September 21, 2007
"This Spartan Life" is no ordinary talk show –- it's filmed inside the online video game "Halo 2." It combines good conversation and unexpected explosions, with the added thrill of trying to stay alive long enough to get your point across. Chris Burke is the host and creator of the show. Kurt went online -- suited up as a cybernetic soldier -- to talk with Burke about the future of entertainment. And maybe blow up some aliens. Produced by Derek John.
A founding member of the prestigious Emerson Quartet, violinist Eugene Drucker recently became a novelist.
The Savior is about a musician living in Hitler’s Germany, trying to lay low as the country spins into a nightmare. Then one day, a Nazi commandant orders him to play for the prisoners in a concentration camp. Drucker tells Kurt how his father’s life in 1930s Germany helped shape the story.
The writer Akiko Busch explains how, over the years, kids’ school accessories have ascended into high style. Produced by Jocelyn Gonzales.
Singer, songwriter, bass virtuoso, and bandleader Meshell Ndegeocello visited the studio in 2005, after Dance of the Infidel came out. Ave Carrillo couldn’t wait to interview her. But Meshell hates being interviewed, and Ave found out why.
"The Sloganeer: Paradise" from Meshell Ndegeocello's The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams, to be released September 25. (Emarcy / Umgd)
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