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NYC-based composer Lainie Fefferman talks about being the only girl in math class, helping audiences get to know performers, and the problem with t...

  • Added: May 08, 2017
  • Length: 27:00
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Composer Anna Höstman speaks about composing as a child, her love of works by painter Emily Carr, and a fascination with moths that drink tears.

  • Added: May 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:01
Caption: The Wine Fellers
What are the World's Worst Wine Faux Pas? For instance, #5 is using a Corkscrew on a Screw Cap.

  • Added: May 02, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00
Caption: Zack Baltich, Credit: Matt Barber
If you want to know about a creative spirit, take the case of Zack Baltich. Zack synthesizes his informal and formal music experiences to create so...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 08:20
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City of Dreamers explores the lives of young people and immigrant families from Santa Fe’s South Side. First presented live, on stage at the Lensic...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2017
  • Length: 27:54
Caption: Dameun Strange, Credit: Josh Olson
Although Dameun Strange has been focused on composing music for practically his entire life, the way in which he composes has been a grand evolutio...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2017
  • Length: 10:28
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The topic of this month's episode is Poland. Let's Travel Radio discusses, with special guests, the key differences between Western and Eastern Eur...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2016
  • Length: 59:47
Caption: Farnoosh Fathi, poet
Farnoosh Fathi reads a poem on the occasion of poet John Ashbery’s 87th birthday.

Bought by KVNO, KALW, and KENW


  • Added: Sep 09, 2016
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
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John and Carol met in 1964 when a computer dating service matched them up. This December, they will have been married for 52 years.

Bought by WMUU-LP and WEZU


  • Added: Aug 15, 2016
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Amanda Sanfilippo, Credit: Fringe Projects Miami
Amanda Sanfilippo talks about public art and Miami’s Fringe Projects

  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 09:22
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"When I have my skates on, I'm awake and I'm alive. I don't have to take drugs." Where@bouts, the podcast that remixes the world, is back with a s...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 11:48
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Post-Atomic Trio, Credit: The Post-Atomic Trio
Jazz fans and artists value originality. And originality is the very thing that the Post-Atomic Trio hangs its collective hat on. The group’s drumm...

  • Added: May 16, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
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In this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries, Haley meets Rachel and Jared owners of the design company, Deep In Design. They recently inherited a 13...

  • Added: May 10, 2016
  • Length: 06:19
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“We want to write about a world both intimate and vast, about little people on great plains." So says vocalist Edda Glass whose ethereal voice prov...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2016
  • Length: :31
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You probably know Sean Daley better as his stage name, Slug, or maybe even better yet as one half of Atmosphere, one of hip hop’s greatest cult act...

Bought by KUCB, WLPR , and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Mar 14, 2016
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Rachel Armstrong, Credit: Robert Styblo
Rachel Armstrong, professor of experimental architecture, talks about the IDEA Laboratory in Venice, Italy.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2016
  • Length: 10:23
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One of 2016’s first great surprises was the recently announced teaming of Sean Lennon and Les Claypool, two musical luminaries who can both balance...

Bought by KUCB, KSRQ, KSUT, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 22, 2016
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 4
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An arts student wanted to capture an honest picture of his grandparents. So he chose to betray their trust.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2016
  • Length: 17:32
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Dr. Dog is having a lot of fun looking back right now, but not without a twist. The band released their first live record, a snapshot of previous ...

Bought by KUCB, KRCB 104.9, and KSUT


  • Added: Feb 15, 2016
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 3
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In this archive program, Ben Lerner, who was recently named a 2015 MacArthur "Genius" Fellow, discusses his first two books, THE LICHTENBERG FIGURE...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Jan 27, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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We’re told intelligent machines and big data will free us from work, educate our children, transform our environment, and even make religion more u...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2016
  • Length: 58:34
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Segment 1: Robert Wittman/art theft Segment 2 and 3: Dan Ariely/irrational decision-making Segment 4: Sarah Murray/funeral traditions Segment 5: Bo...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jan 09, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A random bike ride leads Eliot to a glorious hidden park. He just has to be sure not to go there too often, so that he never really knows how to ge...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2015
  • Length: 02:34
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We conclude Native American Heritage Month with Greg Field and Denise Low. Drawing upon their Native heritage, Greg Field reads from his 2014 book ...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WMUU-LP, and WNJR


  • Added: Dec 02, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Maryam Ysafzadeh at home, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
The World Jazz Trio combines interests in varied musical forms, with a goal of synthesizing multiple styles into something new. The members of the ...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2015
  • Length: 07:47