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Affrilachian Poet Frank X Walker
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The Kentucky poet who coined the term “Affrilachian” has a new collection of poetry. Allison Quantz reports he takes on historical and current racism.

Bought by KENW and West Virginia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 2
Poetry Out Loud: Regional competition coverage
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Caption: Poetry Out Loud Participants, Credit: Patty Polasky
A documentary piece featuring citation and commentary from high school students from Fosston, Clearbrook-Gonvick, and Trek North High Schools durin...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 11:09
Thomas Burns and Azerbaijani Film, Photography, annd Teaching
From: Joshua Noonan
Caption: Karaba
Thomas Burns discusses film, photography, teaching, and life in Azerbaijan and the Caucasus.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 36:01
Sean Hill: Blood Ties and Brown Liquor
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
Caption: Sean Hill
Award winning Minnesota Poet Sean Hill joins Heidi Holtan to talk about his book "Blood Ties and Brown Liquor."

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 17, 2012
  • Length: 27:00
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: Lisa Stauffer's landscape paintings and "In Search of Enough" traveling exhibit
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
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Katie Marshall and Lisa Stauffer join Travis Ryder to preview the exhibitions appearing this month at MacRostie Art Center in Grand Rapids. The mai...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jan 12, 2012
  • Length: 11:52
  • 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
A Conversation with Gary Giddins about Louis Armstrong
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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And I think to myself, what a wonderful world! That voice! That smile! That golden trumpet! Jazz writer Gary Giddins on the incomparable Louis Arms...

Bought by Prairie Public and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 32:17
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with Liz Lerman, Part Two
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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In part two of our conversation with Choreographer Liz Lerman, we explore false dichotomies, including the one that opposes art to science

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 25:11
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Heritage Fellow, Judith McCulloh
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Awarded the 2010 Bess Lomax Hawes Award for the preservation of cultural heritage, Judith McCulloh talks about her extensive work as a folklorist a...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2011
  • Length: 24:05
A Conversation with Writer, Unai Elloriaga
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Basque writer Unai Elorriaga and Amaia Gabantxo, translator of Elorriaga's novel Plants Don’t Drink Coffee, discuss the book as well as the art of ...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2011
  • Length: 25:51
A Conversation with Ken Burns
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Ken Burns talks about his most recent documentary series on the National Park system, as well as his approach to filmmaking and his attraction to i...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2011
  • Length: 22:24
A Conversation with John Hickenlooper, Mayor of Denver
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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John Hickenlooper discusses his efforts to use the arts to revitalize Denver and promote economic development and increased livability.

  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 23:37
The Eye of Zwelethu Mthethwa
From: Sarah Lilley
Caption: Sugarcane Harvester, Credit: Zwelethu Mthethwa, photographer
Since the 1994 demise of South Africa's apartheid system, photography in that country has taken on a new freedom, and a new meaning. It has evolve...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2011
  • Length: 06:05
A Conversation with Richard Sherman
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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A world without Mary Poppins? No way. The two-time Oscar winner and 2008 National Medal winner lets us in on how great show tunes get written.

  • Added: Jul 22, 2011
  • Length: 29:58
Talking Poetry in Our Time with Nicholson Baker and Franz Wright
From: Open Source
Caption: Nicholson Baker
Part of "Whose Words These Are," our look at poetry in our time: first Christopher Lydon in conversation with novelist Nicholson Baker, whose novel...

Bought by KALW, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WEOS and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
Local photographer James Lee captures daily life in Afghanistan
From: KALW
Caption: Marsham Khan cooks a goat head, February 15, 2010., Credit: James Lee
James Lee spent three years stationed in Iraq, as a U.S. Marine. After his time there, Lee went to Afghanistan, but not in uniform. He retired to ...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 07:42
Wolf Senatus on painting Little Haiti Mural for Mosaic of Art
From: George Fishman
Series: LITTLE HAITI MURAL
Caption: Little Haiti Commemorative Mural, Credit: Mark Diamond
Artist WOLF SENATUS describes participation in Little Haiti Earthquake Anniversary Mural.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 03:25
The Art of Dirk Nelson
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
Caption: "Sitting Nude in Yellow and Purple" 2007, Credit: Dirk Nelson
On Art Beat this week, we meet with Dirk Nelson, an artist who sculpts and draws. Nelson’s work primarily focuses on the human figure and there’s d...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 21:39
Mississippi Melodie Showboat
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Arts
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We talk with Director John Schroeder about this year's Mississippi Melodie Showboat.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2010
  • Length: 07:04
The Needle Drop: 07-03-10
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
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New music from Wavves and an interview with the editor of Inkwell Press.

Bought by WTIP, Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 07, 2010
  • Length: 57:09
  • Purchases: 4
North Hollywood Arts District Suffers
From: Leslie Griffin
Series: Los Angeles features
Caption: Cella Gallery logo, Credit: www.cellagallery.com
While the NoHo arts district still boasts a vibrant theater district, the visual arts are suffering, with the closing of six art galleries in North...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2009
  • Length: 02:52
Loisaida Cultural Wire interviews Eseohe Arhebamen
From: Eseohe Arhebamen
Caption: eseohe, Credit: KoPAS
Loisaida Cultural Wire interviews Eseohe Arhebamen.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 43:43
Gees Bend Quilter
From: Tanya Ott
Caption: PRX default Piece image
one of the famous Gees Bend quilters talks about the tradition of quilting and their rise to international fame

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Aug 29, 2008
  • Length: 09:02
  • Purchases: 1
Interview with Jonathan Katz, CEO of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies in Washington, D.C
From: Hawaii Public Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Interview with Jonathan Katz, CEO of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies in Washington, D.C.

Bought by WHQR


  • Added: Jun 02, 2005
  • Length: 28:21
  • Purchases: 1
Stencil Pirates
From: Adam Allington
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Street artist Josh McPhee talks about the versitility of stenciling

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, PRX to iTunes, WHQR, and WZBC


  • Added: Aug 24, 2004
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 5

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