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This episode features A Subtlety, the first ever public art project by American artist Kara Walker.
- Added: May 29, 2014
- Length: 14:53
Anthony Braxton may be considered avant garde but he embraces all musical traditions
- Added: Mar 21, 2014
- Length: 40:46
Freida Mock talks time, perspective, and the impact of the right image.
- Added: Mar 21, 2014
- Length: 11:36
Tope Folarin becomes the first writer born outside of Africa to win the Caine Prize with his short story set in Texas in an evangelical Nigerian ch...
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Mar 20, 2014
- Length: 28:24
- Purchases: 1
Daniel Beaty's play and bravura performance in The Tallest Tree in the Forest shines a light on the artistry and activism of Paul Robeson.
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Mar 20, 2014
- Length: 31:49
- Purchases: 1
Pratibha Parmar discusses making the recent documentary about an iconic American writer, Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth, which can be seen on the Am...
- Added: Feb 20, 2014
- Length: 27:59
- Purchases: 3
His most important dream is to have the best possible education for his son who is 9 years old now. And not to endure the horrors of a life as a ch...
- Added: Jul 22, 2013
- Length: 16:46
Adam Leon talks anxiety attacks, passing the smell test, and taking what New York threw at him.
- Added: Mar 29, 2013
- Length: 14:44
“Rhythms of the Land!” is a documentary-in-progress which tells the important stories of African American farmers. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and...
- Added: Mar 04, 2013
- Length: 28:00
Kathryn's debut novel, "The Help," is a black-white history lesson that's never been told quite like this before. Through the lives of several wome...
Bought by KCMJ Community Radio
- Added: Feb 25, 2013
- Length: 10:04
- Purchases: 1
Doug Seroff, co-author of a book about some of the most popular songs of the ragtime era, talks about his part in writing the comprehensive study '...
- Added: Feb 22, 2013
- Length: 05:00
In Chicago, Cathy meets video performance artist Jefferson Pinder to learn about how his fascination with Houdini and street theater led to his liv...
- Added: Jan 07, 2013
- Length: 15:23
Bess Kargman talks balance, commitment, and synchronicity.
- Added: Jun 07, 2012
- Length: 26:24
Ziggy Marley talks reggae, filmmaking, and overcoming fear.
- Added: Apr 25, 2012
- Length: 08:06
Writer/director Dee Rees talks breakthrough poetry, gender fluidity, and the healing power of ice cream.
- Added: Jan 10, 2012
- Length: 15:04
THE HELP -- Writer/director Tate Taylor and co-star Octavia Spencer talk history, inspiration, and book reports.
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Aug 03, 2011
- Length: 09:54
- Purchases: 1
Emma Stone talks courage, civil rights, and working from the outside in.
- Added: Jul 21, 2011
- Length: 07:32
THESE AMAZING SHADOWS -- Filmmakers Paul Mariano and Kurt Norton talk The National Film Registry, censorship, and THE BIRTH OF A NATION.
- Added: May 09, 2011
- Length: 19:25
Idris Elba talks to Andrea Chase about glamorous gangsters, creative cross-pollination, and working in Rwanda.
- Added: Aug 22, 2010
- Length: 09:31
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG: Animators Mark Henn and Mike Surrey talk to Andrea Chase about the pleasures and perils of returning to hand-drawn anima...
- Added: Dec 11, 2009
- Length: 15:03
Director Lee Daniels talks to Andrea Chase about making the film, PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE
- Added: Nov 01, 2009
- Length: 11:35
Interview/Performance by Singer/Songwriter Kierstin Gray
Bought by 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT
- Added: Dec 05, 2004
- Length: 01:59:16
- Purchases: 1
