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Sarah Smarsh Explores Class in Rural America
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Sarah Smarsh, Credit: Paul Andrews
Sarah Smarsh discusses her book Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth which is 2022-2023 NEA Big Read...

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  • Added: Jul 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 7
Learning to Listen in Different Ways, with Graham Bodie of the Listen First Project
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: Logo: America Talks
It’s no secret that polarization is deepening divides across the US. Over the past few years, many people have started or joined what are called br...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
Henry Threadgill--creating on music's cutting edge
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Henry Threadgill, Credit: Nhumi Threadgill
Composer, multi-instrumentalist, and 2021 NEA Jazz Master Henry Threadgill reflects on his musical life and shares his thoughts about improvised mu...

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  • Added: Jul 13, 2022
  • Length: 28:47
  • Purchases: 6
Shanta Thake: Bring the Arts to NYC Streets
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Shanta Thake at Summer for the City, Credit: Kevin Yatarola; used courtesy of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Chief Artistic Officer of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) Shanta Thake talks about programming that speaks to the needs of New York C...

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  • Added: Jul 01, 2022
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Increasing Access to Arts Education in Rural Areas
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Lisa Donovan
Dr Lisa Donovan, co-director of the Berkshire Regional Arts Integration Network, discusses the work being done with support from the Arts Endowme...

Bought by New England Public Media, KMUN, RADIOLEX, Spokane Public Radio, and KZUM


  • Added: Jun 27, 2022
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 5
Theater director Saheem Ali talks about centering communities of color in Shakespeare
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Saheem Ali, Credit: Courtesy of The Public Theater
Associate Artistic Director of The Public Theater as well as the director of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Fat Ham,” Saheem Ali talks about wo...

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  • Added: Jun 21, 2022
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 4
Rhiannon Giddens celebrates a world of Black music
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Rhiannon Giddens, Credit: Ebru Yildiz
In this 2021 interview, singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and artistic director of Silkroad Rhiannon Giddens talks about the Black roots of ...

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  • Added: Jun 14, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Just in time for the Tony Awards--Revisiting Michael R. Jackson
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Michael R. Jackson, Credit: Zack DeZon
Michael R. Jackson--the creator of A Strange Loop—talks about the origins and evolution of the prize-winning musical.

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  • Added: Jun 07, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 4
Leading an arts center into the future
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Sonja Kostich and Stella Abrera, Credit: Quinn Wharton
Sonja Kostich and Stella Abrera—both Asian Americans, former dancers, and co-leaders of Kaatsbaan Cultural Park—talk about the organization and its...

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  • Added: May 31, 2022
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 6
Modern Warrior LIVE: A Veteran's Story
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Caption: Modern Warrior LIVE
In today’s podcast, I speak with US Army Veteran Jaymes Poling and Jazz Trumpeter Dominick Farinacci about creating and presenting Modern Warrior L...

  • Added: May 24, 2022
  • Length: 01:26:36
Musician's Spotlight - Mark O'Connor - 816
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Violinist, guitarist, mandolinist and composer Mark O'Connor returns to Musician's Spotlight to visit with host John Floridis and reflect on his fo...

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  • Added: May 18, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
Daniel K. Isaac from "Billions" to Broadway
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Daniel K. Isaac, Credit: Emil Cohen
You may know Daniel K. Isaac as Ben Kim from the television series “Billions,” but he’s also a committed and talented actor in theater and an accom...

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


  • Added: May 16, 2022
  • Length: 29:57
  • Purchases: 4
Celebrate AAPI Month with Roy and PJ Hirabayashi and guitarist Led Kaapana
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Led Kaapana, Credit: Marsha Forsythe, Cover Look Photo Corps
To kick off our celebration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we are revisiting two interviews with cultural...

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  • Added: May 03, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
Stanley Drucker on the ”Heritage Collection”
From: Troy Public Radio
Series: Clarinet Corner
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In this episode, Tim talks to clarinet legend Stanley Drucker about his long career in the New York Philharmonic and some of his other chamber musi...

  • Added: May 03, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
Musician's Spotlight - Oliver Wood - 814
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Oliver Wood of the Grammy Nominated Americana band The Wood Brothers returns to Musician's Spotlight to talk with host John Floridis about his firs...

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  • Added: Apr 25, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
Musician's Spotlight - Orquesta Akokán - 813
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Assembled and led by Cuban vocalist José “Pepito” Gómez, Orquesta Akokán is a big band collective of the finest musicians on the island, both young...

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 3
Musician's Spotlight - Sarah Jarosz - 812
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Multiple Grammy Award winning multi-instrumentalist and singer songwriter Sarah Jarosz returns to Spotlight by phone to visit with host John Florid...

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  • Added: Apr 06, 2022
  • Length: 58:32
  • Purchases: 2
Jazz Musician Terence Blanchard on composing an opera
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Terence Blanchard, Credit: Cedric Angeles
In this podcast Terence Blanchard talks about bringing the sounds of blues and jazz to his opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones, his long collaboration w...

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


  • Added: Apr 04, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine: Why Now, with Stanford Political Scientist Kathryn Stoner
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we continue our conversation with Stanford political scientist Dr. Kathryn Stoner, on the context of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. ...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
Meet Singer and NEA Jazz Master Cassandra Wilson!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Cassandra Wilson, Credit: Mark Seliger
Meet Singer, Songwriter, Musician, and 2022 NEA Jazz Master Cassandra Wilson and hear about her long and rich singing career in this tuneful podcast.

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Putin's Invasion of Ukraine in Context, with Stanford Political Scientist Dr. Kathryn Stoner
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we continue exploring the context of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - or as our guest, political scientist Dr. Kathryn Stoner, clari...

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  • Added: Mar 25, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Exploring the historical and geopolitical context of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine w/Amir Weiner
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we explore the historical and geo-political context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as well as the role and actions of NATO. ...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
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...

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  • Added: Mar 15, 2022
  • Length: 28:24
  • Purchases: 3
Saluting Zora Neale Hurston and her biographer the late Valerie Boyd
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Valerie Boyd, Credit: Courtesy: Valerie Boyd
We’re marking Women’s history month by replaying my in-depth interview with the late Valerie Boyd who wrote the acclaimed “Wrapped in Rainbows: the...

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  • Added: Mar 08, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 6
Vaccines - the science and our perceptions, with Science Magazine Senior Reporter Meredith Wadman
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we discuss the realities of COVID-19 and other diseases on our health and well being - and how vaccines have both saved us from th...

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  • Added: Feb 24, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1