David Krasnow appears in the following:
"Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Thursday, February 19, 2015
More than any other novel, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” helped promote the abolitionist cause. So how did “Uncle Tom” become a name for someone who betrays his race?
Redesign Challenge: Bring Joy to the Everyday
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Lots of experiences are worse than they have to be — what place or thing would you redesign to make it more joyful?
Tracy K. Smith: Life on Mars
Thursday, February 05, 2015
The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet found inspiration in the sci-fi visions of David Bowie.
Want to Be Creative? Try Getting Bored
Thursday, January 22, 2015
We’ve banished boredom with our phones. Recent research suggests that we might be banishing our creativity along with it.
Who is "Charlie Hebdo"?
Thursday, January 08, 2015
After gunmen killed 12 at a French satirical magazine, the New Yorker’s Adam Gopnik explains the importance of “Charlie Hebdo.”
Aleksandar Hemon: The Accordion
Thursday, December 25, 2014
Sarajevo native Aleksandar Hemon reimagines the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, where one of his relatives was standing on the sidelines holding his new accordion.
This Artist Makes Some of Her Best Work in the Airplane Bathroom
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Artist Nina Katchadourian flies a lot, and hates to kill time. So she uses that time productively, making hundreds of photographs for the series "Seat Assignment."
American Icons: The Disney Parks
Friday, November 28, 2014
Walt Disney didn't just want a theme park — he wanted to create a scale model of a uniquely American utopia.
The Flame Alphabet
Friday, September 12, 2014
William S. Burroughs famously said that “language is a virus.” In his novel The Flame Alphabet, Ben Marcus imagines what would happen if children’s language made their parents sick.
Our Computers, Our Viruses, Our Selves
Friday, September 12, 2014
We’ve been living with computer viruses since the earliest networks. But how similar are they to biological ones?
Aleksandar Hemon: The Accordion
Friday, June 27, 2014
Novelist Aleksandar Hemon, a native of Sarajevo, reimagines the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand through the lens of family history: one of his relatives was watching the mot...
An Artist Who Sails Her Work
Friday, May 23, 2014
The artist Swoon broke through in the crowded street art scene with her beautifully detailed portraits of ordinary people. Then she took a left turn: building rafts and sailing them d...
Alex Timbers On 'Rocky,' 'Here Lies Love' And 'Up Here'; Jessica Lea Mayfield Plays Live
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
In this episode: Alex Timbers, director of Rocky: The Musical, discusses the challenges of bringing a beloved sports movie to the stage -- plus, we hear about his other projects, like David Byrne's disco musical Here Lies Love and his upcoming project with Oscar-winning Frozen songwriters Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez.
Then: On her latest album, Make My Head Sing, Jessica Lea Mayfield eschews her established country-flavored songs and unleashes a sharp-edged and noisy grunge sound. Hear the Ohio native perform her new songs in the Soundcheck studio.
And: For its latest “extra credit” challenge, Studio 360 wants you to record a version of W.C. Handy’s 100-year-old song “Yellow Dog Blues.” Producer David Krasnow talks about “the father of the blues,” his influential song, and how you can participate in “The 1914 Blues Challenge.”
American Icons: Untitled Film Stills
Friday, May 16, 2014
Cindy Sherman launched her career by placing herself in photos that look like movie stills for imaginary movies. With Untitled Film Stills, she also created some of the most recogniza...
American Icons: Anything Goes
Friday, May 16, 2014
Cole Porter was out of the musical theater game during the 1930s, as American mores grew looser and more risqué. But instead of getting stodgy, he wrote the classic celebration of bad...
American Icons: The Scarlet Letter
Friday, May 16, 2014
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel about forbidden love among the Puritans captured our admiration for independence — and our craving for scandal. How much has changed in the 150 years since...
A Century of Blues
Friday, May 09, 2014
W.C. Handy was the first to publish a body of songs identified as blues, based on lyrics and melodies from black Southern culture, that became known throughout America. Two of his big...
Lois Lowry: The End of The Giver
Friday, April 25, 2014
Lois Lowry’s The Giver is one of the most celebrated children’s books of our era, and one of the most banned. In the Community, where everything seems just about perfect — no hunge...
Live In-Studio: Vijay Iyer, Jazz’s Incredible Hulk
Friday, April 18, 2014
The pianist and MacArthur genius Vijay Iyer is one of the great living jazz musicians, although a lot of his music isn't what you'd recognize as jazz. In addition to leading a trio a...
American Icons: I Love Lucy
Friday, March 28, 2014
It set the model for the hit family sitcom. Lucy's weekly antics and humiliation entered the DNA of TV comedy: from Desperate Housewives to 30 Rock — writers can’t live without Lucy.
