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REPLAY The Conflicting Ideals in Jefferson's Architecture (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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The most important architectural thinker of the young American republic was Thomas Jefferson. He also held captive more than 600 enslaved men, wome...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WNED Buffalo, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
Soprano Angel Blue is taking the opera world by storm!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Angel Blue, Credit: Jack Hill
Meet soprano Angel Blue who is opening the new season at the Metropolitan Opera's "Fire Shut Up in My Bones." Composed by Terence Blanchard, it's t...

Bought by WMPG, RADIOLEX, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 21, 2021
  • Length: 28:44
  • Purchases: 3
Creativity Culture & Capital
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Sheoyki Jones
This week is a bit different: the podcast is divided into two parts with one subject: investing in the creative economy with Laura Callanan, foundi...

Bought by KMUN, RADIOLEX, KFAI Minneapolis, KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 10, 2021
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 5
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
Huntor Prey
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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"Art and writing has always been cathartic for me, even as a child-- Whether it was anxiety, depression, fear, society, love, etc. there was an out...

  • Added: May 10, 2021
  • Length: 06:05
Painter Mequitta Ahuja Talks about identity and self-portraiture.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Mequitta Ahuja, Portrait of Her Mother, oil on canvas, Credit: Courtesy of the artist
Visual artist Mequitta Ahuja joins us on the podcast to talk about how she approaches portraiture, art-making as a form of grieving, and being insp...

Bought by KWMR, WMPG, and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: May 07, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
The Write Question - Hanif Abdurraquib
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Poet and culture critic Hanif Abdurraquib discusses his new book, "A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance."

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, Spokane Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Apr 15, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Furious Flower: A Celebration of the Greats of African American Poetry (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In 2019, the most notable poets of our time gathered in the nation’s capital to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Furious Flower Poetry Center,...

Bought by KHEN-LP, KEDT, WCNY, Ohm Radio , Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 7
Furious Flower: A Celebration of the Greats of African American Poetry (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In 2019, the most notable poets of our time gathered in the nation’s capital to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Furious Flower Poetry Center,...

Bought by WXDU, Kansas Public Radio, WJCU, WJCT, KRDP and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
Diaspora Art from the Creole City—with Rosie Gordon-Wallace
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
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From Jamaica, Rosie Gordon-Wallace is a globally recognized curator, arts advocate, and community leader based in Miami, Florida, since the 1970s. ...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2021
  • Length: 19:01
Artistic director of Oregon Shakespeare Festival Nataki Garrett talks about OSF and 2020
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Nataki Garrett
Artistic director of Oregon Shakespeare Festival Nataki Garrett speaks about theater’s year of reckoning.

Bought by Harford Community Radio and KZUM


  • Added: Mar 12, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
National Book Award-winning Poet Nikky Finney: Part 1
From: New Letters on the Air
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR continues Black History Month with Nikky Finney whose fifth book is called LOVE CHILD'S HOTBED OF OCCASIONAL POETRY: POEMS A...

Bought by KWMR and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Feb 16, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The National Endowment for the Arts presents Art Works
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Amanda Morgan, Credit: Lindsay Thomas
Ballet dancer, choreographer and activist Amanda Morgan keeps on moving.

Bought by Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 08, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Glenn Kaino and Tommie Smith Take a Stand
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
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In 1968, Black American athlete Tommie Smith set a new world record. He became a gold medalist when he raced to win the 200-meter event at the Summ...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2021
  • Length: 20:52
Episode 26: The Kinseys
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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Bernard Kinsey met Shirley Pooler in 1963, when they were both students at Florida A&M University, after a protest to integrate the movie theaters ...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 31:58
“Being an artist is not a cakewalk.” Marlos E'van bridges art and community
From: Melissa Saenz Gordon
Caption: Marlos E'van standing in front of his North Nashville mural, "Fighters." , Credit: Photo by Melissa Saenz Gordon
A story about North Nashville contemporary artist Marlos E'van, who uses the social-practice art form to build community.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 17, 2020
  • Length: 06:12
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass: Pursuing Racial Justice
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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A wide-ranging discussion about the pursuit of racial justice in a historically white institution like the University of Iowa; racial barriers that...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2020
  • Length: 01:27:08
The Future of Museums
From: KUNM
Series: Augmented Humanity
Caption: Monique Davis and Jon Voss
On this program, we talk with Jon Voss and Monique Davis about the future of museums. Jon is a founding member of Shift Collective. Monique is the ...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
Curating The 19th Amendment from the National Endowment for the Arts
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Amanda Burdan
The National Endowment for the Arts discusses the exhibit Votes for Women: A Visual History from Suffrage to Civil Rights with its curator Amanda B...

Bought by WMPG, KZUM, WCNY, KMUN, and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 10, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 5
Celebrate Sonny Rollins' 90th Birthday!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Sonny Rollins, Credit: john Abbott
We revisit a 2017 conversation with the legendary tenor saxophonist.

Bought by WCNY and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 10, 2020
  • Length: 29:44
  • Purchases: 2
Black in Miami—Then and Now
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fall 2020 Student Edition
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In this episode of Fresh Art’s Fall 2020 Student Edition, University of Miami students Ben Vinarski and Reese McMichael venture to an abandoned hot...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 10:59
Shades of Beauty
From: Ariel Mejia
Series: ASM Youth Radio Summer 2020
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A piece by Lael Saphir. My piece is about what it feels like to be a P.O.C. dancer in a community that excludes you.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 06:47
  • Purchases: 1
Poetry That Heals (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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This is a good time to reflect on the role of poetry in the face of tragedy. A poet laureate shares how poetry can heal in the wake of loss.

Bought by WKMS, WCNY, 'The Sea', WMUU-LP, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2020
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 14
Poetry That Heals (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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This is a good time to reflect on the role of poetry in the face of tragedy. A poet laureate shares how poetry can heal in the wake of loss.

Bought by WJCT, Kansas Public Radio, WLIW, KRDP, WYAP and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
Poetry That Heals (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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This is a good time to reflect on the role of poetry in the face of tragedy. A poet laureate shares how poetry can heal in the wake of loss.

Bought by WKMS, WNED Buffalo, KXCV, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Mar 26, 2020
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 4