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We revisit a major race debate within the Romance Writers of America that began in 2019 and talk about why questions of race in art and in institut...

Bought by WXDU, RadioFreePalmer, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: May 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never break me! A British fashion designer turns comments about her appearance into wearable a...

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Vegan Leather? Seems like an oxy-moron, but now there is a leather-like material made of pineapples.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:32
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Most of us are used to seeing art framed hanging on walls. In Taos, New Mexico, an outdoor arts festival brings unique, interactive art to the stre...

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:32
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
When temperatures hit record low levels in India, a wildlife sanctuary steps up to make sweaters for the biggest animal of them all: elephants.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
A devout Italian artist is building a cathedral made out of living trees.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
A sunken World War 2 ship has become an interactive art piece, safe habitat for endangered marine life, and an educational tool for future stewards...

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Air, water, and art. The three things a Dutch artist is using to lead an environmental change.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:13
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Dutch artist creates art that cleans our air one sculpture at a time.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Inspiring social change with photographic art to to showcase the severity of E-waste.

  • Added: May 14, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
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Digital Vegetables is an interactive futuristic greenhouse designed by a Japanese creative collective, called Party. Their installation invites vis...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
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The ‘Lighthouse for Broward’ is a rehabilitation and healthcare resource for the visually impaired in Fort Lauderdale. Its exterior walls are now a...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Joyce Yang, Credit: KT Kim
Synesthete Joyce Yang describes the colors of Beethoven's Piano Sonata Op. 31 as she plays.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 02:37
Caption: Dr. David Korevaar, Credit: Manfred Fuss
He wanted larger and louder. The stage was set for Beethoven, but being on the cusp of change had its challenges.

Bought by WHRV


  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ludwig van Beethoven, b. 1770
Cómo Ludwig van Beethoven proyectó una gran sombra sobre Haydn y Brahms, dos gigantes de la música que vinieron antes y después de él.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:14
Caption: Ludwig van Beethoven, b. 1770
Beethoven’s teacher, Franz Josef Haydn, was eclipsed by the genius of his young student. Later, a young Johannes Brahms spent decades writing his f...

Bought by WHRV


  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Evelyn Glennie, Credit: James Callaghan/Courtesy of the Artist
La multipercusionista escocesa Evelyn Glennie ha estado completamente sorda desde los 12 años. Compartió con CPR Classical cómo una persona sorda p...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2020
  • Length: 03:07
Caption: RADIO ERUPTION , Credit: Fiona Ellis-Green
Our second installment is about dreams: Covid dreams, the science of dreams, the psychology of dreams, poetry, and the music of dreams

  • Added: Dec 09, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:45
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The story of a color marked by effort and desire.

  • Added: Jun 25, 2020
  • Length: 21:30
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In 2018, when the annual Creative Time Summit unfolds in Miami, we’re thrilled to participate. On Archipelagoes and Other Imaginaries: Collective S...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2019
  • Length: 01:02:13
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This feature uses the natural sounds and rhythms of a watchmaker’s workshop to take listeners on a journey through time and space.

  • Added: Dec 22, 2017
  • Length: 05:02
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Combining Art and Science gives us a new way to appreciate the wonders of the Universe.

Bought by Radio Newark, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW and more


  • Added: Nov 03, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Camille Norment, Credit: Office for Contemporary Art Norway/Marta Buso
This episode features Camille Norment, an American-born artist, and the sonic environment she created for the Nordic Pavilion at the 56th Venice Ar...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2015
  • Length: 09:13
Caption: Michael Boothman - Touch 12" Vinyl, Credit: Invisible City Editions
Music genres come and go, but it seems that the reports of disco’s death have been greatly exaggerated. That is at least according to a couple of e...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2