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Tony Nominees & Indie Videogames

studio360@wnyc.org (Public Radio International/WNYC) — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Kurt Andersen talks with playwright Bruce Norris. His Tony-nominated play Clybourne Park tackles race, class, and gentrification — and it’s a comedy. Nina Arianda, nominated for her leading role in Venus in Fur, shares her mantra for success. And a group of videogame designers creates a pop-up arcade with games that are defining a new world of indie gaming.

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Men in Black & The Return of TV's Dallas

studio360@wnyc.org (Public Radio International/WNYC) — Fri, 25 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Kurt Andersen talks with Men In Black III director Barry Sonnenfeld about the secret to a great sci-fi blockbuster. As part of our American Icons series, we visit Dallas, the 1980s soap opera about a wealthy oil family. The singer and composer Gabriel Kahane performs live in our studio. Plus a down-and-out rocker finds inspiration at a Curtis Mayfield concert.

(Some segments in this week’s show were broadcast previously.)

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Art as Medicine

studio360@wnyc.org (Public Radio International/WNYC) — Fri, 18 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Art is changing medicine. Music helps patients recover in a burn unit and medical students learn how honing their narrative skills will make them better doctors. Kurt Andersen talks with the writer Chris Adrian about how his day job as a children’s cancer doctor finds its way into his novels. And an ER doc reveals which hospital television show tells it like it is. (Originally aired: December 10, 2010)

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