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Damian McCarthy talks fresh tropes, being visually strategic, and going with his gut.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2021
  • Length: 11:03
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Tom Dolby talks digital snow, Grape Nuts®, and having Lena Olin as a partner.

  • Added: Sep 24, 2020
  • Length: 16:01
Caption: Ben Mendelsohn, San Francisco, February 15, 2020, Credit: Andrea Chase
Ben Mendelsohn talks the Australian psyche, being present, and his joyous curiosity

  • Added: Jun 19, 2020
  • Length: 14:07
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Andrew Heckler and Robbie Brenner talk metaphors, obligation, and looking for the hole.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2020
  • Length: 19:21
Caption: Dria Brown in the title role of G.B. Shaw's St. Joan, Credit: Teresa Wood
Young actor Dria Brown talks with the National Endowment for the Arts about playing Joan of Arc at DC's Folger Theatre.

  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 25:10

  • Added: Apr 26, 2018
  • Length: 49:40
Caption: Bowman Wright as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in The Mountaintop , Credit: Mark Garvin
Bowman Wright on the transformative power of theater and his two portrayals of MLK.

  • Added: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: 27:08
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In her new book The Artist's Compass, Rachel Moore gives practical advice and strategic insight for creating a career in the performing arts.

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


  • Added: Jun 07, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Catherine Hardwicke, San Francisco, CA 10/9/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Catherine Hardwicke talks platonic love stories, friendship tics, and shaving Toni Collette's head.

  • Added: Nov 13, 2015
  • Length: 19:54
Caption: Jilann Spitzmiller, Credit: Genevieve Russell
In her documentary, Still Dreaming, Jilann Spitzmiller films octogenarian actors taking on a full production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's D...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WNJR, and WABE


  • Added: Jun 23, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: John Turturro, San Francisco, CA 4/7/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
John Turturro talks comedy, lying, and the truth of being human.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 18:15
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Raymond De Felitta talks growth, being first, and burying the past before it buries you.

  • Added: Apr 05, 2014
  • Length: 14:51
Caption: J.C. Chandor, San Francisco, CA 10/13/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
J.C. Chandor talks savoring life, eschewing dialogue, and being Robert Redford.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2013
  • Length: 14:40
Caption: Joshua Michael Stern, San Francisco, CA  7/26/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Joshua Michael Stern talks about vision, ambiguity, and casting charisma.

  • Added: Aug 16, 2013
  • Length: 18:08
Caption: James Ponsoldt, San Francisco, CA 5/6/13 , Credit: Andrea Chase
Director James Ponsoldt talks dignity, Geiger counters of honesty, and where to get a great piece of pie.

  • Added: Aug 04, 2013
  • Length: 13:54
Caption: Nat Faxon & Jim Rash, San Francisco, CA  6/13/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Nat Faxon and Jim Rash talk theory, practice, and latching onto a cape.

  • Added: Jul 04, 2013
  • Length: 16:18
Caption: Sarah Polley, San Francisco, CA 4/30/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Sarah Polley talks relative truth, the privilege being quiet, and narrative as a tonic for bewilderment.

  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 08:48
Caption: Robert Osborne and Robert Wagner, San Francisco, CA 4/16/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Robert Osborne and Robert Wagner talk improvisation,Charlie Chaplin, and the evolution of screen size.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 16:13
Caption: Max Theriot, San Francisco, CA 4/5/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Max Theriot talks breathing right, staying gold, and giving it his all.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2013
  • Length: 13:42
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Matteo Garrone talks materialism, capitalism, and why he cast someone serving a life sentence as his star.

  • Added: Apr 07, 2013
  • Length: 11:33
Caption: Adam Leon, San Francisco, CA 4/20/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Adam Leon talks anxiety attacks, passing the smell test, and taking what New York threw at him.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2013
  • Length: 14:44
Caption: Walter Salles, San Francisco, CA 12/8/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Walter Salles talks searching for freedom, finding the story behind the book, and bicycling with Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

  • Added: Mar 24, 2013
  • Length: 14:56
Caption: Juan Diego Solanas, San Francisco, CA 3/6/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Juan Diego Solanas talks the power of metaphor, the advantage of being naïve, and shooting with soul.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2013
  • Length: 15:32
Caption: Alice Englert and Alden Eherenreich, San Francisco, CA 1/28/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Co-stars Alice Englert and Alden Ehernreich talk the pitfalls of fanaticism, the subtleties of accent, and subverting the cliché.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2013
  • Length: 10:50
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Roman Coppola talks muses, intuition,and being playful.

  • Added: Feb 06, 2013
  • Length: 15:43