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Caption: Justin Simien, San Francisco, CA 10/17/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Justin Simien talks satire, social mirrors, and the truth of life.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 11:56
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""I think men have got to change an awful lot. They still prefer the little woman." - Bette Davis, 1963. Interview by Shirley Eder. Bette Davis w...

Bought by KZYX, WABE, Troy Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 07:13
  • Purchases: 4
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Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland talk sensitivity, existential souls, and truth being stranger than fiction.

  • Added: Sep 04, 2014
  • Length: 12:09
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The Babble Machine, takes its name from a fictional device referenced in The H.G. Wells novel, The Sleeper Awakes.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Caption: Iko Uwais & Gareth Evans, San Francisco, CA  3/11/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Gareth Evans and Iko Uwais talk silence as suspense, choreographing mud, and confounding the audience with a hotplate.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2014
  • Length: 22:56
Caption: Dayna Goldfine & Dan Geller, San Francisco, CA 3/19/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller talk revealing human nature, looking a Galapagos tortoise in the eye, and babysitting Cate Blanchett.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2014
  • Length: 21:31
Caption: Jonathan Glazer, San Francisco, CA  3/26/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Jonathan Glazer talks witnessing instead of explaining, the power of mirrors, and the intimacy of being taken unawares.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 14:08
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Denis Henry Hennelly talks unexpected politics, the symbiosis of art and commerce, and the real meaning of apocalypse.

  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 15:46
Caption: Host Pam McKissick
Host Pam McKissick and her special guests take listeners inside the mysterious world of the Auctioneer's chant and explore the fascinating professi...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 01:36:23
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Afrika Bambaataa's vinyl archive was on display for one month in New York City.

Bought by KALW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
  • Length: 12:04
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
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Danny Boyle talks meeting royalty, seducing the audience, and training Rosario Dawson’s voice.

  • Added: Apr 09, 2013
  • Length: 12:00
Caption: Taylor Tower at CKUT studios in Montreal, Canada
Edward Packard, the man behind the Choose Your Own Adventure books, talks about how he came up with the concept and what role adventure has played ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 02, 2013
  • Length: 12:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Anthony’s latest book, “Hotels, Hospitals and Jails” describes his life after the pluses and minuses of the fame of "Jarhead." In that book he chro...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 2
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The Babble Machine, takes its name from a fictional device referenced in The H.G. Wells novel, The Sleeper Awakes.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 02, 2013
  • Length: 11:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Joe Wright, San Francisco, CA 11/11/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Joe Wright talks dancing through class distinctions, the seduction of ego, and the magic of the intangible.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2012
  • Length: 12:04
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Filmmaker Mark Lewis on challenging himself, glamorizing amphibians, and the human folly of trying to outsmart Mother Nature.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2012
  • Length: 19:17
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For the first week of March (3/1): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at an eager student of music who went on to mentor many...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:48
Caption: A Cat in Paris
Alain's projects include: The Egotist, followed by the TV series Minuscules Tragedies and films Bitter Sweet, The Corridor, and Wrong Place, Wrong ...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Caption: Bonded Warehouse
A short 5minute documentary based on and around the Black Country Waterways based in the Midlands, UK. Interview includes Graham Fisher MBE. One of...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2011
  • Length: 05:01
Caption: Cellist Zoe Keating uses a cello and a foot-controlled laptop to record layer upon layer of sound. , Credit: Jerry Dodrill
Zoe Keating's unique style of music has gotten her to the top of the iTunes classical and electronic music charts, and all the while she's remained...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 23, 2011
  • Length: 10:12
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Bill Stanley and the skull of a new genus he helped identify.
As scientists figure out the world, they often turn back the clock to understand the beginnings of things... The Big Bang, patient zero, the chicke...

Bought by WTJU and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: May 26, 2011
  • Length: 08:40
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Errol Morris, San Francisco, CA 5/3/11, Credit: Andrea Chase
Errol Morris on the compelling story of Joyce McKinney, and the fluid nature of truth as seen by several people involved in the Case of the Manacle...

  • Added: May 25, 2011
  • Length: 16:18
Caption: Todd Haynes, San Francisco, CA, 3/25/11, Credit: Andrea Chase
Filmmaker Todd Haynes talks mother love, class distinction, and authenticity.

  • Added: Mar 27, 2011
  • Length: 16:43
Caption: Walter Breuning just days before his 114th birthday, Credit: Emilie Ritter
Walter Breuning is believed to be the world's oldest man. He was born in 1896...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2010
  • Length: 04:56