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2005

12-29-05 (show #653)
Pop Songs, Alpendub, Willie
Cover Story: 360 Gold
They Might be Giants, Idlewild, Boat of Car, Indian Brass Bands, Pop Song Muses, Meshell Ndegeocello, Brian Setzer, Ukulele, Alpendub, Willie Nelson
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12-22-05 (show #652)
Toys, Panter, Pixelvision
Cover Story: Toys with Gary Panter
Lego Bible, Pixelvision, Toy Piano, Unsilent Night, Diane Keaton
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12-15-05 (show #651)
Shark, Orson, Axl
Cover Story: Failure with Chris Elliott
Jumping The Shark, Guns N' Roses Forever, Orson's Shadow, Stealing Beauty
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12-08-05 (show #650)
Warhol, Soup Cans, Cowboys
Cover Story: Warhol with John Cale
Campbell's Soup Cans, Style It Takes, Sticky Fingers, Things (To Do In Denver When You're Dead), Brokeback Mountain
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12-03-05 (show #649)
Nutcracker, Rumpelstiltskin, Syriana
Cover Story: Fairy Tales with Gregory Maguire
Nutcracker Nation, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Tom Otterness, Inspiration Strikes, Rumpelstiltskin
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11-24-05 (show #648)
Cash, Plath, Reggae
Cover Story: Parents with Rosanne Cash
Frieda Hughes, The Marley Brothers, Rosanne Cash performing "September When It Comes" and "Forty Shades of Green" in Studio 360
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11-17-05 (show #647)
Dorothy, Baum, Kansas
Cover Story: The Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum, Jeanine Bassinger, Ernie and Yip, Salman Rushdie, Oz Fest, The Theory of Oz, Neil Labute, Nora Ephron, Wiz, Wicked, and Walter Murch, Russian Oz, Like No Other, Bobby McFerrin, There's No Place Like Home
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11-12-05 (show #646)
Recover, Rebuild, Didion
Cover Story: Cities with Simon Winchester
Little Queenie, The Riot of 1900, Sarajevo Revisited, Number 1 For 37 Minutes, Joan Didion
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11-05-05 (show #645)
Moby Dick
Cover Story: Moby Dick with Edward Herrmann
Call Me Ishmael, The Original Improvisor, Moby-Dude, Elizabeth Schultz, Tony Kushner, Political Resonance, The Pequod vs. The Enterprise, Frank Stella, He Rises, The Grand Armada, Rinde Eckert
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10-29-05 (show #644)
Lethem, Bird, Dolly
Cover Story: Solitude with Jonathan Lethem
One-Man Band, All By Myself, Thom Pain, Dolly Parton
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10-22-05 (show #643)
Creepers, Golliwog, Spalding
Cover Story: Monsters with Anne Rice
Monster Mash Up, Creepy Kids, Golliwog, DFRW: Tract Houses, Spalding Gray
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10-15-05 (show #642)
Envy, Beefs, Doctorow
Cover Story: Rivalry, with guest Paul Theroux
Renaissance Rivals, Hip Hop's Battles, Hong Kong Cinema, DFRW: London Underground Map, Aha! Moment: The Rookie
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10-08-05 (show #641)
Oppenheimer, Strangelove, Smith
Cover Story: The Bomb with Richard Rhodes
American Prometheus, Nuclear Monsters, Zadie Smith, Aha! Lar Lubovitch
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10-01-05 (show #640)
Gods, Mirrormask, Superball
Cover Story: Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman, Armando Bayolo, Superball, Kurt likes Earl
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09-24-05 (show #639)
Artemisia, Mingus, Penguins
Cover Story: Revenge with Laura Blumenfeld
Judith and Artemisia, Enemy Pie, Charles Mingus, Passion of the Penguins, Embroidered Implants, Billy Joe Shaver
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09-17-05 (show #638)
Backdrop, Bass, Aimee Mann
Cover Story: Background with Rachel Portman
HDTV Takes the Scenic Route, Bass is Beautiful, Mona Lisa Has Left the Painting, Illustrate This, Aimee Mann
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09-10-05 (show #637)
Django, Beckett, Oliveros
Cover Story: Artists Artist with Hilton Als
Bill T. Jones on Merce Cunningham. Willie Nelson on Django Reinhardt, Sheila Metzner on Aaron Rose, Pauline Oliveros, Edward Albee on Samuel Beckett. Sharon Olds on John Donne. Branford Marsalis on Billie Holiday, The End of Hand Drawn Animation, Remembering Joe Ranft, Paranoia in Prime Time
