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Meet Heartbeat Opera and Its Artistic Director Ethan Heard
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ethan Heard, Credit: Stanley Bohorek
Ethan Heard and Heartbeat Opera re-visions opera for the 21st Century.

Bought by KZUM, RADIOLEX, and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: May 23, 2021
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 3
Let's Talk Race
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Fern Johnson & Marlene Fine
It’s curiously indisputable. One of the most difficult conversations for whites and blacks to have is the subject of race. Especially for whites. I...

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  • Added: May 19, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
In The Tunnel
From: Laura Joyce Davis
Series: Shelter in Place
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When we face mental health struggles, who will help us find our way out? In this episode honoring Mental Health Awareness month, the women at She...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 18, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Path to Free College
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Michelle Miller-Adams
Quite a number of voices are heard lately calling for tuition free college. After all, European countries offer free tuition at their institutions ...

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  • Added: May 11, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Wealth Hoarders
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Chuck Collins
It’s a secret army that’s been around for decades. But. They don’t carry guns. They wield pens. They write a lot of rules and regulation that you’l...

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  • Added: May 04, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Meet poet and playwright Darrel Alejandro Holnes
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Darrel Alejandro Holnes, Credit: Emma Pratte
Poet and playwright Darrel Alejandro Holnes explores immigration and belonging through poetry and theater.

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  • Added: May 03, 2021
  • Length: 28:42
  • Purchases: 3
Tyranny of Experts
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: William Easterly
Around the world populist leaders or on the rise. The higher the poverty rate, the more likely a “benevolent autocrat” holds power. The problem is ...

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
No Common Ground
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Karen Cox
Polarizing debates over the meaning behind Confederate monuments have intensified lately. There are legal battles to remove them. Legislative maneu...

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  • Added: Apr 20, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Meet environmental poet Camille T. Dungy
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Camille Dungy, Credit: Beowulf Sheehan
Award-winning writer and two-time NEA Literature Fellow Camille T. Dungy discusses her work as an ecopoet.

Bought by WSLR, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KZUM


  • Added: Apr 18, 2021
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 3
The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Richard Pender
It comes in at just over 650 pages, and weighs-in at just under three-and-a-half pounds. It’s also worth every word. Why? Because, if there’s anyth...

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  • Added: Apr 13, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Meet percussionist and 2021 NEA Jazz Master Albert “Tootie” Heath
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Albert "Tootie" Heath, Credit: Ghylian Bell and Mychal Watts
Percussionist Tootie Heath shares the rhythms of a Jazz Master.

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  • Added: Apr 11, 2021
  • Length: 28:53
  • Purchases: 2
Here's 2021 NEA Jazz Master Phil Schaap!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Phil Schaap, Credit: Jazz at Lincoln Center
For jazz radio host, educator, producer and archivist Phil Schaap, the music has been a life-long passion and joy.

  • Added: Apr 02, 2021
  • Length: 29:03
The Agitators
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Harriet Tubman
If you are going to write a history, a basic premise is that it must be believable. But, as you know, there are several true stories that actually ...

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Surmountable
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Surmountable, Credit: jacket cover
The American colonists sought a way of throwing off British rule so they protested. The struggle resulted in freedom for the people, the Bill of Ri...

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  • Added: Mar 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Tana French!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Tana French, Credit: Jessica Ryan
Acclaimed Irish crime writer Tana French keeps pushing the genre in her latest book The Searcher.

  • Added: Mar 19, 2021
  • Length: 28:47
America’s Critical Thinking Crisis
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Steven Pearlman
Problem solving skills. Most of Americas students have serious challenges in that area. In fact, they rank among the lowest in the world. Research ...

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  • Added: Mar 16, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Artistic director of Oregon Shakespeare Festival Nataki Garrett talks about OSF and 2020
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Nataki Garrett
Artistic director of Oregon Shakespeare Festival Nataki Garrett speaks about theater’s year of reckoning.

Bought by Harford Community Radio and KZUM


  • Added: Mar 12, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Election Insiders
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Gloria Shur Bilchik
The American election system took a hit in 2016 when there were accusations that Russia had interfered. As if that weren’t enough, 2020 suspicions ...

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  • Added: Mar 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Reinventing Food Banks and Pantries
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Katie Martin
There is a vast network of hundreds food banks across. Along with those are more than 60-thousand hunger-relief organizations: food pantries and me...

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  • Added: Mar 02, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Meet 2021 NEA Jazz Master Henry Threadgill
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Henry Threadgill, Credit: Nhumi Threadgill
Composer, multi-instrumentalist, and 2021 NEA Jazz Master Henry Threadgill continues his work on music’s cutting edge.

Bought by Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 01, 2021
  • Length: 28:48
  • Purchases: 1
American Awakening
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Joshua Mitchell
As we examine the last four years of America’s political scene, there is a striking shift. To say that changes have occurred is an understatement. ...

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  • Added: Feb 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The National Endowment for the Arts presents writer Danielle Evans
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Danielle Evans , Credit: Beowulf Sheehan
Author Danielle Evans discusses her recent short-story collection "The Office of Historical Corrections."

Bought by KZUM and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 19, 2021
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
The National Endowment for the Arts presents Art Works
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Tracy K. Smith, Credit: Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Former poet laureate of the United States Tracy K. Smith in wide-ranging conversation about poetry, history, and memory.

Bought by WMPG and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 12, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Broke in America
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Broke in Aemerica, Credit: jacket design by Pete Garceau
Approximately twelve percent of America’s population living in poverty. That’s not including those who barely make it month to month. Some see pove...

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  • Added: Feb 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Education
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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Critical Thinking is a set of skills that most students learn at a relatively early age. Even students who don’t do well in school are familiar wit...

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  • Added: Feb 02, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1

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