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THE WORLD MADE STRAIGHT -- David Burris Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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David Burris talks blood ties, the presence of the past, and where to get grits in South Africa.

  • Added: Jan 07, 2015
  • Length: 15:50
MR TURNER -- Timothy Spall Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Timothy Spall, San Francisco, CA 11/14/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Timothy Spall talks paring things down, letting the character tell you what to do, and the lexicon of the grunt.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Dec 25, 2014
  • Length: 22:41
  • Purchases: 1
Off-Ramp Presents: Jim Tully, father of hardboiled fiction, the "most hated man in Hollywood"
From: john rabe
Caption: Jim Tully at an MGM soundstage, Credit: MGM
Off-Ramp's Chris Greenspon tells the fabulous and tragic story of Jim Tully, famous in the Thirties, forgotten in the Forties.

  • Added: Nov 19, 2014
  • Length: 14:18
ROSEWATER -- Jon Stewart and Maziar Bahari Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Maziar Bahari and Jon Stewart, San Francisco, CA 10/22/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Jon Stewart and Maziar Bahari talk moral standing, Dr. Strangelove, and the extended meaning of the word Aryan.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2014
  • Length: 12:46
RUDDERLESS -- Casey Twenter and Jeff Robison Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Casey Twenter and Jeff Robison talk chartreuse pants, staying in Oklahoma, and why William H. Macy is a prince.

  • Added: Oct 24, 2014
  • Length: 16:54
I Will Assume Thy Part in Some Disguise
From: Richard Paul
Series: Shakespeare Unlimited
Caption: Charlotte Cushman as Romeo with her sister, Susan as Juliet
The life of Charlotte Cushman who specialized in playing Romeo in the mid-1800s

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 29:11
  • Purchases: 1
WHIPLASH -- Damien Chazelle Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Damien Chazelle, San Francisco, CA 10/8/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Damien Chazelle talks primal myths, subjective reality, and making Miles Teller bleed.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 16:41
  • Purchases: 1
Listening in the Dark 3: Ghost Story
From: Icebox Radio Theater
Series: Listening in the Dark
Caption: Listening in the Dark 3: Ghost Story
Two tales of terror from the Icebox Radio Theater. It's an hour filled to the brim with the true 'spirit' of Halloween.

Bought by 'The Sea', KMUN, WRGY, KKWE Niijii Radio, and WVPE


  • Added: Oct 02, 2014
  • Length: 58:09
  • Purchases: 5
That Old And Antique Song We Heard Last Night
From: Richard Paul
Series: Shakespeare Unlimited
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In his plays, Shakespeare alluded to songs his audience would know. Today we don't know those songs so we don't get a lot of the references.

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Sep 25, 2014
  • Length: 20:56
  • Purchases: 1
THE GUEST -- Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Adam Wingard & Simon Barrett, San Francisco, CA 4/28/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett talk the allure of the psychopath, testing audience sympathy, and the strategic use of a key light.

  • Added: Sep 19, 2014
  • Length: 16:54
LAST WEEKEND -- Tom Dolby Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Tom Dolby talks the anxiety of class guilt, the elegance of sound, and the importance of sunscreen.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2014
  • Length: 16:09
THE LAST OF ROBIN HOOD -- Richard Glazter and Wash Westmoreland Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland talk sensitivity, existential souls, and truth being stranger than fiction.

  • Added: Sep 04, 2014
  • Length: 12:09
LOVE IS STRANGE -- Ira Sachs Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Ira Sachs, San Francisco, CA 8/11/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Ira Sachs talks romance, self-discovery, and floating anxiety.

  • Added: Aug 28, 2014
  • Length: 22:06
Though This Be Madness, Yet There is Method In't
From: Richard Paul
Series: Shakespeare Unlimited
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During the first generation of American psychiatry, no figure was cited as an authority on insanity and mental functioning more frequently than Wil...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2014
  • Length: 18:11
The Making of the Disease Detectives, Or the Case of the Nutty Dish
From: Philip Graitcer
Caption: Disease Detective Badge, Credit: CDC
They’re called disease detectives – the nation’s medical eyes and ears on the lookout for disease outbreaks and bioterror attacks. They’re the Epid...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 25, 2014
  • Length: 09:04
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Alex Landau and Patsy Hathaway
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Alex Landau, who is African American, and his adoptive mother, Patsy Hathaway, who is white,...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), WTJU, and KMUD


  • Added: Aug 21, 2014
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 5
StoryCorps: Mytokia Fair and Thomas Fair
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Former Baltimore police officer Mytokia Fair remembers the day she shot and killed her abusive...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WEZU, and KMUD


  • Added: Aug 21, 2014
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 3
Cowards Die Many Times Before Their Deaths, the Valiant Never Taste of Death but Once
From: Richard Paul
Series: Shakespeare Unlimited
Caption: Nelson Mandela in his cell on Robben Island
The story of the Robben Island Shakespeare, smuggled into South Africa's Robben Island Prison.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 09, 2014
  • Length: 18:41
  • Purchases: 1
Women Merely Players
From: Richard Paul
Series: Shakespeare Unlimited
Caption: Victoria Reinsel and Charlene V. Smith, Credit: Laurie Riffe
Actresses talk about their favorite Shakespeare roles.

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Aug 09, 2014
  • Length: 20:24
  • Purchases: 2
All Mirth and No Matter
From: Richard Paul
Series: Shakespeare Unlimited
Caption: The Reduced Shakespeare Company
The things in Shakespeare the make us laugh, and the things that don't anymore -- and why.

  • Added: Aug 05, 2014
  • Length: 27:40
Natrese Thomas, Police Dispatcher
From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life
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Behind drawn shades in a brightly lit room downtown, dispatchers for the Los Angeles Police Department answer 9-1-1 calls and send officers to thei...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 1
Taking the fear out of Shakespeare
From: Pod Academy
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Andrie Morris talks to playwright and Shakespeare expert, Jennie Buckman and Jatinder Verma, Artistic Director of Tara Arts about working with Shak...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2014
  • Length: 16:14
BOYHOOD -- Richard Linklater Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Richard Linklater, San Francisco, CA 7/17/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Richard Linklater talks risks, rewards, and the world of ideas.

  • Added: Jul 20, 2014
  • Length: 10:44
Bless thee! Thou art translated
From: Richard Paul
Series: Shakespeare Unlimited
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When Shakespeare’s work is translated into foreign languages, does it cease to be Shakespeare?

  • Added: Jul 17, 2014
  • Length: 24:11
DON MURRAY: UNSUNG HERO -- Don Malcolm Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Don Malcolm, San Francisco, CA 7/2/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Don Malcolm talks chance meetings, cultural metaphors, and the courage of convictions.

  • Added: Jul 11, 2014
  • Length: 17:25

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