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Simon Shaheen: Making Musical Bridges
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Simon Shaheen
Violinist and oud player Simon Shaheen discusses his merging of Arab and western musical traditions.

Bought by KPVL and WNJR


  • Added: Aug 14, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 2
Filmspotting 550 (08/14/15): The End of the Tour, Top 5 Movies About Writers (revisited)
From: WBEZ
Caption: Jesse Eisenberg & Jason Segel in 'The End of the Tour'
Since his death in 2008 at age 46, a kind of cult following has developed around writer David Foster Wallace. For proof, look no further than the e...

Bought by KPVL, WRIR, WOUB, WNJR, KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 14, 2015
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 6
Filmspotting 549 (08/07/15): Doctor Zhivago (50th Anniversary), Top 5 Small Moments in Big Movies
From: WBEZ
Series: Filmspotting (weekly series)
Caption: Julie Christie and Omar Sharif in 1965's 'Doctor Zhivago'
Back in March, Adam and Josh celebrated Filmspotting's 10th anniversary with the Top 10 Blind Spots – significant oversights in their ongoing film ...

Bought by WRIR, WOUB, KSKQ, KCMJ Community Radio, KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Aug 07, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
Squonk Opera Revealed!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: "Pneumatica" created and performed by Squonk Opera, Credit: John Altdorfer
Find out about the artistic exuberance that is Squonk Opera with artistic directors and founders, Jackie Dempsey and Steve O'Hearn.

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


  • Added: Jul 31, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 5
Filmspotting 548 (07/31/15): Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Stanford Prison Experiment, Top 5 Trends That Make Us Excited About the Future of Movies
From: WBEZ
Caption: Tom Cruise in 'Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation'
Former Dissolve Managing Editor Genevieve Koski joins Scott Tobias for week 2 of The Dissolve's Filmspotting residency. It's also week 2 of putting...

Bought by WRIR, KPVL, WOUB, WNJR, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Jul 31, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
Disability/Arts Advocate Simi Linton talks about the arts and ADA
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Simi Linton
This week, we mark the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disability Act with Simi Linton: She wants Equality, Justice, and a Place on the Danc...

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


  • Added: Jul 28, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 5
Filmspotting 547 (07/24/15): Southpaw, Tangerine, Top 5 Things We Learned at The Dissolve
From: WBEZ
Caption: Jake Gyllenhaal in 'Southpaw'
For two years, members of The Dissolve staff put blood, sweat and tears into running their great film site – and all you get is a lousy top 5 list....

Bought by KPVL, WRIR, KCPW Salt Lake City, WOUB, WNJR and more


  • Added: Jul 24, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
Novelist Rebecca Makkai: Writing, Art, and Families
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Author Rebecca Makkai, Credit: Philippe Matsas
From beautifully-crafted short fiction to page-turning gothic novels, Rebecca Makkai puts art at the heart of her work.

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


  • Added: Jul 21, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 5
Wayne Henderson: Making and Playing Guitars
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Wayne Henderson, Credit: Tom Pich
Luthier, guitarist and 1995 national Heritage Fellow Wayne Henderson discusses his distinctive guitars and his distinctive sound.

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


  • Added: Jul 09, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing - Arts Review 6-27
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing attended the exhibit "Davidson At Eighty, A Retrospective" at the Watermark Art Center in Bemidji. The exhibit celebrates the work of...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 02, 2015
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 1
Filmmaker Jilann Spitzmiller documents the magic of creativity at the Lillian Booth Actors’ Home
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Jilann Spitzmiller, Credit: Genevieve Russell
In her documentary, Still Dreaming, Jilann Spitzmiller films octogenarian actors taking on a full production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's D...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WNJR, and WABE


  • Added: Jun 23, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
Oud-player and composer Rahim AlHaj prisoner, exile, and brilliant musician
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Rahim AlHaj, Credit: Dan Merlo
Rahim AlHaj is quite simply one of the best oud players in the world. In this broadcast, Rahim performs and shares his story of leaving Iraq and c...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WABE, WMMT, WNJR, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
The late Joe Wilson--the great friend of American folk culture
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera: A Year in Detroit
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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
Documentary filmmaker Ric Burns discovers ballet.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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
Ukrainian folk textile artist Vera Nakonechny traces her artistic journey.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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
Poet Dan Vera translates the immigrant experience
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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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
#1208- Rama, Sita, and Me: Nina Paley
From: Sandburg Media
Series: Things Not Seen: Conversations about Culture and Faith [Standard Clock]
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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
All that Jazz with Carla Bley
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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
Poet Taylor Mali:poetry on stage and page
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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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
Filmspotting 533 (04/10/15): Furious 7, Top 5 Fast and Furious Moments
From: WBEZ
Series: Filmspotting (weekly series)
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
Sam White: Making Theater on the streets of Detroit
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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
Filmspotting 531 (03/27/15): The Breakfast Club ('Sacred Cow' review), Top 5 Films of 1985, Filmspotting's Favorite Working Actors (Week 3)
From: WBEZ
Series: Filmspotting (weekly series)
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