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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
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Twenty-five masterpiece drawings by Renaissance artist Michelangelo are now on a rare, two-stop tour in America. Kelley Libby attended the first le...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 02:28
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Twenty-five masterpiece drawings by Renaissance artist Michelangelo are now on a rare, two-stop tour in America. Producer Kelley Libby attended the...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 05:05
Caption: William Pope.L, Blink New Orleans, 2012, Credit: Cathy Byrd
William Pope.L, an American performance artist and interventionist, talks about Blink, his magic lantern show for Prospect.2 New Orleans, 2011.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 1
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The camera, exposing social problems or becoming one?

Bought by WRPI, Spokane Public Radio, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Nov 19, 2012
  • Length: 53:29
  • Purchases: 3
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A photographic study of American consumerism, from the blank stares of shoppers to the mountains of stuff in front of them.

Bought by KBRP Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 27, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
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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 ...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2012
  • Length: 19:40
Caption: Todd Barkan
"One of the greatest joys I have had in my musical career has been providing employment for musicians, actually handing them [work]. Now I hand th...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2012
  • Length: 19:52

  • Added: May 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:59
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Today on Art Beat we examine the author. MN author Eric Dregni is here to talk about his new book "Vikings in the Attic: In search of Nordic Americ...

Bought by KSRQ and KVSC


  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 32:34
  • Purchases: 2
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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 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Oct 27, 2011
  • Length: 08:29
  • Purchases: 1
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In the early years of the Cold War, a number of Hollywood directors and writers were blacklisted from the motion picture industry. One author says ...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2011
  • Length: 02:32
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
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On this edition of Art Beat, KQAL's Brianna Klapperich visits a Winona artist who is accompanied by her faithful animal companion during the interv...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2011
  • Length: 17:33
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The great jazz writer Gary Giddins talks about the great jazz legend, Duke Ellington.

  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 34:39

  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 26:05
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The man behind the I Heart NY logo talks art and design!

  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:22
Caption: Nicholas Longworth's gavel is among the treasures curated and conserved by the House of Representatives' very first curator., Credit: Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives
Meet the very first curator of the U.S. House of Representatives collection... 4,000 artifacts strong.

Bought by WFPL News, WAMC, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jul 25, 2011
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Neil Gaiman waits backstage, Credit: David J. Murray, Clear Eyed Photo
Multimedia sensation reads from the new edition of "American Gods," and talks Twitter, Dr. Who, and the power of librarians with host Virginia Pres...

Bought by WNPR and WCAI / WNAN


  • Added: Jun 29, 2011
  • Length: 49:27
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Does bad luck befall everyone who's owned the infamous Hope Diamond?, Credit: The Smithsonian
Is the world's most famous diamond... cursed?

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: detail from Allegory of Spring by Jerzy Siemiginowski-Eleuter (1660–1711).
An hour-long program of early music, celebrating and welcoming spring with song and dance music from the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and early Baroqu...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 17, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Miles Davis
Where Ancient Greece appears in modern culture.

Bought by Listen Edition


  • Added: Dec 14, 2010
  • Length: 15:23
  • Purchases: 1
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What was the land like where you grew up? What memories do you have of the place of your childhood? MN author Gayla Marty talked with Heidi on Real...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 20:00
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By Doug MacRostie. Lonnie Knight was there for the first digital recording. Yes, I'm serious. He was working as Staff Guitarist at Sound 80 when 3M...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2010
  • Length: 33:58
Caption: Von Wayditch, Credit: Hungarian Cultural Center of New York
Orgies sell opera tickets, so bring 'em on! Gabriel Von Wayditch was a Bronx resident and native of Hungary. He died in 1969 – and when he was ali...

Bought by KUOW and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Sep 14, 2010
  • Length: 08:52
  • Purchases: 2