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Episode 29: The Dancer
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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When Carlos Acosta was a kid, he wanted to be the next Michael Jackson. He spent all his time break-dancing in the streets of Havana. Until one day...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 23:02
The Last Laugh
From: Israel Story
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Forty years after Carl Sagan’s ‘Golden Records’ began their long voyage into the depths of outer space, Eyal Gever - an Israeli high-tech-wunderkin...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2020
  • Length: 31:11
All Things Being Equal, Hank Willis Thomas at the Cincinnati Art Museum
From: Susan Byrnes
Caption: Hank Willis Thomas (American, born 1976), The Cotton Bowl, from the series Strange Fruit, 2011. Chromogenic print. , Credit: . Image courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Copyright Hank Willis Thomas
Artist Hank Willis Thomas’ first major retrospective, “All Things Being Equal” is open at the Cincinnati Art Museum. Thomas’s work addresses the on...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2020
  • Length: 05:29
Tucker + El Toro
From: KXCI
Series: In Our Own Voices
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Producer Tucker Grace interviews DJ El Toro about the importance of amplifying queer artists.

  • Added: Jul 26, 2019
  • Length: 03:56
The Brigsby Bear Radio Special
From: Joyride Media
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Stars and filmmakers talk about bringing Brigsby Bear to life on screen.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
NEA Jazz Master Moments with Pianist, Dick Hyman
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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In these moments, we learn some cool facts about one of the best piano innovators of all time, NEA Jazz Master Dick Hyman.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 11
Richard Mosse Brings Beauty, Suffering Into Focus At Dayton Art Institute Exhibit
From: renee wilde
Series: Culture Couch
Caption: Richard Mosse in front of one of his Aerochrome images
Richard Mosse’s images of the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of The Congo, are shot on film which is no longer made. In the past, it ...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2017
  • Length: 05:37
NEA Jazz Moments with Saxophonist Pharoah Sanders
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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"You can play notes, but if you don't put anything in the notes, that's what it is...just notes." - Pharoah Sanders.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 06, 2016
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 11
Sherry Wang – Fly
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: Fresh Picked by Open Orchard Productions
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Sherry Wang isn't just another teenager balancing good grades with studying for the SAT's and having fun. Instead, on top of all the expected press...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2016
  • Length: 04:56
Bay Area Beats: Zena
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - Bay Area Beats
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Zena, from Oakland, is a singer songwriter, visual artist, storyteller – and one of the few women masters of the kora – a West African harp – taugh...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2015
  • Length: 06:21
Not a Weapon
From: Ethan Chiel
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Sam Densmore is an artist. He's painted, made shoes, and even built custom bicycle frames. But these days he's making something different, somethin...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 04, 2013
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 1
Aloha O Hawaii Polynesian Dancers
From: Lana Straub
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Interview with Polynesian Dance group from West Texas and their Hawaiian guests

  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 03:40
Tattoo Artist
From: Whitney Jones
Caption: Angel Quinonez
Angel Quinonez first became interested in tattoos growing up next to a motorcycle club. He got his first tattoo when he was 17 and starting tattooi...

Bought by WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 07, 2013
  • Length: 05:45
  • Purchases: 3
NEA Jazz Moments with Mose Allison
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Three short "Moments" featuring 2013 NEA Jazz Master, Mose Allison. Narrated by Mark Ruffin of The Real Jazz channel on Sirius-XM, we learn about M...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 16
Flip, Skip, Guitar
From: Emma de Campo
Caption: Flip Scipio and wife Mitzi Pratt, in their Martha's Vineyard studio., Credit: Emma de Campo
Flip Scipio has been described as a “guitar repairer to the gods.” And with customers including Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon, it's a...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Mark Christensen - "Boy With Dog"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Mark Christensen is a published author, and a long time educator. He is Professor of English at Bemidji State University where is particular intere...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2012
  • Length: 01:52
JazzStories: Gretchen Parlato
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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Vocalist and songwriter Gretchen Parlato's music is introspective and crafted with a knowing touch. Winner of the 2004 Thelonious Monk Jazz Vocalis...

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


  • Added: Aug 09, 2012
  • Length: 15:06
  • Purchases: 4
JazzStories: Benny Golson
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"...This country lookin' guy was standing there in the door, waiting for me to tell him what to do. So I said, 'play something!' He took out his ...

Bought by KMUW, WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Jul 26, 2012
  • Length: 19:40
  • Purchases: 4
JazzStories: Erica von Kleist
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Erica von Kleist
“Essentially Ellington…really made me feel like I could be part of something bigger, musically. Meeting all these other young people from around th...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media and KREV-LP


  • Added: Jun 19, 2012
  • Length: 10:37
  • Purchases: 2
JazzStories: Rudresh Mahanthappa
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"And he said we’ll I don’t want to play any of those 7s or 11s or 13s or 22s. I don’t want to play any of that stuff that you’re writing. He said b...

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


  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 11:32
  • Purchases: 3
JazzStories: Gary Burton and Julian Lage
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"There’s an interesting thing that happens. You prepare a piece. You rehearse it. It sounds perfect...And you go out and play it on the first night...

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


  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 16:42
  • Purchases: 4
Teens Who Tag
From: City High Radio
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High school freshman Trent likes to tag his name on things. Tagging, a form of graffiti, is popular with teenagers--they write their "tag" name on ...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2012
  • Length: 02:47
JazzStories: Joe Henderson
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"You’ve got this reservoir of ideas are roaming around in your brain and you want to put them down on paper and pass those out to the trumpet playe...

Bought by WMOT, KCSM, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and WCSU-FM


  • Added: Dec 13, 2011
  • Length: 14:37
  • Purchases: 5
The Mark of a Blacksmith
From: JP Davidson
Caption: Bob Jordan with his anvil, Credit: JP Davidson
Bob Jordan has a 3000-degree forge in his garage. He’s a blacksmith with over 40 years of experience – including work with German, Italian and Nort...

Bought by PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 04, 2011
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 3
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