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Filmspotting 563 (11/13/15): Spectre, Top 5 Bond Tropes
From: WBEZ
Caption: Daniel Craig as 007 James Bond in 'Spectre'
Daniel Craig’s James Bond is more serious, more human and more haunted than his predecessors. Does that make him the best? (Yes, actually it does.)...

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  • Added: Nov 13, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
Arts Review ~ November 5, 2015
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Arts Review
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Steve Downing reviews Mozart's "The Magic Flute" at the DECC Symphony Hall in Duluth, presented by the Minnesota Opera; and the second annual "Peas...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2015
  • Length: 03:48
Arts Review ~ October 29, 2015
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Arts Review
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Steve Downing reviews Todd Herbert's "Selected Works, 1999-2014" at the Talley Gallery at Bemidji State University; The Annual Members Show at the ...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2015
  • Length: 03:43
Comic Book Artist and Writer Mike Mignola tells us how Hellboy came to be
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Mike Mignola's Hellboy
After all this time, Mike Mignola still loves drawing monsters

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  • Added: Nov 03, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Filmspotting 561 (10/30/15): Edward Scissorhands 'Sacred Cow' review, Top 5 Films of 1990
From: WBEZ
Caption: Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder in 'Edward Scissorhands'
Twenty-five years ago, the movies gave us Schwarzenegger on Mars, “Best Director Kevin Costner,” and iconic performances like Kathy Bates’ Annie Wi...

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 8
Richard Hunt--One of the giants of American sculpture.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Richard Hunt in his studio, Credit: Tom McCormick
Richard Hunt talks about creating large pieces of abstract art for public spaces and reflects on his time on the National Council of the Arts

Bought by WNJR and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Oct 27, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Arts Review ~ October 22, 2015
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Arts Review
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Steve Downing visits the annual St. Paul Art Crawl; reviews Theater Latte Da’s production of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street at the...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 03:53
Filmspotting 560 (10/23/15): Crimson Peak, Bridge of Spies, Top 5 Cold War Movies
From: WBEZ
Series: Filmspotting (weekly series)
Caption: Jessica Chastain in Guillermo del Toro's 'Crimson Peak'
Josh and guest host Michael Phillips (Chicago Tribune) are visited by the 'Ghost of Fights over Guillermo del Toro Movies Past' for their divisive ...

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  • Added: Oct 23, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
Filmspotting 559 (10/16/15): Steve Jobs, Top 5 Back-to-Back Movies
From: WBEZ
Caption: Michael Fassbender in the title role in Danny Boyle's 'Steve Jobs'
How hard is it to make two great films back to back? Turns out, most legendary directors have done it. Our recent Ridley Scott Death Match poll bet...

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  • Added: Oct 16, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
Filmspotting 558 (10/09/15): The Martian, CIFF Preview
From: WBEZ
Caption: Matt Damon in Ridley Scott's adaptation of 'The Martian'
Telluride, Venice, Toronto, New York… they’ve had their fun. Now it’s Chicago’s turn, as the Fall film festival season sweeps into the Windy City f...

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  • Added: Oct 09, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
Flying with Dolly Jacobs!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dolly Jacobs, Credit: Richard Czina
Most kids run away from home to join the circus. For aerialist and 2015 National Heritage Fellow, Dolly Jacobs, it was a family affair.

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  • Added: Oct 08, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Filmspotting 557 (10/02/15): Sicario, Top 5 Breaking Up the Boys' Club Movies
From: WBEZ
Caption: Emily Blunt in 'Sicario'
Adam and Josh held out hope that fellow critics Tasha Robinson and Dana Stevens might come crashing into the studio to share *their* Top 5 Breaking...

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  • Added: Oct 02, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
Arts Review ~ October 1, 2015
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Arts Review
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Steve Downing visits the University of Minnesota Duluth and reviews "Resurfaced and Reformed: Evolution in Studio Ceramics," and photography instal...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 02, 2015
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Kevin McKenzie of American Ballet Theatre
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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American Ballet Theatre received the first grant ever given by the National Endowment for the Arts. We talk about that long and fruitful relationship.

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  • Added: Sep 28, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 4
Filmspotting 556 (09/25/15): Black Mass, Top 5 Neighborhood Movies
From: WBEZ
Caption: Johnny Depp in 'Black Mass'
Master of Disguise Johnny Depp goes Southie as infamous Boston gangster Whitey Bulger in the new film "Black Mass." Josh and Adam eat some chowdah ...

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
The Speed of Sound: Veruca Salt
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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The newly reunited Veruca Salt talks with Kyle Meredith about what it took to bury the hatchet and put the band back together, and what the band me...

Bought by KUCB, KHNS, KSUT, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Sep 21, 2015
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 4
Arts Review ~ September 17, 2015
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Arts Review
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Steve Downing reviews recent events at the new Watermark Art Center in Bemidji, Minnesota, including the Lin Enger reading & workshop, the annual m...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2015
  • Length: 03:50
Filmspotting 555 (09/18/15): The Visit, Top 5 Movie House Guests
From: WBEZ
Caption: Olivia DeJonge and Deanna Dunagan in Night Shyamalan's 'The Visit'
A trip to grandma and grandpa's house takes a turn for the Brothers Grimm, and my, Adam and Josh never realized what big teeth they had! Filmspotti...

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  • Added: Sep 17, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
Meet Dan Sheehy who has spent his life in folk and traditional arts.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dan Sheehy, Credit: Ashlee Duncan
He helped develop the Folk Arts program at the National Endowment for the Arts and he's been head of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Now, Dan Shee...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WABE, KPVL, and WNJR


  • Added: Sep 11, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Filmspotting 554 (09/11/15): Queen of Earth, Top 5 Films of 1988
From: WBEZ
Caption: Elisabeth Moss in 'Queen of Earth'
Live from the rooftop of Nakatomi Plaza, it's Filmspotting, where this week Adam and Josh welcome special guests Ebby Calvin “Nuke” LaLoosh, Prince...

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  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
Filmspotting 553 (09/04/15): Remembering Wes Craven, Top 5 Most Anticipated Fall Movies (& Top 5 Questions About Them)
From: WBEZ
Series: Filmspotting (weekly series)
Caption: Daniel Craig in the upcoming Bond film, 'Spectre'
If the summer and year-end movie seasons are all about expectation, fall… is all about surprises. Hopefully good ones. The Chicago Tribune's Michae...

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  • Added: Sep 03, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Arts Review ~ August 29, 2015
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Arts Review
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Steve Downing reviews the 2015 season of the Grand Rapids Summer Tuesday Concert Series, which wrapped the season with the band Swing Delivery; and...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2015
  • Length: 03:17
Filmspotting 552 (08/28/15): Mistress America, Top 5 Desert Island Directors revisited)
From: WBEZ
Caption: Greta Gerwig and Lola Kirke in 'Mistress America'
Of current actor-director combos, Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach are significant for their writing partnership – and for Gerwig’s impact on Baumbac...

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  • Added: Aug 28, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
Filmspotting 551 (08/21/15): The Look of Silence, Top 5 Haunted Past Movies (revisited)
From: WBEZ
Caption: From Joshua Oppenheimer's 'The Look of Silence'
With 2012's "The Act of Killing," director Joshua Oppenheimer delivered one of the most acclaimed, innovative - and harrowing - documentaries in re...

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  • Added: Aug 21, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
Poet and Playwright Claudia Rankine has us board the bus for the Bronx
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Claudia Rankine
Claudia Rankine discusses her play The Provenance of Beauty: A South Bronx Travelogue

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4