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09-03-05 (show #636)
Intimate, Tied, Lonesome
Cover Story: Intimacy with Karen Finley
Dear Diary, Lonesome Gal, Tied, Set a Course for Adventure, The Accidental Masterpiece
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08-27-05 (show #635)
Trapeze, Elephants, Piazza
Cover Story: Circus with Cathy Day
Mud Show, Tin Man, Girl on a Wire, Adam Guettel, Design for the Real World: PDA
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08-20-05 (show #634)
Gilliam, Jazz, Rembrandt
Cover Story: Terry Gilliam
Terry Gilliam; The Untidy and Irresistible History of Jazz; A-ha Moment: Rescued by Rembrandt
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08-13-05 (show #633)
Bilderberg, Lombardi, Peroxide Blonde
Cover Story: Conspiracies with Jon Ronson
Conspiracy Con, Political Thrillers, Mark Lombardi, Brian and Gene
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08-06-05 (show #632)
Chocolate, Iron, Socks
Cover Story: Materials with Paola Antonelli
Ed Ruscha; Artsmith; 1 Tree, 4 Axes; Needle Change; Long Song; Commentary: HBO Goes Public
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07-30-05 (show #631)
Aristocrats, Springer, Gloeckner
Cover Story: Decency with Michael Medved and Rochelle Gurstein
The Aristocrats, Jerry Springer The Opera, Mr. Clean, Phoebe Gloeckner
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07-23-05 (show #630)
Critics, Teachout, Helprin
Cover Story: Critics with Terry Teachout
Adams VS. Derogatis; Musical Invective; Kids Books; Diamond Galas; DFRW: Jay Harman; Mark Helprin
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07-16-05 (show #629)
Irving, Meshell, Freedom Tower
Cover Story: John Irving
John Irving; Meshell NdegeOcello; COMMENTARY: Freedom Tower
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07-09-05 (show #628)
Joni, Poehler, Wingdales
Cover Story: Parody with Amy Poehler
Johnny Loves Joni; Pundit Parody; Cakewalk; Wingdale Community Singers
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07-02-05 (show #627)
Freud, Psychonauts, Batman
Cover Story: Freud with Jonathan Lear
Psychonauts; Metro-Goldwyn-Freud; The Ceiling Above the Couch; DFRW: Fixed-Gear Bike; COMMENTARY: Batman
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06-25-05 (show #626)
Garage-Rock, Wrinkles, Hornby
Cover Story: Forever Young with Nick Hornby
Grown-Up Garage Bands; The Kids Stay in the Picture; Timeless Beauty; Action Figure
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06-18-05 (show #625)
Pigment, Technicolor, Marik
Cover Story: Color with Todd Oldham
Lisa Fittipaldi; Technicolor; Pigment Hunter; Color Theory; Iren Marik; COMMENTARY- Art Appreciation
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06-11-05 (show #624)
Fakes, Phonies, Frisbees
Cover Story: Fakes with Thomas Hoving
Forge This; Airwave Imposters; Carlos; DFRW: Frisbee; COMMENTARY
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06-04-05 (show #623)
Puppy, Murakami, Big Eyes
Cover Story: Cute! with Gary Cross
Big Eyes; Murakami; Hate Cute?; Absalom, Absalom!; COMMENTARY
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05-28-05 (show #622)
Morgue, Bambi's Mom, Elmore
Cover Story: Death with Thomas Lynch
Our Town, Disney and Death, Thomas Condon: Morgue Photographer, Elmore Leonard
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05-21-05 (show #621)
Brass, Conrad, Colonies
Cover Story: Colonialism with Jessica Hagedorn
Indian Brass; Heart of Darkness; Picture Postcards; Rumsfeld Goes to Star Wars; Matisyahu
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05-14-05 (show #620)
Angels, Slackers, Cintra
Cover Story: The 90s with Cintra Wilson
Slackers; Rugrats, Angels in America; Rick Moody; Hip-Hop Crosses Over, Merle Haggard
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05-07-05 (show #619)
Ridley Scott, Johnson, O’Riley
Cover Story: Ridley Scott
Bad is the New Good, Ridley Scott, Transcribing Radiohead
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04-30-05 (show #618)
Tractors, Teatro, Barnyard
Cover Story: Farming, with guest Verlyn Klinkenborg
Tractors, Teatro Campesino, Matt Moore, Tim Hawkinson, Introducing Vakoka
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04-23-05 (show #617)
Caravaggio, Simpsons, Morals
Cover Story: The Moral of the Story with Neil LaBute
Caravaggio; Morals on Film; What Would Homer Do?; Aha: Absalom, Absalom!
