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Ezra Wiesner: The Philadelphia Orchestra and Drexel University Integrating Technology Into Art
From: Arch Street Press
Series: The Philadelphia Channel
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The Philadelphia Orchestra has teamed up with Drexel University's ExCITe Center to create the LiveNote program and LiveNote app which introduces op...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2015
  • Length: 13:01
Designer Cheryl Fosdick
From: WDSE
Series: Radio Gallery
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Fresh from her talk "Empathy, Dependence, and Magic," our guest this week is Cheryl Fosdick of CF Design. If you missed this months "TED at Teatro,...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 02, 2015
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
Cowles Center offers distance dance instruction
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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The internet has transformed classroom education around the world. Here in Minneapolis, the Cowles Center for Dance is doing something unique--offe...

Bought by WABE and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 2
#36: Adam Green's Guide to the Public Domain Treasure Trove
From: WFMU
Series: Radio Free Culture
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Adam Green from the Public Domain Review discusses how he finds the hidden gems in digitized public domain resources.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Feb 18, 2015
  • Length: 13:50
  • Purchases: 1
Video game artists thrive in Bay Area
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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If Vincent Van Gogh lived in the Bay Area now rather than the Netherlands in the 19th century, maybe he would have been a popular video game design...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 08:50
  • Purchases: 1
Paying For It (The Dislike Club, part 2)
From: Benjamen Walker
Series: Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything
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This week we take a close look at the fundamental business model of the web – advertising. Ethan Zuckerman, the man who invented the pop up ad, ad...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 31, 2014
  • Length: 24:28
  • Purchases: 2
Making a book from beginning to end, with one of San Francisco’s last remaining bookbinders
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Stepping inside the Taurus Bookbindery is kind of like stepping back in time.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 11:20
  • Purchases: 1
The Glass Sho: Episode 27 (Molly Herron/Molly Thompson)
From: Chris McGovern
Series: The Glass Sho
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Molly Herron discusses New Music For New Instruments; Molly Thompson talks about her program featuring music from her song cycles at Spectrum.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2014
  • Length: 01:17:04
3D printed prosthetics are fashion statements for amputees
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: A selection of different types of Bespoke fairing designs., Credit: Angela Johnston
When Deborah Bevilacqua lost her leg in a motorcycle accident ten years ago, she had to get a prosthetic leg. It’s been functional she says, but it...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 11:41
The Found Footage Festival
From: WDSE
Series: Radio Gallery
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From the best of the VHS era, co-creator Nick Prueher has gathered the strangest, most embarrassing, and comical series of videos. The annual coll...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 1
Oakland Museum takes 'Vinyl' off the shelf
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: ‘Vinyl: The Sound and Culture of Records’ at the Oakland Museum of California is open now until July 19th., Credit: Ashleyanne Krigbaum
Walking into ‘Vinyl: The Sound and Culture of Records,’ one of the newest exhibits at the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA), feels like hanging o...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jul 14, 2014
  • Length: 09:09
  • Purchases: 1
Mad Scientists of Music - Episode 2 - Growing Up Digital
From: Gareth Stack
Series: Mad Scientists of Music
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Episode two explores the videogaming backgrounds of a variety of Irish experimental musicians.

  • Added: Jul 08, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
A Conversation with Janet Kagan--Director of Art Force
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
Caption: Art Force: Cross Currents Civic Exhibition, Credit: Courtesy of Art Force
Art-Force: Artists revitalizing rural manufacturing.

Bought by KPIP-LP and KRZA


  • Added: Jun 12, 2014
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
A shortwave family affair
From: Veronica Simmonds
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For Michael McCormack radio was always magic

  • Added: Jun 11, 2014
  • Length: 06:44
The Mikie Show #70, Tan Lin
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us for a fascinating conversation with poet, Tan Lin. He expands poetry’s palette to include data, video, films, hashtags; our newest observab...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 28:02
SF Mixtape Society keeps the art of sharing mixes alive
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: San Francisco Mixtape Society mix exchange at the Make Out Room., Credit: Annie Lin San Francisco Mixtape Society
The San Francisco Mixtape Society hosts mix exchanges at the Make Out Room in the Mission District. Music lovers meet, mingle and exchange mixes th...

  • Added: May 20, 2014
  • Length: 05:54
The sounds of Pixar
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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The Bay Area is home to one of the world’s most famous animated film production companies: Pixar. They’ve taken us into the worlds of rebellious to...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 18, 2014
  • Length: 08:05
  • Purchases: 1
Chasing the Dream: Arts School
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Show biz is center stage next in our higher ed series: Two venerable private art schools in Boston’s Back Bay — Emerson College and the Berklee Col...

  • Added: May 17, 2014
  • Length: 58:35
20: Voicemail Memories (Standard Length) Version 2
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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Listen to a collage of voicemails, where you're asked to tell a story that will be shared with the whole world.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Shake it - a modern Polaroid love story
From: This Instant Productions
Caption: Shake it!, Credit: Oz Lang
A tender look at two modern photo technologies - Polaroid and digital photography - and the human and visual connections we make with them.

Bought by WYSO, WCBE, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KGOU, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
Alex Natalizio
From: KQAL
Series: Hollywood, Minnesota
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Alex is a sophomore at Winona State University and the winner of the "Take Your Shot" film contest.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 08, 2014
  • Length: 20:11
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 5 ~ 3D Modeling and Animation
From: Matthew Mustovich
Series: The Art of Video Game Design
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Graphics in video games are undoubtedly one of the most talked topics in gaming. By speaking with Dr. Dennis Woytek, I hope to give the audience a ...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2014
  • Length: 07:56
Episode 4 ~ Online Gaming Communities
From: Matthew Mustovich
Series: The Art of Video Game Design
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Randall Coleman and I talk about the impact video game communities have on the development of new titles.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2014
  • Length: 08:35
Episode 3 ~ Sound Design
From: Matthew Mustovich
Series: The Art of Video Game Design
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With the help of Don Maue, a sound designer and Duquesne University professor, we examine the role of sound in video games.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2014
  • Length: 09:19
Episode 2 ~ Concept Art
From: Matthew Mustovich
Series: The Art of Video Game Design
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The process of concept art creation is examined with the help of artist Ryan Taylor.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2014
  • Length: 07:56