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Kurt Andersen co-created Spy magazine, which published its first issue 40 years ago next month. And he hosted and co-created Studio 360, which ran on public radio stations for nearly 20 years.
His new novel, The Breakup, follows the unraveling of a marriage … in 2045 … in a version of America that is also splitting apart after a second civil war in the 2030s.
Kurt Andersen joins us for the hour.
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- Kurt Andersen: The author of 12 books; his latest, The Breakup, is his fourth novel
Music featured (in order):
- (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes – Elvis Costello
- I Get Along Without You Very Well – Nina Simone
- Suspicious Minds – Elvis Presley
- Was That The Human Thing To Do – The Boswell Sisters
- Breaking Up Is Hard To Do – Neil Sedaka
- Why Should We Try Anymore – Hank Williams
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