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Caption: Michael Gene Sullivan and Lizzie Calogero in Treasure Island, 7/4/2019, Credit: Andrea Chase
Michael Gene Sullivan talks validation, necessities, and the myth of meritocracy.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2019
  • Length: 26:24
Caption: Barak Goodman, San Francisco, CA 5/31/19, Credit: Andrea Chase
Barak Goodman talks revelation, teasing footage, and the necessity of serendipity.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2019
  • Length: 25:00
Caption: Robert Bahar, San Francisco, CA 5/17/2019, Credit: Andrea Chase
Robert Bahar talks consequences, social memory, and justice versus revenge.

  • Added: May 30, 2019
  • Length: 21:50
Caption: Ed Zwick, San Francisco, CA 4/15/19, Credit: Andrea Chase
Ed Zwick talks catharsis, contingent lives, and the new permanent record.

  • Added: May 18, 2019
  • Length: 16:35
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This week, two artists who expand our ideas about beauty, risk, mobility, and inclusion. Wheelchair dancer and esteemed choreographer Alice Sheppar...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week we ask if black metal is responsible for social atrocities.

Bought by WOUB, KWIT, WYAP, KTRL, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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When people get spooked, even ghosts can disappear.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2019
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Marshall Curry, San Francisco, CA 2/13/19, Credit: Andrea Chase
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
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HOUR ONE: "Guilt Tripping" - From our diets to our accomplishments, none of us are perfect. So why do we feel so guilty? HOUR TWO: "Burnout" - Ev...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:57
Caption: Climbing Poetree & John Densmore, Credit: Jan Mangan
“Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it,” as Bertolt Brecht said. Shoot the rapids of art and social change wi...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2019
  • Length: 28:30
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin explores the life and career of former Vice President Dick Cheney in Vice.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KSRQ, and WSGE


  • Added: Dec 24, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Ike Barinholtz, San Francisco, CA 9/27/18, Credit: Andrea Chase
Ike Barinholtz talks savagery, gestalt therapy, and art in difficult times.

  • Added: Oct 10, 2018
  • Length: 11:58

  • Added: Oct 03, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
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Kimberly Reed talks connecting dots, testing systems, and fundamental fairness.

  • Added: Oct 01, 2018
  • Length: 24:28
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HOUR ONE: "Magical Thinking" - Does a magician have anything to teach us? We'll explore magical thinking this hour, on stage and in our lives. HO...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:59
Caption: Rotimi Agbabiaka, San Francisco, CA 8/2/18, Credit: Andrea Chase
Rotimi Agbabiaka talks discovering hidden history, questioning assumptions, and having his mind blown open.

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Aug 08, 2018
  • Length: 25:39
  • Purchases: 1
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This piece talks about the growing walk away movement.

  • Added: Jul 29, 2018
  • Length: 27:37
Caption: Patriotic Women - including Patrice Michaels, Credit: Cedille
Have you seen The Notorious RBG? You can hear works in honor of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, as well as American Canvas by Jennifer Higdon, and The...

Bought by KMUN, High Plains Public Radio, WETS, KMUN, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Jul 09, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 9
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The 1954 movie Salt of the Earth is based on an actual strike in 1951 against the Empire Zinc Mine in New Mexico. The film deals with the prejudice...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2018
  • Length: 58:01
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For this first Tuesday of LGBT Pride Month we bring you, “Straightening Gayness: Mainstream Representation Under the Male Gaze” about television’s ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Jun 05, 2018
  • Length: 58:36
  • Purchases: 2
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HOUR ONE: "What Is School For?" - Some of the hardest working people in America are teachers. So why do they get so much disrespect? This hour, we'...

  • Added: May 23, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
Caption: Michel Hazanavicius, San Francisco, CA 4/14/18, Credit: Andrea Chase
Michel Hazanavicius talks art, politics, and the comedic possibilities of extremism.

  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 19:44
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For decades, controversy has brewed in DC over whether the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge should be opened to oil and gas exploration. This week, ...

  • Added: May 04, 2018
  • Length: 19:59
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An audio mashup using a variety of spoken word sources, ambient, funk, and psychedelic music edited together to bring new meaning to cultural and p...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2018
  • Length: 29:27
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HOUR ONE: "What Can We Learn From Teens?" - Teenage activists are finding their voices. What can we learn from them? HOUR TWO: "Awkward" - We've ...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:57