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2001:

12-29-01 (Show #252)
Intimate, Tied, Lonesome
Cover Story: INTIMACY with guest Karen Finley
Stories: Lonesome Gal, Diaries & Journals, Tied, Now Playing - The Royal Tenenbaums, Artists Choice - Tom Waits on Ralph Carney, Commentary - Headline Poetry.

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12-22-01 (Show #251)
Amateurs, Bob Ross, Song Poems
Cover Story: AMATEURS with guest Michael Kimmelman
Stories: Paint Like Bob Ross, The Blue Hill Troupe performs Gilbert and Sullivan, Song Poems, Now Playing - Nutcracker, Design For the Real World - Christmas Cards, How Art Works - Handel with Julianne Baird.

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12-15-01 (Show #250)
Siblings, Irony, Quarks
Cover Story: SIBLINGS with guests Susan and Eliza Minot
Stories: Sibling Harmony, Galway Kinnell, Siblings on Screen, The Brown Family, Commentary - Operation Enduring Irony, Now Playing - Neolithic Quark.
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12-08-01 (Show #249)
Comics, Kabul, Comfort
Cover Story: COMICS with guest Art Spiegelman
Stories: The Escapist-Michael Chabon, Silver Surfer, Grrl Comix, Now Playing - Homebody/Kabul, Commentary - Culture's Comfort Food, Remembering George Harrison.
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12-01-01 (Show #248)
Maps, Adventure, Golden Age
Cover Story: MAPS with guest Simon Schama
Stories: The First Map of America, Arturo Perez-Reverte, Sound Map, Self-Portrait Map, Commentary - Slippery Slope of Censorship.
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11-24-01 (Show #247)
Secrets, Teller, Jandek
Cover Story: SECRETS with guest Teller
Stories: Jandek, Literary Sleuth, The Code in the Quilt, Commentary - The Flag Transformed.
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11-17-01 (Show #246)
Alibata, Aliens, Agile Bodies
Cover Story: THE BODY with guest Natalie Angier
Stories: Alibata Tattoo, Extra-Terrestrial Bodies, Streb, Now Playing - No Man's Land, Design For The Real World - License Plate, Cement Cloud.
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11-10-01 (Show #245)
Devotion, Song, Icon
Cover Story: ART of DEVOTION with guest Mark Salzman
Stories: Qawwali, Sonic Buddhism, Orthodox Iconography, Song Of Songs, Now Playing - the Nostalgilator, Commentary - Instant Patina.
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11-03-01 (Show #244)
Loss, Faith, Cake
Cover Story: STORYTELLING
Stories: The art and craft of spinning tales with members of The Moth storytelling collective; the alternative rock band VPN (Very Pleasant Neighbor). Live from the Museum of Radio and Television.
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10-27-01 (Show #243)
Games, Rhymes, Magic
Cover Story: GAMES with guest Ricky Jay
Stories: Game Show, Schoolyard Rhymes, Video Game Moviemaking, Now Playing - Poeme Symphonique, Artist's Choice (Tom Tom Club) - James Rizzi, Design for the Real World - Movie Theater, Commentary - Pop Culture Responds
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10-20-01 (Show #242)
Miles, Metal, Rachmaninoff
Cover Story: MUSICAL COMEBACKS with guest Bob Dorough
Stories: Miles Davis, Heavy Metal Redux, Rachmaninoff, Profile- Ruth Crawford Seeger, Design for the Real World - Can Opener
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10-13-01 (Show #241)
Vegas, Mirrors, Muscle Shoals
Cover Story: ARTISTIC PLACES with guest Nick Spitzer
Stories: Chelsea Hotel, Pueblo Potter, Muscle Shoals, Guggenheim Las Vegas, Design for the Real World - Mirrors, Commentary - Small Town to Big Time
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10-06-01
Persona, Roberta, Pessoa
Cover Story: PERSONA with guest Campbell Scott
Stories: Marvin Pontiac, Roberta Breitmore, Fernando Pessoa, Joan Logghe's collection of poems - "Sofia", Commentary - The Mythical Power of a Skyline
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9-29-01
Gardens, Music, DeCarava
Cover Story: GARDENS with guest Michael Pollan
Stories: Stanley Kunitz, John Schaefer's Garden Music, Maize Maze, Photographer Roy De Carava, Commentary - Life Goes On in the Garden, Sound Painting - Walter Thompson's orchestra
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9-22-01
Shock, Grief, Solace
Cover Story: ART IN THE WAKE OF TERROR
