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Caption: Eleanor Coppola, San Francisco, CA 4/10/17, Credit: Andrea Chase
Eleanor Coppola talks filming a road trip, talking to strangers, and the crises of the creative process.

  • Added: May 19, 2017
  • Length: 17:25
Caption: Teddy Sears & Catherine Eaton, San Jose, CA, 3/4/17, Credit: Meghan du Mee
Catherine Eaton and Teddy Sears talk adventure, labels, and being filled with possibilities.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2017
  • Length: 23:46
Caption: Mark Pellington, San Francisco, CA 2/27/17, Credit: Andrea Chase
Mark Pellington talks letting go, flipping the switch, and the power of words.

  • Added: Mar 02, 2017
  • Length: 16:48
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With the help of memories, whether joyful or heartbreaking, an ordinary object can become a time machine. Since objects hold our memories how do we...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2017
  • Length: 32:40
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Autobiographical memories are the stories we tell ourselves, but they’re also a window into other people’s experiences. They’re one of the best way...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2017
  • Length: 29:10
Caption: Asghar Farhadi, Mill Valley, CA 10/14/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
Asghar Farhadi talks gender, catharsis, and the meaning of cats.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2017
  • Length: 12:13
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August in Minnesota means a lot of things, mosquitos, jokes about the humidity, and swimming in the normally frozen lakes and rivers. It also mean...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2016
  • Length: 29:02
Caption: Alysia Reiner, Meera Menon, Sarah Megan Thomas, San Francisco, CA 7/15/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
Meera Menon, Sarah Megan Thomas, and Alysia Reiner talk money, mountain-climbing, and the deeper implications of a chocolate chip cookie.

  • Added: Aug 03, 2016
  • Length: 22:33
Caption: Dayton Correctional Institution, Credit: renee wilde
Melody William's spent the first 18 months of her life sentence in lock-down.

  • Added: May 19, 2016
  • Length: 03:55
Caption: Catherine Hardwicke, San Francisco, CA 10/9/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Catherine Hardwicke talks platonic love stories, friendship tics, and shaving Toni Collette's head.

  • Added: Nov 13, 2015
  • Length: 19:54
Caption: Sarah Silverman, San Francisco, CA 10/9/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Sarah Silverman talks silence, synchronicity, and cellulite.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2015
  • Length: 11:43
Caption: Bel Powley & Marielle Heller, San Francisco, CA 8/3/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Marielle Heller and Bel Powley talk hormones, patriarchy, and the importance of bangs.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2015
  • Length: 12:03
Caption: Carlos Marques-Marcet, San Francisco, CA 6/24/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Carlos Marques-Marcet talks cracks, gender politics, and the language of sex.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2015
  • Length: 15:40
Caption: Brett Haley, San Francisco, CA 5/1/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Brett Haley talks loyalty, looking forward, and persuading a DP to work for free.

  • Added: May 16, 2015
  • Length: 08:22
Caption: Gillian Robespierre, Jenny Slate, San Francisco, CA 5/22/14 , Credit: Andrea Chase
Jenny Slate and Gillian Robespierre talk expanding a short, the place of choice, and being willing to get bruised up for a film.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2014
  • Length: 13:39
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Heather Wood talks about the joys and challenges of performing Shakespeare. [27:31]

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 27:31
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Frances Gerwig, San Francisco, CA 5/3/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Greta Gerwig talks the addictive quality of multiple takes, the lightness of muscle memory, and keeping secrets from the cast.

  • Added: May 24, 2013
  • Length: 10:38
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In the small village of Stratton, Maine, a woman believes she's not the master of her own destiny - the spirit of a sea captain is preventing her f...

Bought by KALW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 3
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Michele Lowe discusses the process that moved her award-winning play Inana from page to stage. [32:07]

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 32:08
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Photo by drp, Flickr
SFHS SWAT bullying and gender

  • Added: Jul 19, 2012
  • Length: 03:43
Caption: Margaret Sanger
A dramatization of the life and work of Margaret Sanger, birth control activist, followed by an interview with the author, Ann Beyke and political ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUNM, and WRPI


  • Added: Mar 25, 2012
  • Length: 55:21
  • Purchases: 3
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Laura Lippman talks about crime fiction, journalism and the social novel. [30:30]

Bought by KPIP-LP and KVSC


  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
  • Length: 30:12
  • Purchases: 2
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Glenn Close talks trauma, intimacy, and the kindness of strangers.

  • Added: Jan 25, 2012
  • Length: 08:36
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Dianne Dettmann's new book chronicles a widow's journey through grief and to recovery.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 16, 2011
  • Length: 20:44
  • Purchases: 1
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Filmmaker Larysa Kondracki talks getting to the heart of the matter.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 18:45