Opinion Politics Drawing Conclusions About the Presidential Race September 30, 2004 • John Kerry's smile and the Bush-Cheney campaign's fearful rhetoric are among the latest targets for two of America's top political cartoonists. Mike Peters and Mike Luckovich talk with NPR's Renee Montagne about the 2004 presidential campaign. Drawing Conclusions About the Presidential Race Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4053100/4054263" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Pop Culture End of the Road for 'Samurai Jack'? September 24, 2004 • Los Angeles Times animation critic Charles Solomon delivers an appreciation of the Cartoon Network show Samurai Jack. The network is running what could be the last four episodes of the animated series Saturday night -- even though the show's creators just won an Emmy. End of the Road for 'Samurai Jack'? Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/3935043/3935044" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Art Lovers Flood Suburban Pennsylvania Town September 21, 2004 • Joel Rose of WHYY reports on how the Pennsylvania community of Merion is handling thousands of tourists who come there to view the art of the Barnes Foundation. The town wants to accommodate the tourists without unduly taxing the patience of local residents. Art Lovers Flood Suburban Pennsylvania Town Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/3929294/3929295" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Culture Native Americans Gather for Opening of Museum September 21, 2004 • Twenty thousand Native Americans assembled in Washington on Tuesday for a parade of nations and blessing of the new Museum of the American Indian. Hear museum director W. Richard West and several opening ceremony participants. Native Americans Gather for Opening of Museum Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/3929554/3929945" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Culture War Photographer Adams Dies at Age 71 September 19, 2004 • Photographer Eddie Adams dies at age 71. The Pulitzer-winning Adams, who took the photograph of an execution on the streets of Vietnam that became an indelible image of the war, had ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden and Parade magazine chairman Walter Anderson, a longtime friend of Adams. War Photographer Adams Dies at Age 71 Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/3926127/3926470" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Books 'Proof': Photos from the Golden Age of Rock Music September 15, 2004 • NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates speaks with celebrity photographer Jim Marshall about Proof, a new book featuring his iconic pictures of musicians such as Janis Joplin, Johnny Cash and The Beatles. 'Proof': Photos from the Golden Age of Rock Music Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/3919115/3919185" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Garcetti Photos Capture Disney Hall, Ironworkers September 11, 2004 • Will former L.A. County District Attorney Gil Garcetti soon be better known as a photographer than as a prosecutor? Garcetti talks to NPR's Scott Simon about his book of images of the ironworkers who built Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Garcetti Photos Capture Disney Hall, Ironworkers Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/3911097/3913102" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Books Art Spiegelman: 'In the Shadow of No Towers' September 10, 2004 • Cartoonist Art Spiegelman's famous New Yorker black magazine cover depicting the World Trade Center after Sept. 11 now forms the cover of his new book, a collection of cartoons about the attacks. Art Spiegelman: 'In the Shadow of No Towers' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/3908199/3910634" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Gardening Cornerstone Festival: The Art of Landscape Design September 9, 2004 • Hundreds of pinwheels posing as daisies are among the eye-popping sights at California's Cornerstone Festival of Gardens. The exhibit offers new ideas in landscape design. NPR's Ketzel Levine reports. Cornerstone Festival: The Art of Landscape Design Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/3905862/3907059" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Hidden Treasures Hidden Treasures: Warhol's Ongoing Work of Art September 8, 2004 • When Andy Warhol died in 1987 he left hundreds of sealed and dated boxes full of trash and treasure. The time capsules are opened periodically by the Warhol Museum. Harriet Baskas reports. Hidden Treasures: Warhol's Ongoing Work of Art Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/3904754/3905514" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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From Our Listeners Art Theft: 'The Scream' Stolen, Again August 24, 2004 • Armed robbers have grabbed one of the world's most famous paintings. The heist of "The Scream" is the latest in what Interpol calls the fourth largest criminal activity -- art theft. Join NPR's Neal Conan for an update on the missing painting and a look inside a multibillion-dollar field of crime. Art Theft: 'The Scream' Stolen, Again Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/3868860/3868861" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Movies Special Effects Artist Ray Harryhausen Fresh Air August 23, 2004 • Harryhausen's trademark Dynamation method made possible a whole genre of science fiction and fantasy filmmaking. His films include The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans. (Rebroadcast from Jan. 6, 2003.) Special Effects Artist Ray Harryhausen Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/3865999/3866000" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Morning Edition Capturing the Official Story of the Olympics August 23, 2004 • For more than 50 years, filmmaker Bud Greenspan has been the official documentarian of the Olympics. Greenspan's films about the Games are famous for capturing little-known stories and dramatic moments, in a style that contrasts sharply with television coverage. NPR's Howard Berkes reports. Capturing the Official Story of the Olympics Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/3864869/3864870" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Culture Munch's 'The Scream' is Stolen in Norway August 22, 2004 • A search is under way in Norway for the iconic painting The Scream, stolen Sunday morning from the Munch Museum. Armed men took the expressionist work by Edvard Munch and several other paintings during the museum's regular touring hours. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden and museum employee Jurunn Christoffersen. Munch's 'The Scream' is Stolen in Norway Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/3864357/3864682" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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World Rebuilding the Buddhas of Bamiyan August 15, 2004 • Miranda Kennedy visits Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley, where two giant Buddha statues once stood. The statues were destroyed by the Taliban in March 2001. The statues, nearly 2,000 years old, were one of the world's greatest and least-studied cultural treasures. International experts are now in Afghanistan, studying the possibility of restoring the statues. Rebuilding the Buddhas of Bamiyan Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/3852247/3852248" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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