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5 TO 7 -- Victor Levin Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Victor Levin talks romance, rejection, and ruffling innocence.

  • Added: Apr 03, 2015
  • Length: 13:37
North Indian and Persian Cultures Combine in a New Twin Cities Production
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
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Rita Mustaphi has lead Kathak Dance Theater for decades. Maryam Yusafzadeh has led the Persian-based musical group, Robayat for a similar duration,...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
DEAR WHITE PEOPLE -- Justin Simien Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Justin Simien, San Francisco, CA 10/17/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Justin Simien talks satire, social mirrors, and the truth of life.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 11:56
Bette Davis on The Sexes
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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""I think men have got to change an awful lot. They still prefer the little woman." - Bette Davis, 1963. Interview by Shirley Eder. Bette Davis w...

Bought by KZYX, WABE, Troy Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 07:13
  • Purchases: 4
THE LAST OF ROBIN HOOD -- Richard Glazter and Wash Westmoreland Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland talk sensitivity, existential souls, and truth being stranger than fiction.

  • Added: Sep 04, 2014
  • Length: 12:09
THE GALAPAGOS AFFAIR: SATAN CAME TO EDEN -- Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Dayna Goldfine & Dan Geller, San Francisco, CA 3/19/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller talk revealing human nature, looking a Galapagos tortoise in the eye, and babysitting Cate Blanchett.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2014
  • Length: 21:31
UNDER THE SKIN -- Jonathan Glazer Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Jonathan Glazer, San Francisco, CA 3/26/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Jonathan Glazer talks witnessing instead of explaining, the power of mirrors, and the intimacy of being taken unawares.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 14:08
GOODBYE WORLD -- Denis Henry Hennelly Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Denis Henry Hennelly talks unexpected politics, the symbiosis of art and commerce, and the real meaning of apocalypse.

  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 15:46
The Top Ten Peace Songs of All Time (Peace Talks Radio) [2 hours or 1 hour]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The hosts of Peace Talks Radio present a special program counting down the Top 10 Peace Songs since the late 1960's. Also featured are honorable m...

Bought by Morehead State Public Radio, KUOW, KUOW, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Sep 16, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 4
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
Riddles from the Border Regions, 1/5/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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IN THE SOUTH -- THE DEEP, DEEP SOUTH...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jan 03, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
ANNA KARENINA -- Joe Wright Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Joe Wright, San Francisco, CA 11/11/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Joe Wright talks dancing through class distinctions, the seduction of ego, and the magic of the intangible.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2012
  • Length: 12:04
Island Stories: Virginia's Restless Archipelago Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: Virginia barrier island., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Virginia’s Barrier Islands and the waters and salt marshes that surround them represent the most pristine coastal region on the Eastern Seaboard. U...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2012
  • Length: 25:24
CANE TOADS: THE CONQUEST -- Mark Lewis interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Filmmaker Mark Lewis on challenging himself, glamorizing amphibians, and the human folly of trying to outsmart Mother Nature.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2012
  • Length: 19:17
The Audiophiles: Zoe Keating’s one-woman orchestra
From: KALW
Caption: Cellist Zoe Keating uses a cello and a foot-controlled laptop to record layer upon layer of sound. , Credit: Jerry Dodrill
Zoe Keating's unique style of music has gotten her to the top of the iTunes classical and electronic music charts, and all the while she's remained...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 23, 2011
  • Length: 10:12
  • Purchases: 1
Radical Idea: Grow your own farm-fresh wardrobe
From: KALW
Caption: Rebecca Burgess has pledged to wear clothes made completely within 150 miles from her home
Few of us know exactly what goes into making our clothes – the chemicals, fibers, and dyes. But one Bay Area woman is determined to take localism t...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 08, 2011
  • Length: 06:37
  • Purchases: 2
Diagnosing Literature
From: Eric Molinsky
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Is the culture of psychological diagnosis and medication changing the way we view some classic literature?

Bought by WABE, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WILL


  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 07:19
  • Purchases: 4
A Senegalese griot meets a German jazz trumpeter
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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An African griot meets a German jazz trumpeter when Ablaye Cissoko and Volker Goetze talk about their unlikely and serenely beautiful collaboration.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 29, 2010
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Learn how to learn
From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
Caption: Gutzmann kids at the radijojo offices
Ever had trouble listening? ever had trouble concentrating? Yes sometimes we all have such problems. But some have it worst than others, some even...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2009
  • Length: 30:01
Donna De Lory's sacred chants and songs
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
Caption: Donna De Lory
Donna De Lory turns Hindi chants into spiritual pop songs. A back-up singer for Madonna and a gifted singer-songwriter in her own right, Donna De ...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
Guitar Making: The Human Element
From: Carla Seidl
Caption: Scott MacDonald in his workshop
Human relations are important even in jobs where you wouldn’t expect them to be. Scott MacDonald may be an internationally renowned guitar builder,...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jul 13, 2009
  • Length: 09:45
  • Purchases: 1
John Luther Adams: Tuning in the sound of a frozen world
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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It was John Cage who suggested that music was always in the air, and John Luther Adams has been tapping that sound for over 30 years. His evocative...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
DRP: Sudanese Reactions to the Inauguration of President Obama
From: Sudan Radio Project
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From the Darfur Radio Project: we hear Sudanese responses to the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States.

  • Added: May 03, 2009
  • Length: 03:16
The Peace Message in Star Trek (59:00/54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Spock, Kirk, McCoy, Scotty, Credit: www.startrek.com
PEACE TALKS RADIO, the series on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution, explores the peace message in the hugely popular original 1960's T...

Bought by KUOW, KGNU Community Radio, WTJU, KUOW, XRAY.fm and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2009
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 17
Self and Sociey
From: Sudan Radio Project
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Analysis and exploration of current issues surrounding the conflict in Darfur.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2008
  • Length: 29:00