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Studio 360

“In My Next Life I Will Be…”

Friday, February 10, 2012

We asked our studio audience to tell us about their dream jobs. Eugene Mirman reads some of the responses, from “astronaut” to “artisan glass blower.”

Slideshow: Listeners fill in the blanks

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Listener Challenge: a 420-Character Winner

Friday, January 06, 2012

Last month, the illustrator-turned-author Lou Beach released a book of extremely short stories — each just 420 characters long. Kurt Andersen challenged our listeners to write their own 420-characters stories. Hundreds poured in; you can read them all here. Lou Beach judged the contest ...

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Studio 360

Your 420-Character Stories

Friday, December 16, 2011

Last week, Kurt Andersen talked with Lou Beach, an illustrator who turned his Facebook updates into super-short stories, each 420 characters long.  They are collected in the new book 420 Characters. We asked for your 420-character stories and they’ve poured in ...

Enter Studio 360's 420-Character Story Contest

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True Confessions: Taboos Revealed

Friday, November 25, 2011

It’s easy enough to mock fallen taboos — but is nothing sacred? We asked our audience to fill in the blanks: "_______ is a taboo I love breaking, but I wish _______ was still taboo." Cintra Wilson reads some of our favorites including: "Drinking at breakfast is a taboo I love breaking, but I wish tattoos was still taboo ..."

Video: Cintra Wilson reads listeners' taboos

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Your Occupational Tattoos

Friday, October 28, 2011

Last week on the show, we heard from people who are so passionate about their careers as scientists and mathematicians that they've tattooed equations and fragments of DNA on their bodies. So we asked: Do you have a tattoo related to your profession? Listener Cris Martin of Arlington, Massachusetts works at Harvard's Davis Center ...

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