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Many observers including his biographers would say he’s the most famous artist in the world. Master of sunflowers and starry skies, Vincent Van Gog...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Oakland's Youth Poet Laureate hopefuls gather on stage, Credit: Holly J. McDede
Poet laureates reign across the country, representing different cities and states like kings and queens of the written word. Often, they’re college...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 18, 2015
  • Length: 06:33
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: William Farley, San Francisco, CA 8/19/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
William Farley talks going full circle, delivering an aesthetic, and becoming an artist.

  • Added: Aug 22, 2015
  • Length: 16:16
Caption: Lydia Athanasopoulou, Eli Wald, and Grace Ambrose, Credit: COLIN PEDEN
I’m inside what looks like it could be a college library or a research institute. People sit quietly working at desks and tables, surrounded by she...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2015
  • Length: 10:05
Caption: Empty produce boxes outside of Oakland's Sun Hop Fat Market, Credit: Hannah Kingsley-Ma
For a recent piece displayed at the Oakland Museum of California’s “Who is Oakland?” exhibit, artist Favianna Rodriguez wanted to use food’s symbol...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jul 17, 2015
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dave Zouzounis stands behind the counter at Ted's Market, holding a book with Janet Delaney's photograph of him and his dad, Credit: Angela Johnston
It’s the last week of school at Bessie Carmichael Elementary on 7th and Harrison in the South of Market neighborhood. Photographer Janet Delaney an...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2015
  • Length: 09:52
Caption: Duniya Dance and Drum Company practicing using the saap -- a traditional tool used in the Punjabi dance known as Bhangra., Credit: Sandhya Dirks
California has long been a land of possibility. From the Gold Rush to the promise of fertile farmland, people from all over the world have flocked ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 06:52
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dancers at Dance Mission Theater, Credit: Thomas Levy
Some people who take dance classes regularly have a saying: “Dance is my church.” Dancer Stella Adelman says just that about going to Afro-Cuban f...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 20, 2015
  • Length: 09:26
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Bill Plympton, San Francisco, CA 4/17/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Bill Plympton talks mundane dreams, the honesty of hand-drawing, and the passion behind the passion.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2015
  • Length: 26:41
Caption: Artist OREE ORIGINOL's artwork on display on the corner of 24th and Byrant in the Mission., Credit: Todd Whitney
If you have walked the streets of the Bay Area recently -- you might have seen posters featuring the names and faces of Oscar Grant, Renisha McBrid...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
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The internet has transformed classroom education around the world. Here in Minneapolis, the Cowles Center for Dance is doing something unique--offe...

Bought by WABE and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 2
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Melvin McCosh was a poet, musician and bookstore owner who sold out of his home, and later in Dinkytown and the West Bank. KFAI producer Britt Aamo...

Bought by WDSE


  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 06:02
  • Purchases: 1
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring Actress Kristina Anapau, Screenwriter Mike Kravinsky, and the New York Times Bes...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2015
  • Length: 58:01
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According to Native American creation stories, the Ojibwe were guided to Minnesota by visions to migrate west until they came to a place where food...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 04:58
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At Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport, travelers are finding more than just moving sidewalks, shops and restaurants. KFAI's Allison Herrera...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 05:13
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For centuries, religion has sparked the design of some of the world’s most beautiful buildings. But what is that process? What built elements make ...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2015
  • Length: 07:53
Caption: Greg Vaughan
Billboards, business logos, street signs, window lettering; If you drive down any Main Street you’re surrounded by signs. But how did they get ther...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2015
  • Length: 04:31
Caption: Hungarian-born Blues musician Little G Weevil., Credit: Tanner Latham
Little G Weevil is a Hungarian-born Blues musician living in Kennesaw, Georgia. When he talks, you know he had to come from Budapest. But when he s...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WABE


  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 07:05
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Oscar Isaac, San Francisco, CA 12/5/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Oscar Isaac talks punctuated silence, suits of armor, and preparing for Star Wars, Episode VII.

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 13:19
Caption: Credit: Russian Public Library via Wikipedia Commons
Silent film may be a thing of the past, but scoring music to flickering screen classics isn't. This documentary focuses on three Minneapolis bands ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 26:46
  • Purchases: 2
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If Vincent Van Gogh lived in the Bay Area now rather than the Netherlands in the 19th century, maybe he would have been a popular video game design...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 08:50
  • Purchases: 1
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Some of all Parts, is a San Francisco rap group made up of old high school buddies Carlos Teasdale, Daniel Velarde, and Joe Truss. Truss is Assista...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 1
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Singer-songwriter Willie Nile discusses his latest album as well as other things in his career.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 01:02:27
Caption: In the stacks at Oddball Film and Video.
Ever wonder what happens to films too bizarre for the big, or even small screen? Many of them end up at Oddball Film and Video, a stock footage com...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 1
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If you look beyond the new restaurants, cafés and boutique shops, on Valencia Street there are hints of what gave this neighborhood the reputation ...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 08:24