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Title: Studio 360: The Creativity Crisis, Dean & Britta

Author: Kurt Andersen

Narrator: Kurt Andersen

Format: Original Recording

Length: 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-24-10

Publisher: WNYC New York and Public Radio International

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

A new study shows that young Americans are getting less creative. Ashley Merryman co-wrote "The Creativity Crisis," a Newsweek article that looks at the ramifications of this decline. Merryman tells Kurt that creative thinking, often neglected by schools, is not just for the arts it's actually the key to solving some of the most difficult challenges we face today, from the gulf oil spill to fighting terrorism.

Next, the novel God Says No is about a gay African-American evangelical Christian who struggles to reconcile his identity with his beliefs. The author, James Hannaham, tells Kurt why he wanted make comedy out of a weighty subject: "My friend and I invented a term for what I was trying to do with this book: 'horrorlarious,' something that is right on the line between being completely horrendous and very funny."

Then, this year symphonies around the world are celebrating the 150th birthday of Gustav Mahler. The composer's path to success was a bumpy one. After he made his American debut at Carnegie Hall in 1908, and a year later he was hired to conduct the New York Philharmonic. But Mahler soon fell out of favor in New York, and died suddenly. Studio 360's Eric Molinsky looks into the rumors swirling around the composer's New York years and the torment he endured.

Finally, when guitarist Dean Wareham needed a new bassist for his band Luna, he placed an ad in the classifieds. Britta Phillips answered, and the two have been making rainy day indie-rock ever since. Back in 2007, Dean & Britta performed songs from their album Back Numbers live in our studio. Their new record is called 13 Most Beautiful. [Broadcast Date: July 24, 2010]

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Title: The Bob Edwards Show, Oren Harman, David Broder, and Dan Gediman, July 23, 2010

Author: Bob Edwards

Format: Original Recording

Length: 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-23-10

Publisher: XM Satellite Radio

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

David Broder of The Washington Post joins Bob to talk politics. Next, compassion, kindness, selflessness none make logical sense biologically. And yet, examples of biological altruism are found throughout the animal kingdom. Darwin never successfully explained the kindness gene, but a relatively unknown, eccentric scientist named George Price did. Oren Harman is a professor of the history of science at Bar Ilan University in Tel Aviv and the author of a new book, The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness.

Then, in this weeks installment of our ongoing series This I Believe, Bob talks with curator Dan Gediman about the essay of Muhammad Zafrulla Khan. He was the Foreign Minister of Pakistan, president of the All-India Muslim League in 1931, leader of the Indian delegation to the League of Nations Assembly in 1939 and leader of the Pakistan Delegation to the United Nations. In later years, Khan was a judge for and president of the International Court of Justice. [Broadcast Date: July 23, 2010]

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Title: The Bob Edwards Show, Lucy Walker and Mary McDonagh Murphy, July 22, 2010

Author: Bob Edwards

Format: Original Recording

Length: 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-22-10

Publisher: XM Satellite Radio

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

There are an estimated 23,000 nuclear weapons in the world but we dont even know where they are all. Lucy Walker is the writer and director of a new documentary, Countdown to Zero, that makes the case for worldwide nuclear disarmament. The film traces the history of atomic weapons, from their creation to the current debate in the Senate on the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), signed by President Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev in April.

Then, 50 years ago, Alabama native Harper Lees novel To Kill A Mockingbird hit bookstores across America, becoming an immediate bestseller and an American literary classic. In celebration of the books anniversary writer and filmmaker Mary McDonagh Murphy compiled interviews with over two dozen contemporary writers, historians, journalists and artists for her book Scout, Atticus, & Boo: A Celebration of Fifty Years of To Kill a Mockingbird. [Broadcast Date: July 22, 2010]

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Title: The Bob Edwards Show, Patrick Jeffries and Keely Smith, July 21, 2010

Author: Bob Edwards

Format: Original Recording

Length: 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-21-10

Publisher: XM Satellite Radio

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Patrick Jeffries is a superintendant for EPIC Divers & Marine, which provides commercial diving and marine services world-wide, including gas and oil platform and pipeline service, well repair, and underwater inspection and construction. Jeffries discusses life as a commercial diver, his current work in the Gulf of Mexico and the ongoing recovery effort since the explosion on BPs Deepwater Horizon oil rig.

Then, as part of our ongoing series of interviews with musicians in New Orleans, well feature someone who was passing through during this years Jazz and Heritage Festival. Keely Smith got her musical and matrimonial debut from Louis Prima back in the 1950s. They set up shop in Las Vegas, performing big band numbers mixed with entertaining banter. Bob talks with Smith about her successful life after Louis, both in love and music. [Broadcast Date: July 21, 2010]

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Title: The Bob Edwards Show, Natalia Almada and John Biewen, July 20, 2010

Author: Bob Edwards

Format: Original Recording

Length: 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-20-10

Publisher: XM Satellite Radio

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Filmmaker Natalia Almada turned to her own familys past for her documentary El General, winner of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival U.S. Directing Award. Almadas great-grandfather, Plutarco Elias Calles, was the notorious Mexican revolutionary general who became president of Mexico in 1924. Almada used 1978 recorded memories from her grandmother Alicia Calles to give both a familial perspective and historical look at this man who helped found Mexicos modern political system. El General airs on July 20th as part of PBSs documentary series POV.

