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COVER STORY
The Body
Kurt Andersen and science writer Natalie Angier talk about the body and its endless inspiration for artists.
 Alibata
Tattoo
Erick Gonzales tells the story of his tattoo and its
connection to his culture and to his family. Produced by Jocelyn Gonzales.
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to an article about alibata tattoo
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to an alibata/baybayin translation site
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to baybayin script tattoo phrases
 Extra-Terrestrial
Bodies
Behind the scenes with Phil Tippett who designs alien
creatures for Hollywood filmmakers. Produced by Jonathan Mitchell.
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to Tippett's studio's website
Streb
From crashing into mats to diving through glass, choreographer
Elizabeth Streb aims to expose body's vulnerability and its durability
in her dances. Produced by Tara Geer.
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to Terry Dean Bartlett's site
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to Streb's PR site
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to Streb's website
SPECIAL GUEST
Natalie
Angier
Natalie Angier is a Pulitzer prize-winning science
writer and a regular contributor to the New York Times. She is the author
of Woman: An Intimate Geography and The Beauty of the Beastly: New Views
on the Nature of Life.
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to Angier's publisher's website
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Playing
No Man's Land. Audiences at this year's Sarajevo
Film Festival react to the first major film made by a native about the
city's nightmare siege during the 1990s. Produced by Ilya Marritz.
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to United Artists website
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to Marritz' article about the film
Design
For The Real World
Steven Heller wonders why automobile license
plates have become so overwrought. Produced by Leital Molad.

Cement
Cloud
Poet Bob Holman lives just a few blocks away
from where the World Trade Center used to stand. He reads a piece he
wrote about those first few weeks after the terrorist attack when, like
most of America, he felt terribly afraid. Produced by Jocelyn Gonzales.
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to the poem "Cement Cloud"
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to Bob Holman's website
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