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Bridging Cultures: A Conversation with Diana Abu-Jaber
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Diana Abu-Jaber, Credit: Deborah Kerry Charles
Author Diana Abu-Jaber reflects on her Jordanian roots, the influence of family on her storytelling, and the inspirations informing her memoirs and...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2024
  • Length: 29:01
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
A conversation with Iranian-American novelist Marjan Kamali
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Novelist Marjan Kamali talks about her recent novel The Stationery Shop-- a story that begins in 1953 in Iran and spans 60 years. We talk about Per...

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


  • Added: Mar 15, 2022
  • Length: 28:24
  • Purchases: 3
Come From Away: In Concert at the Lincoln Memorial.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Ford’s Theatre commemorates the anniversary of 9/11 with Come From Away: In Concert at the Lincoln Memorial. We speak with Producer Sue Frost and D...

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


  • Added: Aug 25, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 5
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates the documentary Spettacolo!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Jeff Malmberg and Chris Shellen
Documentary filmmakers Jeff Malmberg and Chris Shellen look at a small Tuscan village where each year life is translated into art.

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Oct 06, 2017
  • Length: 29:24
  • Purchases: 1
Irish Fiddler Seamus Connolly
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Seamus Connolly , Credit: Lee Pellegrini, Boston College
It's a tuneful podcast as we go to the heart of Irish music with Seamus Connolly.

Bought by 'The Sea', KPIP-LP, and WNJR


  • Added: Mar 10, 2017
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
Billy McComiskey plays traditional Irish music at its finest
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Billy McComiskey, Credit: Edwin Remsburg, Remburg Inc.
Accordionist and 2016 National Heritage Fellow Billy McComiskey builds community for traditional Irish music.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WMUU-LP, and WNJR


  • Added: Mar 10, 2017
  • Length: 29:23
  • Purchases: 3
Chef Marcus Samuelsson: building on tradition
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Chef, restaurateur, and author Marcus Samuelsson’s dazzlingly creative approach to food and to hospitality is rooted in a deep appreciation of food...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WNJR


  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 26:45
  • Purchases: 2
Billy McComiskey plays traditional Irish music at its finest1
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Billy McComiskey, Credit: Edwin Remsburg, Remburg Inc.
Button accordionist and 2016 National Heritage fellow billy McComiskey plays beautifully and builds a community for irish music.

Bought by WNJR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 06, 2016
  • Length: 29:23
  • Purchases: 2
Simon Shaheen: Making Musical Bridges
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Simon Shaheen
Violinist and oud player Simon Shaheen discusses his merging of Arab and western musical traditions.

Bought by KPVL and WNJR


  • Added: Aug 14, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 2
Vicente Gutierrez, the publisher and editor of Highway: Making it Work
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Here's how a writer created the music magazine he wanted to read.

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


  • Added: Aug 14, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 5
Author and MacArthur Fellow Edwidge Danticat talks about her memoir
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Edwidge Danticat, Credit: Jonathan Demme
In this conversation, Edwidge explores the writing of her powerful memoir, Brother, I’m Dying.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WABE, and WNJR


  • Added: Jun 09, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
#1223- American Secularism: Jacques Berlinerblau
From: Sandburg Media
Series: Things Not Seen: Conversations about Culture and Faith [Standard Clock]
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This week we revisit a 2012 interview with Georgetown professor, Jacques Berlinerblau. We discuss his most recent book, How to Be Secular: A Call t...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
A Conversation with Irish Step Dancer Kevin Doyle
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Kevin Doyle dancing at the 2013 National Heritage Fellowship Concert
2014 NEA National Heritage Fellow Kevin Doyle talks about his passion for Irish Step Dancing.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WNJR


  • Added: Sep 11, 2014
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Mushi, Ticks, and Walking Sticks
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In Japan, insects (or "mushi") are pets, medicine, and even vehicles for spirits. Plus: A robot that kills ticks. And: A poem about the insect know...

Bought by WJCT, WDBM, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WLIW, WMNF and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
A Conversation with Dinaw Mengestu
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dinaw Mengestu, Credit: Michael Lionstar
The author discusses the latest Big Read pick, The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears, his novel about an Ethiopian exile in a gentrifying Washingt...

Bought by KPIP-LP and WABE


  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with poet, theater artist and activist Shailja Patel
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Shailja Patel, Credit: D. Ross Cameron
With a trunk full of her mother’s saris, Kenyan author and performer Shaija Patel reclaims a lost history.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Apr 11, 2014
  • Length: 29:28
  • Purchases: 1
A conversation with director Jeff Orlowski
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Jeff Orlowski, Credit: courtesy of Chasing Ice
Jeff Orlowski goes to the Arctic to film James Balog’s documentation of the rapidly disappearing glaciers. We hear all about it.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2014
  • Length: 30:20
10 Cents a Dance (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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During and despite the Great Depression, the entertainment industry produced what some consider the greatest era of popular music. We look at the s...

Bought by WCNY and WTJU


  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 2
Ole Birkeland - UK Director of Photography - Peace One Day, Everything, Ruby Blue, Helen, The Arbor, and The Calling
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio
Caption: The Arbor
Ole Birkeland has worked as a director of photography with a wide of variety directors over the years on in various genres and on both features and...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1