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2004:

12-25-04 (#Show 552)
Nutcracker, Haroun, Rumpelstiltskin
Cover Story: Fairy Tales with Gregory Maguire.
Pieces: Nutcracker Nation, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Tom Otterness, Inspiration Strikes, Rumpelstiltskin
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12-18-04 (#Show 551)
Microbes, Clones, Evolution
Cover Story: Biology with Margaret Atwood
Pieces: A Number, Drawing from Life, Future Tense, The Ancestor's Tale, Old Saint Nick

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12-10-04 (#Show 550)
Christians, Go-Go, Danielson
Cover Story: Evangelical Pop w/ Randall Balmer
Pieces: Left Behind, Danielson Famile, Gospel Go-Go, Contemporary Christian Art Commentary: The “Fountain” of Youth

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12-04-04 (#Show 549)
Ishmael, Ahab, Moby
Cover Story: Moby-Dick
Pieces: Laurie Anderson, Frank Stella, Ray Bradbury, Rinde Eckert, The Grand Armada , Call Me Ishmael, Improvisation, Moby-Dude, Tony Kushner, Contemporary Politics

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11-27-04 (#Show 548)
Tractors, Teatro, Barnyard
Cover Story: Farming, with guest Verlyn Klinkenborg
Pieces: Tractors, Teatro Campesino, Matt Moore, Don Strewart, Introducing Vakoka
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11-20-04 (#Show 547)
Morgue, Bambi's Mom, Our Town
Cover Story: Death, with guest Thomas Lynch
Pieces: Our Town, Disney, Thomas Condon, DFRW: Scarves, National Book Awards
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11-13-04 (#Show 546)
Noguchi, Concert Halls, Disco Rodeo
Cover Story: Homes for Art, with guest Michael Kimmelman
Pieces: Noguchi, Concert Halls, Disco Rodeo, Robyn Hitchcock, Madness
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11-06-04 (#Show 545)
Californias, Corridors, Lindbergh
Cover Story: Imagining History, with guest Errol Morris
Pieces: War of CAs, Lorna Simpson, Philip Roth, Baxter, DFRW
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10-29-04 (#Show 544)
Trendsetters, Hip-Hop, Rimbaud
Cover Story: Teen Art, with guest Ned Vizzini:
Pieces: Look-Look, Raperos Delight, Rimbaud Live, Radio Rookie, Caio Fonseca
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10-23-04 (#Show 543)
Barenboim, Beethoven, Tilson-Thomas
Cover Story: Orchestras, with guest Greg Sandow:
Pieces: Daniel Barenboim, Michael Tilson Thomas, Beethoven's 5th, Detroit Symphony, 100 Musicians 1 Philharmonic
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10-16-04 (Show #542)
Pundit, Joni, Cakewalk
Cover Story: Parody, with guest Amy Poehler
Pieces: Johnny Loves Joni, Pundit Parody, Cakewalk, Commentary – Eat the Taste, Design for the Real World – Smart Car

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10-09-04 (Show #541)
Mail Art, Memos, Goethe
Cover Story: Letters, with guest Jhumpa Lahiri
Pieces: Mogul Memos, Mail Art, Young Werther, Pushing the Envelope, Steve Earle

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10-02-04 (Show #540)
Jokers, Poker, Vegas
Cover Story: Gambling, with guest James McManus
Pieces: LeRoy Neiman, 52-Card Pickup, The Gambler, A Man in a Room Gambling, Artist Pension Trust

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09-25-04 (Show #539)
Murch, Makita, Player Piano
Cover Story: Tools, with guest Walter Murch
Pieces: Election Signs and Rumsfeld Songs, Makita Man, Garden of Earthly Delights, Nancarrow’s Player Piano.

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09-18-04 (Show #538)
Museum, Tribes, Lonewolf
Cover Story: Native Art, with guest Sherman Alexie
Pieces: The National Museum of the American Indian, Robby Romero, Edward Curtis, Basket Bridge – Kiki & Herb

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09-11-04 (Show #537)
Cash, Kerouac, Reggae
Cover Story: Parents, with guest Rosanne Cash
Pieces: Frieda Hughes, The Marley Brothers, Jan Kerouac, Rosanne Cash performing September When It Comes and Forty Shades of Green in Studio 360

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09-04-04 (Show #536)
Waters, Finster, Roma
Cover Story: Outsiders with John Waters
Pieces: Lee Bontecou, Howard Finster, B.J. Snowden, Roma Music Commentary - Memorable Reading

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08-28-04 (Show #535)
Rosenquist, Still Life, Jingles
Cover Story: Advertising w/ George Lois
Pieces: Still Life Sells, James Rosenquist, Jingle All the Way

