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Today, we take you to South Florida, for a conversation about public art with Swiss born artist Ugo Rondinone. Miami Mountain is the latest in his ...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2018
  • Length: 08:34
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Shannon Lucas Westrum's passion for living creatively has taken her down some pretty fantastic paths in life. Very soon it will take her to Ireland

  • Added: Jan 03, 2018
  • Length: 13:21
Caption: Dana Tai Soon Burgess, Credit: Thomas Wolf
Dana Tai Soon Burgess choreographs the American Experience.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 26, 2017
  • Length: 27:29
  • Purchases: 1
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Three members of the strings section of the Minnesota Orchestra stopped by the KBXE studio in Bemidji Wednesday. They are traveling rural Minnesot...

  • Added: May 24, 2017
  • Length: 17:14
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From his philosophy on editing to the best advice for aspiring writers, Chuck Klosterman brings us into his creative process.

Bought by KGUA


  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 08:41
  • Purchases: 1
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Donald Hall is now 87 and no longer writing poetry, a pursuit he calls "a young man's game" which takes "too much testosterone." But Hall, former P...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2016
  • Length: 06:57
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As a writer, Joe Hill's family name could have given him a leg up. Instead, he chose to create his own. In this episode of the 10-Minute Writer's W...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2016
  • Length: 12:19
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The bestselling author of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand - and bonafide Charming British Lady - Helen Simonson lets us in on her writing process, her...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2016
  • Length: 09:31
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Aaron Mahnke is creator of the spooky folktale podcast Lore which quickly shot up the iTunes charts and landed him a television deal. He's also a n...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2016
  • Length: 11:36
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Richard Russo is the Pulitzer prize-winning author of Empire Falls and Nobody’s Fool - both adapted into films starring Paul Newman. He returns to ...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2016
  • Length: 07:41
Caption: Amy Sherald, Credit: moniquemeloche gallery
Fresh Art International presents a live podcast event with American artist AmySherald at moniquemeloche gallery in Chicago.

  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 15:55
Caption: Creative Mornings Miami
Cathy Byrd talks about change as a creative opportunity when she makes an appearance at Creative Mornings/Miami.

  • Added: Apr 07, 2016
  • Length: 09:38
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In the corner of Next Restaurant in Chicago, famed Chef Grant Achatz and host of The Dinner Party To Go podcast, Elysabeth Alfano, discuss his batt...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2015
  • Length: 50:38
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Turkish curator Basak Senova, and Macedonian artists Yane Calovski and Hristina Ivanoska talk about their project for the Pavilion of the Republic ...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2015
  • Length: 08:12
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Ensemble for the Romantic Century blends chamber music with fully staged dramas and changes both theater and concerts in the process. Don Sanders i...

Bought by WABE, WNJR, KPIP-LP, and KPVL


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Dr Maria Rosario Jackson
Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson talks about urban planning that has art at its heart.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WABE, and WNJR


  • Added: Jan 23, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Luci Westphal
In Berlin, Cathy Byrd meets Luci Westphal, a German filmmaker based in New York and Berlin, to talk about Luci's moving postcards and her latest do...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 19:17
Caption: Jason Moran
By phone, Cathy Byrd talks with jazz pianist Jason Moran about improvising and the ways he collaborates with contemporary artists.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2012
  • Length: 14:47

  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:50
Caption: Natalia Allen
What are you wearing right now? Tube socks from China? A Patagonia fleece? A pair of pants made from hemp? Most people probably don’t think that mu...

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon


  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Recipient of the 1997 NEA/Seaver Conductors Award, Alan Gilbert discusses his first year as Music Director of the New York Philharmonic

  • Added: Jul 25, 2011
  • Length: 28:50
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In 2008, Kay Ryan was appointed the 16th U.S. Poet Laureate by the Library of Congress. And today, you'll hear why.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2011
  • Length: 21:52
Caption: Sisters Radhika and Ritwika Mitra, founders of Renaissance Now in Fremont, CA.
Sisters Ritwika and Radhika Mitra are 16 and 18 years old. They started a nonprofit called “Renaissance Now,” based in their Fremont home, and they...

  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 06:25
Caption: Percussionist Mary Ellen Donald
When Mary Ellen Donald was eight years old, she fell in love with the piano. Around that same time, she was also diagnosed with macular degeneratio...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2011
  • Length: 07:12