Matisyahu

Long after the European powers pulled out of Africa, Asia, and the Americas, we still find echoes of colonialism in literature, music, and photography. This hour is our contribution to the Public Radio Collaboration’s “Think Global,” a week of programming across radio networks and local stations. Studio 360 will trace the beginnings of an interdependent […]

Good grief! Charles Schulz’s biographer reveals some surprising secrets about the creator of “Peanuts.” A couple of newlyweds struggle over whether On the Road is just a boy book; and the cellist Erik Friedlander improvises music to a passage from the book. We explore changing the look of interstate highway signs. Plus, a Hasidic Jewish […]

This week, Kurt talks with Lois Lowry, the author of the YA classic The Giver, which is being turned into a movie starring Jeff Bridges this summer. We also hear from rising-star theater director Alex Timbers about his collaboration with David Byrne: a totally unironic disco musical about Imelda Marcos. And Talib Kweli talks about […]