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08-21-04 (Show #534)
Robots, Fembots, Ribbons
Cover Story: Robots, with guest Rodney Brooks
Pieces: Robot Hut, Fembot Factor, Voyager, Commentary – The Grotesque, Design for the Real World – Ribbon Bookmark

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08-14-04 (Show #533)
Elsewhere, Inverted, Utopia
Cover Story: Utopia, with guest Ursula Le Guin
Pieces: Elsewhere, Inverted Utopia, Angst Free Music, Commentary - Margot Fonteyn, Operation Homecoming

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08-07-04 (Show #532)
Athletes, Spirit, Architecture
Cover Story: Olympics, with guest Diana Nyad
Pieces: Olympic Equipment, Aesthetics of Diving, Olympic Architecture, Design for the Real World - The Sneaker, More Than Midi, Commentary - Google Me This

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07-31-04 (#Show 531)
Scarry, Sublime, Thunderstorms
Cover Story: Beauty, with guest Elaine Scarry
Pieces: Painting with Pills, Bigger, Better Beauty, Stormy Music, Inspiration Strikes, Design for the Real World – The Mirror, Commentary – Self-Satire

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07-24-04 (#Show 530)
Mo, Rock, Politics
Cover Story: Politics as Showbiz, with guest Mo Rocca
Pieces: Rock On GOP, Tippecanoe and Tyler Too, Silver Screen vs. The Teleprompter, Design for the Real World - Origami, Commentary - Reading, Between the Lines

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07-17-04 (#Show 529)
Toxic, Risk, Danger
Cover Story: Danger, with guest Elizabeth Streb
Pieces: Fire Vortex, Toxic Materials, Musical Injuries, Design for the Real World - Vespa, Commentary - The Spectacle of Reality

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07-10-04 (#Show 528)
Theft, Forgery, Wilco
Cover Story: Stealing, with guest Greg Tate:
Pieces: Makin’ Copies, Uta Hagen, WILCO

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07-03-04 (#Show 527)
Domes, Deavere, Song
Cover Story: Democracy w/ Madeleine Albright:
Pieces: Channeling President Clinton, Jefferson’s Dome, Mumbo Jumbo, Let the People Decide, Billy Collins/Walt Whitman, Commentary – Democracy Day

