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Remembering a legendary Bay Area jazz club
From: KALW
Caption: “Keystone Korner: Portrait of a Jazz Club” by Kathy Sloane is published by Indiana University Press.
It was a special time for jazz in the Bay Area. For most of the ‘70s and the early ‘80s, a small club called Keystone Korner presented a dazzling a...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Jan 16, 2012
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
Native American Art of the Southwest at the Heard Museum
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, with communications manager Debra Krol. The museum is dedicated to the sensitive and acc...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
My Audio Universe Winter 2011
From: Brian Bahouth
Series: My Audio Universe - 59:00
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In this edition of My Audio Universe we feature four short stories selected from the spectrum of online literary publications and adapted to audio ...

Bought by KMXT and WNIJ


  • Added: Dec 29, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Filmspotting Ep 379 PROMO (War Horse, The Adventures of Tintin, Top 5 Spielberg Scenes)
From: WBEZ
Caption: Jeremy Irvine in 'War Horse', Credit: Photo by Andrew Cooper
New York film critics Alison Willmore and Matt Singer take over Filmspotting as they talk about the two holiday offerings from filmmaker Steven Spi...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
Beauty in Broken Places: Lily Yeh’s Healing Art
From: A World of Possibilities
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In worlds of shattered dreams and broken hearts, Lily Yeh finds artful ways to mend, heal and renew. Born in mainland China and raised on Taiwan as...

Bought by KPVL, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WDSE, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 26, 2011
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 4
The Sound of Chaos
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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Why can’t you predict the weather in a few days in advance? In this short, we explore the fundamental unknowable nature of chaotic systems. Then we...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 14:51
  • Purchases: 1
Filmspotting Ep 377 PROMO: A Dangerous Method, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Top 5 Movie 'Shrinks'
From: WBEZ
Caption: Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley, Viggo Morgensen in 'A Dangerous Method'
Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune joins Adam this week to discuss David Cronenberg's biopic on psychiatrists Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud, "A ...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2011
  • Length: :30
Riddles from the Border Regions, 12/24/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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THE GREATEST RIDDLE OF ALL TIME ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Dec 11, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
An Artist in the White House?
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Imagine if you can, an artist instead of a politician in the White House. Radio Curious teams up with TUC Radio’s Maria Gilardin for a visit with S...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
Filmspotting Ep 376 PROMO: Shame, Interview with Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
From: WBEZ
Caption: Michael Fassbender in 'Shame'
Adam Kempenaar and guest host Josh Larsen (LarsenOnFilm.com, ThinkChristian.net) discuss director Steve McQueen's new film starring Michael Fassben...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2011
  • Length: :30
Filmspotting PROMO for Ep 372 (Like Crazy, Top 5 Anti-Romance Films)
From: WBEZ
Caption: Anton Yelchin and Felicity Jones in 'Like Crazy'
Adam Kempenaar and guest host, film journalist Alison Willmore (contributing writer, the AV Club), review the romantic drama, 'Like Crazy.' They'l...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2011
  • Length: :31
Filmspotting PROMO for Ep 371 (Martha Marcy May Marlene, The Rum Diary)
From: WBEZ
Caption: Elizabeth Olsen and Sarah Paulson in 'Mary Marcy May Marlene'
Adam Kempenaar and guest host Josh Larsen (LarsenOnFilm.com, ThinkChristian.net) discuss Martha Marcy May Marlene, featuring Elizabeth Olsen, the y...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2011
  • Length: :30
Finding artistic inspiration in your fellow commuter
From: KALW
Caption: Local painter Brett Amory’s series “Waiting” is inspired by the Bay Area’s commuters.
For many of us, the time we spend riding BART or Muni can be one of the least inspiring parts of the day. It’s a time out of time, spent mostly wai...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 31, 2011
  • Length: 06:12
  • Purchases: 2
JazzStories: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Doug Wamble
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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“The essential ingredient of jazz is listening. And then the response... and out of that something unexpected comes rather than some fulfillment of...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Oct 27, 2011
  • Length: 08:29
  • Purchases: 4
JazzStories: Henry Threadgill
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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“You always have to have boundaries. If you don’t have boundaries, you don’t have art. There has to be controls and boundaries. Otherwise when does...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and WNCU


  • Added: Oct 25, 2011
  • Length: 12:15
  • Purchases: 3
Drips, Smears and Smudges
From: Cheryl Bowlan
Caption: Tim Lynn, artist, Credit: Cheryl Bowlan
Paralyzed from the shoulders down and colorblind, Tim Lynn managed to become a talented painter whose work has hung in several San Francisco Bay Ar...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2011
  • Length: 11:14
The Mourners: Art to die for
From: KALW
Caption: “The Mourners: Tomb Sculpture from the Court of Burgundy” are on display at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco
For everyone alive, there is one great equalizer, one experience that doesn’t discriminate based on race, class, religion, or nationality. We all, ...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 05:17
Our feelings on nudity laid bare
From: KALW
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For many people, nudity brings up strong feelings: it makes them uncomfortable, freaks them out. Whether it is about sexuality or simply decency is...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Ledward Kaapana
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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2011 National Heritage Fellow and slack key guitar master Led Kaapana talks about making music the Hawaiian way.

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Sep 22, 2011
  • Length: 27:07
  • Purchases: 1
VIGILANTE VIGILANTE: THE BATTLE FOR EXPRESSION -- Filmmakers Max Good and Nate Wollman interview.
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Max Good & Nate Wollman, SF CA, 8/1/11, Credit: Andrea Chase
Max Good and Nate Wollman talk passion, law-breaking, and late-night stake-outs in the world of graffiti artists and the buffers who hate them.

  • Added: Sep 08, 2011
  • Length: 19:10
Walking a Labyrinth
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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A labyrinth is a circular path that leads to a center. Walking a labyrinth is an ancient ritual that pre-dates religion. Eunice Schroeder found a n...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 3
A Conversation with Christian McBride
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Bassist Christian McBride talks about jazz.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 27:49
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Bert Crenca
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Bert Crenca talks about founding the community arts center AS220, its interaction with the city Providence, and its arts education offshoot AS220 Y...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 26:04
  • Purchases: 1
Art center gives voice to the Bay Area’s developmentally disabled
From: KALW
Caption: Oakland's Creative Growth Art Center provides a space for adults with developmental disabilities to express themselves
Art can be extraordinary. It can convey beauty ... imagination ... and wonder. For some artists, it can literally communicate what their words can...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 05:02

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