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Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg with Roots Music Icon Taj Mahal. A discussion about the genesis of roots music and the music ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 11:13
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Free, audio book excerpt. “An art book is a museum without walls” — André Malraux. Look deeply into the shadows … Rodin wanted you to see his art ...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2013
  • Length: 09:18
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Free, audio excerpt from a book. The California of Harris’ youth was a very different place than it is today: It was a verdant oasis of orange grov...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 06:35
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Free, audio book excerpts. To elevate the decorative arts in the early 20th century, women were encouraged to participate in the creation of beauti...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2013
  • Length: 08:20
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Ever wonder how the Halloween we Americans celebrate came to be? In search of answers reporter Todd Crotty ventured into the past to unravel the m...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2013
  • Length: 04:08
Caption: Frederic Church, “Our Banner in the Sky” (1861)
Professor Angela Miller uses examples of portraits, landscape and genre paintings, folk art, and more to describe the intersection of American arts...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Oct 30, 2013
  • Length: 13:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Throughout the ages, humankind has gazed deeply within, searching for answers to the certain eternal questions: Who am I? Where do I belong? How do...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 06:09
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A discussion of ways in which the arts--both the performing and creative arts--serve as critical communicators on issues of human rights and freedo...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2013
  • Length: 22:49
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A lot has changed for the Olympics over the last century, including the focus on an entire discipline.

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Sep 10, 2013
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
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Radio Curious visits with Melissa Buron, art historian and curator of the French Impressionist exhibit, Impressionists on the Water, currently at t...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
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Maybe pay phones really do encourage time travel.

Bought by XRAY.fm and WJCT


  • Added: Jul 31, 2013
  • Length: 13:54
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Larry Amik Smallwood
Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa this month features Larry Amik Smallwood, a language instructor at the University of Minnesota Duluth, who (in both ...

Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, and KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 16, 2013
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Anita Monga, San Francisco, CA 6/10/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
San Francisco Silent Film Festival Artistic Director Anita Monga talks innovation, creativity, and why Hitchcock proved his genius in the first fra...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2013
  • Length: 24:10
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Today on Art Beat we continue our coverage of Rockwell Kent in Winona, A Centennial Celebration. We feature Emilio DeGrazia, Winona’s Poet Laureate...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 06, 2013
  • Length: 29:41
  • Purchases: 1
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During the span of 1912 to 1913 a most interesting individual captured the attention of the entire town of Winona, MN, Rockwell Kent. I honor of th...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 06, 2013
  • Length: 51:12
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Winona Central Lutheran's Organ
Erik Floan, Director of Worship Music & Arts at Central Lutheran in Winona stops by to talk about the "World Organ Day Concert" taking place May 5t...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 28:19
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk was an original voice in the shaping the sound of American music. Both his compositions and his inimitable piano playing continue t...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
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In this episode, we take an in-depth look at political cartoonist, Thomas Nast.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 09:42
Caption: Yane Calovski
In Istanbul, Cathy Byrd meets Yane Calovski, a transmedia artist and curator based in Skopje, Macedonia to talk about his research-based projects.

  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 21:36
Caption: Steve Downing AKA Guido
Steve Downing reflects on the highly positive nature of the existence and effects of Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: There It Is—Take It!
There It Is—Take It! is a self-guided car audio tour through Owens Valley, California along U.S. Route 395 examining the controversial social, poli...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:33:49
Caption: Curator Franklin Sirmans, Credit: Julia Galdo
Cathy Byrd speaks with Franklin Sirmans, curator of contemporary art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art about his current projects.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 13:35
Caption: Lyric Center for the Arts - Virginia, MN
As the 100th Anniversary of the Lyric Center for the Arts passes the Lyric Center celebrates new life and a bright future. Maddi Frick recently tou...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 09:19
  • Purchases: 1
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The 2008 passage of Minnesota’s Clean Water, Land, and Legacy Amendment has had a profound effect upon communities all over the state, and Explore ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 18, 2012
  • Length: 29:43
  • Purchases: 1
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The Olson House in Cushing Maine is the farmhouse depicted in Andrew Wyeth's Christina's World. The painting has become an icon in American art. Th...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 12, 2012
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 1