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Riddles from the Border Regions, 8/6/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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MY GRANDPA'S FACE IS BRILLIANT ORANGE...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Aug 04, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Peter Zeitlinger - Austrian Cinematographer for Werner Herzog
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio
Caption: PZ
Austrian Cinematographer, Peter Zeitlinger, worked as Director of Photography on Werner Herzog’s documentary, Death For Five Voices in 1995, contin...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Art center gives voice to the Bay Area’s developmentally disabled
From: KALW
Caption: Oakland's Creative Growth Art Center provides a space for adults with developmental disabilities to express themselves
Art can be extraordinary. It can convey beauty ... imagination ... and wonder. For some artists, it can literally communicate what their words can...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 05:02
SFMOMA conservators turn back time
From: KALW
Caption: Paula de Cristofaro treating Matisse’s “Portrait of Sarah Stein” in the SFMOMA conservation lab., Credit: Photo courtesy of SFMOMA
Art conservators work behind the scenes at museums. Though they’re sometimes confused with curators, who acquire works for a collection, conservato...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 1
Keeping the Music Playing... After Losing Your Hearing
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Charles Mokotoff spent years hiding his hearing loss, as he performed and taught classical guitar., Credit: Cathy Dyer
Finding out you have hearing loss might not be music to your ears... but it doesn't mean you have to change your tune.

Bought by KVNF, KUOW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Louisville Public Media


  • Added: Aug 01, 2011
  • Length: 06:10
  • Purchases: 4
Leanne Pooley - NZ Documentary Filmmaker - The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio
Caption: Topp Twins
New Zealand based documentary filmmaker, Leanne Pooley, established the independent production company Spacific Films based in New Zealand. Her ea...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
JazzStories: Jose James
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Jose James
“Music was unexpected. I always wanted to be a writer and I still do. I was always turned on by words, by the way people could use words and that k...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, PRX Remix, and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jul 28, 2011
  • Length: 11:59
  • Purchases: 5
A Conversation with Tenor, Everett McCorvey
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Operatic tenor Everett McCorvey talks about how he was drawn into the music, how he helped build the opera program at University of Kentucky, and t...

Bought by WEKU


  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 26:18
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with John Hickenlooper, Mayor of Denver
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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John Hickenlooper discusses his efforts to use the arts to revitalize Denver and promote economic development and increased livability.

  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 23:37
A Conversation about the U Street Arts Corridor in DC
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Once known as the "Black Broadway," U Street is again a vibrant cultural place in the city, as evidenced by Arena Stage's smash production of Sophi...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 25:58
A Conversation with NEA Opera Honoree Carlisle Floyd
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Carlisle Floyd talks about his extensive career in opera, including writing some of his most famous pieces, Susannah, Of Mice and Men, Willie Stark...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 29:55
A Conversation with Playwright Rajiv Joseph
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Rajiv Joseph talks about developing and writing his play Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, a 2010 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Theater.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2011
  • Length: 22:14
A Conversation with Actress Rita Moreno
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Star of stage and screen--and winner of just about every performance award--National Medal of the Arts recipient Rita Moreno talks about her life a...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2011
  • Length: 28:06
Giving the House of Representatives a Human Face
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Nicholas Longworth's gavel is among the treasures curated and conserved by the House of Representatives' very first curator., Credit: Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives
Meet the very first curator of the U.S. House of Representatives collection... 4,000 artifacts strong.

Bought by Louisville Public Media, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 25, 2011
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 3
Pasquale Catalano - Italian Film Composer
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio
Caption: Barney's Version
Pasquale has collaborated as conductor, orchestrator, arranger and composer for films for directors Pappi Corsicato and Dario D’Ambrosi, on the fil...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Riddles from the Border Regions, 7/23/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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ROWS AROSE AND RECEDED...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
Karen Aqua - Tribute to An Award Winning Independent Animator
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio
Caption: Twist of Fate
This was a rebroadcast of an interview with Boston-based animator, Karen Aqua. Karen died May 30, 2011 at the age of 57.

  • Added: Jul 15, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
JazzStories: Ron Carter
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"I was on my way to being a decent bass player, and at that time there were a lot of clubs in New York, a lot of recordings going on....talking to ...

Bought by KMUW, WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM and more


  • Added: Jul 14, 2011
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 8
Job Ter Burg - Dutch Film Editor
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio
Caption: Winter in Wartime
Dutch Editor, Job Ter Burg started out as an editor for mostly television documentaries, but after his continued collaboration with film school cla...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Riddles from the Border Regions, 7/9/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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HE'S NAMED FOR HIS TOES THOUGH HE HAS NONE...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jul 06, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Graffiti of War
From: War News Radio
Caption: Sgt Brandon Benton sent this to his wife Emily Benton, who waited for him at home near Fort Hood, Texas, when he got word of a return date., Credit: graffitiofwar.com
War News Radio talks with the founder of the Graffiti of War Project, which collects service members’ art left on the walls and buildings in the ba...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 06:38
  • Purchases: 1
Frankie Demarco - American Cinematographer for John Cameron Mitchell
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio
Caption: Rabbit Hole
Frankie Demarco is best known for his collaborative work as Director of Photography with John Cameron Mitchell films: Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Sh...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Neil Gaiman: A Reading and Interview
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Writers on a New England Stage
Caption: Neil Gaiman waits backstage, Credit: David J. Murray, Clear Eyed Photo
Multimedia sensation reads from the new edition of "American Gods," and talks Twitter, Dr. Who, and the power of librarians with host Virginia Pres...

Bought by KSRQ, Connecticut Public (WNPR), and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 29, 2011
  • Length: 49:27
  • Purchases: 3
Ann Patchett's State of Wonder
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Writers on a New England Stage
Caption: Author Ann Patchett
An hour long reading and interview with Ann Patchett recorded in front of a live audience at the Portsmouth Music Hall in June, 2011.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 29, 2011
  • Length: 53:30
  • Purchases: 1
Floris Vos - Dutch Production Designer
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio
Caption: Winter in Wartime
Dutch Production Designer, Floris Vos studied as a furniture maker and worked as a set-builder for Dutch television. Floris then began working wi...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2011
  • Length: 29:00

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