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Fair Game (Comedy)

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Host: Faith Salie
Possibly the only Rhodes Scholar doing comedy today, Fair Game covers the important stories of the day and uses insightful humor to tease out what it all means. The show also features newsmaker and celebrity interviews, live music, and regular appearances by the country?s best comedians. Think of it as a variety show for the highest common denominator.
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Genres: Comedy, Variety, Current Affairs
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Language: English

Last updated 648 days ago Update show info

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Music to invest by

Wed, Jan 7 Listen

Phil Maymin, a professor at the Polytechnic Institute of NYU, studied decades of Billboard Hot 100 hits and discovered that songs with more consistent beats tend to be popular just before periods of high volatility in the stock market.

Mental illness and art ownership

Tue, Jan 6 Listen

Exhibits of the work of Martin Ramirez are currently on display at a museum and art gallery in New York. Ramirez was a Mexican immigrant who spent more than 30 years in California psychiatric hospitals doing paintings and drawings.

Annie Leibovitz

Mon, Jan 5 Listen

Kurt goes behind the scenes of Annie Leibovitz's iconic photographs in her Greenwich Village studio. Leibovitz reminisces about her work at "Rolling Stone," which is collected in her new book, At Work. Although she's known for skillfully staged portraits, Leibovitz still struggles to capture the moment as it unfolds.

Apocalyptic Fiction

Fri, Jan 2 Listen

Scott Westerfeld writes wildly popular post-apocalyptic and dystopian science fiction for teenagers

Elvin Bishop

Thu, Jan 1 Listen

Guitarist and singer-songwriter Elvin Bishop got his start playing the blues. His acclaimed 2008 recording "The Blues Rolls On" continues his legacy.

Hollywood in 2009: entertainment at a crucial crossroads

Wed, Dec 31 Listen

It's a pivotal year in the world of Hollywood and Sharon Waxman joins John and Adaora to discuss the future of 'the business.'

International art biennial revives New Orleans

Tue, Dec 30 Listen

Thanks to Prospect.1, the largest biennial of international art ever, New Orleans is again being seen as a vital city with an unparalleled artists' community. Lolis Eric Elie of the Times Picayune joins The Takeaway.

Global hit: Arieb Azhar

Mon, Dec 29 Listen

The World's Aaron Schachter recently met Pakistani singer Arieb Azhar. Azhar is not your typical Sufi singer. This vodka-drinking, bandana-wearing singer is breaking down barriers in Pakistan.

Photographing an industrial China

Fri, Dec 26 Listen

Photographer Edward Burtynsky documented Chinese industrial zones, and film maker Jennifer Baichwal documented the trip.

Santa: Design for the Real World

Thu, Dec 25 Listen

Design guru Steven Heller explains how Father Christmas became branded as a jolly bearded old man in a red suit.

Redesigning Christmas

Wed, Dec 24 Listen

Kurt Andersen asked the design firm Pentagram to re-imagine the holiday beyond tinsel and holly. It goes something like this: drop the Santa, loose the red and green, play down the rampant commercialism and play up the message of peace and love.

"A Christmas Story" Franchise

Tue, Dec 23 Listen

Brian Jones of San Diego turned his love of the holiday classic, "A Christmas Story," into a thriving business.

It's not you, it's your choice in film

Mon, Dec 22 Listen

Watching romantic comedies may lead to unrealistic expectations in relationships. Now, psychologist Bjarne Holmes joins us in a discussion about the media, archetypes, and if soul-mates really do exist.

An Indian-Pakistani musical collaboration

Fri, Dec 19 Listen

These two musicians might raise eyebrows if they were to perform in south Asia, especially in light of the Mumbai attacks.

Holiday films 2008

Thu, Dec 18 Listen

"Boston Globe" film critic Ty Burr reviews some of the films to be seen during this year's holiday season.

Slave Potter Dave

Wed, Dec 17 Listen

Leonard Todd tells the story of Slave Potter Dave's pots and poetry.

Brother from Another Planet

Tue, Dec 16 Listen

Sun Ra was from Alabama - or from Saturn - depending on who you ask. He's not the only musician to ride on the Mothership Connection. As professor Tricia Rose points out, the Afro-futurist urge to escape Earth continues to this day. Produced by Studio 360's Derek John.

2008 Holiday book ideas for grown-ups

Mon, Dec 15 Listen

Marco Werman chats with our book critic, Christopher Merrill, about holiday reading picks for adults.

2008 Children's Holiday Books

Fri, Dec 12 Listen

Anchor Marco Werman checks in with our book critic, Christopher Merrill, for his recommendations for holiday books for children.

Marcin Wasilewski Trio

Thu, Dec 11 Listen

The Marcin Wasilewski Trio are just barely old enough to remember communist rule in Poland, but to them, jazz represented freedom. They express that freedom in intuitive, and often introspective improvisations that play with colors as much as notes. We talk to these three musicians who have been playing together since they were teenagers.

Rockabye Britney

Wed, Dec 10 Listen

New York Times Motherlode Blog author Lisa Belkin discovered that the sound of the lullaby is changing. What songs do you croon to cajole the little ones to bed?

The Kids in the Hall

Tue, Dec 9 Listen

Dave Foley and Kevin McDonald are founding members of The Kids in the Hall. The group has reformed for a national tour of the US and an upcoming miniseries on Canadian television.

Artists and toxic materials

Mon, Dec 8 Listen

The life of the average artist is not known for a sense of security. Most will gain little money, status, or recognition. They may dream of these things, but what many artists should be yearning for more than anything is health insurance.

Blind Boys of Alabama

Fri, Dec 5 Listen

They got their start at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind in 1939. Sixty-nine years later, the band remains a gospel music institution. For their latest album, Down in New Orleans, the Blind Boys went to Louisiana for a new take on some classic spirituals. Blind Boys perform live in the studio and one of the group's original members, Jimmy

Touchstone jazz recording: "Kind of Blue"

Thu, Dec 4 Listen

Author Ashley Kahn guides us through Miles Davis' landmark recording "Kind of Blue."

John Cage - Thoughts in Sound

Wed, Dec 3 Listen

John Cage was a conceptualist of sound who turned even silence into music as he did with his famous piece, 4 minutes and 33 seconds.

Poet Calvin Trillin on the year in politics

Tue, Dec 2 Listen

Calvin Trillin, the "Deadline Poet" for The Nation, looks back at the big year in politics.

Musicians Craig Adams and Faiz Ali Faiz

Mon, Dec 1 Listen

A gospel singer from New Orleans and a Sufi singer from Pakistani performed together at a concert in Paris. Reporter Susan Owensby was there.

The architecture of Le Corbusier

Fri, Nov 28 Listen

Marco Werman speaks with Nicholas Fox Weber, the author of a new biography of the hugely influential 20th century architect, Le Corbusier, about the designer's willingness to work with both democrats and despots around the world to create some of the most famous buildings of all time.

Guitarist Sumner McKane

Thu, Nov 27 Listen

For several years, guitarist Sumner McKane has been releasing albums of evocative soundscapes dipped in Americana as cinematic as a John Ford western and as nuanced as an Andrew Wyeth painting.