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The Live Feed presents "Love Nocturnal 2"
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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Today on The Life Feed we with Love Nocturnal. A Minneapolis based band described as playing funky Americana folk. On this episode, we will be talk...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2015
  • Length: 42:55
Actor Wayne Carr's life on the stage: It was meant to be.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Caption: Wayne Carr as Pericles caught in storm at sea., Credit: Teresa Wood
From Pericles to Tupac Shakur, Wayne Carr has the uncanny ability to embody fully-realized characters.

  • Added: Dec 03, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
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: Albert Hammond Jr.
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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As a member of The Strokes, Albert Hammond Jr. was always caught in the Keith Richards roll; the great ax-man behind Julian Casablancas’ Jagger. An...

Bought by KSUT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Nov 09, 2015
  • Length: 07:03
  • 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
20: Challenging Assumptions: With Sarah Silverman and Catherine Hardwicke
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Sarah Silverman
Comedian and actress Sarah Silverman, and Director Catherine Hardwicke have each made a career of challenging assumptions--from what a female comed...

Bought by KVNF, KFCF FM, WMUU-LP, KSJD, and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 28, 2015
  • Length: 52:59
  • Purchases: 5
The Live Feed at MWMF 2015: Midwest Paul Cook
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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On this episode of “The Live Feed” we continue our coverage of MWMF 2015 as we visit with Twin Cities Bluesman Midwest Paul Cook. Cook visits wit...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2015
  • Length: 32:17
The Live Feed at MWMF 2015: North Light Songwriter Showcase 3
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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The North Lights Singer Songwriter Showcase was a new event at the 2015 MWMF. It was a gathering of 8 accomplished songwriters from MN, WI and Iowa...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2015
  • Length: 01:13:29
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
14: Actress Lily Tomlin & Dir. Paul Weitz; Zoe Elton, Mill Valley Film Festival
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Lily Tomlin & Paul Weitz
We've all heard about the "Bechdel Test" for women in film. But what still needs to happen for women to reach parity with male directors, producers...

Bought by WMUU-LP and KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 2
Stars for Freedom (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The little-known story of how black actors and entertainers in Hollywood contributed their money, connections, and fame to aid the civil rights mov...

Bought by WCNY, WVAS, Vermont Public, WRPI, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and more


  • Added: Aug 21, 2015
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 10
Stars for Freedom (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The little-known story of how black actors and entertainers in Hollywood contributed their money, connections, and fame to aid the civil rights mov...

Bought by WJCT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WKCC, KRDP, KENW and more


  • Added: Aug 21, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
Squonk Opera Revealed!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: "Pneumatica" created and performed by Squonk Opera, Credit: John Altdorfer
Find out about the artistic exuberance that is Squonk Opera with artistic directors and founders, Jackie Dempsey and Steve O'Hearn.

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


  • Added: Jul 31, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 5
Wayne Henderson: Making and Playing Guitars
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Wayne Henderson, Credit: Tom Pich
Luthier, guitarist and 1995 national Heritage Fellow Wayne Henderson discusses his distinctive guitars and his distinctive sound.

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


  • Added: Jul 09, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
Filmmaker Jilann Spitzmiller documents the magic of creativity at the Lillian Booth Actors’ Home
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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
Rock Star's Early Bands
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This weeks episode talks about the the early bands of people you know and see how they started. Some musicians include Freddie Mercury, Billy Joel...

Bought by WOUB and KSKQ


  • Added: Mar 14, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Where Did You Come From? (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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“Where Did You Come From?” is the title of the first track on Suz Slezak’s upcoming collection of lullabies Watching the Nighttime Come. Slezak and...

Bought by WCNY, KKRN, WTJU, and KPVL


  • Added: Jan 23, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 4
Where Did You Come From? (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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“Where Did You Come From?” is the title of the first track on Suz Slezak’s upcoming collection of lullabies Watching the Nighttime Come. Slezak and...

Bought by WJCT, WABE, KRDP, WLIW, and KENW


  • Added: Jan 23, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Stan Lee, the King of Action Comics,talks about his career.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Stan Lee, Credit: Courtesy of POW! Entertainment
Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Doctor Strange: Stan Lee was there at the creation

Bought by WKMS, WLPR , KICI Iowa City, KUPR low power FM, KVNF and more


  • Added: Dec 23, 2014
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 12
Author Max Brooks has put zombies on the global map!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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The World War Z author Max Brooks isn't kidding when it comes to zombies.

Bought by WABE, KPIP-LP, and WNJR


  • Added: Oct 30, 2014
  • Length: 28:30
  • 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
#1222- Pentecostal and Postmodern: An Interview with J. Aaron Simmons
From: Sandburg Media
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J. Aaron Simmons on postmodernism and religion; Katy Scrogin on A Late Quartet.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2014
  • Length: 53:50
#1411: Kat Banakis, Part 2
From: Sandburg Media
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Kathryn Banakis on Bubble Girl; Mary Morrison on Orphan Black.

  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 31:24
#1410: Kat Banakis, Part 1
From: Sandburg Media
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Kathryn Banakis on bivocational ministry; David Dault on True Detective.

  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 42:53