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Number 9 Shortcut
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Nine
An extended reworking of the Beatles track "Number 9" which serves as the introduction to Shortcuts and it's influences with additional music from ...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2023
  • Length: 58:24
REVELRY meets REVERENCE at Burning Man
From: David Boyer
Series: THE INTERSECTION at Burning Man
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Beyond the effigy that gives Burning Man its name, there’s another wooden structure: The Temple. Arguably, it’s the spiritual center of the event.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2023
  • Length: 39:07
Emily Michaels King and Her Digital Detritus for the Zoom Era
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Emily Michaels King
Performance artist Emily Michaels King has a new production called ‘Digital,” which invites the audience into the bedroom, into the computer screen...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 2
Paper Marketing Materials
From: Walker Raigh
Series: Scratch & Sniff
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Walker takes us back to the early 2000s when the printed materials were just as high impact as digital materials. She takes us on a journey through...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2021
  • Length: 05:29
Alba Triana on Experimenting with Sound and Light
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
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Alba Triana, a Colombian-born composer and sound artist based in Miami, Florida, introduces three of her exquisite sound and light installations: M...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2018
  • Length: 11:19
Frozen Piano Listening to Itself
From: David Merleau
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A Piano stands on a frozen lake in Northern Ontario. Steel wire connects its soundboard to an old camper two hundred feet away. Aeolian tones (.....

  • Added: May 10, 2016
  • Length: 14:13
Olivia Block: the room I was in
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
Caption: Olivia Block gathering audio in Chicago
The work of composer and sound artist Olivia Block has been described as "distinctive and individual" by The New York Times. She is happy enough wr...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WUNC, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 01, 2016
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 3
Oakland Museum takes 'Vinyl' off the shelf
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: ‘Vinyl: The Sound and Culture of Records’ at the Oakland Museum of California is open now until July 19th., Credit: Ashleyanne Krigbaum
Walking into ‘Vinyl: The Sound and Culture of Records,’ one of the newest exhibits at the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA), feels like hanging o...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jul 14, 2014
  • Length: 09:09
  • Purchases: 1
A shortwave family affair
From: Veronica Simmonds
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For Michael McCormack radio was always magic

  • Added: Jun 11, 2014
  • Length: 06:44
The Mikie Show #70, Tan Lin
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us for a fascinating conversation with poet, Tan Lin. He expands poetry’s palette to include data, video, films, hashtags; our newest observab...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 28:02
The sounds of Pixar
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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The Bay Area is home to one of the world’s most famous animated film production companies: Pixar. They’ve taken us into the worlds of rebellious to...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 18, 2014
  • Length: 08:05
  • Purchases: 1
Shake it - a modern Polaroid love story
From: This Instant Productions
Caption: Shake it!, Credit: Oz Lang
A tender look at two modern photo technologies - Polaroid and digital photography - and the human and visual connections we make with them.

Bought by WYSO, WCBE, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KGOU, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
Episode 1 ~ Music in Video Games
From: Matthew Mustovich
Series: The Art of Video Game Design
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The importance of music in video games is discussed with local composer, John Hoge.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Mar 09, 2014
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 1
46: Dr. Blankenstein
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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It's aliiiive. My guitar pedal is ALIIIIIVE!!!

  • Added: Feb 01, 2014
  • Length: 16:19
Will Robinson's Brutalist Inspiration
From: Veronica Simmonds
Series: Visual Arts News podcast
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Halifax based artist Will Robinson is trying to play a library like a record.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2013
  • Length: 06:04
99% Invisible #74- Hand Painted Signs
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The last practitioners of disappearing art form that's poised to make a comeback

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 20
99% Invisible #89- Bubble Houses
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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Buildings of the future, once.

Bought by WABE, XRAY.fm, WJCT, WNIJ, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 23:48
  • Purchases: 6
34: Recalling 1993
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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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
22: Audium
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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There's a theatre in San Francisco where they turn off the lights and turn up the volume. Join us as we explore Audium.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 16:59
  • Purchases: 1
03: Walk With Your Ears (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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Take a walk with us through the Sensory Path at the Indianapolis Art Center

  • Added: Apr 02, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
The Mikie Show #59, Christopher
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Episode fifty-nine! Wait, I guess that was the Stratocaster ’59. Still, it’s fifty-nine-y time! This episode we speak with certified master watchma...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 28:02
99% Invisible #15- Sounds of the Artificial World (Directors Cut)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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Without their beeps and chimes, all of your modern conveniences would be very hard to use

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KZYX, WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 5
Culture Queue: "The Great Debate"
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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This week on Culture Queue, we explain what exactly a "queue" is. Our show begins with a look at light painting from producer Marcheta Fornoff. New...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
Quick Queue: Lights, Camera, Paint!
From: Radio K
Series: Quick Queue
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Lights, Camera, Paint!: Producer Marcheta Fornoff dives into the world of light painting, a process involving flashlights and long lens exposure. ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
99% Invisible #41- The Human-Human Interface (Standard 4:30 Version Only)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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We're used to interacting with objects. But we're not used to objects that teach us how to interact with each other.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, KVNF and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 16