George Plimpton famously combined letters and football when he took a break from his day job as editor-in-chief of The Paris Review to try out for the Detroit Lions – as a 36-year-old rookie quarterback. He documented the sobering experience in his classic book, Paper Lion. He was a great success at the art part… […]
For our nextAmerican Icon, Studio 360 is headed to Southfork Ranch…via Estonia! After the premiere ofnine new storiesthis fall, our second series of American Icons episodes is nearly complete. There’s just one more show left to make — yours! Throughout the broadcasts, we’ve been asking listeners tonominate their own Icons. We got some great ideas, […]