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The joy of collecting barf bags, miniature chairs, and bricks
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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Meet people who collect uncommon items like barf bags, tiny chairs, and bricks.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
Whit Stillman, Episode 3: Cynicism in the Optimism
From: KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio
Series: The Entertainment
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This episode focuses on the making of Whit Stillman's third film, The Last Days of Disco, the conclusion in what is often referred to as his Doomed...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
Whit Stillman, Episode 2: Like Oil and Water
From: KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio
Series: The Entertainment
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In this second episode of our series on the career, legacy, aspirations and regrets of Whit Stillman, we hear from the filmmaker — as well as actor...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2024
  • Length: 52:44
Mike Quinn (Muppets, Dark Crystal, Star Wars) – Under The Puppet #58
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Mike Quinn, Credit: Mike Quinn
Mike Quinn’s first professional puppetry gig was working for Jim Henson on The Great Muppet Caper. His second job was working on The Dark Crystal....

  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 01:30:27
The Agony and the Ecstasy: Race and the Future of the Love Story Part 1
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We revisit a major race debate within the Romance Writers of America that began in 2019 and talk about why questions of race in art and in institut...

Bought by WXDU, RadioFreePalmer, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: May 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Fiction Writer and Essayist Charles Baxter
From: New Letters on the Air
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Fiction writer Charles Baxter reveals some of his motivations for writing short stories and novels. In this interview in front of an audience at th...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Feb 03, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Kristina Wong with Rebecca Solnit: The Power of Art and Aunties
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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“Had the government stepped in and done its job, had they not advocated against vaccines and mask mandates, we wouldn't have been frantically gathe...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, KMUN, and WNYE


  • Added: Jan 05, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Write Question - Robert Wrigley
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Robert Wrigley talks about his new essay collection, "Nemerov's Door" and reads from his upcoming collection of poetry, "The True Account of Myself...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Yellowstone Public Radio, KWMR and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
Christmas At Home with Hanif Abdurraqib
From: work x work
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Join host Hanif Abdurraqib for a special episode of Object of Sound, from PRX and Sonos, taking a deep dive into the world of Christmas music. Whe...

Bought by WITF, WABE, 90.5 WESA, WEJP-LP 107.1, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 21
Holly Herndon / Holly+
From: KUNM
Series: Augmented Humanity
Caption: Holly+
On this program we're talking with composer, musician, and sound artist Holly Herndon, whose most recent full-length album Proto was released in 20...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
Back to the Writing Well featuring Elizabeth Gaffney, George Saunders, and the late Pat Conroy
From: New Letters on the Air
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR's Classic Series continues with "Back to the Writing Well." This time we'll hear about the influence of place and family fro...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KRZA, WNJR, WNJR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
John Tartaglia (Avenue Q, Sesame Street, Splash & Bubbles) – Under The Puppet #25
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: John Tartaglia in Avenue Q
John Tartaglia worked on Sesame Street when he was just 16 years old. He went on to star in Avenue Q which earned him a Tony Award Nomination. He ...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2019
  • Length: 59:34
Public Art Meets Poetry
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
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Public art meets poetry in the month-long festival known as O, Miami. We sit down with visual artists Najja Moon and Michelle Lisa Polissaint and O...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2019
  • Length: 51:46
The Big Pond #47: How to Walk in the City
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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After moving from Cologne, Germany, to New York City, our producer Thomas Reintjes had trouble adjusting to walking in the bustling metropolis. Tra...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WNYO


  • Added: Sep 25, 2019
  • Length: 24:08
  • Purchases: 2
Author James Petrillo "Ashyer"
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat we enter a fantasy realm of magic, swords and dragons with Minnesota author James Petrillo. Petrillo’s most recent nove...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2019
  • Length: 44:44
The Untold Story of Aar Maanta and The Urban Nomads Visiting St. Cloud with the Midnimo Project
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s episode of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with internationally renowned m...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2018
  • Length: 28:37
The Untold Story of GREAT Theater's My Fair Lady and the Upcoming 2018-2019 Season
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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Stella Adler once said, "The word theater comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. It is the place people come to see the truth about li...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2018
  • Length: 26:04
The Voice of God
From: The Organist
Caption: from The Ancient of Days, Credit: William Blake
Actor and writer Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), director Penelope Spheeris (Wayne’s World), and voice-over master Peter Coyote (Ken Burn...

  • Added: Jul 12, 2018
  • Length: 01:02:18
Clyde Butcher, World Renowned Photographer and Environmentalist on the world we need to see and be.
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Clyde Butcher, World Renowned Photographer and Environmentalist on the world we need to see and be. Mr. Clyde Butchers' Photography is recognized f...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2017
  • Length: 27:14
City of St. Cloud's Jugaad Leadership Program Enhances Immigrant Community Involvement
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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Today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota is the third in a series taking a look at how our community evolves through immigrat...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2016
  • Length: 30:30
Lending A Hand: Two Short Plays by Cusi Cram and Arlene Hutton
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Jane Alexander
Jane Alexander, Peter Jacobson, Amy Ryan and Michael Stuhlbarg star in two short, touching and humorous plays about stepping up when you are neede...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), WHRV, KUNM, and Oregon Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Nov 02, 2016
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
Elizabeth by David Cale
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: James Lescene
Starring James Lecesne, Elizabeth is a short play about a son moving back in with his mother after his divorce. Written by David Cale, it features ...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2016
  • Length: 14:23
Lady Henrietta Rouss on Ossie Clark
From: Blanche Girouard
Series: English Enthusiasts
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Oral historian Blanche Girouard talks to Lady Henrietta Rouss about her close friend, the iconic British fashion designer Ossie Clark

  • Added: Apr 17, 2015
  • Length: 28:48
Stan Lee, the King of Action Comics,talks about his career.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Stan Lee, Credit: Courtesy of POW! Entertainment
Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Doctor Strange: Stan Lee was there at the creation

Bought by WKMS, WLPR , KICI Iowa City, KUPR low power FM, KVNF and more


  • Added: Dec 23, 2014
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 12
Winona State University Presents: Assassins - The Musical
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat, we visit with two members of the cast, and the assistant stage manager of the upcoming production on "Assassins". "Ass...

Bought by KPIP-LP and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 15, 2014
  • Length: 13:13
  • Purchases: 2