Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen

Live in Aspen (Studio 360)

studio360@wnyc.org (Public Radio International/WNYC) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:00 GMT

This week in Studio 360, multiple personalities. In a program recorded last July at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Tony Award-winning performer Sarah Jones joins Kurt Andersen on stage, and transforms herself into a dizzying range of characters – from a Jewish grandmother to a teenaged rapper. Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner, who developed the theory of multiple intelligences, gives some free analysis to audience members who tell us about big decisions. And country rocker Steve Earle sings about leaving Tennessee, performing tracks from his new record "Washington Square Serenade."

Bashir, Leibovitz, Iraqi Boy Band (Studio 360)

studio360@wnyc.org (Public Radio International/WNYC) — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 05:00 GMT

This week in Studio 360, Kurt Andersen visits the studio of Annie Leibovitz, America’s leading portrait photographer. She looks through her iconic photos and explains how she creates a sense of heightened reality. A Photoshop detective explains how he spots the fakes – and how strange it is that we no longer trust our eyes. And five young Iraqis form a pop band along the lines of Backstreet Boys or ‘N Sync.

Achebe, Fela, Extra Golden (Studio 360)

studio360@wnyc.org (Public Radio International/WNYC) — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:00 GMT

This week Studio 360 looks at "Things Fall Apart." The book that changed the face of West African literature turns 50. Author Chinua Achebe looks back. And the young Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Adichie describes how Achebe's pioneering work shaped her writing. Another Nigerian cultural legend, Fela Kuti, is the inspiration for New York choreographer Bill T. Jones’ new musical. Plus the music of Extra Golden.