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Caption: Anti-nuclear demonstration in front of Japanese Diet , Credit: Matthias Lambrecht
For International Women’s Day and the second anniversary of the Fukushima disaster listen again as three prominent female activists tell their stor...

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: When completed the new TappanZee Bridge will be the world's widest bridge. , Credit: Conceptual design/New York State Thruway Authority
This piece explores the unintended consequences that occurred to a once rural New York community after the building of the Tappan Zee Bridge.

  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 08:13
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
The tenement windowsill is the instrument of social interaction between neighbors and the social control of children on the street. The front wind...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Feb 03, 2013
  • Length: 16:11
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Kesha Bruce, Credit: Courtesy the artist
Artist, curator, art consultant and Fresh Rx contributor, Kesha Bruce talks to Cathy Byrd about her creative platforms and offers advice to artists.

  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 15:58
Caption: Janet Biggs, Vanishing Point, Credit: Janet Biggs
In Tampa, FL, Cathy Byrd meets with New York-based video artist Janet Biggs to talk about how her artmaking has become an extreme sport.

  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 08:30
Caption: Danny Simmons
In his Brooklyn home, activist artist Danny Simmons talks to Cathy Byrd about the essential elements of his creative practice—writing, painting, co...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 16:51
Caption: Khadijah Queen
On Skype, Cathy Byrd talks to poet Khadijah Queen about her creative practice and shares poems from her latest book, "Black Peculiar."

  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 15:03
Caption: Jason Forrest
Cathy Byrd connects by Skype with Jason Forrest, an American laptop musician based in Berlin, about why he loves the performance spotlight.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 18:57
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As 2013 approaches, we look at some of the important issues we've covered in 2012: from domestic workers struggling for respect, to the consequence...

Bought by KMUN


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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In June of 1880, a series of extraordinary events began to unfold that sent a man most of the country agreed was completely unqualified to be presi...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 15:33
Caption: Jen Ray, Credit: Trevor Good
Cathy Byrd connects with Jennifer Ray, a contemporary artist from North Carolina based in Berlin, to talk about Jennifer's creative life abroad.

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 16:26
Caption: Papo Colo, Credit: Courtesy Papo Colo and Exit Art
Cathy Byrd meets Puerto Rican-born artist Papo Colo, co-founder of Exit Art, to talk about the global significance of the NYC nonprofit contemporar...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 12:44
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City living proves less glamorous than anticipated to one wide-eyed newcomer -- but there are lessons about family to be learned.

Bought by American Voices


  • Added: Dec 02, 2012
  • Length: 10:23
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jason Moran
By phone, Cathy Byrd talks with jazz pianist Jason Moran about improvising and the ways he collaborates with contemporary artists.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2012
  • Length: 14:47
Caption: Spanish artist Antoni Muntadas
Cathy Byrd talks with Spanish artist Antoni Muntadas about the multi-media projects he's been creating globally since the 1970s.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2012
  • Length: 14:20
Caption: Aritst Joan Jonas, Sao Paolo Biennial
In Austin, Texas, Cathy Byrd meets seminal video and performance artist Joan Jonas to talk about Joan's transmedia process.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 10:46
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This week on The Score with Edmund Stone: New York, The Film Star.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KPVL, WCPN, KSQM 91.5 FM, WEKU and more


  • Added: Sep 04, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Did This Happen? Logo, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
At 63, Annie Edison Taylor decided to make history! What’s even more shocking than what she decided to do is the reason WHY she decided to do it! F...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
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In which we ponder life before the advent of recorded sound and here the story of 19th Century Opera star, Jenny Lind's unlikely American tour.

Bought by KALW, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUT, Louisville Public Media, The Story and more


  • Added: Aug 08, 2012
  • Length: 08:04
  • Purchases: 6
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In the “Great Golf Marathon of 1938,” an eccentric Chicago stockbroker attracted international attention by wagering he could play 33 rounds of gol...

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, and KMXT


  • Added: May 31, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: no bills installation view, Credit: Katie Denny
Jerry Ragusa talks about running Grande Monuments, a tombstone shop in Williamsburg Brooklyn, and his decision to start sell fresh bread in alongsi...

  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 05:55
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In the twelfth installment of The Taxi Tapes (http://thetaxitapes.com), Sam encounters a fellow cab driver who is fearful of the past.

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 1
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The state has a new proposal to cut costs for New Yorkers with increased healthcare needs, although there are concerns about quality, and whether t...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2012
  • Length: 02:01
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A true story told live in London. Rachel heads to New York to find 'her inner Jew', but ends up having a sexual awakening.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 08:10
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Domestic workers in Texas., Credit: Flickr user: Nuevo Anden
With the passage of New York’s Domestic Workers Bill of Rights in 2010, workers are now organizing in California and other states to win basic righ...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2012
  • Length: 29:01