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Michelle Obama’s portraitist and ‘96 Tears’
Michelle Obama’s portraitist and ‘96 Tears’
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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Oct 24, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
Kurt Andersen talks with Amy Sherald, who painted the official Michelle Obama portrait, about her strict religious upbringing, the surreal experience of interviewing with the Obamas and why she’ll only ever paint African Americans. Our latest American Icons feature: “96 Tears” by ? and the Mysterians, and how the band of Mexican American teens managed to top the charts and help fuel the growing Latin influence on pop music in the 1960s.
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Released:
Oct 24, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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