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Chickweed and Swamp Tea
From: KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle
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Check weed is a ground coverage and swamp tea is a small shrub

  • Added: Jan 31, 2023
  • Length: 09:50
Science, Art, and Dr. Alan Lightman
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dr. Alan Lightman, Credit: Courtesy of “Searching: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science”
Author and MIT physicist Alan Lightman explores the similarities between artistic and scientific impulses.

Bought by WSLR, WMPG, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jan 28, 2023
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 7
Carolyn Mazloomi Shines a Light on African American Quilts
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Carolyn Mazloomi, Credit: GAle Zucker
Quilter, Curator, and 2014 Bess Lomax 2014 Bess Lomax Hawes National Heritage Fellow for Advocacy in the Folk and Traditional Arts, Dr. Carolyn Maz...

Bought by WMPG, WDCB, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WSLR, KZUM and more


  • Added: Jan 24, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Musician's Spotlight - Big Sky City Lights - 831
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Singer songwriter collaborators Nick Spear and Susan O'Dea, together known as Big Sky City Lights join host John Floridis to discuss the origins of...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 17, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
2019 National Heritage Fellow Folklorist and Naturalist Bobby Fulcher
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Bobby Fulcher, Credit: Sarah Terpstra Hanson
State Park Manager Bobby Fulcher has spent 40 years uncovering the local culture of the Tennessee Cumberlands.

  • Added: Jan 10, 2023
  • Length: 29:01
Work as Dance!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Allison Orr, Credit: Jonica Moore
Founder and Artistic Director of Forklift Danceworks Allison Orr talks about the community-based dance company and its many collaborations.

Bought by WMPG, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RADIOLEX, KZUM, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jan 02, 2023
  • Length: 28:16
  • Purchases: 5
Musician's Spotlight - Seamus Egan 2022 - 828
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Acclaimed Irish American multi instrumentalist and composer Seamus Egan returns to Musician's Spotlight to talk about his most recent recording pro...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 14, 2022
  • Length: 59:16
  • Purchases: 2
A Lesson in Hill Country Blues with Cedric Burnside
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Cedric Burnside, Credit: Stephen Payne
Hill Country Blues Musician, Songwriter and 2021 National Heritage Fellow Cedric Burnside talks about bringing his musical roots to the 21st century.

Bought by WSLR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMUN, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2022
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 8
A Look at Leonard Bernstein's Broadway Music
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Leonard Bernstein at the Opening of West Side Story, Washington DC, Aug. 1957, Credit: Library of Congress Archives
Composer, conductor, and commentator Rob Kapilow takes us on a musical journey through Leonard Bernstein’s Broadway career.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMPG, WDCB, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KZUM


  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 5
GOOD NIGHT, OPPY -- Ryan White and Jessica Hargrave Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Ryan White and Jessica Hargrave, San Francisco, CA 11/2/2022, Credit: Andrea Chase
Ryan White and Jessica Hargrave talk infectious exuberance, pushing the envelope, and a wild jelly donut.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2022
  • Length: 19:47
Musician's Spotlight - Antonio Sanchez - 827
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Multiple Grammy Award winner, the composer of the soundtrack for the Oscar winning film "Birdman" and one of the most respected drummers in any gen...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 06, 2022
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 2
Prize-winning author and educator Renée Watson talks writing for young people.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Caption: Renee Watson, Credit: NAACPO
What goes into writing for young adults? In this 2019 interview, prize-winning author and educator Renée Watson shares a few ideas!

  • Added: Dec 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:02
Conversations: Shirlene Obuobi, MD
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Conversations
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In this episode, Emily speaks with physician, artist, and author, Shirlene Obuobi about fiction as escapism, and the stories behind her debut novel...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 38:22
Navajo/ Diné Weaving: Art that is a Way of Life
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: NEA Audio Miscellany
Caption: TahNibaa Naataanii,
Navajo/Diné Textile Artist and Weaver and 2022 National Heritage Fellow TahNibaa Naataanii talks about the way of life that is Navajo/Diné weaving

  • Added: Nov 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
Colin Cutler and Dr. Bacon
From: WNCW
Series: Appalachian Vibes
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Colin Cutler is an Americana and roots, guitar and banjo driven singer-songwriter based in Greensboro, NC. We discuss the juxtaposition between h...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2022
  • Length: 58:22
The Ties That Bind: A Conversation with Novelist Kelli Jo Ford (Cherokee)
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Kelli Jo Ford, Credit: Val Ford Hancock
Kelli Jo Ford (Cherokee) discusses her novel Crooked Hallelujah which gives us the stories of four generations of Cherokee women and the love, supp...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMPG, RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KZUM


  • Added: Nov 21, 2022
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 5
Delaware State of the Arts - Delaware College of Art and Design
From: Andrew Truscott
Series: Delaware State of the Arts Podcast
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Andy Truscott speaks with Jean Dahlgren and Lise Dubé-Sherr about the Delaware College of Art and Design’s 25th Anniversary and the launch of their...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2022
  • Length: 22:16
Meet Penobscot Basketmaker Theresa Secord
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Theresa Secord, Credit: Steve Wewerka
We are celebrating Native American Heritage Month and National Heritage Award by revisiting Penobscot Nation Ash/Sweetgrass Basketmaker and 2016 Na...

Bought by KZYX, KMUN, RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KZUM


  • Added: Nov 15, 2022
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 5
Remembering Lakota Tradition-Bearer Kevin Locke
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Kevin Locke, Credit: Courtesy of Kevin Locke
The late Kevin Locke talks about learning, performing, and teaching Lakota culture and traditions around the world.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and KZUM


  • Added: Nov 01, 2022
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
CALL JANE -- Phyllis Nagy Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Phyllis Nagy talks sparking a discussion, why film (not digital) was her best friend, and how the right hairstyle can tell a story.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2022
  • Length: 13:20
Art at the Intersection: Saving a Community Legacy
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dr. Tee Ford-Ahmed, Credit: Naima Wolfe
Director of Communications for the Mount Zion Baptist Church Preservation Society in Athens Ohio Dr. Tee Ford-Ahmed talks about repurposing a vacan...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WSLR, RADIOLEX, KMUN, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2022
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 6
Revisiting Educator, advocate and pioneer in audio description, Dr Joel Snyder
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Joel Snyder
Dr. Joel Snyder talks about putting visual images into words for blind people.

Bought by RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KZUM


  • Added: Oct 18, 2022
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 3
What's Wrong With American Policing?
From: Current Affairs
Series: The Current Affairs Radio Hour
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A police officer and a civil rights lawyer break down the dysfunctions of the U.S. criminal punishment system.

  • Added: Oct 16, 2022
  • Length: 54:39
How Does Economics Mislead Us?
From: Current Affairs
Series: The Current Affairs Radio Hour
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We speak to an economist and a sociologist about how economic concepts embody hidden values.

  • Added: Oct 16, 2022
  • Length: 56:32
How Can We Find Real Solutions to the Climate Crisis?
From: Current Affairs
Series: The Current Affairs Radio Hour
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Today we look at practical ways to approach the climate crisis and how we can tell real solutions from pseudo-solutions.

  • Added: Oct 16, 2022
  • Length: 54:53

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