Babe I’m leaving
Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen
PRX
4.6 • 675 Ratings
🗓️ 15 March 2018
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Just as art collector Peggy Cooper Cafritz was about to publish a book about the work of black artists she has championed, she died suddenly, and Kurt hears from some people who will miss her the most. Writer Richard Klin admits his love for one of the more schmaltzy ballads of the ’70s, “Babe” by Styx. Kevin Hall has a rare psychological condition known as the “Truman Show” disorder where he has delusions that he’s starring in a reality show, and he joins Kurt along with journalist Mary Pilon, who just wrote a book about him. And finally, Joe Weisberg, co-creator of “The Americans,” and his brother Jacob Weisberg, host of “Trumpcast,” join Kurt to talk about how both of their projects were jolted by the Trump-Russia imbroglio.
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| 0:00.0 | From PRX |
| 0:03.0 | This is Studio 360. I'm Kurt Annes. |
| 0:10.2 | And I'm sitting on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. |
| 0:12.5 | This first level of gardens. |
| 0:13.9 | This is Thomas Jefferson's vegetable garden. |
| 0:15.8 | I like to have the roasted chicken base. |
| 0:17.5 | Very well done. |
| 0:18.6 | Editing is all about timing. |
| 0:20.3 | I try to get a little bit away from the actual subject. |
| 0:22.9 | You must get sick of your own voice, right? |
| 0:25.2 | Studio 360. |
| 0:27.3 | With Kurt Anderson. |
| 0:33.5 | I met Peggy a few years after I graduated from college. |
| 0:38.8 | And in the intervening 30 years, she has been a constant presence in my life |
| 0:45.4 | and in the world that has consumed my life as a curator. |
| 0:49.8 | That's Delma Golden, director and chief curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem. |
| 0:54.8 | Peggy's is the collector every artist dreams about. |
| 0:59.4 | It wasn't just about getting your work and she moves on. |
| 1:04.1 | She really cares about the artist she collects. |
| 1:08.5 | And that is Nigerian-American artist Njjadeca, and Kunila Crosby. |
| 1:13.1 | It wasn't like she bought a piece and vanished. |
| 1:15.5 | She bought a piece and still, you know, show that this was not about wanting your work. |
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