Guests: Poet Marie Ponsot, Composer John Corigliano;
Commentary - View of a Vulnerable City
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9-08-01
Attica Blues, Bunker, Earle
Cover Story: PRISONS with guest Steve Earle
Stories: Legacy of Attica, Prison Design, Eddie Bunker, Steve Earle performs a web-exclusive song, Artists and the I.N.S., Commentary - Grand Design in La-La Land
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9-01-01
Art Factory, Accompanist, CIA
Cover Story: BEHIND THE STARS with guest Danny Goldberg
Stories: Accompanists, Stunt Double, Takashi Murakami's Artist Factory, Design for the Real World - Bathtub, Commentary - CIA TV
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8-25-01
Refuge, Tradition, Hollywood
Cover Story: EXILE with guest Emmanuel Dongala
Stories: Exiled in Hollywood, Quang Bao, Merita Halili, Commentary - Summer's One Week Wonders, Design for the Real World - Vacuum Cleaner
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8-18-01
Revive, Scratch, Quilt
Cover Story: RECYCLING with guests Samuel Mockbee and Andrew Freear
Stories: Todd Oldham, Turntablism, Mel Chin, A Quilt for Liz, Now Playing - Kites, Summertime
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8-11-01
Woody, Zoot, Dames
Cover Story: THE FORTIES with guest Woody Allen
Stories: Fast Talking Dames, Zoot Suit Riots, Chiura Obata, Commentary - Intergalactic Pop Culture, Now Playing - Jacob Lawrence
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8-4-01
Fans, Warhol, Tribute Band
Cover Story: FANS with guest Anthony DeCurtis
Pieces: Fan Fiction, Renee Fleming and Me, Andy Warhol, Tribute Band, Commentary - Razor-Sharp Design, Now Playing - Planet of the Apes
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7-28-01
Travel, Airport, WC Handy
Cover Story: TRAVEL with guest Walter Kirn
Pieces: Austin Airport, Poems of the Hobo Road, WC Handy Festival, Kurt Goes to Venice, Behind the Scenes - 24-hour Piano Tuner, Design for the Real World - The Nutrition Label
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7-21-01
Secrets, Sneakers, Jandek
Cover Story: SECRETS with guest Teller
Pieces: Jandek, Literary Sleuth, The Code in the Quilt, Commentary - The Power of Symbols, Design for the Real World - Sneakers
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7-14-01
Light, Vermeer, Loie
Cover Story: LIGHT with guest Rebecca Goldstein
Pieces: Cinematographer John Bailey, Lisa Yuskavage and Johannes Vermeer, Loie Fuller - Goddess of Light, Father of the Laser Light Show, Now Playing - Feng Mengbo, Design for the Real World - Lipstick
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7-07-01
Jazz, Pollock, Art-o-mat
Cover Story: JAZZ INFLUENCE with Robert O'Meally
Pieces: Jackson Pollack, Rhythms in Glass and Steel, Raymond Scott, Commentary - Translucence, Design for the Real World - Baseball Cap, Now Playing - Art-o-mat
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6-30-01
Touch, Tango, Fireworks
Cover Story: TOUCH with guest David Dorfman
Pieces: Tango Dancers, Christopher Parkening, Form in Art, Commentary - No Bucks for Good Books, Design for the Real World - The UPS Logo, Behind the Scenes - Pit Singer, Sound Portrait - Fireworks
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6-23-01
Translation, Diapers, Design High
Cover Story: TRANSLATION with guest Gregory Rabassa
Pieces: Yiddish to English, Books to Movies, Hop-fu, Profile - Harry Partch, Commentary - Good Pop Bad Pop, Design for the Real World - Diapers, Design High
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6-16-01
Persona, Roberta, Pessoa
Cover Story: PERSONA with guest Campbell Scott
Pieces: Who is Marvin Pontiac?, Roberta Breitmore, Fernando Pessoa, Sofia, Commentary - FCC Bans, Eminem Sells, How Art Works - Perfect Pitch, Design for the Real World - Coffee Table
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6-09-01
Tech, Glitch, Alma
Cover Story: TECHNOLOGY with Tod Machover
Pieces: Glitch Music, Merce Cunningham, Analog or Digital?, Sound Portrait - Typing Explosion, Commentary - Today's WWII Pop, Now Playing - Bride of the Wind
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6-02-01
Authenticity, Imposters, Stamps
Cover Story: AUTHENTICITY with Lawrence Weschler
