Kurt Andersen and writer and social historian Luc Sante talk about American culture’s continued fascination with murder. Sante is the author of Low Life, Evidence, and The Factory of Facts. He has received a Whiting Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a Grammy for […]
Kurt Andersen and screenwriter Stephen Schiff talk about how awards influence American culture. Schiff is a staff writer at The New Yorker and a screenwriter who has adapted Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, as well as Deep End of the Ocean. He was Critic-at-Large at Vanity Fair and the film critic of Fresh Air on public radio. […]
Kurt Andersen discusses teamwork with stage and screen actor Michael York, author of A Shakespearean Actor Prepares. During his thirty-year career, York has appeared in over 80 films for the big and small screen, including the sci-fi classic Logan’s Run, Cabaret, and The Three Musketeers. Most recently he played the role of Basil Exposition in […]