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Ben Burtt

Spark: More Stories About Stuff

Arts, Culture & Media

Listen to full interviews with Ben Burtt, Stanley Kunitz, and Elizabeth Streb. This week, Kurt talks with Julie Burstein about the bricks and mortar of creativity. We hear from artists using the stuff that surrounds them in surprising, sometimes scary ways: the poet Stanley Kunitz befriends a couple of amorous snakes in his garden; dancer […]

Spark: Kurt & Julie Talk Materials

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‘The Sounds of Star Wars’

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The ‘Spark’ of creative inspiration

Arts, Culture & Media

Spark: Kurt & Julie Talk Materials

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