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Claude Monet and the Science of Style
From: Hold That Thought
Series: The Human Brain
Caption: Poppies, Credit: Claude Monet
Mark Rollins explores the ways that our brains encounter and interpret art.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Jun 01, 2016
  • Length: 11:00
  • Purchases: 1
Gizhiigin Arts' Needle and Thread Exhibition
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: Needle and Thread Exhibition, Credit: Gizhiigin Arts
Did you know that Mahnomen is home to a burgeoning arts incubator? It’s called Gizhiigin Arts, and it supports artists from beginners to masters. ...

Bought by KVSC and WGZS


  • Added: Feb 23, 2016
  • Length: 12:29
  • Purchases: 2
Travels with Maya Angelou, Ellis Marsalis, Sandra Izsadore and Michelle Wood
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Cover of "I See the Rhythm of Gospel" book, Credit: Michelle Wood
Sharing American history and travel through the legendary voices of Maya Angelou and Ellis Marsalis along with well-known artists Sandra Izsadore a...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2016
  • Length: 59:55
"The Quality of Mercy": A Shakespearean theme
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Summer with the Bard
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Robert Wiltenbug surveys the great moments of mercy, both granted and withheld, in Shakespeare's many plays.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2016
  • Length: 15:07
Through the Lens: Egyptian Photography from Van Leo to Instagram
From: kim fox
Series: Student Produced Audio Documentaries
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This audio documentary was produced by Nadine Awadalla for the audio production course at The American University in Cairo in Cairo, Egypt. The cou...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2015
  • Length: 06:43
Cavandoli Knotting with Karen-lisa Forbes
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Macramé used to be a pretty trendy craft. In the ‘70s, a lot of people were making their own decorative items, like macramé owls and hanging potted...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Dec 23, 2015
  • Length: 13:57
  • Purchases: 1
Betsy Bowen's Woodcut Illustrations
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: Betsy Bowen's Woodcut Illustrations
Area Voices producer Alauna Yust got the chance to interview one of her favorite children’s book authors last week. She sat down with Betsy Bowen, ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Dec 18, 2015
  • Length: 11:41
  • Purchases: 1
Art Quilts with Charlene Jania
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: A Pinetree Patchworkers Quilt
Crow Wing and Cass Counties have a lot of outlets for human services. Those services are meant to help children and families in need of support. A ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Dec 15, 2015
  • Length: 10:40
  • Purchases: 1
Arts Interchange - Roger Hallas: Documenting the Photographic Event
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Roger Hallas talks about the ways two technologies for image capture combine in documentaries about photographers and how these sharpen the focus o...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 26:49
Never Again War: The Sacrifice of Käthe Kollwitz
From: Sue Zizza
Caption: Poster Art, Credit: Käthe Kollwitz
(The entire 1 hour (52:19) show is available starting on October 13, 2015) In commemoration of the centennial of World War I, Midsummer Sound Comp...

Bought by KUNM, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KUNM, KICI Iowa City, KUNM and more


  • Added: Oct 09, 2015
  • Length: 52:19
  • Purchases: 9
First Annual Veterans' Picnic Brings Together Vets, Families, and Community
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts and Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with Jesse Abel and Alex ...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
A Beautiful Question -- Groks Science Show 2015-07-15
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Frank Wilczek discussed the concept of beauty in physics.

Bought by KPVL and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jul 16, 2015
  • Length: 32:13
  • Purchases: 2
03 - Growing Up Curious
From: Peabody Essex Museum
Series: The PEMcast
Caption: The PEMcast, Credit: Chip Van Dyke
Are you, or were you a curious kid? How do museums fuel your curiosity?

  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 18:04
02 - Makers
From: Peabody Essex Museum
Series: The PEMcast
Caption: The PEMcast, Credit: Chip Van Dyke
Are you a maker?

  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 31:08
Representing Dark Matter
From: Sarah Lilley
Caption: Artist Abdelkader Benchamma at work on “Representation of Dark Matter” at The Drawing Center, NYC. [Photo credit: Jose Andres Ramirez; courtesy of The Drawing Center], Credit: Jose Andres Ramirez; courtesy of The Drawing Center
“Dark matter” has been in the news again lately as scientists have begun mapping what they believe is its prevalence across the universe. But, um,...

Bought by Hark! and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 01, 2015
  • Length: 05:53
  • Purchases: 2
Fresh Talk: Fountainhead Residency
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Fountainhead Residency, Miami, Credit: Courtesy Fountainhead
Meet contemporary artists Simón Vega (El Salvador), Candelario (Cuba), and Gil Yefman (Israel) at the home of the Fountainhead Residency in Miami, ...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2015
  • Length: 10:24
#19 MIW Ashara Ekundayo - Chief Creative Director of Impact Hub Oakland
From: Allegra Bandy
Series: Making It Work Radio
Caption: Ashara Ekundayo on MIW, Credit: Oddua Productions
Ashara Ekundayo has made big splashes developing urban gardens as well as developing community artist as the Chief Creative Officer at Impact Hub O...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2015
  • Length: 25:47
The New End of Old New York
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Caption: Elektro the Moto-Man and his Little Dog Sparko, created by Westinghouse Electric Company for the 1939 World’s Fair., Credit: New York City Public Library
Historian Max Page talks about why New York City is so often the target of destruction on the page and the silver screen. This segment comes from t...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 09:10
  • Purchases: 1
Jeremy and Nicole Olivier, With Love from South Africa
From: Anton Foek
Caption: Frank Lenselink and Jeremy, Credit: Anton F.
Jeremy Olivier, a musician from the Southern African region and his songwriter wife Nicole introduce us to the inspiring and touching story behind ...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2014
  • Length: 17:31
Nathan Nugent - Irish Film Editor - Sensation, As If I Am Not There, What Richard Did, Run & Jump, and Frank
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio
Caption: Nathan Nugent
Nathan Nugent - Irish Film Editor - Sensation, As If I Am Not There, What Richard Did, Run & Jump, and Frank

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Sep 29, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bill Ohrmann: Myths and Facts About the 95-Year-Old Artist
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Joe Ashbrook Nickell talks about and reads from 'Tainted Revelations,' the book he wrote about painter and sculptor Bill Ohrmann.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KSJD


  • Added: Sep 08, 2014
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
Visual Stylometry: Where math forays into art
From: Jenny Chen
Caption: Paintings by Craig Moran, Credit: Jenny Chen
Visual stylometry is a new branch of mathematics that uses mathematics to determine the style of a particular artists' body of work. In this piece ...

Bought by WDBM, WABE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 5
Kenneth Turan's Fifty-Four Favorites
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Los Angeles Times and NPR film critic Kenneth Turan talks about and reads from his book 'Not To Be Missed: Fifty-Four Favorites from a Lifetime of ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, WCWP, KSJD, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jul 31, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Drawing History: Telling the Stories of Science through Comics and Graphic Novels
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Real Heroes comic book from 1942
How do you show what the inside of an atom looks like? Or how a scientist feels in the moment of discovery? We decided to approach the human storie...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 21:15
  • Purchases: 1
It Makes No Difference: A Celebration and Appreciation of The Band
From: Don McIver
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In 1999, The Band officially called it quits. In this hour long audio essay, Don McIver looks at the history of The Band to examine the nature of ...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2014
  • Length: 58:03