COVER STORY
Collectors
Kurt Andersen and actor Cheech Marin talk about the urge to collect -- from paintings to paperbacks.

UNCOLLECTED
Collectors can radically affect an artist's career by the choices they make. California artist Eugenia Butler talks about her experience being collected …and then un-collected. Produced by Michele Siegel.
Go to Eugenia Butler's site

SYLVIA MILES
An actress who got her start in Warhol's Factory has acquired the artifacts of her life the way other people acquire fiesta ware or first editions. Produced by Sara Montague.
Go to Sylvia Miles interview

MIKE & ADI
A couple struggles to draw the line between a collection and too much junk. Produced by Karen Michel.

BOOK DEALER
Kurt Thometz, who builds personal libraries for the well-to-do, has found his own perfect collection. Produced by Peter Clowney and Leital Molad.
Go to excerpts from Life Turns Man Up and Down
Go to Thometz's site

COCKTAIL SHAKER
Radio producer Karen Michel says she can't help her need to acquire.

SPECIAL GUEST
Cheech Marin
Actor and director Cheech Marin is best known as half of the comedy duo, Cheech and Chong. His collection of Chicano art is touring the country for the next five years and it is on view now at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC.
Go to a site on Chicano art
Go to a Cheech Marin bio
Go to the Smithsonian Arts and Industries exhibitions

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Commentary
Amnesia Nation
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Design For The Real World
Soundmarks. The multimedia artist and designer Ben Rubin says more effort should go into creating audio landmarks -- like the sound of subway doors opening. Produced by Steve Nelson.

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