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Mira, Miles, Sticky Fingers

We cross the oceans and back again. Director Mira Nair talks about making movies between two worlds --- Calcutta and New York. An Austrian designer raves about his favorite album cover of all time. And back home we look at an American classic: Miles Davis's Kind of Blue -- perhaps the most recognizable, and the best-selling, jazz record ever.

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Mailer, Miles, Movies

Literary legend Norman Mailer talks with Kurt Andersen about The Castle in the Forest, Mailer's first novel in ten years. Our American Icons series continues with a deep look at Miles Davis' Kind of Blue -- maybe the most recognizable, and the best-selling, jazz record ever. Plus Kurt gets the inside dope on talent picking from two casting directors who discovered Julia Roberts and Leonardo DiCaprio.

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Comebacks, Miles Davis, Can Opener

Kurt Andersen and jazzsinger Bob Dorough look at musical comebacks and what they mean for artistsand fans. We explore the strange new popularity of Rachmaninoff and submitto the charms of 1980s heavy metal; and we reexamine the least respectedchapter of Miles Davis' career. Plus a tribute to the life of Ruth Crawford Seeger anda sneaker designer struggles with his new can opener.