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Suzan-Lori Parks Shows Up!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Suzan-Lori Parks, Credit: Tam Shell
“Making the world, not just living in it”: Suzan-Lori Parks discusses her current play, “Sally and Tom.”

Bought by KZUM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KECG


  • Added: Apr 15, 2024
  • Length: 29:28
  • Purchases: 3
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates author Mat Johnson
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Mat Johnson takes a satirical look at race and identity.

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


  • Added: Feb 27, 2024
  • Length: 29:56
  • Purchases: 3
Bonus Edition: Meet Jazz Great Gary Bartz
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Caption: Gary Bartz, Credit: Alan Nahigian
In this tuneful 59 minute podcast, 2024 NEA Jazz Master Saxophonist Gary Bartz talks about his life and career, touching on his roots, influences, ...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
Cord Jefferson talks about directing and writing "American Fiction" his first film!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Cord Jefferson, Credit: Dennis Gocer
Screenwriter and Director Cord Jefferson discusses his critically acclaimed film, “American Fiction” which is a satirical exploration of popular cu...

Bought by KMUN, WMPG, KECG, WDCB, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Feb 06, 2024
  • Length: 28:27
  • Purchases: 8
Celebrate the blues with musician Phil Wiggins
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Phil Wiggins, Credit: Bibiana Huang Matheis
We're revisiting 2017 National Heritage Fellow and Blues Harmonica Player Phil Wiggins who brings it all home in this music-rich conversation.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WCPN, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 25, 2023
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 3
Meet Drummer and 2023 NEA Jazz Master Louis Hayes!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Louis Hayes, Credit: Janette Beckman
Drummer and 2023 NEA Jazz Master Louis Hayes talks about his long and distinguished career as a musician.

Bought by WDCB, KMUW, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM and more


  • Added: Feb 27, 2023
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 6
Bringing a Harlem Renaissance Playwright to the Stage
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Timothy Johnson
Director Timothy Johnson talks about bringing the brilliant work of Harlem Renaissance playwright Eulalie Spence to the stage.

Bought by WDCB, WSLR, RADIOLEX, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Feb 21, 2023
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 8
WoodSongs 1017: Bobby Rush
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Blues legend Bobby Rush on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes GRAMMY winning blues legend Bobby Rush.

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, KUAR, Radio Bristol, WVIK, Allegheny Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 47
Actor Jacob Ming-Trent talks about the heater
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Jacob Ming-Trent
Jacob Ming-Trent talks about his career on stage playing Shakespeare, why he left and why he returned.

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


  • Added: Aug 09, 2022
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 5
Celebrating the late great pianist Hank Jones
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Hank Jones, Credit: Tom Pich
In celebration of Black History month, we mined the archives and revisited our interview with the late pianist and NEA Jazz Master Hank Jones.

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


  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 4
2206: Inside the Writers Room: Empire + A Conversation with Virgil Williams, 2/10/2022
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
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This week on On Story we’ll hear from some of the writing team behind the first season of the immensely popular Fox drama series EMPIRE and later w...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
A wide-ranging talk with 2022 NEA Jazz Master Donald Harrison
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Donald Harrison, Credit: Courtesy of Donald Harrison
Saxophonist, cultural activist, educator and 2022 NEA Jazz Master Donald Harrison talks about jazz's rich diversity and its roots in New Orleans' ...

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


  • Added: Feb 07, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 4
Artistic director of Oregon Shakespeare Festival Nataki Garrett talks about OSF and 2020
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Nataki Garrett
Artistic director of Oregon Shakespeare Festival Nataki Garrett speaks about theater’s year of reckoning.

Bought by Harford Community Radio and KZUM


  • Added: Mar 12, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
2108: The Obituary of Tunde Johnson + A Conversation with Kevin Willmott, 2/25/2021
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
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This week on On Story, filmmakers Ali Leroi and Stanley Kalu discuss the process of bringing The Obituary of Tunde Johnson to the screen. And later...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
2107: A Conversation with Larry Wilmore, 2/18/2021
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
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On this week’s On Story Emmy Award® winning television producer, actor, comedian and writer Larry Wilmore discusses the creation of the influential...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2021
  • Length: 53:57
2034: Empire + Virgil Williams, 8/20/2020
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Caption: Virgil Williams, Credit: Austin Film Festival
This week on On Story we’ll hear from some of the writing team behind the first season of the immensely popular Fox drama series EMPIRE and later w...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
2023: John Singleton + Charles Burnett, 6/4/2020
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Caption: John Singleton, Credit: Austin Film Festival
This week on On Story, two critically and culturally acclaimed African-American directors: John Singleton and Charles Burnett. First, we look back ...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2020
  • Length: 53:57
Meet Saxophonist, composer and 2020 NEA Jazz Master Roscoe Mitchell
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Roscoe Mitchell, Credit: Ken Weiss
Music and conversation with NEA Jazz Master Roscoe Mitchell

Bought by WDCB and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 07, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Here's singer/songwriter Crys Matthews
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Crys Matthews
Crys Matthews is a talent whose Americana, country soul, bluesy folk rock creates a style all her own.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Beyond a Song: The Reverend Shawn Amos (Part 2)
From: ISOAS Media
Series: Beyond a Song
Caption: The Reverend Shawn Amos
Host Rich Reardin talks with Los Angeles singer/songwriter and bluesman extraordinaire, The Reverend Shawn Amos. (This part 2 of a 2 part interview)

  • Added: Mar 16, 2018
  • Length: 01:00:00
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates singer Dianne Reeves--2018 NEA Jazz Master.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dianne Reeves, Credit: jerry Madison
Jazz singer Dianne Reeves believes in making music without boundaries.

Bought by WMPG and KMUW


  • Added: Mar 16, 2018
  • Length: 29:44
  • Purchases: 2
Who Gets To Tell Our Stories? Charles Burnett and the Responsibility of the Artist
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: A still from Killer of Sheep
"[Charles Burnett's] filmmaking is so quiet. It’s a deeply reflective cinema; it’s cinema that focuses on characterization, that really gives chara...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2018
  • Length: 59:02
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates actor and voice artist Dion Graham
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dion Graham, Credit: JoAnne Perrin
Actor Dion has narrated hundreds of audio books and is an aural shape-shifter.

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Mar 02, 2018
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 1
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates independent film.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Rob Meyer
Director Rob Meyer talks about the making of the independent film, Little Boxes.

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Feb 09, 2018
  • Length: 28:28
  • Purchases: 1
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates jazz great Sonny Rollins
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Sonny Rollins, Credit: John Abbott
It's Sonny Rollins 87th birthday and he sat down with the NEA's Josephine Reed to talk about his life in music.

Bought by KWMR and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 31, 2017
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2