Harvey Weinstein, via satellite Credit: photo by Marjorie Baumgarten

If you’ve been paying any attention to the current Chronicle/Statesman smackdown (up to and including Kelso’s latest taunt of “Hey, Chronicle weenies”… Um, burn?), then you know relations can get a bit testy between our fair city’s weekly and daily papers. Hell, when John Pierson invited two film critics from the rival papers to spar in front of his UT RTF Master Class back in February, the flier publicized the event with a pen drawing of the pair arm-wrestling. Turned out to be false advertising, though: It was all very civilized – a smart, engaging, and far-ranging discussion between the Chron‘s Marjorie Baumgarten and the Statesman‘s Chris Garcia – and now you can hear it, too, when KUT airs the program on June 28.

KUT 90.5 FM will broadcast edited-down versions of five Master Classes this summer on The Best of Public Radio. Schedule below.

6/21: media mogul Harvey Weinstein (11:30am)

6/28: filmmaker Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) (11am)

6/28: film critics Marjorie Baumgarten & Chris Garcia (11:30am)

TBD/August: director Mike Judge (Office Space) / cinematographer Ellen Kuras (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)

This article appears in June 12 • 2009.

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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...