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Kurt Andersen

Studio 360

Public radio's smart and surprising guide to what's happening in pop culture and the arts.

The end.

The final episode

Alec Baldwin conducts Kurt Andersen’s exit interview, TV writers school us on the art of the finale and Rosanne Cash plays one last song for the road.
The final episode
Maya Angelou’s "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” Public Enemy’s “It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back” and TLC.

Public Enemy’s groundbreaking album, Maya Angelou’s classic memoir and Angie Thomas on TLC

The revolutionary “It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back,” how Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” changed everything and finding solace in a TLC lyric.
Public Enemy’s groundbreaking album, Maya Angelou’s classic memoir and Angie Thomas on TLC
Yanni, Delilah and Bim Adewunmi

Delilah, the making of Yanni and loving ‘Sweet Valley High’

Romantic advice and pop music with Delilah. The improbable starmaker that brought us Yanni and John Tesh. And why Bim Adewunmi still loves the “Sweet Valley High” books.
Delilah, the making of Yanni and loving ‘Sweet Valley High’
The Oscars return.

The Oscar episode

Academy Award contenders including Quentin Tarantino, Adam Driver and Antonio Banderas.
The Oscar episode
Henry Fonda in “12 Angry Men” and Cuphead.

‘12 Angry Men’ and the music of Cuphead

How “12 Angry Men” spawned the modern courtroom procedural, and how Kris Maddigan composed a jazz score for Cuphead, the video game.
‘12 Angry Men’ and the music of Cuphead