The screenwriter (“In and Out”) and playwright (“I Hate Hamlet”) puts the colorful details of his life in his new memoir, I Shudder: And Other Reactions to Life, Death, and New Jersey. As the original writer of “Sister Act,” he tells Kurt why the sight of Whoopi Goldberg ...

Paul Rudnick reveals how he stays slim eating nothing but processed sugar. Really.

It’s been one year since the financial giant Lehman Brothers collapsed: wihtout a buyer, it was forced to file for bankruptcy. A new BBC radio play, "The Day That Lehman Died", fictionalizes the behind-the-scenes frenzy of the firm’s final days. Produced by Amanda Aronczyk and ...

Last March we heard from laid off finance workers who’d switched gears into creative careers. Christine Marchuska launched a clothing label after receiving the pink slip at an investment bank; Michael Terry became a full-time comedian after years at Morgan Stanley. Six months later, Kurt calls ...

When NASA launches the space shuttle, mission control wakes up the astronauts every morning with a song. But that’s not the only music heard in outer space. The astronauts often bring instruments with them to play. We asked Richard Paul to find out what it’s like to rock ...

BLK JKS blends South African sounds with MTV-inspired art rock. They just released their first full-length album in the US, After Robots. Band members Lindani Buthelezi and Mpumi Mcata perform and tell Kurt about witnessing the end of apartheid and ...

Parents everywhere are asking the same question: what did you learn in school today? Studio 360’s Pejk Malinovski visited a Manhattan elementary school to find out for himself. With thanks to Rob Christiansen.