The final episode

Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen

PRX

Arts

4.6 • 675 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

After 20 years, Studio 360 is switching off the ON AIR light one last time. Alec Baldwin conducts Kurt Andersen’s exit interview and they listen to some of Kurt’s favorite moments with guests. Since it’s this show’s finale, Kurt talks with TV showrunners David Mandel and Warren Leight about the art of writing a finale — and some of their favorites to watch. And finally — for real, finally — a longtime friend of Kurt whom he met when he first interviewed her for the show, Rosanne Cash, comes back one last time to say farewell with a song.

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0:00.0	from PRX.
0:05.9	Today on Studio 360, our super special all-star finale episode.
0:11.1	Oh, what's the news matter anyway? It's our last date again.
0:15.4	Which got us to wondering, how are you supposed to finish a long-running show?
0:19.5	It's usually sort of a world change. You know,
0:21.5	someone's hired, someone's fired, somebody's moving, someone gets a new job. The end of an era finale, right?
0:27.5	Yes, exactly. It's like this time together is ending. Dave Mandel and Warren Light, the makers of
0:33.1	Veep and Law and Order and other hit TV series share their expertise of some classic finale.
0:39.7	And some even more famous show business friends of the show,
0:42.9	come back for a last round.
0:44.8	A fellow talk show host?
0:46.0	I am crestfallen that you're not doing this anymore.
0:48.8	And a Grammy-winning singer-songwriter.
0:50.7	You have led me and many millions of people
0:53.8	to lots of places we would never
0:56.1	have gone. That's all ahead on the final Studio 360 for all time. Right after this.
1:08.6	This is Studio 360. My favorite thing at the show is that it can give me a new way of looking at things.
1:14.8	I like putting art into context.
1:16.9	I guess I would say serendipitous.
1:18.3	How about eclectic?
1:19.5	We sort of like try to be irreverent.
1:21.6	Seems unexpected because you're always trying to tell stories about someone else.
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