Pieces: Is It Live or Is It Memorex?, Radio Impostors, Ken Light, Playing with Gender, Commentary - The Movie Musical Returns, Design for the Real World - The Postage Stamp, Now Playing - Jorge Pardo
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5-26-01 (show #221)
Guthrie, Graham, Memorials
Cover Story: LEGACY with Nora Guthrie
Pieces: Martha Graham, Franz Liszt, Charlotte Salomon, Commentary - America's War Memorials, Now Playing - BMW Films Project
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5-19-01 (show #220)
Memory, Our Song, Coming Soon
Cover Story: MEMORY with Simon McBurney
Pieces: Playing Our Song, Lucille Clifton, Design For Memory, Commentary - Live Theater Lives, Now Playing - Trailer King
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5-12-01(show #219)
Beat, Blacklist, Paint-by-number
Cover Story: The Fifties with Ann Douglas
Pieces: Nat King Cole, Beat Speak, West Side Story, Hal Sirowitz, Commentary - Sanitizing Bugs: Political Correctness at the Cartoon Network, Now Playing - Paint-by-numbers
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5-05-01(show #218)
Food, Protest, Cowboy Boots
Cover Story: Food with Calvin Trillin
Pieces: Wayne Thiebaud, Saxton Freymann, Food in Film, Cowboy Boots, Commentary - Piracy or Parody?, Vieques - Art and protest on a tiny embattled island, Design for the Real World - The Lucky Strike cigarette pack
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4-28-01 (show #217)
Refuge, Tradition, Hollywood
Cover Story: Exile with Emmanuel Dongala
Pieces: Exiled in Hollywood, Quang Bao, Merita Halili, Shirin Neshat, Commentary - Seven Days in May, Design for the Real World - The Miele Vacuum Cleaner
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4-21-01(show #216)
Light, Vermeer, Loie
Cover Story: Light with Rebecca Goldstein
Pieces: Cinematographer John Bailey, Lisa Yuskavage and Johannes Vermeer, Loie Fuller - Goddess of Light, Father of the Laser Light Show, Commentary - Anonymity, Now Playing - Elivs Costello, For the Stars
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4-14-01 (show #215)
Siblings, Conductors, 1040
Cover Story: Siblings with Susan and Eliza Minot
Pieces: Sibling Harmony, Galway Kinnell, Siblings on Screen, the Brown Family, Commentary - Writers on Strike, Design for the Real World - the 1040, How Art Works - Conductors
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4-07-01 (show #214)
Preservation, Stop, Sacred Harp
Cover Story: Preservation with David Isay
Pieces: Disappearing Drafts, Sacred Harp, Conserving the Contemporary, Sound Portrait, Commentary - Multi-talented boundary-crossing artists, Design for the Real World - Stop Sign, How Art Works - Chuck Close and Neurology
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3-31-01 (show #213)
Teams, Banana Seat, Blast
Cover story: Teamwork with Michael York
Pieces: Elementary Opera, General Idea, Orpheus, Blast, Commentary - Pop Music Off My Radar, Design for the Real World - Viktor Schreckengost
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3-24-01 (show #212)
Guthrie, Graham, Barbie
Cover story: Legacy with Nora Guthrie
Pieces: Martha Graham, Franz Liszt, Charlotte Salomon, Commentary - Barbie Loses Lawsuit, Swimsuit, Design for the Real World - Washing Machine
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3-17-01 (show #211)
Revive, Scratch, Quilt
Cover story: Recycling with Samuel Mockbee and Andrew Freear
Pieces: Todd Oldham, Turntablism, Mel Chin, A Quilt for Liz, Commentary - Translucence, Design for the Real World - Chairs, Now Playing - Mum Puppets
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3-10-01 (show #210)
Deals, Auteurs, Blue Man
Cover story: Art and Business with Arthur Carter
Pieces: Violin Investment, Art of the Deal, Blue Man Group, Office Gallery, Commentary - What Authorship Really Means, Design for the Real World - Acela, Antiquities in Peril
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3-03-01 (show #209)
Authenticity, Dreams, Imposters
Cover story: Authenticity with Lawrence Weschler
Pieces: Is it Live or is it Memorex?, Radio Imposters, Ken Light, Playing with Gender: Peggy Shaw, Commentary - Who Needs Satire Anymore?, Design for the Real World - Automatic Teller Machine, Now Playing - Despair's Book of Dreams
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2-24-01 (show #208)