Then, Reality Radio: Telling True Stories in Sound celebrates todays best audio documentary work by bringing together some of best-known and most influential radio producers of our generation. In these nineteen essays, documentary artists telland demonstrate, through stories and transcriptshow they make radio the way they do, and why. John Biewen, audio program director at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, talks about his collection and why the radio documentary has developed into a vibrant form of creative expression. [Broadcast Date: July 20, 2010]

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Title: The Bob Edwards Show, Megan Stack and Virginia Mecklenburg, July 19, 2010

Author: Bob Edwards

Format: Original Recording

Length: 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-19-10

Publisher: XM Satellite Radio

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Only after covering it for years did I understand that the war on terror never really existed. So says journalist Megan Stack in the prologue to Every Man in This Village Is a Liar: an Education in War. In that book, she chronicles her experience covering Afghanistan, Iraq, and Lebanon for the Los Angeles Times and describes how in war countries around the globe that you can survive and not survive, both at the same time.

Then, The Smithsonian American Art Museum celebrates the American ideal with a new exhibit of artist Norman Rockwells iconic paintings and drawings. Senior curator Virginia Mecklenburg guides Bob through the exhibit Telling Stories: Norman Rockwell from the Collections of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. [Broadcast Date: July 19, 2010]

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Title: Studio 360: Spy Fiction, Disco Revolution

Author: Kurt Andersen

Format: Original Recording

Length: 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-17-10

Publisher: WNYC New York and Public Radio International

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Spies are in the news again, but they've been in Alan Furst's fiction for over 20 years. His new novel, Spies of the Balkans, is his 11th work of World War II-era espionage fiction. The book has been getting great reviews, but Furst tells Kurt he has no idea what he did right he actually teleports to another time and place when he sits down at the typewriter.

Next, a bucket of water, a piece of sheet metal, and a cactus. Just the average instrument checklist for Treasure State, a new collaboration between the bands Matmos and So Percussion. Performing live in the studio, they show Kurt how they use ordinary objects to make not-so-ordinary music.

Then, disco is supposedly dead, but University of Southern California professor Alice Echols tells Kurt it's very much alive in the pop music we hear today. Echols' new book is Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture.

Finally, while the economy decays, there's no shortage of work for belly dancers in Detroit. The city has one of the largest Arab populations outside of the Middle East and a vast network of dancers. Martina Guzman explores the belly dance scene and the conflicts the community has about their own young women performing publicly. [Broadcast Date: July 17, 2010]

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Title: The Bob Edwards Show, Kevin Welch, David Broder, Dan Gediman, July 16, 2010

Author: Bob Edwards

Format: Original Recording

Length: 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-16-10

Publisher: XM Satellite Radio

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

David Broder of The Washington Post joins Bob to talk politics. Next, singer-songwriter Kevin Welch left his Oklahoma home at age 17 to pursue a life in music, settling in Nashville in 1978. Welch was very active in local clubs, performing with different bands and finally his own band - The Overtones. His popularity grew and in 1988 he signed a record contract with Warner Brothers. He has charted five singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts and released eight studio albums. Welch newest cd is titled A Patch of Blue Sky.

Then, in this weeks installment of our ongoing series This I Believe, Bob talks with curator Dan Gediman about the essay of foreign correspondent William L. Shirer. He wrote the acclaimed World War II histories The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich and Berlin Diary. Shirer reported from numerous European cities including Paris, Vienna and Rome, and had the distinction of being bombed in Berlin by the British and bombed in London by the Germans. [Broadcast Date: July 16, 2010]

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Title: The Bob Edwards Show, Robert K. Wittman and Harvey Pekar, July 15, 2010

Author: Bob Edwards

Format: Original Recording

Length: 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-15-10

Publisher: XM Satellite Radio

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

In 2004 Robert K. Wittman founded the FBI Art Crime Team, a small group of special agents who recover art and artifacts snatched from museums and private collections all over the world. During his 20 year career with the FBI, Wittman has recovered rare antiquities and paintings by masters like Picasso, Monet, and Rembrandt totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. His memoir is Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the Worlds Stolen Treasures.

Then, we remember comic book icon Harvey Pekar. Author of the autobiographical series American Splendor, Pekar died this week at age 70. [Broadcast Date: July 15, 2010]

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Title: The Bob Edwards Show, Giev Kashkooli and Al Punto, July 13, 2010

Author: Bob Edwards

Format: Original Recording

Length: 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-13-10

Publisher: XM Satellite Radio

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

The United Farm Workers has launched a new campaign called Take Our Jobs, in which immigrant farm workers are ready to welcome citizens and legal residents who wish to replace them in the field. The online application warns, Duties may include tilling the soil, transplanting, weeding, thinning, picking, cutting, sorting and packing of harvested produce, among other difficult working conditions. Giev Kashkooli is UFW National Vice president hell describe the goal of the campaign and the likelihood of its success. Then, Al Punto translates to To the Point and is the Spanish-language version of Meet The Press, broadcast Sunday mornings on Univision. Jorge Ramos hosts that program and a nightly newscast, Noticiero Univision. The Mexican-born journalist discusses his tenure in Latin American news, current events, and his most recent book, A Country for All: an Immigrant Manifesto. [Broadcast Date: July 13, 2010]