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06-26-04 (#Show 526)
Big, Bigger, Biggest
Cover Story: Scale, with guest Liev Schreiber: Pieces: Powers of Ten, Does It Matter?, Stew, E-Cyrano, Commentary - The Dumb and the Bland
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06-19-04 (#Show 525)
1848, Mose, Poe
Cover Story: 1848, with guest Simon Schama:
Pieces: The Music of 1848, A Glance at New York, John Astin on Poe, Sensation Novels, Commentary - Full Spectrum Warrior
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06-12-04 (#Show 524)
Fountains, Watercolor, Collins
Cover Story: Water, with guest Billy Collins:
Pieces: Basil Twist, Disciplining Water, Death of a Valley, Watercolor, A Work in Process, Commentary - Beautiful Oddness/Odd Beauty
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06-05-04 (#Show 523)
Kushner, Quixote, Zoo Story
Cover Story: When is it Done? with guest Tony Kushner: Pieces: Albee & Me, Finishing Don Quixote, Completing the Record, Deliverance on a Canoe, Commentary - Stupefied by the FC.
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05-29-04 (#Show 522)
Barenboim, Beethoven, Tilson-Thomas
Cover Story: Orchestras, with guest Greg Sandow:
Pieces: Daniel Barenboim, Michael Tilson Thomas, Beethoven’s 5th, Detroit Symphony, 100 Musicians 1 Philharmonic
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05-22-04 (#Show 521)
Mario, Bishop, Arcosanti
Cover Story: Artists’ Worlds, with guest Nathaniel Kahn:
Pieces: Mario, Bishop in Brazil, Arcosanti, Commentary - Ring My Cell, War of the Californias
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05-15-04 (#Show 520)
Schumanns, Yo La Tengo, G & G
Cover Story: Couples, with guest Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi: Pieces: The Schumanns, Albee actors, Yo La Tengo, Gilbert & George, Commentary – Springtime in Tehran
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05-08-04 (#Show 519)
Graffiti, Pavement, Panhandling
Cover Story: The Street, with guest Joel Meyerowitz:
Pieces: Graffiti Artists, Cinematic Street, Boundary, Panhandling for Reparations
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05-01-04 (#Show 518)
Medea, FBI, Scanner
Cover Story: Watching, with guest Bill Buford:
Pieces: Medea, Watching Arnold Mesches, Scanner
Now Playing - Candide
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04-24-04 (#Show 517)
Pedal Steel, Gunslingers, Desert
Cover Story: The West, with guest Rebecca Solnit:
Pieces: Pedal Steel, Spaghetti Westerns, Sherman Alexie, Sun Tunnels, Commentary – Don’t Let Subtitles Scare You
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04-17-04 (#Show 516)
Critics, Teachout, Mailer
Cover Story: Critics, with guest Terry Teachout:
Pieces: Adam VS. Derogatis, Musical Invective, Norman Mailer, Kids Books, Diamanda Galas, Commentary - Bob's Secret
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04-10-04 (#Show 515)
Scent, Rooms, Yodelling
Cover Story: Smell w/ Chandler Burr:
Pieces: Demeter, Scent of a Painting, Death in Venice , Sonic Smells, Alpendub, Doris Eaton
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04-03-04 (show #514)
Chalmers, Crickets, Kafka
Cover Story:Bugs, with guest Catherine Chalmers:
Pieces: Dave Brubeck, Jennifer Angus, Metamorphosis, Miya Masaoka, Charlotte's Web
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03-27-04 (show #513)
Nude, Tunick, Flesh tones
Cover Story:The Nude, with guest Bill T. Jones:
Pieces: Painting the Nude, Damali Ayo, Spencer Tunick, Bronx Charter School for the Arts
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03-20-04 (show #512)
Close, Graph, Blocks
Cover Story:The Grid, with guest Chuck Close:
Pieces: Living Inside the Grid,The Urban Grid, Morton Feldman, Ken Butler, Mama Songs,
Commentary - Power to the Puppets, Now Playing - Ben Katchor.
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03-13-04 (show #511)
Murch, Makita, Player Piano
Cover Story: Tools, with guest Walter Murch:
Pieces: Presidential Performances, Makita Man, Garden of Earthly Delights, Nancarrow's Player Piano.
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03-06-04 (show #510)
Christians, Go-Go, Danielson
Cover Story: Evangelical Pop, with guest Randall Balmer:
Pieces: The Passion of the Christ, Left Behind, Danielson Famile, Gospel Go Go, Contemporary Christian Art.
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02-28-04 (show #509)
Turow, Courthouse, Exonerated
Cover Story: Law & Order, with guest Scott Turow:
Pieces: TV & The Law, Courthouse Design, The Exonerated, Sketch Artist
Commentary: O.D. on C.G.
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02-21-04 (show #508)
Cubicles, Poetry, Romance
Cover Story: The Office, with Deborah Garrison:
Pieces: Clock Watching Artists, Larissa Brown, BBC's The Office, Ken Butler
Commentary: Life Under Fluorescent Light
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02-14-04 (show #507)
Morrison, Love, Tripp
Cover Story: Love with Toni Morrison:
Pieces: Soaring, Mind Field, Love Song, Couples
Commentary: Mr. Smith in '04
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02-07-04 (show #506)
USSR, Lomo, Stratosphere
Cover Story: Soviet Nostalgia with Svetlana Boym:
Pieces: Painting in Pre-Glasnost Russia, Lomo, Cultural Exchange, Above Minnesota Commentary - Google-powered Greatness
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01-31-04 (show #505)
Waters, Finster, Roma
Cover Story: Outsiders with John Waters:
Pieces: Lee Bontecou, Howard Finster, B.J. Snowden, Roma Music
Commentary - New Optimism at Ground Zero
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01-24-04 (show #504)
Pigment, Technicolor, Oldham
Cover Story: Color w/ Todd Oldham:
Pieces: Lisa Fittipaldi, Technicolor, Pigment Hunter, Balanchine Centennial, Color Theory
Now Playing - Balanchine Centennial.
Commentary - Big Awards, Bad Movies
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01-17-04 (show #503)
Rosenquist, Still Life, Jingles
Cover Story: Advertising w/ George Lois:
Pieces: Still Life Sells, James Rosenquist, Jingle All the Way,
Commentary - Art and Advertising
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01-10-04 (show #502)
Perlmans, Together, Ross
Cover Story: Can Art be Taught?, with guests Itzhak and Toby Perlman:
Pieces: Perlman Music Program, Together, My Mentor, Bob Ross, Bill Siemering and Oljoo,
Commentary - Prognosticator of Pop
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01-03-04 (show #501)
Castles, Mermaids, Giants
Cover Story: The Beach w/ They Might Be Giants:
Pieces: Sandcastles, Mermaids, Capiz, Design for the Real World - Parachute Jump
Commentary: Life's a Beach
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