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Aquarius, a new film by Brazilian writer-director Kleber Mendonça Filho, wants to make us comfortable before we enter its main story. In a prologue...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:23
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The Queen of Katwe, a film by Mira Nair, is based on the true story of Phiona Mutesi, a Ugandan girl who, with very little formal education, became...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2017
  • Length: 03:39
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I’ve been on a music documentary binge lately. After Eight Days a Week, the Ron Howard film about The Beatles, which I loved, I saw another doc abo...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2017
  • Length: 04:29
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Chris discusses Henry King's "The Gunfighter"

  • Added: Aug 07, 2016
  • Length: 03:33
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Chris discusses Andrew Haigh's 45 Years.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2016
  • Length: 03:46
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Chris discusses Michael Cutiz's Captain Blood.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2016
  • Length: 03:38
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Chris discusses Whit Stillman's Love & Friendship

  • Added: Aug 07, 2016
  • Length: 03:57
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Chris discusses Charlie Kaufman's Anomalisa.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2016
  • Length: 04:00
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Chris Dashiell discusses The Lobster, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.

  • Added: Aug 06, 2016
  • Length: 04:31
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Poet Mary Jo Bang explores the process of translating Dante Alighieri's Inferno, and professor Jessica Rosenfeld explains the origins of literature.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 20:23
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Professor Joe Loewenstein details Shakespeare's creative and intellectual response to accusations of plagiarism by Robert Greene.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2016
  • Length: 16:39
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Scholars and directors shed light on the question of why we continue to study and admire William Shakespeare.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2016
  • Length: 16:50
Caption: Poster Art, Credit: Käthe Kollwitz
(The entire 1 hour (52:19) show is available starting on October 13, 2015) In commemoration of the centennial of World War I, Midsummer Sound Comp...

Bought by KUNM, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KUNM, KICI Iowa City, KUNM and more


  • Added: Oct 09, 2015
  • Length: 52:19
  • Purchases: 9
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A program about people who change the world through innovation and creativity!

  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 53:43
Caption: "Native Voices" theater company co-founders Jean Bruce Scott and Randy Reinholz.
A conversation with Native Voices theatre company co-founders Jean Bruce Scott and Randy Reinholz.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 53:43
Caption: Bear from Uyak Bay, Credit: Alec Dunn
Moe Bowstern and Erin Yanke present a bear story from 1997 Alaska, with updates from the participants and observers, and from Alaska Fish and Game.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:18
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Theater of Dionysus, Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Prof. Timothy Moore describes the historical context of Greek tragedies and shares his own research into the music of ancient Roman comedies.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 20, 2013
  • Length: 12:39
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Anita Monga, San Francisco, CA 2/1/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Artistic Director Anita Monga talks the context of German Expressionism, the birth of celebrity culture, and why Buster Keaton will always be cont...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 18:40
Caption: Dr Sasha Bardey, San Francisco, Ca 1/24/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Sasha Bardey talks situational sanity, the neuro-chemistry of personality, and the power of the media.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 17:29
Caption: Tennessee Williams
In this Views and Brews Remix on Becoming Tennessee Williams professor Charlotte Canning, joins director Norman Blumensaadt and actress Jennifer Un...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:52
Caption: Peter Nicks, San Francisco, CA 10/9/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Filmmaker Peter Nicks talks access, compassion, and letting the audience think for itself.

  • Added: Oct 26, 2012
  • Length: 21:01
Caption: Photo by drp, Flickr
SFHS SWAT bullying and gender

  • Added: Jul 19, 2012
  • Length: 03:43
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Mike Daisey has admitted to fabricating parts of his story on Foxconn for "This American Life." But, perhaps partly due to the attention his story ...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2012
  • Length: 02:02
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
Caption: Joshua Marston, San Francisco, CA 2/6/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Joshua Marston talks traditions, politics, and the language of cinema.

  • Added: Mar 02, 2012
  • Length: 15:46