Matt Frassica appears in the following:
How Would You Spend Stephen King's Money?
Monday, June 23, 2014
When Stephen King publishes a novel with the same title as your modestly selling book, you can expect a big bump in (mistaken) sales.
Ayn Rand's Cat Pic Addiction
Thursday, June 19, 2014
This letter from legendary sourpuss Ayn Rand to Cat Fancy proves that everyone, literally everyone, loves cute cat pictures.
In Slender Man, We’ve Created a Monster
Friday, June 13, 2014
The Yellow Dog Blues Get Looped
Friday, June 13, 2014
Bad Design Makes Twitter Angry
Thursday, June 05, 2014
A new pro soccer team in Louisville learned the dangers of slapdash design when an avalanche of Twitter ridicule greeted their new logo.
Disney Princess Wants to Kick Butt, Suck Blood
Friday, May 30, 2014
Warning: This Class May Contain Literature
Friday, May 23, 2014
Seth Rogen Learns that Women Can Be Funny
Friday, May 09, 2014
Seth Rogen on James Franco, comic genius
Wednesday, May 07, 2014
James Franco may be a conceptual artist, writer, and English professor — but Seth Rogen is especially impressed at his longtime comic partner’s skills at improvisation.
Kevin Spacey: Everyone Loves a Villain
Friday, May 02, 2014
They Found Shakespeare’s Dictionary on eBay
Friday, May 02, 2014
How Crazy Is It to Spend Millions for an Old Violin?
Friday, April 11, 2014
Design for the Real World: Moped
Friday, January 29, 2010
Nathan Isherwood owns a moped repair and retail shop in Brooklyn. He loves the modest motorbikes because they're easy to fix and they get 100 miles per gallon. Produced by Matt Frassica.
Love the Front Korea
Monday, August 31, 2009
Once in a while, a listener will write in to Studio 360 asking for a transcript of a story we've broadcast. Unfortunately, we don't have transcripts of the shows (it's just too time consuming and we have a very small staff), so we normally direct our listeners to the free streaming audio and mp3 downloads available on our website.
Kurt Gets Auto-Tuned
Friday, August 21, 2009
Reports of the death of Auto-Tune are greatly exaggerated. This week on the show, we hear from the Gregory Brothers, a band that has turned the music industry's favorite note-correction software on TV newscasters and politicians. With their series of viral web videos "Auto-Tune the News," they've made divas out of talking heads.
The Tablecloth Trick
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Like most people, I wanted to be a magician when I grew up. I recently attended a screening of the 2007 Swedish film You, The Living (Du levande) by director Roy Andersson, a funny/sad movie made up of 50 vignettes that portray everyday life as absurd, petty, and hilarious. In the following scene, a man tries to enliven a family reunion by performing the tablecloth trick.
Merce Cunningham: 1919 - 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
We were saddened by the news this morning that Merce Cunningham has died. Cunningham was a giant of American modern dance and choreography – and an astoundingly talented dancer, who started his career dancing for Martha Graham, and appeared in his own company’s performances into his 70s.
Compendious philological volumes
Monday, July 13, 2009
Forsooth, the next item on our reference-book most-wanted list this fall is going to be the new Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary, due out in October. Forty-four years in the making, this puppy's got 800,000 words ('almost every word,' they claim, from Old English to the present)--that's more than double the size of Roget's International. Vasty. And, like Roget, it's organized by concept, so if you're looking for the perfect synonym for 'honey pie,' just flip right to the section on 'Terms of Endearment.'