Awards, Verticals, Competition
Cover story: Awards with Stephen Schiff
Pieces: Diva Trouble, After the Prize, Thank You, Thank You, Commentary - A Decency Commission?, Design for the Real World - The Swastika, How Art Works - Vertical Images
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2-17-01 (show #207)
Murder, Lipstick, Pauses
Cover story: Murder with Luc Sante
Pieces: Killer Art, Forensic Sculptor, Murder Music, Mortician Poet, Commentary - The Dawn of Virtual Actors, Design for the Real World - Lipstick, How Art Works - Pregnant Pause
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2-10-01 (show #206)
Jazz, Curves, Pollock
Cover story: Jazz Influence with Bob O'Meally
Pieces: Jackson Pollock, Rhythms in Glass and Steel, Raymond Scott, Commentary - XFL: Too Much F Not Enough X, Design for the Real World - Dangerous Curves, How Art Works - Black and White
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2-03-01 (show #205)
Preservation, Stop, Sacred Harp
Cover story: Preservation with David Isay
Pieces: Disappearing Drafts, Sacred Harp, Conserving the Contemporary, Rescuing Sound, Commentary - America's War Memorials, Design for the Real World - Stop Sign, How Art Works - Chuck Close's Paintings
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1-27-01 (show #204)
Teamwork, Schreckengost, Orpheus
Cover story: Teamwork with Michael York
Pieces: Elementary Opera, General Idea, Orpheus, Blast, Commentary - Pop Music Off My Radar, Design for the Real World - Viktor Schreckengost
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2000

12-23-00 (show #108)
Ornament, currency, pregnant pause
Cover story: Ornament with Maira Kalman
Pieces: Alibata Tattoo, Gargoyles, From Ornament to Installation Art, Commentary - Art and the Internet, Design for the Real World - The Five Dollar Bill, Behind the Scenes - Handel's Messiah
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12-16-00 (show #107)
Trains, rhythms, Hobos
Cover story: Trains with Linda Niemann
Pieces: Hobo Poet, O. Winston Link, Train Songs, Sound Portrait: Toy Trains
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12-9-00 and 1-20-01 (show #106 and 203)
Medicine, GFP Bunny, Swiss icon
Cover story: Medicine with Barbara Stafford
Pieces: Music Therapy, GFP Bunny, Max Aguilera-Hellweg, Commentary - Not-for-profit Art, Design for the Real World - Swiss Army Knife, How Art Works - Movie Sound
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12-2-00 (show #105)
Kitchen, spoons, Machin
Cover story: Cult of the Kitchen with Nora Ephron
Pieces: "Perhaps the World Ends Here," Evolution of the American Kitchen, Supermarket Tour, Liza Lou, Cookbooks, Commentary - Cultural Consumption, Design for the Real World - Spoons, Artist's Choice - Susanna Moore on Antonio Machin
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11-25-00 and 12-30-00 (show #104 and 109)
Shakespeare, Drake, Sandman
Cover story: Shakespeare with George Wolfe
Pieces: Sandman, Harold Bloom, Sonnets, Power Plays, Midsummer in the Key of Dreams, Commentary - Commercial Content, Now Playing - Nick Drake and Volkswagen, How Art Works - Pictures and Emotions
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11-18-00 and 1-06-01 (show #103 and 201)
Myth, Walkman, Le Guin
Cover story: Myth with Marina Warner
Pieces: Role-playing Games, Myth and the Movies, Wagner and Rammstein, Ursula Le Guin, Tantalus, Design for the Real World - Walkman, Commentary - Plot-twisting Elections
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11-11-00 and 1-13-01 (show #102 and 202)
Re-creations, Post-It, Civil War
Cover story: Recreations with Adam Gopnik
Pieces: Recreating Art, Andres Duany and New Urbanism, Yo-Yo Ma's Baroque Cello, Civil War Reenactment, Commentary - America's War Memorials, Mentors: Maxine Greene, Design for the Real World - Post-it Note
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11-04-00 (show #101)
Politics, sticky songs, album covers
Cover story: Politics with Barbara Kruger
Pieces: Presidential Campaign Songs, Pech Song, Joe Klein, Tour of the White House, Sound Portrait - On the Campaign Trail, How Art Works - How Songs Get Stuck in Your Head, Design for the Real World - Album Covers, Commentary - Politicians as Entertainers
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