching for Words: Your Ngram Questions
Recently, Kurt Andersen talked with the research scientists who partnered with Google to develop the Ngram Viewer. The Ngram Viewer sifts through millions of digitized books and documents, looking for...
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My American Icon: Slaughterhouse-Five
In American Icons, we explore works of art that help us understand our nation, and what it means to be an American. From Richard Wright's Native Son to Cole Porter's "Anything Goes," these classics...
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My American Icon: Charlotte's Web
In American Icons, we explore works of art that help us understand our nation, and what it means to be an American. From Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass to Cindy Sherman’s Untitled Film Stills, these...
View ArticlePoetry Challenge: Dorothea Lasky Picks a Winner
All summer, we asked for high school students to send us their poetry inspired by the season for the Battle of the High School Bards. Our challenge was co-presented by the Alliance for Young Artists...
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