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COVER STORY
Animals
Kurt Andersen and comedian and writer Merrill Markoe talk about the wild and the woolly -- art by and about animals.
Tillie
A profile of a short, pampered New York artist with her name on her collar. Produced by Jill Stoddard.
Go to Tillie's official site
Anime/Animaux
In the two-dimensional universe of Japanese anime, animals assume extraordinary powers. Produced by Jocelyn Gonzales.
Go to Princesss Mononoke site
Go to Hamtaro Site
Go to The Anime Animals Preserve
Livestock Portraitist
Contemporary French photographer, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, takes pictures of champion farm animals that are more like the friezes at the Parthenon or the sculptures of Rodin. Artist Sally Eckhoff watched the photographer work at an Agricultural show in Paris. Produced by Sara Montague.
Go to Bertrand's official site
Taxidermy
For the three generations the Schwendeman family has been mounting (not stuffing) all types of animals. Writer Melissa Milgrom visits their Milltown, NJ taxidermy workshop. Produced by Melissa Milgrom and Leital Molad.
Go to New York Times article on the Schwendeman's
Go to a taxidermy site
SPECIAL GUEST
Merrill Markoe
is a comedy writer and the author of several books, including "What the Dogs Have Taught Me and Other Things I've Learned" and a children's book, "When My Dogs Became Guys." She won several Emmys as a writer for Late Night with David Letterman -- and she created Stupid Pet Tricks. Her most recent book is the novel "It's My F---ing Birthday."
Go to Markoe bio
Go to It's My F---ing Birthday
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Design For The Real World
Lifelong baseball fan and graphic designer Steven Heller looks at the most American piece of headwear -- the baseball cap.
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Polaroids By Walker Evans. In this new book published by Scalo Press, we see work Evans began late in life, in 1973. The great American photographer traded in his sophisticated camera equipment for a Polaroid camera. Produced by Allison Lirish Dean.
Go to www.scalo.com
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