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Regarding our earlier post, WNYC senior archivist Marcos Sueiro Bal dug up this two-minute episode from Kurt Vonnegut’s radio series, an interview “from outside the Pearly Gates” with the esteemed hot air balloonist Peter Pellegrino. They talk about heaven. And crack cocaine.

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“I say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive, at least a little bit…” - Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) Above: a letter from Vonnegut to WNYC pitching his radio series about reporting from the afterlife. UPDATE: Listen to one of his interviews here. -Liz

“I say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive, at least a little bit…” - Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007)

Above: a letter from Vonnegut to WNYC pitching his radio series about reporting from the afterlife.

UPDATE: Listen to one of his interviews here.

-Liz

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