Blank on Blank

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Blank on Blank is building and broadcasting an archive of journalists' lost interviews.

Interviews gathering dust on tapes and hard drives are transformed for new audiences online, on mobile devices, and on the radio.

Listen to unexpected stories from famous names and universal tales from everyday Americans. They're all sprinkled with music and storytelling.

Why should journalists record interviews only to help write a story? They should also be heard.


86 Pieces

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The Reformed Hooligan on Fighting for Manchester United
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Suhrith Parthasarathy thought he was interviewing a die-hard Manchester United fan on what it's like to follow your team in New York, thousands of ...

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 06, 2012
  • Length: 09:46
  • Purchases: 2
Tony Bennett on Making Love to His Music and Why Stars Are Shy
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"Whenever they (fans) tell me they make love to my music, I tell them to do one for me." - Tony Bennett during a 1991 interview with Jeanne Wolf.

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KJZZ, KCSM, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 03, 2012
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 4
Christina Ricci at 18 on Anorexia and Other Taboo Subjects
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"I was really anorexic at the time. I looked like a walking skeleton. ... I looked kind of like E.T." - Actress Christina Ricci during a 1998 inter...

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  • Added: Jul 23, 2012
  • Length: 06:48
  • Purchases: 1
Kiki Smith on Tattoos and Making Your Own Art
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The combination of the beauty marks and the ink on her body, I thought I could tattoo them onto me." - artist Kiki Smith during an interview with G...

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  • Added: Jul 23, 2012
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 1
Jon Hendricks on Learning How to Communicate
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"You don’t have to swing just on the bandstand...The way you pick up your child and bounce him, I think everything can swing." - Jazz legend Jon He...

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  • Added: Jul 23, 2012
  • Length: 06:57
  • Purchases: 1
Martin Scorsese on Soundtracks in Movies and His Life
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"I design so many scenes, driving on the freeways, listening to music." ~ Martin Scorsese. Interview by James Sullivan. The conversation includes...

Bought by WCNY, Troy Public Radio, KJZZ, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 23, 2012
  • Length: 04:37
  • Purchases: 4
Bill Draper on His $20 Bet with Fidel Castro
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"It surprised me when I saw [Fidel]’s not tall, but he came into the room and seemed bigger than life, because he’s got the uniform and that presen...

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  • Added: Jul 23, 2012
  • Length: 06:57
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Allen Ginsberg and Julian Beck on Reagan, Recordings & Resilience
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We came across an amazing tape that was just uncovered in a box in New York City. On tape: legendary Beat Generation poet, Allen Ginsberg. Ginsber...

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  • Added: Jun 18, 2012
  • Length: 10:05
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Radiohead's Thom Yorke on Wankers & Confronting Who You Are
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Thom Yorke, lead singer and songwriter for the band Radiohead, tackles the challenges that just about everyone faces: confronting who you are and ...

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  • Added: Jun 08, 2012
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Carroll Spinney on Creating Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch
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Writer James Sullivan got to do something that millions of kids have dreamed about doing–he got to go to Sesame Street. And when he was there, Jame...

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  • Added: Jun 01, 2012
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 3
Thomas Bradshaw on Finding Humor at Funerals
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"Funny things happen at funerals. Very funny, comical, human things. You may not laugh, but it’s all mixed up together. " - Thomas Bradshaw. Interv...

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  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 1
Dave Brubeck on Fighting Communism with Jazz
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Dave Brubeck took the stage at the Litchfield Jazz Festival in 2008 and during a conversation with John Dankosky, the host of Where We Live on WNPR...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, PRX Remix, and WEKU


  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 05:11
  • Purchases: 3
Jonathan Alter on How to Interview Presidents Obama, Clinton, & Nixon
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"I think it’s fair to say that helped to create the Teabaggers." - President Barack Obama during an interview with Jonathan Alter

Bought by WABE, KFAI Minneapolis, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 07:16
  • Purchases: 3
Ricky Gervais on Atheism and Jetpacks
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Comedian Ricky Gervais:"So what I’m really wishing for is justice in the world, honor really and wishing that every one gets their reward, which cl...

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  • Added: May 08, 2012
  • Length: 06:40
  • Purchases: 1
Ellen DeGeneres on Her Start in Comedy in New Orleans
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"I’m driving down the street in the French Quarter and there was a sign that said “Opening Soon: Clyde’s Comedy Corner" ... But at Clyde’s there wa...

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  • Added: May 08, 2012
  • Length: 04:52
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Peter Straub On His Love for Soap Operas
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"I’ll do email and work until 1:30, 2 because at two is the holy hour when I must watch 'One Life to Live.' My Soap." - Horror Author Peter Straub...

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  • Added: May 08, 2012
  • Length: 05:38
  • Purchases: 1
Bono on His Dad's Final Days Before He Died of Cancer
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"I’d go and usually have a pint of Guinness and a chaser to steady my nerves. Then I'd go to the hospital and I'd sleep beside my father." - Bono. ...

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  • Added: Nov 01, 2011
  • Length: 04:22
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The Dietitian on Feeding Bob Marley Before He Died of Cancer
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Caption: Bob Marley on Tour in Dublin July 6, 1980, Credit: Eddie Mallin via Flickr
Rona Steinberg recalls the time a cancer-stricken Bob Marley came into her hospital and her life.

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2011
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
U2's Bono on Playing Music for America Right After 9-11
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This lost interview with Bono comes to us from a conversation recorded back in 2001, just weeks after 9-11. Bono was speaking with Anthony Bozza--t...

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  • Added: Aug 29, 2011
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
Chris Elliott and His Dad On Family Comedy
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"I can remember trying to impress my dad with my sense of humor. Sometimes succeeding, sometimes failing." - Chris Elliott with his dad, Ray Elliott.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KSFR, XRAY.fm, KJZZ, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 23, 2011
  • Length: 06:53
  • Purchases: 7

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