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Ep. 35: The Toonsmith: Dave Mruz, Minnesota’s Cartooning Historian

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture Podcast

When Dave Mruz was three, his parents bought him a subscription to Donald Duck comics. Years later, he learned those same comics had been created b...

Comedy -recorded 4/2003

From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

Comedy is very differently understood by each generation. My guests from the older, middle and younger generations compare their perspectives.

Confronting Nazi Art Looting in the 21st Century

From: WFHB
Series: Interchange

Caption: Phillips de Koninick, Portrait of a Boy, 1673, Eskenazi Museum of Art 2001.45.

From 1933 until the end of World War II, a number of Nazi units known as the Kuntschutz, plundered gold, silver and important art works from all ov...

NEA Jazz Master Moments with Advocate and Writer, Ira Gitler

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments

Jazz historians and his own son, Fitz, share why writer and jazz adovcate, Ira Gitler is a Jazz Master.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more

GP002 - A Trip to the Art Museum - BYO Sack Lunch

From: Gerald Jones
Series: GetPublished! Radio

Caption: The Baptism by Stewart, Credit: LACMA

In this episode of GetPublished! we take you on a field trip to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art – LACMA. It’s behind the scenes at an after-ho...

Lawrence Berman discusses "The Priest, the Prince, and the Pasha: The Life and Afterlife of an Ancient Egyptian Sculpture"

From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder

Lawrence Berman is Norma Jean Calderwood Senior Curator of Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and...

Science and the Supernatural in the 17th Century

From: Distillations
Series: Distillations

Once upon a time science and the supernatural were not so far apart.

Gregory White Smith, co-author of “Van Gogh: The Life”

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

Many observers including his biographers would say he’s the most famous artist in the world. Master of sunflowers and starry skies, Vincent Van Gog...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio

Imagining Yoko Ono (Hour Long Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

Yoko Ono is best known for her marriage to John Lennon and for her perceived role in the breakup of the Beatles. But she was an accomplished and in...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WCNY, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WABE, WTJU and more

Imagining Yoko Ono (Half Hour Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

Yoko Ono is best known for her marriage to John Lennon and for her perceived role in the breakup of the Beatles. But she was an accomplished and in...

Bought by WJCT, WKCC, KVSC, KENW, and WLIW

The Painter of Light and Industry

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

J.M.W. Turner is perhaps the most important British painter--you would surely recognize an image of Tintern Abbey--and yet his life story has remai...

Bought by KENW and KKRN

Mr. Turner and the Industrial Revolution (Half Hour Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

The British Romanticist painter J.M.W. Turner was a painter of landscapes and light. He was also one of the first major artists to depict the smoke...

Bought by WJCT, WKCC, KVSC, WXDU, KRDP and more

Mr. Turner and the Industrial Revolution (Hour Long Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

The British Romanticist painter J.M.W. Turner was a painter of landscapes and light. He was also one of the first major artists to depict the smoke...

Bought by WCNY, KPVL, WTJU, KPIP-LP, and KKRN

Slaves Waiting for Sale in Richmond

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

In the 19th century, Richmond, Virginia was central to the American slave trade, earning the city more than 4 million dollars annually. A new exhib...

Bought by KENW and PRX Remix

Viva Voce and Civil War Selfies (Half Hour Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

Today when we vote, we enter a private space, secretly make our choice, and go about our day. But early voting wasn’t just public; it was a raucous...

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WMNF, and WLIW

Viva Voce and Civil War Selfies (Hour Long Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

Today when we vote, we enter a private space, secretly make our choice, and go about our day. But early voting wasn’t just public; it was a raucous...

Bought by WCNY

Is This Place Great or What

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

A photographic study of American consumerism, from the blank stares of shoppers to the mountains of stuff in front of them.

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, KVSC, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KBRP Community Radio

A Conversation with Sarah Cash

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Sarah Cash discusses the making of a great collection of American art.

Bought by KPIP-LP

Indie on Demand Reviews CITIZEN GANGSTER

From: Daniel Persons
Series: The Indie on Demand Movie Review

A review of the stylish crime film.

Impact of Ancient Greece

From: Richard Paul

Where Ancient Greece appears in modern culture.

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and Listenwise

Visions of the Big Sky - Part I

From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question

In VISIONS OF THE BIG SKY, Dan Flores revisits the Northern Rockies artistic tradition to explore its diversity and richness. In his essays about t...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, Yellowstone Public Radio, WRPI, and Yellowstone Public Radio