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Caption: Joe Wilson at the Henderson Festival, 2014, Credit: Ginger Correll
2001 National Heritage Fellow Joe Wilson weaves his storytelling spell into the history of Blue Ridge Mountain culture.

Bought by WNJR, WABE, WMMT, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: May 29, 2015
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Frieda and Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, 1931, oil on canvas, , Credit: , San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Albert M. Bender Collection, Gift of Albert M. Bender © 2014 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F.  A
Director of the Detroit Institute of Arts Graham Beal takes us behind the scenes of the new exhibit Frida Kalho and Diego Rivera in Detroit

Bought by KPIP-LP and WABE


  • Added: May 26, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Hee Seo and Cory Stearns in ABT's Romeo and Juliet, Credit: Buddy Squires, ASC
The new Ric Burns documentary celebrates the 75th anniversary of American Ballet Theater and dance.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WABE


  • Added: May 15, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Vera Nakonechny, Credit:  Yury Nakonechny
Ukrainian embroiderer, weaver and bead worker Vera Nakonechny keeps a traditional culture alive.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WNJR


  • Added: May 12, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 2
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In his recent book, Speaking Wiri Wiri, poet Dan Vera brings light and often laughter to the immigrant experience.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WABE, and WNJR


  • Added: May 05, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
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We're revisiting our 2012 interview with cartoonist, filmmaker, and copyright activist Nina Paley, creator of the feature-length animated film, Sit...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Carla Bley, Credit: D.D. Rider
Carla Bley is a prolific and agile composer and jazz pianist. She talks about her career--from Birdland to Montreux.

Bought by KPIP-LP, Harford Community Radio, WABE, and WNJR


  • Added: Apr 17, 2015
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 4
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Four-time National Poetry Slam champion Taylor Mali connects stage and page.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WABE, and WNJR


  • Added: Apr 14, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: From 'Furious 7'
Having gone from "Furious" novices to completists in the past couple of weeks, Josh and Adam are all revved up to discuss the latest installment, "...

Bought by KSRQ, WRIR, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WOUB, KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Sam White and Othello cast, Credit: Cybelle Codish
Sam White loves Detroit and loves Shakespeare. So, she emptied her bank account and started a site-specific professional theater company, Shakespea...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WABE, and WNJR


  • Added: Mar 30, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: 'The Breakfast Club'
If Josh is "The Brain," what does that make Adam – Vice Principal Vernon? Filmspotting commemorates the 30th anniversary of John Hughes' classic "T...

Bought by WRIR, KSRQ, WOUB, WNJR, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Tonya Beckman as Ariel in The Tempest, Credit: Courtesy of The Taffety Punk Theater Company
Actor Tonya Beckman is a core member of the Taffety Punk Theater Company and a Riot Grrrl in good standing. They present classical theater with a...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WABE, and WNJR


  • Added: Mar 20, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: August Wilson's "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" Playbill., Credit: Photofest, Inc.
Filmmaker Sam Pollard talks about his new documentary August Wilson: The Ground on which I Stand

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KPIP-LP, WABE, and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 18, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Carolyn Mazloomi, Credit: Gale Zucker
Carolyn Mazloomi shines a powerful light on the African American community through narrative quilts.

Bought by KDNK, KPIP-LP, WABE, and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 06, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
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Auto Mechanic Harold Kyle plays with movement, balance, and shadows in his sculpture.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WABE, and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 01, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Dinaw Mengestu, Credit: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
In All Our Names Dinaw Mengestu explores unlikely love in the midst of conflict.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WNJR


  • Added: Jan 09, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
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To help ring in 2015, we bring you a rebroadcast of Adam and Josh's review of this year's most talked about film, Richard Linklater's "Boyhood." Th...

Bought by KSRQ, WRIR, WOUB, KSKQ, and KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Jan 02, 2015
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: John Williams
Over his fifty-plus year career, John Williams has written many of the most famous scores in Hollywood film history.

Bought by KGUA, KPIP-LP, and WNJR


  • Added: Jan 01, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Barry Bergey with Mavis Staples, Credit: Tom Pich
The NEA's recently retired Director of Folk and Traditional Arts Barry Bergey shares some memories about a lifetime immersed in folk and tradition...

Bought by KPIP-LP and WNJR


  • Added: Dec 19, 2014
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Multifacted, Credit: Nati Soti of Zero One Projects.
Diana Green and Cathy Gassenheimer have a mission: Arts Education for Every Alabama pre-k thru 12 Student!

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 04, 2014
  • Length: :54
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Yepa, courtesy of Antipodes Music, Credit: Nagi Fero &Marguerite Bruchet
A cool new French music duo Yépa, and a well-established artist, William Sheller are introduced in English together with other very talented singer...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 16, 2014
  • Length: 28:33
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Fred Foote
In Medic Against Bomb, Fred Foote’s first collection of poetry, the neurologist demonstartes first-hand the healing power of the arts for veterans.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WABE, RadioFreePalmer, and WNJR


  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Yvonne Walker Keshick, Credit: Michael G. Stewart
2014 National Heritage Fellow and member of the Odawa Nation, Yvonne Walker Keshick describes the long history of making decorative art from quills.

Bought by WSLR, KFCF FM, KPIP-LP, WABE, and WNJR


  • Added: Oct 10, 2014
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Faby Perier, Credit: by courtesy of Faby Perier
Romance, the fight against discrimination, a thirst for social justice, these are some of the subjects of the Francophone songs in this program. A...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 08, 2014
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Nathan Nugent
Nathan Nugent - Irish Film Editor - Sensation, As If I Am Not There, What Richard Did, Run & Jump, and Frank

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Sep 29, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1