Arts and Culture

Damaso Rodriguez of Artists Repertory Theatre

Airs at: Tue, 09/30/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Dmae Roberts checks in with Dámaso Rodriguez, artistic director of Artists Repertory Theatre. After a season of plays that didn't differ too much from the Artists Rep's past seasons, Rodriguez opened the most diverse season in the company's history starting with Lynn Nottag... Read more

Candidates for the Board of Directors

Don't know for whom to vote? We are holding candidate forums September 8 to 12 from 8 to 9 am, which we hope will help you decide. Click here for the candidates' statements and see when they are scheduled. After the show, we will link to the audio of the interview for peo... Read more

Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine

Airs at: Thu, 11/13/2014 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

Claudia Rankine, chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, speaks about her much awaited follow-up to her groundbreaking work Don't Let Me Be Lonely. A provocative meditation on race, Citizen: An American Lyric recounts mounting racial aggressions in ongoing encounters... Read more

The Holy Crowley Hour

Produced for: The Holy Crowley Hour

---> The Holy Crowley Hour is now merged with Mr. Jones's Neighborhood every 4th Friday at 11 am! Under the influence... as they say. Many of our late-night deejays have been accused of belonging to a cult led by Aleister Crowley. That's only half right. We're me... Read more

Last Stories and Other Stories by William T. Vollmann

Airs at: Thu, 08/07/2014 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

Host Ken Jones talks with William T. Vollmann. the author of nine novels, three collections of short fiction, a memoir, and six works of non-fiction, including the seven-volume treatise on violence, Rising Up and Rising Down. Vollmann won the 2005 National Book Award for Fi... Read more

Moh Alileche

Airs at: Tue, 07/30/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Dmae Roberts talks with Moh Alileche, master of Algerian Berber music. Berbers are an indigenous ethnicity of Northern Africa. The culture dates back more than 5000 years. Alileche came to the U.S. in 1990 shortly before the civil war in Algeria started. And now he pe... Read more

Film and Music Archivists - the Extended Cut

Airs at: Thu, 06/26/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Film Show

This month, The Film Show celebrates film archivists, beginning with a return visit from Mississippi Records co-founder Eric Isaacson. Eric's latest multimedia presentation in the Music & Film Series at the Hollywood Theatre will be A Cosmic and Earthly History of Recorded... Read more

The Frozen Disney

Airs at: Mon, 06/02/2014 at 11:00pm - Tue, 06/03/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Audio Comix

Rumor has it that Walt Disney was cryogenically frozen until some future time when science discovers a cure for death. True or not, Disneyland imagineers thought it would make for an entertaining theme park ride. Written and produced by Ken Jones, and featuring Lyn, Grace, ... Read more

Extended Audio - Ernest & Celestine's Benjamin Renner

Airs at: Thu, 03/13/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Words and Pictures

The César Award-winning French film Ernest & Celestine was recently nominated for an Academy Award for best Animated Feature. Adapted from Gabrielle Vincent's beloved storybook series by Benjamin Renner, along with co-directors Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar, Ernest & C... Read more

New Jazz Releases February 17, 2014

Steve Cardenas Melody in a Dream Sunnyside Wayne Escoffery Live at Firehouse 12 Sunnyside Jeff Hackworth Soul to Go! self prod Stacey Kent The Changing Lights Parlophone Taku... Read more