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Transforming Lives Through Art: A Conversation with Fabian Debora
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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We're celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with 2024 National Heritage Fellow Fabian Debora, an acclaimed muralist and founder of the Homeboy Art Ac...

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


  • Added: Sep 15, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
Meet Huascar Medina--the Poet Laureate of Kansas
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Huascar Medina, Credit: Courtesy of the artist
We're celebrating poetry in this week's podcast. The first Latino and non-academic Poet Laureate of Kansas (and National Council on the Arts member...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM, Spokane Public Radio, and KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Jan 02, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month: Meet Manuel Delgado, 3rd Generation Luthier
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Manuel Delgado, Credit: Delgado Guitars
Luthier and Community Activist Manuel Delgado talks about continuing his family’s tradition of hand-crafting stringed instruments while working to ...

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


  • Added: Oct 10, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Conversations with Wood: The Art of Luis Tapia
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Luis Tapia, Credit: Jack PArsons
Sculptor and 2023 National Heritage Fellow Luis Tapia discusses his career and his break with tradition.

Bought by PRX Remix, KMUN, WMPG, WSLR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Sep 16, 2023
  • Length: 29:12
  • Purchases: 8
Sebastian Hernandez - Colombian Film Editor - Pickpockets, Foreign Wars, Green Frontier, Diamond Hands, and The Kings Of The World
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio
Caption: Kings Of The World - 1 - SH1
Sebastian Hernandez - Colombian Film Editor - Pickpockets, Foreign Wars, Green Frontier, Diamond Hands, and The Kings Of The World

Bought by KUT and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Apr 09, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
60 – Michelle Zamora (Waffles + Mochi, A Black Lady Sketch Show, Viva La Puppet) – Under The Pu
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Michelle Zamora on the set of Waffles+Mochi, Credit: Michelle Zamora
Michelle Zamora puppeteers Waffles on the hit Netflix series Waffles + Mochi. She’s performed and built puppets for TV shows including A Black Lad...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2023
  • Length: 48:00
Jaime Sainz - Sound Designer and Foley Mixer - Amores Perros, Roma, Nomadland, Sanctorum, The Sky Is Everywhere, Emily The Criminal, and Bardo
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio
Caption: Emily The Criminal 1
Jaime Sainz - Sound Designer and Foley Mixer - Amores Perros, Roma, Nomadland, Sanctorum, The Sky Is Everywhere, Emily The Criminal, and Bardo

Bought by KUT, RADIOLEX, and KFCF FM


  • Added: Oct 16, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Eva Enciñias: The Artistry of Flamenco
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Eva Enciñias, Credit: Courtesy of NIF
Flamenco Artist and 2022 National Heritage Fellow Eva Enciñias has spent her life to elevating flamenco while weaving it into the fabric of communi...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 20, 2022
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 5
Back to School: with Jenny Mendez of The Mattie Rhodes Art & Cultural Center in Kansas City, MO
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Jenny Mendez
Jenny Mendez discusses the Mattie Rhodes Art & Cultural Center’s work in arts education and community programming.

Bought by RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., PRX Remix, KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 16, 2022
  • Length: 28:49
  • Purchases: 5
World in Progress 12/02/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: The textile patterns designes by indigenous weavers in Oaxaca, Mexico are hip with fashion companies who don't always compe...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Dec 03, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Meet Louie Pérez from Los Lobos
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Louie Pérez, Credit: Hypothetical
Louie Pérez the co-founder, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter for 2021 National Heritage Fellow Award-winning band Los Lobos talks about keepin...

Bought by WMPG and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 02, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Katie Bowler Young discusses her new biography Enrique Alférez: Sculptor
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Katie Bowler Young talks about the life and work of artist Enrique Alférez.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, RADIOLEX, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 13, 2021
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Aesthetics of Excess—with Jillian Hernandez
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
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Jillian Hernandez gives voice to girls and women of color in her 2020 book Aesthetics of Excess: The Art and Politics of Black and Latina Embodimen...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2021
  • Length: 18:40
Matt Mendez: Barely Missing Everything
From: Generation Justice Admin
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Where can the youth of color find stories relevant to their lives in YA novels? This author has a book that captures the experiences of a Chicanx ...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 12:18
Canción Mixteca
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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Singer Yesenia Mejia of Artisanas Mexicanas

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 1
Sergio Diaz - Mexican Sound Designer and Sound Editor - Pan's Labyrinth, Heli, The Thin Yellow Line, The Untamed, While the Wolf's Away, and Roma
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio
Caption: Roma
Sergio Diaz - Mexican Sound Designer and Sound Editor - Pan's Labyrinth, Heli, The Thin Yellow Line, The Untamed, While the Wolf's Away, and Roma

  • Added: Feb 17, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
The National Endowment for the Arts in conversation with Junot Diaz
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Junot Diaz, Credit: Nina Subin
The National Book Award winner talks about author Julia Alvarez, Oscar Wao, and the wonder of reading.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 24:59
Lin-Manuel Miranda talks about his life in the theater before Hamilton
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Lin-Manuel Miranda and cast, In the Heights, Credit: Joan Marcus
Lin-Manuel Miranda's life in theater didn't begin with Hamilton. He already won a 2008 Tony for Best Musical with In the Heights.

Bought by WRIR, WNJR, WMUU-LP, and WABE


  • Added: Jun 17, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 4
Playwright Karen Zacarias does it all!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Caption: A scene from Destiny of Desire, Credit: C. Stanley Photography.
Karen Zacarias is the most produced Latina playwright in the nation. Now, she brings the telenovela to the stage with Destiny of Desire

  • Added: Oct 16, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
Fresh Talk: Cesar Cornejo
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Havana Museum of Contemporary Art, Credit: Cesar Cornejo
Peruvian artist Cesar Cornejo talks about his project for the 12th Havana Biennial.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2015
  • Length: 08:18
Meet Dan Sheehy who has spent his life in folk and traditional arts.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dan Sheehy, Credit: Ashlee Duncan
He helped develop the Folk Arts program at the National Endowment for the Arts and he's been head of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Now, Dan Shee...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WABE, KPVL, and WNJR


  • Added: Sep 11, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Poet Dan Vera translates the immigrant experience
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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In his recent book, Speaking Wiri Wiri, poet Dan Vera brings light and often laughter to the immigrant experience.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WABE, and WNJR


  • Added: May 05, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
Full Moon Hacksaw #1438 (Hour 1 & 2) - 10/30/2014
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Producer Todd Barkan is a friend of Full Moon Hacksaw on Facebook. Alligator Records President/Founder Bruce Iglauer was submitted a hacksaw demo i...

Bought by WVBI-LP and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 2
WorldCanvass: Snapshot Brazil (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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An exploration of Brazil's diverse culture, complex past, artistic traditions, and modern aspirations.

  • Added: Oct 18, 2014
  • Length: 29:02
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1443 (Hour 1 & 2) - 09/25/2014
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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The first segment welcomes back guest DJ John Mueller, bringing his taste in vocalists and US west coast jazz. Sounds then evolve thru Latino rhyt...

Bought by WVBI-LP and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 23, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:56
  • Purchases: 2