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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
"They're Just People" (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Learning lessons on immigration in one of the nation's largest detention centers -- Tracking poachers in Appalachia -- Violent TV turning viewers o...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1
"They're Just People" (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Learning lessons on immigration in one of the nation's largest detention centers -- Tracking poachers in Appalachia -- Violent TV turning viewers o...

Bought by WCNY, WCWP, WMUU-LP, WCMU Michigan, WRGY and more


  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 9
English for Detainees (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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With the immigration debate heating up once again, two Virginia professors are taking their students to ICE detention centers in an effort to bust ...

Bought by KENW, KRZA, WOUB, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 4
Nation of Nations (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten on immigration in America - Gustavo Perez-Firmat on "A Cuban in Mayberry" - The view from Cherokee country - A Mexica...

Bought by KUHF and Prairie Public


  • Added: Mar 10, 2017
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 2
Nation of Nations (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten on immigration in America - Gustavo Perez-Firmat on "A Cuban in Mayberry" - The view from Cherokee country - A Mexica...

Bought by WCNY, KRWG, WTJU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2017
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 14
Nation of Nations (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten on immigration in America - Gustavo Perez-Firmat on "A Cuban in Mayberry"

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, KRZA, WMNR, KKRN and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 11
Adriana Sananes--acting in Spanish and in English
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Adriana Sananes
Actor Adriana Sananes moves between Spanish and English on stage and on the page as an audiobook narrator.

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


  • Added: Oct 01, 2016
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 4
Pulitzer 100: The Wondrous Junot Diaz (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Pulitzer Prize winning author Junot Diaz talks about love, loss, and his New Jersey childhood. -Jon Pineda's memoir "Sleep in Me" chronicles his s...

Bought by WCNY, KRDP, WMUU-LP, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WTJU


  • Added: Sep 09, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 5
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
Nation of Nations (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Independence Day
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-NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten on his book "Nation of Nations" concerning immigration to the U.S. over the last fifty years. -Cuban born author Gus...

Bought by WFHB, KMUD, and KRZA


  • Added: May 26, 2016
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 3
Nation of Nations (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Tom Gjelton NPR Correspondent and author of "A Nation of Nations" speaks about the changing demographics of America. -A Cuban exile feels at home ...

Bought by WCNY, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KEDT and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
Nation of Nations (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-With immigration rising, the U.S. will no longer have a white, Anglo ethnic profiles. -A Cuban exile in America discovers the Andy Griffith show.

Bought by WJCT, KWMR, WFHB, KVSC, KRZA and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Novelist James Lee Burke and “The House of the Rising Sun”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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JLB has published 36 books over 50 years. He’s best known for his mysteries, particularly the Dave Robicheaux series and the Holland family storie...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 24, 2016
  • Length: 09:57
  • Purchases: 2
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 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
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
A conversation with award-winning Indie filmmaker Nicole Gomez Fisher
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Gina Rodriguez and Ana Ortiz in "Sleeping with the Fishes", Credit: Breaking Glass Pictures
Nicole Gomez Fisher brings it all back home in her film, Sleeping with the Fishes... and goes on to win the award for Best New Director at the Broo...

Bought by KPIP-LP and WNJR


  • Added: Oct 17, 2014
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
A conversation with Veronica Castillo
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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In Translation: Verónica Castillo expands a traditional Mexican art form, the Tree of Life, to express the need for social justice in the 21st cent...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 26:04
UPSIDE DOWN -- Juan Diego Solanas Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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
END OF WATCH -- Michael Pena & Natalie Martinez Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Michael Pena & Natalie Martinez, San Francisco, CA 8/28/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Co-stars Michael Pena and Natalie Martinez talk cliques, rehearsals, and the right haircut.

  • Added: Sep 22, 2012
  • Length: 13:47
SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN -- Malik Bendjelloul and Rodriguez Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Rodriguez, Malik Bendjelloul, San Francisco, CA 7/10/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Filmmaker Malik Bendjelloul and singer/songwriter/activist Rodriguez talk success, spirituality, and being a solid 70 (years old).

  • Added: Aug 09, 2012
  • Length: 18:17
Chris Weitz and Demian Bichir -- A BETTER LIFE interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Demian Bichir & Chriz Weitz, San Francisco, CA 11/1/11, Credit: Andrea Chase
Chris Weitz and Demian Bichir talk being authentic, getting involved, and opening the door.

  • Added: Jan 31, 2012
  • Length: 14:43