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Filmspotting 915 (04/07/23): Air / Kelly Reichardt interview / Showing Up / Paint / Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
From: WBEZ
Series: Filmspotting (weekly series)
Caption: 'Showing Up' / 'Air'
This week, we find out where Adam and guest host Michael Phillips (Chicago Tribune) stand on Ben Affleck's bio-sports-pic on Chicago's hero, Michae...

Bought by WMTNradio, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KSRQ, KRSC, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
Filmspotting 913 (03/24/23): Books That Should Be Adapted Into Movies
From: WBEZ
Series: Filmspotting (weekly series)
Caption: Books That Should Be Adapted Into Movies
The new book from film writer Kristen Lopez asks, “But Have You Read The Book?” Kristen joins Adam and Josh for a conversation about books they hav...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMTNradio, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTXK, KRSC and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 12
60 – Michelle Zamora (Waffles + Mochi, A Black Lady Sketch Show, Viva La Puppet) – Under The Pu
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Michelle Zamora on the set of Waffles+Mochi, Credit: Michelle Zamora
Michelle Zamora puppeteers Waffles on the hit Netflix series Waffles + Mochi. She’s performed and built puppets for TV shows including A Black Lad...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2023
  • Length: 48:00
59 – Gord Robertson (Zoboomafoo, Fraggle Rock, The Jim Henson Hour) – Under The Puppet
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Gord Robertson on Fraggle Rock, Credit: Gord Robertson
Gord Robertson was the puppeteer of Zoboomafoo, the talking Lemur from the television show of the same name. He also played Bill, the psychopathic...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2023
  • Length: 01:13:00
Filmspotting REVISITED (01/06/23): Koganada (After Yang) / Glass Onion
From: WBEZ
Series: Filmspotting (weekly series)
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This week, Filmspotting offers up a lookback at two meaty pieces from the past year. Starting things off, Adam and Josh revisit their review of the...

Bought by WMTNradio, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
The Return of Tanya Tucker
From: True Tone Media Group
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Musicians Tanya Tucker, Brandi Carlile, Shooter Jennings and director Kathlyn Horan present the stories behind the film "The Return of Tanya Tucker"

Bought by WRKF and KGLP


  • Added: Oct 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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
Noreen Young (Under the Umbrella Tree, Hi Diddle Day) – Under The Puppet #57
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Noreen Young, Credit: Noreen Young
Noreen Young is an incredibly influential puppeteer, puppet builder and producer who has been working in the business for decades. She had a hand ...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2022
  • Length: 01:02:11
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song
From: Joyride Media
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One hour radio special goes behind the making of the new film, "Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song," as well as the histories of the lege...

Bought by KBBI Alaska, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Spokane Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WRKF and more


  • Added: Jul 15, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Filmspotting 878 (06/17/22): Cooper Raiff (Cha Cha Real Smooth) / Top 5 Toy Story Moments w/ Griffin Newman
From: WBEZ
Series: Filmspotting (weekly series)
Caption: Cooper Raiff (Cha Cha Real Smooth) / Top 5 Toy Story Moments
Cooper Raiff's debut film, 2020's "Sh*thouse," put the young writer/director on the map with a tale of collegiate malaise, and was made not long af...

