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<h2 id="guests">Guests</h2> <p>While the show featured regular guest interviews with authors such as <a href="/facts/Joyce_Carol_Oates/kNIXJkG7">Joyce Carol Oates</a>, <a href="/facts/Jonathan_Lethem/vMX8ks4k">Jonathan Lethem</a>, and <a href="/facts/Miranda_July/Y9cVdn1t">Miranda July</a>, and musicians as diverse as <a href="/facts/Laura_Veirs/x5Xv8x6M">Laura Veirs</a>, <a href="/facts/Don_Byron/hyVG1vjh">Don Byron</a>, and <a href="/facts/K.d._lang/1qUW5CCg">k.d. lang</a>, it also had several recurring segments. The American Icons series attempted to understand lasting American cultural icons such as <i><a href="/facts/The_Great_Gatsby/InhSR3Dt">The Great Gatsby</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Kind_of_Blue/HKsnEx5h">Kind of Blue</a></i>. The hour on <i><a href="/facts/Moby-Dick/lBQqePwN">Moby-Dick</a></i> was the recipient of the 2004 <a href="/facts/Peabody_Award/pC7Q1kqp">Peabody Award</a>. <a href="/facts/Public_Radio_International/Q2tUhWtE">Public Radio International</a> and <a href="/facts/WNYC/cwpK2Jkd">WNYC</a> co-produced the show from 2000 to 2017, when <i>Slate</i> replaced WNYC.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> After PRI merged with PRX, PRX continued to syndicate the show until the program's cancellation. The program was funded in part by the <a href="/facts/National_Endowment_for_the_Humanities/JV09yPKC">National Endowment for the Humanities</a> </p> <h2 id="broadcast">Broadcast</h2> <p><i>Studio 360</i> 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 <a href="/facts/XM_Satellite_Radio/ayBeITay">XM Satellite Radio</a> on the PRI blocks on XMPR, channel 133. </p><p>In addition to the program's main podcast, a spinoff arts and culture podcast titled <i>Sideshow</i> was also distributed. <i>Sideshow</i> is hosted by <i>Studio 360</i> producer Sean Rameswaram. </p><p>In 2020, <a href="/facts/Public_Radio_Exchange/vLdEarSb">Public Radio Exchange</a> (PRX) canceled <i>Studio 360</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> Its final episode aired on February 27, 2020, and it featured <a href="/facts/Alec_Baldwin/kXVuvSGk">Alec Baldwin</a> interviewing Kurt Andersen, as well as a performance by <a href="/facts/Rosanne_Cash/K93bdFmB">Rosanne Cash</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> It was also the last program to feature the <a href="/facts/Public_Radio_International/Q2tUhWtE">PRI</a> jingle as the PRI name was retired in 2019 in favor of PRX due to the merge with PRI. </p> <h2 id="awards">Awards</h2> <p>The program won numerous awards including the <a href="/facts/Peabody_Award/pC7Q1kqp">George M. Foster Peabody Award</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> the <a href="/facts/Gabriel_Award/xswHK7k1">Gabriel Award</a>, and honorable mention at the <a href="/facts/Third_Coast_International_Audio_Festival/Ac2n5cNy">Third Coast International Audio Festival</a> in 2007. </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.pri.org/programs/studio-360">Official website</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Falk, Tyler. "Slate will take over co-producer role with 'Studio 360'". Current. Retrieved January 20, 2018. <a href="https://current.org/2017/06/slate-will-take-over-co-producer-role-with-studio-360/" target="_blank">https://current.org/2017/06/slate-will-take-over-co-producer-role-with-studio-360/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"WBHM adding nine new programs, including 'Marketplace'". Birmingham Business Journal. Retrieved February 29, 2020. <a href="https://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/2020/02/26/wbhm-adding-nine-new-programs-including.html" target="_blank">https://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/2020/02/26/wbhm-adding-nine-new-programs-including.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen". Slate. February 27, 2020. Retrieved February 29, 2020. <a href="https://slate.com/podcasts/studio-360-with-kurt-andersen/2020/02/the-final-episode" target="_blank">https://slate.com/podcasts/studio-360-with-kurt-andersen/2020/02/the-final-episode</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"PRI's Studio 360 American Icons: Moby-Dick". The Peabody Awards. Retrieved January 8, 2025. <a href="https://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/pris-studio-360-american-icons-herman-melvilles-moby-dick/" target="_blank">https://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/pris-studio-360-american-icons-herman-melvilles-moby-dick/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>