Matt Frassica appears in the following:
When Will Lego Art Grow Up?
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Lego-based art is suddenly ubiquitous — Ai Weiwei's new installation uses 1.2 million of them. But why is it so visually unimaginative?
Thelma Golden: The Curator Is Present
Friday, September 26, 2014
As director of the Studio Museum in Harlem, Thelma Golden curates exhibits that shape larger debates about race and representation.
The Best American Poetry, Annotated
Monday, September 22, 2014
He's mean, he's funny, his grapes are more than a little bit sour, and he perfectly skewers the self-seriousness of a certain annual anthology series.
Poetry Challenge: Dorothea Lasky Picks a Winner
Friday, September 05, 2014
For our latest listener challenge, we asked high school students to send us their poetry. Over 600 poems later, it’s time to find out who won.
The Revolution Has Been Digitized
Thursday, September 04, 2014
Modernism as we know it wouldn't have existed without these "little magazines," which used stylish design and typography to bring avant-garde to the people.
Miranda July Wants You to Talk to Strangers
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Somebody, a new app from the artist/writer/actor/director/superhero of twee enlists people you don't know to deliver personal messages to people you do know.
Patricia Lockwood's “List of Cross-Dressing Soldiers”
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
The poetry star famous for her funny and raunchy Twitter feed also writes serious poems. While in our studio, she read one inspired by her brother’s tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Poetry Challenge: Navya from Arizona
Friday, August 22, 2014
We received hundreds of great submissions for our high school poetry challenge. Here’s one about the about the demise of a tree house at the end of summer.
Patricia Lockwood Sexts the Body Electric
Friday, August 22, 2014
The viral poetry sensation and author of a string of surreal Twitter “sexts” shows that she’s anything but a one-trick poet in her latest collection.
Judging a Designer by His Covers
Friday, August 15, 2014
When Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo came out, it didn’t look like any other book of its kind. That’s thanks to Peter Mendelsund, whose uncluttered book jacket designs...
High School Poets Write Summer Heartbreak
Friday, August 15, 2014
The judge of our latest listener challenge, poet and professor Dorothea Lasky, sees some themes developing in the Battle of the High School Bards — like summer romance gone wrong.
Film School in Six Minutes
Thursday, August 14, 2014
In his series of videos, Every Frame a Painting, Tony Zhou decodes the craft of filmmaking with examples from filmmakers like Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Edgar Wright, and Bong...
Poetry Challenge: Magdalena from New Mexico
Friday, August 08, 2014
In our latest listener challenge, we’re calling for high school writers to send us their poems about summer — that season of long walks, hot sun, and frosty desserts. We talk with one...
Extra Credit Poetry Challenge: Zofia from Massachusetts
Friday, August 01, 2014
It’s summer, and something about long, languid days calls out for poetry. Our latest listener challenge is for high school poets, and the results have been varied and lovely. This wee...
Who's Afraid of On the Media?
Friday, July 25, 2014
We asked On the Media's Bob Garfield and Brooke Gladstone to duke it out in this parody of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? from our American Icons episode on Mad Magazine.
Introducing the Least Viral Videos on the Internet
Monday, July 21, 2014
Petit Tube presents only the least-viewed videos on YouTube, giving us a long look at the found poetry of internet unpopularity.
You're in a Ford Commercial, Charlie Brown!
Monday, July 14, 2014
"Is this a commercial?" Linus asks. As ludicrous as these ads are, we have them to thank for those beloved Peanuts specials.
Mike Doughty Goes to Hell
Friday, July 11, 2014
Composer and indie rocker Mike Doughty made a New Year’s Resolution to kickstart a long-delayed project: writing a rock opera based on the Book of Revelation. How’s it working out so ...
Are Young People Losing Their Creative Edge?
Friday, July 11, 2014
Researchers have found creativity in decline among young people. A new study suggests that fiction by adolescents, in particular, has become less imaginative since the 1990s. What’s c...
Studio 360’s Summer Poetry Challenge: Battle of the High School Bards
Friday, July 11, 2014
Attention young poets: Write us a poem on the theme of summer, and we’ll feature the best of your submissions online and pick a winner on our show. Send us your poem
