Tag: Listeners On Air
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.”
Studio 360
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 ...
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 ...
Studio 360
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 ..."
Studio 360
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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