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Gaelynn Lea is a singer, a songwriter, a musician and a woman living with a disability. Since the age of 2, her electric wheelchair has moved her...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2018
  • Length: 17:28
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Emily St John Mandel's post-apocalyptic novel Station Eleven looks at what endures when civilization ends.

  • Added: Mar 23, 2018
  • Length: 29:28
Caption: Dessa, Credit: Bill Phelps
Rapper Dessa explores her broken heart at the intersection of science and music

Bought by WMPG, WMPG, WNJR, and WUTC


  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 29:45
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: “Future Perfect” project at Indie Grits Festival, art work by Sleeper, Credit: Sean Rayford
Indie grits: it evolved from a tiny film festival to a cultural touchstone

  • Added: Jan 26, 2018
  • Length: 26:52

  • Added: Jan 11, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
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Steve Ellis and David Gallaher combined werewolves and westerns and created the cult classic, High Moon.

Bought by WCPN, KWMR, and WNJR


  • Added: Nov 09, 2017
  • Length: 31:05
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Kimberly Brooks
Kimberly Brooks talks about the language of painting

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Nov 02, 2017
  • Length: 27:11
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Miguel Sisters
Forty years ago, Muriel Miguel co-founded Spiderwoman Theater the first Native-American women’s theater. It's still going strong!

  • Added: Oct 18, 2017
  • Length: 27:59
Caption: Junot Diaz, Credit: Nina Subin
The National Book Award winner talks about author Julia Alvarez, Oscar Wao, and the wonder of reading.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 24:59
Caption: Jeff Malmberg and Chris Shellen
Documentary filmmakers Jeff Malmberg and Chris Shellen look at a small Tuscan village where each year life is translated into art.

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Oct 06, 2017
  • Length: 29:24
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Sep 28, 2017
  • Length: 25:12
Caption: Bindlestiff Family Cirkus  performing “A Cardboard & Duct Tape Spectacular", Credit: Maike Schulz
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus co-founder,artistic director and performer Stephanie Monseu brings us circus arts by way of the East Village performance ...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Aug 24, 2017
  • Length: 27:06
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ron Simons
Ron Simons became a producer to shine a light on untold stories.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 11, 2017
  • Length: 29:06
  • Purchases: 1
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Ian Rankin is best known for two characters: Inspector John Rebus, the protagonist of now 21 mystery novels, and the city of Edinburgh, whose dark ...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2017
  • Length: 10:30
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Author, outspoken vegetarian, social media abstainer and writing teacher Jonathan Safran Foer is author of three novels: Everything Is Illuminated,...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2017
  • Length: 08:09
Caption: Ira Gitler, Credit:  Frances McLaughlin-Gill
Meet Ira Gitler: Jazz writer, historian, critic and 2017 NEA Jazz Master

Bought by RADIOLEX, WMPG, KREV-LP, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Renee Fleming with Hartmut Hoell, Credit:  Bob Millard
Renée Fleming along with other musicians and scientists look at the remarkable ability of music to make us whole.

Bought by KZUM, KVNF, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 16, 2017
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 3

  • Added: Jun 08, 2017
  • Length: 26:00
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The new exhibit at NMAAH&C illuminate history, community and culture. Co-curator Aaron Bryant walks us through it.

Bought by KZUM, WCPN, WTJU, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 31, 2017
  • Length: 26:59
  • Purchases: 4
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With her book, Balancing Acts,photographer Lucy Gray takes us backstage with dancers who are mothers.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 12, 2017
  • Length: 24:31
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Kim Roberts
Kim Roberts brings a poet’s eye to The Scientific Method

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Thomas Dooley
Thomas Dooley's collection of poetry Trespass shines a light in dark places.

Bought by WNJR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 27, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Dave Holland, Credit: Ulli Gruber
The National Endowment for the Arts speak with bassist and NEA Jazz MAster Dave Hollnd

Bought by WNJR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 13, 2017
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Marsha Mason
Actress Marsha Mason living a full life on and off the stage

Bought by WMUU-LP and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 03, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: DEVIATED THEATRE, Credit:  ©2016 Enoch Chan
Kimmie Dobbs Chan on the joys and challenges of creating a new language for dance.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WNJR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 11, 2017
  • Length: 27:29
  • Purchases: 3