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04-16-05 (show #616)
Solitary, Dickinson, Bird
Cover Story: Being Alone with Jonathan Lethem
One-Man Band; poem by Emily Dickinson; All by Myself; Thom Pain; Design for the Real World: Wallpaper
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04-09-05 (show #615)
Iran, Censors, Cinema
Cover Story: Iran with Reza Aslan and Roya Hakakian
Iranian Cinema, Getting Past the Censors, Persian Classical Music
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04-02-05 (show #614)
Mail Art, Memos, Goethe
Cover Story: Letters with Jhumpa Lahiri
Mogul Memos, Young Werther, Mail Art, Pushing the Envelope, Sviatoslav Richter
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03-26-05 (show #613)
Small, Medium, Large
Cover Story: Scale with Liev Schreiber
Powers of Ten, Does Size Matter?, Turn It Up To 11, Commentary: The Dumb and the Bland, AHA Moment: Pedal Steel
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03-19-05 (show #612)
Knit, Whittle, Tap
Cover Story: Handmade with Mira Nakashima
To Make a Reed, A Handmade Legacy, Love From Scratch, Dancing Feet, Mystery of Omaha
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03-12-05 (show #611)
Eurydice, Noir, Bahamas
Cover Story: Orpheus with Mary Zimmerman
Eurydice Speaks, To Hell And Back, Disco Orpheus, DFRW: I Heart The Bahamas, Terminal Five
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03-05-05 (show #610)
Toxic, Risk, Danger
Cover Story: Danger with Elizabeth Streb
Fire Vortex, Toxic Materials, Musical Injuries, Commentary: Monkey See . . ., TAT Psychology
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02-26-05 (show #609)
Kirk, Cairo, Chaconne
Cover Story: Dreams with Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Big Dreams, Dream Catcher, Dream Bed, AHA Moment: The Rookie, How Art Works: The Bach Chaconne
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02-19-05 (show #608)
Scarry, Sublime, Thunderstorms

Painting with Pills, Bigger, Better Beauty, Stormy Music, DFRW: Sheetrock, Queer Eye For The TV Guide
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02-12-05 (show #607)

Gaudi, Christo, Love Letters
Cover Story: Big Plans with guest William Bolcom
The Gates, The Church, DFRW: The Incredibles, Ah Ha Moment: Vikings, The Love Letters
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02-05-05 (show #606)
A Train, Suspense, Ellington
Cover Story: Deadlines with guest Wendy Wasserstein
Under and Off-Broadway, Hitchcock and the Ticking Clock, Jazz Deadlines, Ramone Idol, Scatting, Commentary: Free Museums for All
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01-29-05 (show #605)
Players, Military, Super Mario
Cover Story: Videogames with guest Clive Thompson
Video Games 101, Your Brain on Video Games, Iraq and the Xbox, super Mario Clouds, Commentary: The Sponge Bob Menace, AHA Moment: Willie Nelson
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01-22-05 (show #604)
Brothels, Fraser, La Traviata
Cover Story: Prostitution with guest Paula Vogel
In Bed with Collector, Fallen Woman, Song for Wuornos, Born Into Brothels, Commentary: The Anime Effect
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01-15-05 (show #603)
Kushner, Quixote, Zoo Story
Cover Story: When is it Done? with guest Tony Kushner
Pieces: Albee & Me, Fighting Windmills, On the Record, Tsunami Shelter Commentary: Formula for a Hit
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01-08-05 (#Show 554)
Cubicles, Poetry, Romance
Cover Story: The Office, with Deborah Garrison:
Pieces: Clock Watching Artists, Larissa Brown, BBC's The Office, Ken Butler
Commentary: Life Under Fluorescent Light
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01-01-05 (#Show 553)
LAX, Pico Iyer, Sontag
Cover Story: Airports with Pico Iyer.
Pieces: The Adventurer, Send in the Cowns, One Zero Charlie, Amusia, Remembering Susan Sontag
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