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Meet 2021 National Heritage Fellow Osage Ribbon Worker Anita Fields
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Anita Fields, Credit: Tom Fields
Osage Ribbon worker, multi-media artists and 2021 National Heritage Fellow Anita Fields tells the stories of her nation through her art.

Bought by WMPG, RADIOLEX, Spokane Public Radio, and KZUM


  • Added: Jul 27, 2021
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 4
The Water Defenders
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: John Cavanaugh
Water. As people are becoming more aware of the seriousness of climate distruption, it’s become easier to discuss the shortage as well as the extre...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 20, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Katie Bowler Young discusses her new biography Enrique Alférez: Sculptor
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Katie Bowler Young talks about the life and work of artist Enrique Alférez.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, RADIOLEX, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 13, 2021
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
At Home in the World
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Book Cover, Credit: N. Putens
When the Sierra Club was created in 1892, its original mission was to preserve the wilderness. The men who formed the group under the leadership of...

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  • Added: Jul 12, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Trans Medicine
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: stef m.shuster
If you think medical treatment for the trans gender population sounds like a straightforward, easily addressed protocol. It’s not. Even today it’s ...

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  • Added: Jul 06, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
OutCasting 0086 -- Using religion to discriminate against LGBTQ people -- part 11 of an in-depth exploration
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting
Caption: Jennifer C. Pizer and OutCaster Isha, Credit: Jennifer Pizer photo courtesy of Lambda Legal
Changes at the Supreme Court; the crumbling wall between church and state and its impact on LGBTQ equality.

Bought by RADIOLEX, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and Radio Catskill


  • Added: Jun 30, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Extended Mind
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Annie Murphy Paul
If someone said to you, “You’re out of your mind,” you might feel insulted. On the other hand, you could take that as a compliment. Research is fin...

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  • Added: Jun 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Meet Maestro William Henry Curry
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Maestro W. H. Curry
Composer, Conductor, and Music Director of the Durham Symphony Orchestra, Maestro Curry has inspired generations of musicians and audiences with hi...

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jun 28, 2021
  • Length: 28:48
  • Purchases: 1
Quick Study from the National Endowment for the Arts
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Quick Study
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Quick Study, the monthly podcast from the National Endowment for the Arts. This is where we’ll share stats and stories to help us better understand...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2021
  • Length: 06:37
Period: End of Sentence
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Anita Diamant
When the book, Period: End of Sentence was brought to my attention, my first response was that this is a discussion between women. I have no busine...

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  • Added: Jun 15, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Meet 2020 Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Jericho Brown, Credit: Brian Cornelius
Jericho Brown talks about writing his Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry collection The Tradition

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  • Added: Jun 14, 2021
  • Length: 29:38
  • Purchases: 1
The A in LGBTQIA: Learning from Asexuals About Sex & Relationships
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Angela Chen says her book, Ace, "invites everyone to rethink pleasure and intimacy.", Credit: Photo by Sylvie Roskoff.
Quick, what’s your sexuality? Most of us know roughly where we fall on the Kinsey scale that goes from 0 to 6. But have you considered the asexual ...

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  • Added: Jun 07, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
OutCasting 0085 -- Using religion to discriminate against LGBTQ people -- part 10 of a series
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting
Caption: Jennifer C. Pizer, OutCasters Lucas and Isha, Credit: Jennifer Pizer photo courtesy of Lambda Legal
The Equality Act, the importance of youth participation to carry the LGBTQ rights movement forward, and changes at the Supreme Court since last Fall.

Bought by RADIOLEX and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: May 31, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Meet Jenny Koons--at the cutting edge of immersive theater
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Jenny Koons
Jenny Koons talks about making diverse site-specific immersive theater.

Bought by WDCB, WMPG, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: May 27, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Hype
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Gabrielle Bluestone
Satirist Andy Borowitz had an article in a recent New Yorker titled, Earth Endangered by New Strain of Fact-Resistant Humans. He nailed it. Today, ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 25, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Meet Heartbeat Opera and Its Artistic Director Ethan Heard
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ethan Heard, Credit: Stanley Bohorek
Ethan Heard and Heartbeat Opera re-visions opera for the 21st Century.

Bought by KZUM, RADIOLEX, and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: May 23, 2021
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 3
Let's Talk Race
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Fern Johnson & Marlene Fine
It’s curiously indisputable. One of the most difficult conversations for whites and blacks to have is the subject of race. Especially for whites. I...

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  • Added: May 19, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
A Path to Free College
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Michelle Miller-Adams
Quite a number of voices are heard lately calling for tuition free college. After all, European countries offer free tuition at their institutions ...

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  • Added: May 11, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Wealth Hoarders
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Chuck Collins
It’s a secret army that’s been around for decades. But. They don’t carry guns. They wield pens. They write a lot of rules and regulation that you’l...

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  • Added: May 04, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Meet poet and playwright Darrel Alejandro Holnes
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Darrel Alejandro Holnes, Credit: Emma Pratte
Poet and playwright Darrel Alejandro Holnes explores immigration and belonging through poetry and theater.

Bought by WORT, WMPG, and KZUM


  • Added: May 03, 2021
  • Length: 28:42
  • Purchases: 3
OutCasting 0084 -- Using religion to discriminate against LGBTQ people -- part 9 of a series
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting
Caption: Jennifer C. Pizer, OutCaster Lucas, Credit: Jennifer Pizer photo courtesy of Lambda Legal
Is the wall between church and state being eroded? Are Christians becoming "victims" as LGBTQ equality grows? And what's the bigger picture?

Bought by RADIOLEX, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and Radio Catskill


  • Added: Apr 30, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Tyranny of Experts
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: William Easterly
Around the world populist leaders or on the rise. The higher the poverty rate, the more likely a “benevolent autocrat” holds power. The problem is ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 27, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
No Common Ground
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Karen Cox
Polarizing debates over the meaning behind Confederate monuments have intensified lately. There are legal battles to remove them. Legislative maneu...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 20, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Meet environmental poet Camille T. Dungy
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Camille Dungy, Credit: Beowulf Sheehan
Award-winning writer and two-time NEA Literature Fellow Camille T. Dungy discusses her work as an ecopoet.

Bought by WSLR, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KZUM


  • Added: Apr 18, 2021
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 3
The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Richard Pender
It comes in at just over 650 pages, and weighs-in at just under three-and-a-half pounds. It’s also worth every word. Why? Because, if there’s anyth...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 13, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1

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