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From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

“It was an age of miracles, it was an age of art, it was an age of excess, and it was an age of satire,” Those words come from F. Scott Fitzgerald ...

Bought by KCBX

Suzan-Lori Parks Shows Up!

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Suzan-Lori Parks, Credit: Tam Shell

“Making the world, not just living in it”: Suzan-Lori Parks discusses her current play, “Sally and Tom.”

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KECG

An Influencial Foursome

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

It was a lengthy journey from obscurity to international popularity. No one will say it was easy. But, with steadfast perseverance and endless cre...

Bought by KCBX

It's All Happening - Money (IAH 017)

From: Andy Valeri / Big Beef Productions
Series: It's All Happening

Episode #17 of this weekly music-based program delivering an inspired reinvention of how we inform ourselves about and experience the world we live...

Ancestral Dreaming with Stephanie R Burns, PhD

From: Katherine Bell
Series: The Dream Journal

Connecting with our ancestors through dreaming, an interview with Dr. Stephanie R. Burns. We can choose to communicate only with benevolent ancesto...

European Dance Bands

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

As traditional jazz evolved through the 1920s, audiences in Europe began gravitating toward larger dance bands. Live performances at dance halls an...

Bought by KCBX

On the Continent

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

Between 1917 and the early ’30s there is a transformative era for jazz in Europe. While the music gets a foothold in America, it quickly spreads ac...

Bought by KCBX

Talking across Disciplines with the Chair of the NEA and the Director of the Census Bureau

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

A special edition of Art Works a conversation between NEA Chair Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson and U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Santos, moderated ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KECG

It's All Happening - Fear Goes (IAH 014)

From: Andy Valeri / Big Beef Productions
Series: It's All Happening

Episode #14 of this weekly music-based program delivering an inspired reinvention of how we inform ourselves about and experience the world we live...

Blame Jazz

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

Jazz had to deal with a number of hurdles, in the 1920s, before it was eventually accepted by the American public. Even then, it was very limited a...

Bought by KCBX

Amina Claudine Myers: Mixing Jazz with Gospel

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Amina Claudine Myers, Credit: Crystal Blake

An musical podcast with pianist, organist, vocalist, composer, and 2024 Jazz Master Amina Claudine Myers exploring her life in music from gospel to...

Bought by WMPG, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more

Boosting Morale

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

In the decade of the1920s, jazz evolves into the heartbeat of America. The music is the catapult into a new era around the world. Looking back, it ...

Bought by KCBX

It's All Happening - Zion Train (IAH 013)

From: Andy Valeri / Big Beef Productions
Series: It's All Happening

Episode #13 of this weekly music-based program delivering an inspired reinvention of how we inform ourselves about and experience the world we live...

Building Bridges Through Children's Literature

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Co-founder of I’m Your Neighbor Books Kirsten Cappy builds bridges through children’s literature

Bought by WMPG, KMUN, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more

Do bottle bills work?

From: Possibly

Today’s question comes from a listener here in Rhode Island. They’ve been following local efforts to pass a bottle bill- that’s where you get money...

Bought by Raven Radio, WRFA-LP, and KICI Iowa City

What does the future of natural gas look like in Massachusetts?

From: Possibly

So-called “Natural gas”- the stuff a lot of us use to heat our homes and run our stoves- is basically methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. In the sh...

Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP

It's All Happening - Common Disaster (IAH 012)

From: Andy Valeri / Big Beef Productions
Series: It's All Happening

Episode #12 of this weekly music-based program delivering an inspired reinvention of how we inform ourselves about and experience the world we live...

Trailblazing Women

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

The 1920s was a important time in the earliest years of jazz, as musicians began migrating to points north of New Orleans. Any time there’s a discu...

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Pied Pipers of the Big Apple

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

It may feel like an overstatement to say, but it’s true, that the 1920s was a pivotal decade for jazz, and that’s especially true for New York City...

Bought by KCBX

It's All Happening - Goldfree (IAH 011)

From: Andy Valeri / Big Beef Productions
Series: It's All Happening

Episode #11 of this weekly music-based program delivering an inspired reinvention of how we inform ourselves about and experience the world we live...

The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates author Mat Johnson

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Mat Johnson takes a satirical look at race and identity.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WNJR, and KVSC

The Pied Pipers of Chicago

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

The 1920s were a exciting time for jazz in Chicago. While all jazz musicians played crucial roles in shaping a style that took on the name of the c...

Bought by KCBX

Bonus Edition: Meet Jazz Great Gary Bartz

From: National Endowment for the Arts

Caption: Gary Bartz, Credit: Alan Nahigian

In this tuneful 59 minute podcast, 2024 NEA Jazz Master Saxophonist Gary Bartz talks about his life and career, touching on his roots, influences, ...

Meet National Heritage Fellow Tap Dancer Reggio McLaughlin

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Reggio McLaughlin, Credit: Reggio McLaughlin

Tap Dancer and 2021 National Heritage Fellow, Reginald “Reggio the Hoofer” McLaughlin tap-dancing from Chicago’s subways to stages around the world.

Bought by WDCB, WMPG, RADIOLEX, Spokane Public Radio, and KZUM

The Pied Pipers of New Orleans

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

The story of early jazz clarinetists is a fascinating journey through the evolution of jazz. Not only did it play a crucial role in shaping the dis...

Bought by KCBX

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