Tommy Bazarian

Multimedia Producer

Studio 360

New York Icons: The Brill Building

How a bunch of teenagers in a midtown Manhattan office building changed pop music.

New York Icons: The Brill Building

Guilty Pleasure: The word 'moist'

Guilty Pleasure: The word 'moist'

Cinematographer Roger Deakins doesn’t just shoot pretty pictures

Cinematographer Roger Deakins doesn’t just shoot pretty pictures

Why should tenors have all the fun?

Why should tenors have all the fun?

Day Jobs: Unannounced Standardized Patient

Day Jobs: Unannounced Standardized Patient

Terms of Art: Carter Burwell clues us in on film composer lingo

Carter Burwell teaches Kurt Andersen how to talk like a film composer.

Terms of Art: Carter Burwell clues us in on film composer lingo

Touring Edgar Allan Poe’s Baltimore with Laura Lippman

The acclaimed mystery writer tells Kurt about her fascination with Poe, and why Baltimore is a “good noir town.”

Touring Edgar Allan Poe’s Baltimore with Laura Lippman

John Cameron Mitchell’s genre-defying podcast musical

In “Anthem: Homunculus,” John Cameron Mitchell and composer Bryan Weller have found a unique platform for a musical: a podcast. They join Kurt Andersen to discuss the shows origins, and perform a song live in our studio.

John Cameron Mitchell’s genre-defying podcast musical

Aha Moment: ‘The Metamorphosis’

Helen Phillips remembers her most devastating reading experience.

Aha Moment: ‘The Metamorphosis’

Remembering Nat King Cole

Why Nat King Cole is a legend and still relevant today, on his centennial.

Remembering Nat King Cole

The under-‘Doug’: the story of Nickelodeon’s enduring cartoon

How the quietest show on TV cut through all the noise.

The under-‘Doug’: the story of Nickelodeon’s enduring cartoon

Day Job: Mastering quality control technician

Casey Trela watches movies for a living.

Day Job: Mastering quality control technician

'We Buy White Albums'

Fifty years ago, the Beatles sent millions of blank canvases out into the world.

'We Buy White Albums'

Guilty Pleasure: Learning to love Lawrence Welk

How someone who grew up thinking Lawrence Welk was square grew to find him oddly progressive ... and even subversive.

Guilty Pleasure: Learning to love Lawrence Welk

Stephane Wrembel on Django Reinhardt

Some guitarists live in Django Reinhardt’s shadow. Stephane Wrembel chooses to live in his light.

Stephane Wrembel on Django Reinhardt