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On this episode, we talked about "Switched On," the great new biography of Bob Moog that documents his life and work. We would have a very differen...
- Added: Aug 12, 2023
- Length: 28:30
Two episodes that might challenge your perspective on what it means to be a cowboy.
Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)
- Added: Aug 08, 2023
- Length: 50:00
- Purchases: 2
On this episode, we talked about "The Names of Minimalism," a new music history book that approaches the genre from the perspective of rivalries an...
- Added: Aug 05, 2023
- Length: 28:00
On this episode, we talked about the music of Toby Driver, and his essay in the book Arcana Volume IV, which you can borrow from the library. Drive...
- Added: Jul 29, 2023
- Length: 28:19
On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about "The Mandorla Letters," the new book by flautist and composer Nicole Mitchell Gan...
- Added: Jun 24, 2023
- Length: 27:30
The life story of a donkey, and his experiences under different human owners, is depicted to expand our ideas of what subjective life is to include...
- Added: Apr 26, 2023
- Length: 03:34
In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack heads over to the Promise Neighborhood in St. Cloud on...
- Added: Aug 29, 2020
- Length: 29:09
The madrigal offered composers a means to break the strict rules of counterpoint and harmony in order to serve a dramatic end; an important concept...
- Added: Aug 12, 2020
- Length: 03:00
This week on World Ocean Radio we review a new book by photographer George Steinmetz with essays by Andrew Revkin. "The Human Planet: Earth at the ...
- Added: Jun 29, 2020
- Length: 04:34
Steve Downing gives reviews on the concert, plays and museum he and his wife took in on a snowy April weekend. In Minneapolis they went to Cedar C...
- Added: May 09, 2019
- Length: 05:11
Sandip Roy experiences a testiment to resiliance.... at the Pavlov Mental Hospital.
- Added: Feb 04, 2019
- Length: 06:00
Sam Bailey is a writer, actor and filmmaker. Her credits include the Tribeca Film Festival recognized and Gotham Award. Produced by Alex Kime.
- Added: Jul 15, 2018
- Length: 18:50
Steve Downing reviews the abstract paintings and sculptures at the "Art and Healing" at the MacRostie Art Center in Grand Rapids; Sam Miltich at It...
- Added: Mar 08, 2016
- Length: 04:10
Over 25 years ago curators Alan Teller and Jerri Zbiral went to an estate sale in Illinois. Jerri says they stumbled upon a shoebox that would cha...
- Added: Mar 08, 2016
- Length: 06:00
“Talking about music is like dancing about architecture” is a problematic statement: not just because nobody can agree on who came up with it, but ...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WABE, and PRX Remix
- Added: Sep 24, 2015
- Length: 27:04
- Purchases: 3
Examine the life of one of America’s most famous 20th century artists, who you may not have even heard of.
- Added: Jun 05, 2015
- Length: 16:24
Just in time for Halloween, we look at gender issues in horror films. This essay takes a feminist angle on underrated horror heroines, from Candyma...
- Added: Oct 09, 2014
- Length: 21:26
A poet famous for writing about the civil rights movement and for epitomizing black arts movement feminism, Sonia Sanchez passed through Attica’s g...
Bought by KFOK-LPFM
- Added: Jan 27, 2014
- Length: 54:52
- Purchases: 1
A lot has changed for the Olympics over the last century, including the focus on an entire discipline.
Bought by KISU
- Added: Sep 10, 2013
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
The strange evolution of the iconic Pop-Tart.
- Added: May 09, 2012
- Length: 01:51
- Purchases: 2
A great poet of the Western landscape, Jeffers celebrated the heartbreaking beauty of existence and reminded humanity of its responsibility to the ...
Bought by KPIP-LP, KQED, KRZA, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KRZA
- Added: Aug 17, 2011
- Length: 26:54
- Purchases: 5
Guido's philosophy on lawn mowing? Let it be.
- Added: Jul 06, 2010
- Length: 05:02
From the start, the very concept of "State Parks" was an indicator of things that had already been lost...
- Added: Jun 21, 2010
- Length: 03:54
Aaron has a very special bowl in his life - it's both glass, and invincible...
- Added: Apr 13, 2010
- Length: 03:13
Michael asks, "Are we, ourselves, not bowls? Empty vessels always being filled and refilled..."
- Added: Apr 12, 2010
- Length: 02:35
