Moby-Dick
In this Peabody Award-winning show, Kurt Andersen sets sail in search of the Great White Whale More Download MP3
The Great Gatsby
Kurt Andersen explores how episodes of false identity, living large and murder in the suburbs may add up to the great American novel. More Download MP3
The Wizard of Oz
Kurt Andersen follows the yellow brick road and discovers places in the land of Oz more wonderful, and weirder, than you ever imagined. More Download MP3
The Lincoln Memorial
Kurt Andersen explores how the Lincoln Memorial became America's soapbox, and how our yearning to connect with Lincoln speaks to the better angels of our nature. More Download MP3
Superman
Kurt Andersen goes up, up and away with Superman and finds out why "The Man of Steel" remains as popular and elusive as ever. More Download MP3
Barbie
How did a German streetwalker become the All-American Girl? Writers, artists, scholars and (of course!) kids talk about the staying power of Barbie. More
Kind of Blue
Miles Davis' groundbreaking album became the symbol for everything jazz could be: avant-garde, hip, and soulful. More
The Tramp
With just a pair of baggy pants, a derby hat, mustache, floppy shoes, and his own physical genius, Charlie Chaplin created silent film's most memorable character - the Tramp. More
John Henry
We trace the ballad of John Henry back to its origins - a cautionary tale about working too hard. More
Gone With the Wind
A look at how the racial politics of Gone with the Wind play out in 2006, and why the story still speaks to readers and viewers today. More
Fallingwater
A look at the most famous little house in America: Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, still hanging off a cliff after nearly seventy years. More
Emily Dickinson
How did Emily Dickinson's unusual poem about death become standard high school curriculum? Studio 360 takes a closer reading at a literary masterpiece. More
Campbell's Soup Cans
Andy Warhol told people he painted soup because he ate it for lunch every day, but the paintings remain mysterious more than 40 years later. More
Appalachian Spring
n 1944, the composer Aaron Copland was commissioned to write a piece of music for the choreographer Martha Graham. Dance and music in America have never been the same. More
