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David Isay on the Art of Preservation

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Kurt Andersen and the MacArthur Genius-recipient and award-winning radio producer David Isay talk about the art of preservation. Isayspent much of his time in radio producing stories about preserving memory, physical space, or artistic endeavors. He is the founder of Sound Portraits Productions, and his documentaries heard on public radio include Ghetto Life 101, The […]

David Isay on the Art of Preservation

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Lonesome Gal

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Cocktail Shaker

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Commentary: The Pseudo-Local Broadcast

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Commentary: Operation Headbanging

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Public radio tries to feed your ears on a diet of stimulating and challenging sounds. Studio 360’s Kurt Andersen has been thinking about some sounds that are too much to bear.

Cocktail Shaker

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Radio producer Karen Michel says she can’t help her need to acquire.

Transmit This

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A lot of us learned that Guglielmo Marconi invented radio, but Nikola Tesla transmitted electromagnetic waves before Marconi — the Supreme Court decided the case in 1943. Jim Stagnitto, the Director of Engineering for WNYC, gives Kurt a tour at the top of the Empire State Building to check out a radio transmitter in action.

The World

Ladies and Gentlemen…

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Greetings from Studio 360’s home base in New York City! After weeks of listening to tape and mixing (and remixing) our stories, we’re proud to post the first sounds of our trip to Japan. On this past week’s show, we broadcast an interview with the writer Pico Iyer in Nara Park (remember Bad Bambi?), a […]

We have a show!

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We proudly present the complete Studio 360 in Japan episode! Check out our website for more Japan stories, video and photos.