National A Vintage Photography Flash Lamp In Action June 30, 2008 • Jacob Riis, a writer and photographer who exposed poverty in late 19th century New York City, used crude tools to light up his subjects. He ignited magnesium powder with a pistol, and later a frying pan. A vintage photography hobbyist demonstrates a flash lamp similar to Riis'. A Vintage Photography Flash Lamp In Action Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/92042960/92042958" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Broadway's New Kid on the Block: Lin Manuel Miranda June 30, 2008 • Young playwright Lin Manuel Miranda is taking Broadway by storm. Miranda's musical In The Heights, which won big at last week's Tony Awards, tells the immigrant story of New York's Washington Heights neighborhood. The multi-talented actor, composer and playwright speaks candidly about his art. Broadway's New Kid on the Block: Lin Manuel Miranda Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/92023801/92023791" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Comic Cheech Marin Champions Chicano Art June 30, 2008 • The iconic funnyman rose to fame as one half of the pothead duo Cheech and Chong. Over the years, he has acquired one of the largest collections of Chicano art in the world. Comic Cheech Marin Champions Chicano Art Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/92027392/92034293" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Books So You Want to Learn Cartooning? Hit the Book June 29, 2008 • Two comic artists have created a textbook, Drawing Words and Writing Pictures, that teaches people the grammar of comic art, from penciling a story ever so lightly on tracing paper to inking a bubbly "The End" to the finished strip. So You Want to Learn Cartooning? Hit the Book Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/91944828/92013789" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Science What Your Nose Knows and How Artists Use It June 27, 2008 • A smell scientist takes a look at what our noses can tell us about the world around us, and the co-curator of the "Odor Limits" exhibition in Philadelphia, Pa., discusses how artists are using smell in their creations. What Your Nose Knows and How Artists Use It Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/91965224/91965218" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Obama's Foreign Policy Aide Weighs In on Iraq June 26, 2008 • Denis McDonough is Sen. Barack Obama's foreign policy adviser. He says Obama wants to start withdrawing troops immediately at the pace of one to two combat brigades per month. At this pace, the remaining U.S. troops can leave Iraq in 16 months. Obama's Foreign Policy Aide Weighs In on Iraq Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/91934898/91934872" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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An Art Star Creates a Splash in New York June 26, 2008 • New Yorkers woke up this morning to new landmarks in the city's harbor and along the East River: four waterfalls. They're actually a public art project, courtesy of artist Olafur Eliasson. An Art Star Creates a Splash in New York Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/91931738/91934871" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Ultra-Rich Collectors Help Keep Art Market Afloat June 25, 2008 • An $80 million auction sale of a work by Claude Monet illustrates that while most ordinary people are cutting out non-essential spending, wealthy art collectors aren't. The weak dollar is one reason why a very small group of ultra-rich buyers is keeping the high-end art market alive. Ultra-Rich Collectors Help Keep Art Market Afloat Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/91864488/91868730" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Bryant Park Project Video Inside Access: Photographer Captures the Taboo June 23, 2008 • Photographer Anthony Karen gains the trust of groups known for their secrecy: the KKK, neo-Nazis, Voodoo practitioners. Karen has captured cross-burning Klan initiations and bloody Voodoo rituals in Haiti on film. He discusses how he gets close to secretive and controversial subjects. Inside Access: Photographer Captures the Taboo Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/91791699/91791657" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Echoes of 1968 Capturing the Poor People's Campaign June 21, 2008 • Documentary photographer Jill Freedman recounts her experience living among demonstrators in the mud and rain during the 1968 Poor People's Campaign in Washington, D.C. Capturing the Poor People's Campaign Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/91731755/91769833" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Marlene Dumas Pushes 'Grave' Limits June 20, 2008 • Dumas became the highest paid living female artist in 2005 when one of her paintings sold at auction for $3.4 million. She gets introspective about being blonde and painting another famous blonde, Marilyn Monroe, post-autopsy. Marlene Dumas Pushes 'Grave' Limits Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/91736301/91743573" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture How to Make a Painting Last Forever June 20, 2008 • Light, temperature, and air pollution can wreck works of art. How do museums protect and preserve artistic and historic artifacts for the ages? Experts from the Getty Conservation Institute discuss the finer points of paint makeup and how to optimize conditions in museum galleries. How to Make a Painting Last Forever Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/91742295/91742287" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture A New Twist on Balloons June 20, 2008 • Two filmmakers blow the world of balloon twisters wide open in a new documentary. A New Twist on Balloons Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/91724557/91724522" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National Perfecting the Art of Frugal Living in NYC June 18, 2008 • A Columbia University study examines how artists manage to live in high-priced New York City on salaries of less than $30,000 a year. The artists, all older than 62, have spent their careers learning how to live well and cheaply. Perfecting the Art of Frugal Living in NYC Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/91556654/91650076" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Photo Op Schultes' Amazon Turns Science into Art June 18, 2008 • Richard Evans Schultes visited uncharted lands in search of science and came back with art. His photographs, now on display at the Smithsonian, offer hypnotic insights into the birth of ethnobotany. Schultes' Amazon Turns Science into Art Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/91634556/91652616" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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