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., GCR (Global Community Radio), WRST-FM Oshkosh, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Jun 17, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
The History of African American Music Coming to Twin Cities Jazz Festival
From: KBEM
Caption: Bruce Henry, Credit: Jennifer Bong
Bruce Henry has dual careers: He is a singer and an educator. Bruce created a syllabus on the history of African American music, and used it as a b...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
Filmspotting 868 (04/08/22): Kogonada interview / After Yang (Next Picture Show discussion)
From: WBEZ
Series: Filmspotting (weekly series)
Caption: Interview with filmmaker Kogonada ('After Yang,' 'Columbus')
With his first two films, 2017's “Columbus” and the new "After Yang," director Kogonada has established a meditative style of filmmaking that rewar...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KNCT FM, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Nina Keogh (Today’s Special, Mr. Dressup, The Santa Clause) – Under The Puppet #53
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Nina Keogh, Credit: Nina Keogh
Nina Keogh puppeteered the rhyming Muffy Mouse on the show Today’s Special. Her other puppetry credits include work on the iconic Canadian kids sh...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2021
  • Length: 01:03:45
Matt Vogel (Sesame Street, The Muppets) – Under The Puppet #50
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Matt Vogel, Credit: Matt Vogel
Matt Vogel is a principal Muppet performer who took over the roles of Sesame Street’s Big Bird and The Count as well as the most recognizable puppe...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2020
  • Length: 01:01:54
Vent Haven Museum with curator Lisa Sweasy – Under The Puppet #49
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Lisa Sweasy, Credit: Lisa Sweasy
The Vent Haven Museum in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky is the world’s only museum dedicated to the art of ventriloquism. I speak with Vent Haven’s curato...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2020
  • Length: 31:42
Starting A Puppetry Guild with Katy Williams - Under The Puppet #40
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Katy Williams, Credit: Katy Williams
Let’s say you are a puppeteer who lives in an area where there is no Puppetry Guild. What do you do? Well, if you’re puppeteer Katy Williams you ...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2020
  • Length: 42:30
Olga Felgemacher & Craig Marin (Pinwheel, Shining Time Station, Flexitoon) - Under The Puppet #39
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Olga Felgemacher & Craig Marin, Credit: Craig Marin
This episode my guests are Olga Felgemacher & Craig Marin, the creative minds behind Flexitoon.  Over the years they've worked on such shows as Pin...

  • Added: Feb 29, 2020
  • Length: 01:32:22
Filmspotting 600 REBROADCAST (01/13/17): Top 5 Movies Future Historians Will Remember w/ Chuck Klosterman
From: WBEZ
Series: Filmspotting (weekly series)
Caption: Christopher Nolan's 'Inception'
Citizen Kane, Vertigo, The Godfather. 200 years from now, will anyone even remember these movies? Or are we currently overlooking the classics of t...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WQCS, WRIR, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
The Band 40th Anniversary of "The Last Waltz:" All Access
From: Dan Neer
Series: All Access World Premieres
Caption: The 40th Anniversary of the Band's "The Last Waltz:" All Access
Robbie Robertson shares insights looking back from 40 years on at one of, if not THE best rock and roll concerts and films, The Last Waltz. Interv...

Bought by Prairie Public, KGLP, Prairie Public, KSRQ, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 58:24
  • Purchases: 11
Filmspotting 610 (11/04/16): Barry Jenkins and Naomie Harris (Moonlight), Doctor Strange, Tower
From: WBEZ
Caption: Mahershala Ali and Alex R. Hibbert in Barry Jenkins' 'Moonlight'
Director Barry Jenkins and playwright Tarell McCraney grew up in the same neighborhood in 1980s-era Miami. "Moonlight," based on an autobiographica...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRIR, GCR (Global Community Radio), WOUB, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Nov 04, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Filmspotting 609 (10/28/16): Top 5 Childhood Movie Scares (with guest Ti West), sacred cow review of A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
From: WBEZ
Caption: Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger in 'A Nightmare On Elm Street'
The clown under the bed. The shadow on the other side of the shower curtain. The elevator filled with blood. Scary movies make an impression -- and...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WRIR, WNJR, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSKQ and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 11
Filmspotting 608 (10/21/16): Kelly Reichardt inteview, Certain Women
From: WBEZ
Caption: Kristen Stewart in Kelly Reichardt's 'Certain Women'
For certain film lovers, a new Kelly Reichardt film is an event. Spare and deliberately paced movies like "Wendy and Lucy" and "Meek's Cutoff" are ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRIR, GCR (Global Community Radio), WNJR, WOUB and more


  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
Filmspotting 607 (10/14/16): Conversation with Steve James (Hoop Dreams, The Interrrupters)
From: WBEZ
Caption: Documentary director and producer, Steve James
Back in June, IDA and Chicago's Kartemquin Films invited Adam to host a career-spanning conversation with documentary filmmaker Steve James ("Hoop ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRIR, KCPW Salt Lake City, GCR (Global Community Radio), WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 14, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 8
Ace Atkins discusses "The Redeemers"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Ace Atkins is the author of seventeen books and is also the author of the New York Times–bestselling novels in the continuation of Robert B. Parker...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2015
  • Length: 13:42
Stars for Freedom (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The little-known story of how black actors and entertainers in Hollywood contributed their money, connections, and fame to aid the civil rights mov...

Bought by WCNY, WVAS, Vermont Public, WRPI, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and more


  • Added: Aug 21, 2015
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 10