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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
At Home in Miami’s Little Haiti
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 Gretchell Cano and Luz Estrella Cruz explore the work of Hai...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 08:40
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
The Poet Laureate of the United States Joy Harjo
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Joy Harjo, Credit: Karen Kuehn
The Poet Laureate of the United States Joy Harjo talks about poetry and music

Bought by Harford Community Radio


  • Added: May 12, 2020
  • Length: 29:09
  • Purchases: 1
A conversation with prize-winning cartoonist Nate Powell
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Nate Powell
Nate Powell discusses the art of cartooning the National Book Award-winning trilogy March.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Feb 21, 2020
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 1
Genuine Fakes
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Genuine Fakes, Credit: jacket cover by Rob Ehle
There are fakes all around us. No, this isn’t about “fake news.” In fact, the overuse of that term as given real fakes a bad name. That’s right. We...

Bought by KRZA and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 26, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Insights: Ansel Adams and Mahisha Dellinger
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Yosemite Naitonal Park
World Footprints enjoys a conversation with Ansel Adams’ family and gain some success principles from Mahisha Dellinger, Founder and CEO of CURLS.

  • Added: Nov 20, 2019
  • Length: 29:55
Frozen River Film Fest 2019: Voices of the Winona Armory
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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Today on Art Beat we are with Blake and Jennifer to talk about the film Voices of the Winona Armory, which was one of the films shown at Frozen Riv...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2019
  • Length: 15:02
Masonic Temple Restoration Project with Lee Gundersheimer
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique we learn about the restoration of the Masonic Lodge here in Winona with Lee Gundersheimer, arts and culture coord...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Jan 22, 2019
  • Length: 30:48
  • Purchases: 1
Masonic Theatre Drop Restoration with Kim Lawler
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
Caption: Masonic Theatre Drops, Credit: Bill Stoneberg
On this episode of Art Beat we talk to Kim Lawler, a scenic artist who has been hired to lead the restoration of 13 historic backdrops at the Mason...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2019
  • Length: 18:27
Kaia Kater speaks with Steve Martin about her background in music and her soon to be released CD "Grenades" on Smithsonian Folkways
From: Steve Martin
Series: Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass
Caption: Steve Marti, host receiving the 2018 IBMA Broadcaster of the Year Award
Kaia Kater has received acclaim for all genres for her new folk sound, she spoke to Steve Martin about her background and the new release.

  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 26:32
The Big Pond #04: The Colossi of Buffalo
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Buffalo, New York, was at one time the world’s foremost grain port. More than 30 enormous grain silos still attest to that fact – awesome colossi m...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 07, 2018
  • Length: 13:36
  • Purchases: 1
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates artist Ofelia Esparza
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ofelia Esparza, Credit: Mark Markley for “Craft in America”
2018 National Heritage Fellow altarista Ofelia Esparza explains the true meaning of The Day of the Dead.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Oct 02, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
NL 18-33: Music In All Things: W. Eugene Smith And The Jazz Loft, 8/13/2018
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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From the mid-1950s through the mid-1960s a five-story building in the heart of Manhattan served as a gathering place for jazz musicians and other a...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
The Beehive Amapolay Crafting Memory
From: sarah parker
Series: The Beehive
Caption: Fernando Castro and Carol Fernandez from Amapolay, Credit: AMapolay Facebook
This is an interview with artists Carol Fernandez and Fernando Castro of Amapolay Manufacturas Autonomas who are currently being featured in an exh...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2018
  • Length: 29:01
RDD: A Special Guest
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week The Rough Draft Diaries will take a brief break in its line of connections to give you the opportunity to meet Amanda Lucidon. During Bar...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 26, 2018
  • Length: 06:18
  • Purchases: 1
People Count (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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The origin of the census - Queen Elizabeth I's carefully managed image - the Royal Progress and small-town English identity - Recovering working cl...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 12, 2018
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1
People Count (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The origin of the census - Queen Elizabeth I's carefully managed image - the Royal Progress and small-town English identity - Recovering working cl...

Bought by WCNY, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WTJU, WCWP and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2018
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 13
People Count (Half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The origin of the census - Queen Elizabeth I's carefully managed image - the Royal Progress and small-town English identity

Bought by WJCT, WUGA (part of GPB), WVAS, KRZA, KRDP and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2018
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 7
The Cass Gilbert Society: The Hunt for Missing State Capitol Furniture
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Items have gone missing from the state capitol and she’s determined to find them. On this episode of Culture Clique we talk to Natalie Heneghan who...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2017
  • Length: 23:13
The Sound of Music Takes the Chief Theater Stage in Bemidji
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Bemidji Community Theater's production of The Sound of Music opened in November. Cast and Crew stopped by the station to chat about it!

  • Added: Dec 06, 2017
  • Length: 27:42
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates the documentary Spettacolo!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Jeff Malmberg and Chris Shellen
Documentary filmmakers Jeff Malmberg and Chris Shellen look at a small Tuscan village where each year life is translated into art.

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Oct 06, 2017
  • Length: 29:24
  • Purchases: 1
Sargent's Women (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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During the Gilded Age, to be painted by John Singer Sargent was the thing to do. He captured high society in all its glitz and glam. But the storie...

Bought by KENW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WOUB


  • Added: Sep 08, 2017
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 3
Peacemaking on Stage: OSLO
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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An engaging conversation with both the playwright and director of the 2017 Tony-Award Winning Best Play, OSLO. The play tracks the back channel ne...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KVSC, and KUNM


  • Added: Jul 26, 2017
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
Rotunda Restoration (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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When Donald Trump takes the inaugural stage this month, he’ll be doing so in front of the newly restored Capitol Dome. But just over a hundred mile...

Bought by KENW and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 2