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Jim Capobianco and Robert Rippberger talk the warmth of imperfection, grocery lists in odd places, and not killing the animators.
- Added: Sep 15, 2023
- Length: 18:24
Michelle Danner talks making choices, taking risks, and the importance of speaking up.
- Added: Aug 16, 2023
- Length: 17:02
In the early 1900s, if you walked around Sunset Park, you might have heard Finnish being spoken on the streets. That's because the neighborhood was...
- Added: Oct 21, 2021
- Length: 18:31
Brooklyn is constantly changing. This episode takes a look at the changes on just one street in one neighborhood: Eighth Avenue in Sunset Park, whi...
- Added: Oct 15, 2021
- Length: 27:02
At the start of World War II, 200 women were employed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. That number ballooned to 7,000 at the height of the war, but after...
- Added: Oct 15, 2021
- Length: 29:59
- Purchases: 2
In the middle of the 20th century, a ten square block area in North Gowanus was home to the largest Mohawk settlement outside of Canada. We hear ab...
- Added: Sep 30, 2021
- Length: 28:17
To honor the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, we take a trip to Green-Wood cemetery to the grave of Sarah Smith Garnet, one of Brooklyn's B...
Bought by WCNY and KICI Iowa City
- Added: Nov 18, 2020
- Length: 12:56
- Purchases: 2
The Wizard of Oz started as a perfect partnership between L. Frank Baum and W.W. Denslow -- until they became bitter rivals, with each owning half ...
Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 27, 2019
- Length: 12:22
- Purchases: 3
Books on conveyor belts, book vacuums and books in the mail. This episode of “Borrowed” will take you behind the scenes to see how books travel aro...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 26, 2019
- Length: 16:48
- Purchases: 1
Preserving history is about more than battling mold and disintegration. We took a trip to Greenpoint, Brooklyn to learn about how an environmental ...
- Added: Jul 24, 2019
- Length: 24:49
Pawel Pawlikowski talks the honesty of black-and-white, non-political nostalgia, and eschewing extraneous exposition.
- Added: Feb 17, 2019
- Length: 16:19
Marshall Curry talks how demagogues push our buttons, the definition of patriotism, and why 20,000 Americans showed up to cheer at a Nazi rally at ...
- Added: Feb 16, 2019
- Length: 16:10
This time, we profile Eddie Boyd, who recorded the only national chart hit for Chicago's J.O.B. label, this week in 1952.
- Added: Mar 18, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Sleepy John Estes, who ran into a little difficulty making his way to a recording session in New York City, this week in 1938.
- Added: Mar 09, 2018
- Length: 03:29
Peter Landesman talks integrity, corruption, and what he grooves on.
- Added: Oct 07, 2017
- Length: 14:29
Ewan McGregor talks animal instincts, little losses, and unintended consequences.
- Added: Oct 20, 2016
- Length: 08:24
Bill Frisell was heavily influenced by surf rock and space travel. Hear him in his own words tell you his origin story. Lots of great music in this...
- Added: Oct 20, 2016
- Length: 12:15
Kirsten Johnson talks bearing witness, tricks of memory, and the tension of the unseen.
- Added: Oct 08, 2016
- Length: 23:04
Gillian Armstrong talks Cary Grant’s stinginess, Marilyn Monroe’s (lack of a) sense of humor, and the relief of having her suspicions confirmed.
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 15:24
James Solomon talks fundamental questions, personal narratives, and the importance of listening.
- Added: Jul 25, 2016
- Length: 19:07
Tim Heptner talks aesthetics, creating narrative, and how A CLOCKWORK ORANGE affected him.
- Added: Jul 24, 2016
- Length: 16:33
Géza Röhrig László Nemes talk psychic reality, earning our lives, and narrowing the field of vision.
- Added: Dec 18, 2015
- Length: 12:54
Jay Roach talks fear-based manipulation, Trumbo’s complex personality, and Louis C.K.’s rumpled collar,
- Added: Nov 18, 2015
- Length: 15:35
Stanley Nelson talks history, irony, and delivering the unexpected.
- Added: Oct 03, 2015
- Length: 15:03
Gay Dillingham talks the beauty of complexity, unexpected family ties, and a new way of looking at death.
- Added: Jul 11, 2015
- Length: 23:25
