When I visited Johannesberg a few years ago, I was startled by how much, townships aside, it reminded me of southern California — the topography, the sunniness, the freeways, the shiny Americanism in general. So the other day when I interviewed the delightful founders of the cool South African rock band BLK JKS, Mpumi [...]
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City of angels
Posted in Los Angeles, Music, tagged Africa, BLK JKS, Johannesberg, pico iyer, Santa Monica on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ladies and Gentlemen…
Posted in Japan, Literary, Video, tagged audio, deer, Japan, nara, pico iyer, radio, Video on February 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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After weeks of listening to tape and mixing (and remixing) our stories, we’re proud to post the first sounds of our trip to Japan. On this past week’s show, we broadcast an interview with the writer Pico Iyer in Nara Park (remember Bad Bambi?), a [...]
Kurt, Pico, and Bambi
Posted in Japan, Literary, Video, tagged bambi, deer, Kurt Andersen, nara, pico iyer, Video on November 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday the whole team was in Nara (30 minutes by train from Kyoto) to meet with the writer Pico Iyer — we’ve turned to him several times on the show for his keen, beautifully expressed observations of life in various corners of the world. Pico first came to Japan 20 years ago — and [...]
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