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Director and playwright Tazewell Thompson: Bringing it to the stage.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Soloman Howard as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the company of Appomattox at Washington National Opera , Credit: Scott Suchman
Tazewell Thompson may be wowing critics and audiences with his direction of the opera Appomattox, but he’s an equally brilliant theater director an...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WNJR, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Nov 24, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
Charleston Mayor Joe Riley and the great work possible through city design
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Opening Day of Spoleto USA, 2015
After 40 years, Mayor Riley steps down, leaving a legacy that privileges the public sphere and beauty in the everyday.

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


  • Added: Nov 17, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
The Speed of Sound: Toro y Moi
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Chaz Bundick never meant to be a musician. It was never in his original plan. He wanted to be a graphic designer. But now that he’s blown up as Tor...

Bought by KHNS and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Nov 14, 2015
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 2
22: Abby Falik, Global Citizen Year & Alexis Sclamberg/Sharon Ufberg, Finding Yourself
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Abby Falik, Global Citizen Year
One of the ways people used to "find themselves" was to join the Peace Corps after college. But what if you could take a year off before college--t...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KSJD, and WRIR


  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 3
21: Investigating Journalism: Behind the Scenes of Reveal
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Susanne Reber
This week, we uncover what makes for great investigative journalism...by talking to two investigative journalists, of course. Both our guests are w...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KZYX, and WRIR


  • Added: Nov 05, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
Imitations: On GMOs and Concrete
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Brooke Borel
Now that Stephen Colbert has put his alter ego to bed, some of you may be missing broadcasters pretending to be someone else. Well, apparently, Col...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 04, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Comic Book Artist and Writer Mike Mignola tells us how Hellboy came to be
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Mike Mignola's Hellboy
After all this time, Mike Mignola still loves drawing monsters

Bought by KZUM, WNJR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Nov 03, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Richard Hunt--One of the giants of American sculpture.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Richard Hunt in his studio, Credit: Tom McCormick
Richard Hunt talks about creating large pieces of abstract art for public spaces and reflects on his time on the National Council of the Arts

Bought by WNJR and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Oct 27, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Fresh Talk: Jerome Sans and Liu Xiaodong
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Liu Xiaodong, Credit: Mary Boone Gallery
French curator Jérôme Sans and Chinese artist Liu Xiaodong talk about Xiaodong's exhibition Painting as Shooting at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in ...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2015
  • Length: 07:16
Flying with Dolly Jacobs!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dolly Jacobs, Credit: Richard Czina
Most kids run away from home to join the circus. For aerialist and 2015 National Heritage Fellow, Dolly Jacobs, it was a family affair.

Bought by WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WNJR


  • Added: Oct 08, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
A Conversation with Kevin McKenzie of American Ballet Theatre
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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American Ballet Theatre received the first grant ever given by the National Endowment for the Arts. We talk about that long and fruitful relationship.

Bought by KZUM, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WNJR


  • Added: Sep 28, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 4
16: The Value of Diversity, Allyson Hobbs and Joelle Emerson
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Allyson Hobbs, Stanford
Companies are now paying consultants to increase the diversity of their workforce with an eye on innovation and the bottom line. But shouldn't it b...

Bought by KSJD, WMUU-LP, and KSJD


  • Added: Sep 23, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
Meet the new Poet Laureate of the United States, Juan Felipe Herrera
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Juan Felipe Herrera Unity Poem Fiesta. , Credit: Courtesy University of California-Riverside
The new poet laureate of the United States and two-time National Endowment for the Arts fellow calls for everyone’s heart to speak out.

Bought by KPIP-LP, KFCF FM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WLPR , KPVL and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 7
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
Joe Knapp of Sandy, Oregon
From: Nick Stumo-Langer
Series: Broadband Bits
Caption: Made with Canva.com
Episode 17: Sandy has run a wireless network for over eight years and has just announced a partnership with i3 to bring FTTH to everyone using i3's...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2015
  • Length: 31:42
The Benefits of, Lessons from, SandyNet
From: Nick Stumo-Langer
Series: Broadband Bits
Caption: Made with Canva.com
Episode 167: Two of the stars from our video on SandyNet in Oregon, join us this week for Community Broadband Bits episode 167. Sandy City Council ...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2015
  • Length: 30:23
Ideas Books: Gavin Francis, Adventures in Human Being
From: Craig Barfoot
Series: Ideas Books
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An in-depth conversation with author Gavin Francis about his book, the human body and his life as a doctor. A beautiful conversation about celebrat...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Sep 11, 2015
  • Length: 24:05
  • Purchases: 1
Understanding the Wilson and Chattanooga FCC Petitions
From: Nick Stumo-Langer
Series: Broadband Bits
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Episode 110: Given the exciting development of the FCC opening comment on petitions from Wilson, NC and Chattanooga, TN to restore local authority ...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2015
  • Length: 24:41
Chattanooga's EPB Fiber
From: Nick Stumo-Langer
Series: Broadband Bits
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Episode 59: Chattanooga's EPB Fiber is the highest profile community network in the U.S. It was the first network in the nation to offer a symmetri...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2015
  • Length: 24:59
Monica Webb from WiredWest
From: Nick Stumo-Langer
Series: Broadband Bits
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Episode 2: In our second podcast, we have interviewed Monica Webb with the Wired West Initiative in rural western Massachusetts. Like our first pod...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2015
  • Length: 15:41
Holyoke Success Spurs Interest in Mass Muni Networks
From: Nick Stumo-Langer
Series: Broadband Bits
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Episode 162: A few weeks back, we noted an excellent new report on Holyoke Municipal Light Plant in Massachusetts published by the Berkman Center f...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2015
  • Length: 20:04
Muni Fiber in Rural Massachusetts
From: Nick Stumo-Langer
Series: Broadband Bits
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Episode 113: Though much of western Massachusetts has poor access to the Internet, the town of Leverett is in the midst of fiber build that will of...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2015
  • Length: 18:25
In Western Mass, Holyoke Gas and Electric Brings Broadband
From: Nick Stumo-Langer
Series: Broadband Bits
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Episode 65: Holyoke Gas & Electric has been connecting community anchor institutions and local businesses in Western Massachusetts with fiber netwo...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2015
  • Length: 17:25
Two Decades of Solar Pioneers in Sacramento
From: Nick Stumo-Langer
Series: Local Energy Rules
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Episode 27: he publicly-owned Sacramento Municipal Utility District, or SMUD, had already installed the first utility-scale PV array in the nation ...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2015
  • Length: 26:02
Solar For All: An Article of Faith
From: Nick Stumo-Langer
Series: Local Energy Rules
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Episode 26: Minnesota’s community solar garden program may be the envy of the nation — once the utility’s stall tactics have been stopped — but it ...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2015
  • Length: 27:11