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Caption: Michelle Zamora on the set of Waffles+Mochi, Credit: Michelle Zamora
Michelle Zamora puppeteers Waffles on the hit Netflix series Waffles + Mochi. She’s performed and built puppets for TV shows including A Black Lad...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2023
  • Length: 48:00
Caption: Gord Robertson on Fraggle Rock, Credit: Gord Robertson
Gord Robertson was the puppeteer of Zoboomafoo, the talking Lemur from the television show of the same name. He also played Bill, the psychopathic...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2023
  • Length: 01:13:00
Caption: Mike Quinn, Credit: Mike Quinn
Mike Quinn’s first professional puppetry gig was working for Jim Henson on The Great Muppet Caper. His second job was working on The Dark Crystal....

  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 01:30:27
Caption: Nina Keogh, Credit: Nina Keogh
Nina Keogh puppeteered the rhyming Muffy Mouse on the show Today’s Special. Her other puppetry credits include work on the iconic Canadian kids sh...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2021
  • Length: 01:03:45
Caption: Matt Vogel, Credit: Matt Vogel
Matt Vogel is a principal Muppet performer who took over the roles of Sesame Street’s Big Bird and The Count as well as the most recognizable puppe...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2020
  • Length: 01:01:54
Caption: Lisa Sweasy, Credit: Lisa Sweasy
The Vent Haven Museum in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky is the world’s only museum dedicated to the art of ventriloquism. I speak with Vent Haven’s curato...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2020
  • Length: 31:42
Caption: Jay Johnson, Credit: Jay Johnson
Ventriloquist Jay Johnson became a household name starring on the sitcom Soap as ventriloquist Chuck Campbell. He later went on to win a Tony Awar...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2020
  • Length: 01:16:36
Caption: Ronnie Burkett, Credit: Ronnie Burkett
I talk to master puppeteer Ronnie Burkett, who is teaching a Master Class at the 2020 National Puppetry Conference, about his thoughts on the Confe...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2020
  • Length: 24:37
Caption: Cheryl Blaylock, Credit: Cheryl Blaylock
Cheryl Blaylock puppeteered the character Eureeka on the hit Nickelodeon show Eureeka’s Castle. Other credits include work on Sesame Street, Oobi,...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2020
  • Length: 01:06:03
Caption: Olga Felgemacher & Craig Marin, Credit: Craig Marin
This episode my guests are Olga Felgemacher & Craig Marin, the creative minds behind Flexitoon.  Over the years they've worked on such shows as Pin...

  • Added: Feb 29, 2020
  • Length: 01:32:22
Caption: Kevin Carlson discusses SAG/AFTRA Union Contracts
In this episode, I sit down with Kevin Carlson to talk SAG/AFTRA Contracts and how they relate to puppeteers. Kevin and I discuss what those contra...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2020
  • Length: 45:12
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Tonight's music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of include: Songs made of tool noises and songs with musical instruments imita...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 03:59:13
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NEA Jazz Master Frank Wess On His Early Life, Mother's Influence, Audience Interaction, Bassie's Leadership, and Playing with the Basie Family.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 7
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One hour documentary - Joni Mitchell's life and music

Bought by KOSU, KVMR, KGLT, and Mississippi Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Oct 09, 2008
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4