A Celebration of the American Songwriter

Author interviews connecting you with the latest books by Minnesota authors.

Area Voices explores the arts, culture, and history of Northern Minnesota. Through in-depth interviews, hosts of Northern Community Radio's Morning Show connect listeners to the area's unique cultural heritage and the experience of life in northern Minnesota. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and by the people of Minnesota.

Radio essays recorded in the writer's own voice. As of July 1, 2015, Acoustic Stories will continue as Arts Review.

Music Inside Out with Gwen Thompkins is a weekly, one-hour radio broadcast featuring the people of Louisiana who’ve devoted their lives to America’s music. What makes their music so varied and satisfying is the influence of other cultures — an ongoing dialogue with the rest of the United States and the world.

Playing on Air records short plays written, directed and performed by theatrical luminaries - Timothée Chalamet, Michelle Williams, Frankie Faison, Hank Azaria, Audra McDonald, Jonathan Groff, Adam Driver, Brian Cox... Listeners enjoy a beginning, middle and knock-out punch in minutes. Plus, after hearing the actors perform, listeners essentially join the scene as all the artists converse with host, Claudia Catania, about what just went down. The Single Series is a module version of the full-length Playing on Air Series. It features a single short play followed by lively conversation with its playwright, director, cast. The times given include the ensuing conversation although the play can, of course, stand alone.

Have you ever found yourself stuck, uncertain what to do? Smart people, excellent leaders and critical thinkers, effective managers and problem solvers, all often become stuck when something emotional is happening either to them or to someone they care about, or have to work with. Stop being a victim to how you feel! Learn how the Emotion Roadmap can help you take control. Learn how to create the feelings you want and need both at work and at home.

B-Side is an innovative public radio program, perfect for a weekend afternoon or weekday evening time slot. This bargain priced, newscast-compatible series features the best of B-Side's sound-rich, narrative storytelling. The episodes are 59 minutes with a 5-minute news hole. Each edition of B-Side is a complete audio experience guided by Host and Senior Producer Tamara Keith. She takes listeners out of the studio to introduce each unique theme. B-Side has proven appeal to a wide range of audiences including the younger listeners public radio needs to reach. Kind of like the cool songs found on the back side of a 45, flip to B-Side and we'll bring you stories you can't hear anywhere else.

Baltimore's under-represented citizens tell their stories in their own words in this 55-part documentary series.

Gravy is the SFA’s collection of original stories—fresh, unexpected, and thought-provoking. Like all of the SFA’s work, Gravy shares stories of the changing American South through the foods we eat.

Over food or drinks, host Elysabeth Alfano talks to some of the most important and creative influencers of our time for unscripted and intimate conversation. As we all know, the best conversations happen over dinner.

If you've ever been curious about why and how a poem gets made, PoetryNow is a weekly 4-minute, modular radio program that offers an audio immersion into the concept of a poem. Listen to and follow the inner workings of a new poem as poets read and talk about their work on PoetryNow, a presentation of The Poetry Foundation.