''Studio 360'' was an American weekly public radio program about the arts and culture hosted by novelist Kurt Andersen and produced by Public Radio Exchange (PRX) and ''

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'' in New York City. The program's stated goal was to "Get inside the creative mind" and used arts and culture as a lens to understand the world. The program was created by PRI based on an identified need for programming dedicated and focused on arts and culture journalism in media. While the show featured regular guest interviews with authors such as

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, and Miranda July, and musicians as diverse as

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, Don Byron, and k.d. lang, it also had several recurring segments. The American Icons series attempted to understand lasting American cultural icons such as ''

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'' was the recipient of the 2004

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co-produced the show from 2000 to 2017, when ''Slate'' replaced WNYC. After PRI merged with PRX, PRX continued to syndicate the show until the program's cancellation. The program was funded in part by the

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''Studio 360'' was broadcast weekly on more than 160 terrestrial radio stations throughout the country, and was also available as a podcast via the program's website. It could also be heard on

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on the PRI blocks on XMPR, channel 133. In addition to the program's main podcast, a spinoff arts and culture podcast titled ''Sideshow'' was also distributed. ''Sideshow'' is hosted by ''Studio 360'' producer Sean Rameswaram. In 2020, Public Radio Exchange (PRX) canceled ''Studio 360''. Its final episode aired on February 27, 2020, and it featured

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interviewing Kurt Andersen, as well as a performance by Rosanne Cash. It was also the last program to feature the PRI jingle as the PRI name was retired in 2019 in favor of PRX due to the merge with PRI.

Awards

The program won numerous awards including the George M. Foster Peabody Award,64th Annual Peabody Awards
May 2005. the Gabriel Award, and honorable mention at the Third Coast International Audio Festival in 2007.

References

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