Radio Free Culture

Series produced by WFMU

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Image by: Adam Bowie via flickr 

Radio Free Culture is a weekly program that explores digital culture and the arts.

Hosted by various WFMU personalities, Radio Free Culture is a weekly program that explores digital culture, net neutrality, piracy, the broadcast spectrum, digital rights, and archives and libraries in the internet age. We'll be interviewing some of the nation's key figures at the intersection of music, multimedia, and digital technology.

This program is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. All music on the show can be found in the Free Music Archive. A new episode comes out every Thursday morning here on PRX, in WFMU's podcast archive and on iTunes.


69 Pieces

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#71: The Freeharmonic Orchestra with Unthunk and Offal Tunes
From: WFMU
Series: Radio Free Culture
Caption: images courtesy of the Freeharmonic Orchestra
Cheyenne talks to two members of a new FMA group, the Freeharmonic Orchestra.

Bought by KMUN and WART FM


  • Added: Sep 28, 2016
  • Length: 18:29
  • Purchases: 2
#70: Marc Weidenbaum's Disquiet World
From: WFMU
Series: Radio Free Culture
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In this episode, Erik Schoster, a Software Developer for the FMA, was joined by Marc Weidenbaum, the creator of the online publication Disquiet whi...

Bought by WART FM


  • Added: Aug 24, 2016
  • Length: 24:24
  • Purchases: 1
#69: Upload the Punks! Maximum Rocknroll's Archive with Shivaun Watchorn
From: WFMU
Series: Radio Free Culture
Caption: courtesy of Maximum Rocknroll Archive. Used with permission. , Credit: Photo by Winston Merchan
Cheyenne interviews Shivaun Watchorn about the archiving efforts underway to preserve Maximum Rocknroll, a punk and hardcore fanzine.

Bought by KMUN and WART FM


  • Added: Jul 27, 2016
  • Length: 19:11
  • Purchases: 2
#68: For The Love Of Music, Erik Schoster
From: WFMU
Series: Radio Free Culture
Caption: Used with permission, Credit: Bryan Teoh
Cheyenne talks to Erik, a new FMA developer and member of the Audience Engine team.

Bought by WART FM


  • Added: Jun 15, 2016
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 1
#67: Archiving the Spoken Word with Jemma Brown and Michael Guerra
From: WFMU
Series: Radio Free Culture
Caption: Jemma Brown and Michael Guerra. Used with permission.
Cheyenne talks to Michael Guerra and Jemma Brown from The Moth about their "StoryScribe" tool, a newly-minted transcription 'game' to enhance acces...

Bought by KMUN, WART FM, and KVLU


  • Added: May 04, 2016
  • Length: 18:21
  • Purchases: 3
#66: Shirt Week Super Special
From: WFMU
Series: Radio Free Culture
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An extra-small episode to celebrate Shirt Week.

  • Added: Dec 23, 2015
  • Length: 06:22
#65: The State of the Commons with Jane Park
From: WFMU
Series: Radio Free Culture
Caption: State of the Commons 2015
Cheyenne and Jane talk about the 2015 State of the Commons report, now in its second year, which demonstrates the scope of Creative Commons works a...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2015
  • Length: 12:18
#64: Support the Free Music Archive with Ross and Cheyenne
From: WFMU
Series: Radio Free Culture
Caption: photo courtesy of Ross Oldenburg. Used with permission.
We talk about why FMA is worth at least $3.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2015
  • Length: 24:16
#63: Songs From An Unmade World with Visager
From: WFMU
Series: Radio Free Culture
Caption: Image courtesy of Visager. Used with permission.
Cheyenne Hohman, RFC host and current Director of the FMA, spoke to the composer/producer Visager, a new FMA artist who recently released a video-g...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2015
  • Length: 13:30
#62: Radio Survivors, Part 2 with Paul Riismandel & Eric Klein
From: WFMU
Series: Radio Free Culture
Caption: Image courtesy of Paul Riismandel (left) and Eric Klein (right). Used with permission.
Cheyenne, Paul & Eric discuss community podcasting and the sorry state of music in podcasts these days.

  • Added: Oct 28, 2015
  • Length: 27:52
#61: Radio Survivors, Part 1 with Paul Riismandel & Eric Klein
From: WFMU
Series: Radio Free Culture
Caption: Image courtesy of Paul Riismandel (left) and Eric Klein (right). Used with permission.
Cheyenne talks to Paul Riismandel and Eric Klein from Radio Survivor about audio as a medium and how 'doing radio' is similar, but not the same, as...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Oct 14, 2015
  • Length: 20:22
  • Purchases: 1
#60: The Creative Commons Global Summit with Jane Park
From: WFMU
Series: Radio Free Culture
Caption: Logo for the Summit. Used with permission.
Cheyenne talks to Jane Park of Creative Commons about the upcoming Global Summit in Seoul.

  • Added: Sep 30, 2015
  • Length: 09:27
#59: The Data-Driven DJ with Brian Foo
From: WFMU
Series: Radio Free Culture
Caption: Courtesy of Brian Foo. Used with permission.
Cheyenne talks to Brian Foo, an artist and programmer who uses big data sets and sound samples to tell stories.

  • Added: Sep 16, 2015
  • Length: 16:57
#58: The White Market Podcast with Rute Correia
From: WFMU
Series: Radio Free Culture
Caption: Photo courtesy of Rute Correia. Used with permission.
Cheyenne talks with Rute Correia, who puts together the White Market Podcast and curates on FMA under the same name.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2015
  • Length: 14:36
#57: Do Not Track with Jason Staczek
From: WFMU
Series: Radio Free Culture
Caption: Image courtesy of Jason Staczek. Used with permission.
Cheyenne talks to Jason Staczek, a composer who helped create the soundtrack for "Do Not Track," an interactive web documentary about privacy and t...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2015
  • Length: 19:18
#56: Acts of Silence with David Nemeth
From: WFMU
Series: Radio Free Culture
Caption: "Transmitters-5" by Adam Bowie. 2011. CC BY-NC-SA via flickr.
Cheyenne talks to David Nemeth of the CC music blog "Acts of Silence" about how streaming is changing the online music landscape, what kinds of thi...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 13:32
#55: Sampling the Philharmonia Orchestra with Marina Vidor
From: WFMU
Series: Radio Free Culture
Caption: courtesy of Marina Vidor. Used with permission.
Cheyenne talks to Marina Vidor, digital producer for the UK's Philharmonia Orchestra, about ways they are using technology to engage the public.

  • Added: Jul 22, 2015
  • Length: 13:49
#54: Premixing the Vitamin Pets
From: WFMU
Series: Radio Free Culture
Caption: courtesy of Vito Petruzzelli. Used with permission.
Cheyenne talks to Vito Petruzzelli of the band Vitamin Pets about a recent 'premix' contest of their newest album, "Horse Helpers of the High Count...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2015
  • Length: 13:18
#53: The Song-O-Phone Project with Dina Maccabee
From: WFMU
Series: Radio Free Culture
Caption: Image courtesy of Dina Maccabee. Used with permission.
Cheyenne talks to Dina Maccabee, who recorded a song, sent it to another artist to cover, who sent it to another artist to cover their version, and...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 24, 2015
  • Length: 11:59
  • Purchases: 1
#52: The World's First Netlabel Day
From: WFMU
Series: Radio Free Culture
Caption: photo courtesy of Manuel Silva. Used with permission.
Cheyenne talks to Manuel Silva, the organizer of the first ever Netlabel Day.

  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 08:02

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