Lauren Hansen

Multimedia Producer

Studio 360

Before joining Studio 360 in 2018, Lauren was the executive editor of multimedia at TheWeek.com where she created the site’s short-form newsy podcasts, including “This Week I Learned,” which she hosted. She previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures, Seinfeld, and diagnosing the Home Alone burglars’ injuries. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she has been a public-radio devotee since the days of sitting in the back-back of her parents’ station wagon.  


Eau du Beloved

Nose in a book (and vice-versa)

Books

What would a fragrance based on Toni Morrison’s book “Beloved” smell like?

Jennifer Reeder

Jennifer Reeder taps into the horror of everyday girlhood

Media
Amy Sherald and her painting, “Handsome,” 2019.

Amy Sherald doesn’t need your Instagram post

Arts
Send in the clowns: Cesar Romero, Jack Nicholson, Heath Ledger, Joaquin Phoenix.

The maniacal evolution of the Joker’s look

Arts, Culture & Media
Writer Ashley C. Ford

Ashley C. Ford is alright (don’t nobody worry about her)

Books
Laetitia Tamko, also known as Vagabon.

Vagabon comes back home

Music

The indie music innovator on her new album and the music that inspires her.

The author Karen Russell and the actor Robert Mitchum playing the Reverend Harry Powell in “The Night of the Hunter.”

Aha Moment: ‘The Night of the Hunter’

Aha Moments

The 1950s thriller that haunts author Karen Russell from book to book.

Kara Blake, “The Offerings,” 2017.

Leonard Cohen’s quiet power

Arts

Art inspired by the art of the late writer and singer.

John Leguizamo performs his one-man play "Latin History for Morons."

The craft of John Leguizamo’s theatrical schizophrenia

Arts

How the comedian dissolves into multitudes of characters, from his mother to Andrew Jackson, in his one-man plays.

Director Lynn Shelton also plays a small part, Deirdre, in her film “Sword of Trust.”

Lynn Shelton started a conspiracy theory

Media

How the director turns depressing reality into relevant comedy.