Arts & Life Treasure or Trash? Artist Says It's in the Packaging March 31, 2008 Artist Justin Gignac began putting garbage into boxes and selling them for as much as $100 to poke fun at the notion of value. A second project involves selling paintings of objects for the price of the item depicted. It's gotten him fancy dinners, video games and more. Treasure or Trash? Artist Says It's in the Packaging Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89237219/89237195" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Arts & Life 50 Years Later, Rod Serling's Play Is Performed March 30, 2008 The creator of the television series The Twilight Zone often battled with the networks over the content of his scripts. Noon on Doomsday inspired by Emmett Till's story, was considered too hot for TV in the 50's. It was peformed for the first time Saturday night. 50 Years Later, Rod Serling's Play Is Performed Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89220390/89220366" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Pop Culture 'The Tudors' Battles with the Truth March 28, 2008 The show joins Rome and Deadwood in a string of TV programs dramatizing important chapters in history. These programs don't always get the facts right, but does it really matter? 'The Tudors' Battles with the Truth Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89182466/89186896" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Arts & Life Photographer Trains a 'Complicated' Lens on Teens March 26, 2008 Photojournalist Robin Bowman spent four years driving across the United States, photographing and interviewing more than 400 teens. Some of those pictures — and the teens' words — are included in her new book, It's Complicated: The American Teenager. Photographer Trains a 'Complicated' Lens on Teens Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88985097/89123938" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Author Interviews Three Writers Are Drawn by the Allure of Comics March 25, 2008 Comic books — or, in more highbrow parlance, graphic novelizations — are nudging their way onto the shelves of bookstores and the pages of literary magazines. And writers such as Joss Whedon and Jodi Picoult are trying their hand at the genre. Three Writers Are Drawn by the Allure of Comics Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/87867518/89022561" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Music News In Birmingham, Everyone Has Keys to the City March 24, 2008 Residents of Birmingham, England, awoke recently to find pianos spray-painted with the words "Play me I'm yours" scattered across the city. It's the work of an art collective that wants to create unity and wonder in a place where both are scarce. In Birmingham, Everyone Has Keys to the City Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88979683/88995071" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Obituaries Magnum Photographer Philip Jones Griffiths Dies March 20, 2008 The celebrated Magnum photographer is best known for his detailed study of the effects of the Vietnam War. He was 72. Magnum Photographer Philip Jones Griffiths Dies Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88673412/88673473" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Movies The Guys from 'Superbad' Are So Back March 20, 2008 Metro film critic Daniel Holloway screens this week's movie releases, including the Judd Apatow-produced Owen Wilson vehicle Drillbit Taylor, Under the Same Moon and The Grand. The Guys from 'Superbad' Are So Back Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88650363/88650321" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Diversions Cows with Lipstick: 'New Yorker' Reject Cartoons March 20, 2008 Every week Matthew Diffee and his fellow artists concoct finely tuned, wryly witty cartoons. Then they send them to the New Yorker, which sometimes rewards them and other times ... doesn't. Cows with Lipstick: 'New Yorker' Reject Cartoons Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88650355/88650319" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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High-Tech Hunt Aims to Find Missing Da Vinci Mural March 16, 2008 An Italian engineer believes a mural by Leonardo da Vinci that hasn't been seen for 500 years is hidden behind another wall painting, and he says he can prove it. Maurizio Seracini plans to use an energy beam that can read pigments through walls. High-Tech Hunt Aims to Find Missing Da Vinci Mural Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88259631/88325799" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Arts & Life New Secretary Picked to Lead Smithsonian March 15, 2008 The president of Georgia Tech University, Wayne Clough, is named the new head of the Smithsonian Institution on Saturday. He becomes the 12th secretary in the institution's history. When he begins in July, he'll face myriad management and financial obstacles. New Secretary Picked to Lead Smithsonian Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88293003/88292990" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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New Movies You Can't Lose with a Dr. Seuss Flick March 14, 2008 Debuting this weekend are the new movies Funny Games, Sleepwalking and Horton Hears a Who, an animated Seuss film that Metro's Daniel Holloway finds dazzling. You Can't Lose with a Dr. Seuss Flick Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88226410/88226385" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Ethiopian-American Artists Make Their Mark March 13, 2008 Author Dinaw Mengestu is among a generation of Ethiopian Americans whose families fled the East African nation in the 1970s and '80s. Now their writing, music and art are adding a new chapter to the epic of American immigration. Ethiopian-American Artists Make Their Mark Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/7853032/7859407" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Books The Greatest Book Jackets in the World March 12, 2008 It's not often that a person invents a new realm of celebrity, but Chip Kidd gained renown for something that people once didn't become famous for: designing book jackets. The Greatest Book Jackets in the World Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88131563/88131515" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Technology Painter Spreads Internet Memes in Oil March 12, 2008 The Dramatic Prairie Dog, the Grape-Stomping Lady, Diet Coke and Mentos: Each are short videos made famous by the Web — and all are now splashed on canvas thanks to Prague-based artist Jeremiah Palecek, who makes art from what others made viral online. Painter Spreads Internet Memes in Oil Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88131536/88131507" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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