We meditate on war and culture. Kurt talks with the author Evan Thomas about what makes Clint Eastwood’s pair of Word War II movies so compelling for audiences today. During WWII the campy image of the pin-up girl was wildly popular, and she's still around 60 years later, thanks to artist Olivia de Berardinis. David Lynch describes how meditation fuels his surreal filmmaking. And we’ll hear music from the Somali-born hip-hop artist K’naan and singer-songwriter Ben Kweller, already on his second music career at age 25.
Fog of War
There's been a lot of buzz around Clint Eastwood's recent directorial feat of making back to back World War II movies -- told from two distinct points of view. Flags of Our Fathers tells the story of the battle of Iwo Jima from the American perspective, and Letters from Iwo ...
Pin-up Girl
In an age where so little that's sexy is left to the imagination, it's surprising to find the pin-up girl has made a comeback. One artist behind the revival is Olivia de Berardinis, whose paintings have ushered the curvy bombshells back into the 21st century. Produced ...
David Lynch
Kurt Andersen talks with director David Lynch about his latest movie, Inland Empire, and his book Catching the Big Fish, a surprisingly accessible little book about Transcendental Meditation.
K'naan
The fighting and violence in Somalia today is painfully familiar to K'naan, a Canadian hip-hop artist who grew up in Mogadishu in the 1980's. K'naan says his path to music began after first hearing an album by the American rappers Eric B. and Rakim. Produced by
Ben Kweller
At age 14 he was fronting a punk band and on his way to a major record deal. Now a wise man of 25, Ben Kweller's music is full of lush melodies and minor-key lyrics. He came into the studio to play some songs and talk about ...





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