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COVER STORY
Travel
Kurt and novelist Walter Kirn talk about the artistic
inspirations and outcomes of travel.
  Austin
Airport
You don't have to leave baggage claim
to locate the live music, barbecue, and art filled walls of Austin Texas'
newest cultural destination. Produced by Harriet Baskas.
 Go
to art at the Austin Airport
Poems
Of The Hobo Road
Hobo poet Buzz Potter recalls a transient life on the
rails. Produced by Steve Nelson.
Go
to a hobo website
Go
to Buzz Potter's spoken word CD
 W.
C. Handy Festival
Every August 150,000 people descend on the tiny town
of Florence, Alabama where the father of the blues was born. Produced
by Pat Sanders of Alabama Public Radio.
Go
to the W.C. Handy Music Festival site
Go
to a bio page on Handy
Kurt
Goes To Venice
Kurt takes us along on a recent family vacation to
the international art pavilions at the Venice Biennale.
Go
to the 49th Venice Biennale English site
Go
to the artist Gregor Schneider's page
 SPECIAL
GUEST
Walter Kirn
Walter Kirn is the author of "Up in the Air,"
a satire about a business traveler whose ambition is to earn his millionth
frequent flyer mile. Kirn is the literary editor for GQ and a contributing
editor to Time and Vanity Fair. He lives on a farm near Livingston, Montana.
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Behind
the Scenes
Sam Berd, 24-hour piano tuner to the stars.
Produced by Melissa Milgrom.
Design
for the Real World
Graphic designer Michael Bierut appraises the
simple chart that graces every grocery item.
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