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COVER STORY
Authenticity
Kurt Andersen and writer Lawrence Weschler talk about
authenticity and the gray areas between truth and fiction.
  Is
it live or is it Memorex?
How producers and acousticians play with sound, on
CDs and in the concert hall. Produced by Jeff Lunden.
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to the Kirkegaard & Associates acoustics website
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to Anonymous 4's website
Radio
Imposters
A look at an earlier age when actors posed as politicians
--From Mckinley and Debs to Churchill. Produced by Andy Lanset.
 Ken
Light
A photojournalist observes his profession and its struggle
to artfully capture reality.
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to Ken Light's website
Go
to "Texas Death Row" by Ken Light
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to "Delta Time" by Ken Light
Playing
With Gender
A Sound Portrait
Of Obie Award- Winning Actress Peggy Shaw, and her one woman play, "Menopausal
Gentleman."
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to La Mama's website
Go
to the New York Theatre Wire review
Go
to the Salon.com essay on experiencing a Peggy
Shaw show
SPECIAL GUEST
 Lawrence
Weschler
Lawrence Weschler is a staff writer for the New Yorker,
and the author of many books including "Boggs: A Comedy of Values", "Calamity
of Exiles," and "Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder." He teaches courses in
the fiction of non-fiction at Sarah Lawrence and Columbia University School
of the Arts. His new book on the conceptual artist Robert Irwin will be
published later this year.
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to the Feed magazine article
Go
to the Atlantic Monthly interview
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Commentary
The Movie Musical Returns.
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Design
for the Real World
The Postage Stamp. Graphic designer Steven Heller
explains how these tiny, utilitarian stickers became miniature displays
of popular culture.
Now
Playing
Jorge Pardo. Kurt talks with the installation
artist, who recently won the first Lucelia Award from the Smithsonian
Museum of American Art, about his blending of art, architecture and
design..
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to Jorge Pardo Project
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