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Caption: Sarah Polley, San Francisco, CA 4/30/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Sarah Polley talks relative truth, the privilege being quiet, and narrative as a tonic for bewilderment.

  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 08:48
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A secret meeting threatens to derail Jackie Robinson's ascent to the majors.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KUOW, KWMR-FM, KKRN, KMUN and more


  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: James Lecesne
Three short plays. There You Are featuring Oscar Winner Olympia Dukakis is about two women who meet at an outdoor concert and pursue the relationsh...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
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Please don't feed the large reptiles! An American in Vienna finds herself at the bountiful mercy of strangers; A man seeking treatment for depressi...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 29:03
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The life and career of a man who became known for “breaking the box."

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KMUN, KWMR-FM, KKRN, Nevada Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Robert Osborne and Robert Wagner, San Francisco, CA 4/16/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Robert Osborne and Robert Wagner talk improvisation,Charlie Chaplin, and the evolution of screen size.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 16:13
Caption: Max Theriot, San Francisco, CA 4/5/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Max Theriot talks breathing right, staying gold, and giving it his all.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2013
  • Length: 13:42
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Danny Boyle talks meeting royalty, seducing the audience, and training Rosario Dawson’s voice.

  • Added: Apr 09, 2013
  • Length: 12:00
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Matteo Garrone talks materialism, capitalism, and why he cast someone serving a life sentence as his star.

  • Added: Apr 07, 2013
  • Length: 11:33
Caption: Salon Saloon in Minneapolis, MN, Credit: http://www.salonsaloon.info
Producer Taylor Tower spoke with Andy Sturdevant, creative director and host of the Minneapolis-based live arts show, Salon Saloon. Featuring clips...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2013
  • Length: 16:16
Caption: Adam Leon, San Francisco, CA 4/20/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Adam Leon talks anxiety attacks, passing the smell test, and taking what New York threw at him.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2013
  • Length: 14:44
Caption: Jake Able & Max Irons, San Francisco, CA 3/13/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Jake Abel and Max Irons talk the difference between a romance and a love story, the many meanings of the word “occupy,“ and Stephenie Meyer’s shock...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 16:47
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In the small village of Stratton, Maine, a woman believes she's not the master of her own destiny - the spirit of a sea captain is preventing her f...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Walter Salles, San Francisco, CA 12/8/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Walter Salles talks searching for freedom, finding the story behind the book, and bicycling with Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

  • Added: Mar 24, 2013
  • Length: 14:56
Caption: Jim Sturgess, San Francisco, CA 3/6/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Jim Sturgess talks music, metaphor, and suffering for his art.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 10:49
Caption: Mira Nair, Mill Valley, CA 11/11/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Mira Nair talks multiple identities, defining fundamentalism, and creating dialogue.

  • Added: Mar 16, 2013
  • Length: 13:14
Caption: Juan Diego Solanas, San Francisco, CA 3/6/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Juan Diego Solanas talks the power of metaphor, the advantage of being naïve, and shooting with soul.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2013
  • Length: 15:32
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Julie Harris, JoBeth Williams, and Lindsay Crouse star in Nicolas Wright's work about the brilliant, controversial therapist.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KKRN, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR-FM, KMUN and more


  • Added: Mar 11, 2013
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: A Farewell to Legs, Credit: Cover Design by Keri Sheheen
Read by Mariel Hemingway. A Hemingway fiction in our time, author Scott Fivelson takes the reader on a Papa-esque journey from Paris to Pamplona ...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2013
  • Length: 13:11
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Mark Ruffalo, Ben Gazzara, Richard Kind, and Jane Kaczmarek star in Clifford Odets' masterpiece.

Bought by Nevada Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR-FM, KKRN and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2013
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 9
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In the 1990s, Arch Coal began mining Pigeonroost Hollow. Now Jimmy Weekley is the last person left there.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 11:22
Caption: Matthew Quick, San Francisco, CA 2/1/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Matthew Quick talks living an examined life, being rejected over 70 times, and what it was like to get the phone call that changed his life.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 14:26
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A dramatic retelling of the challenging American expedition to climb the world's highest mountain, May 1, 1963.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 21:29
  • Purchases: 1
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe became the first superstar of gospel music and was an early influence on Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, and ...

Bought by Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Grampa Ed's Twisted Fairytales: A Bride for Prince Charming

  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 26:09