Podcasts

Author Adrian Matejka talks about his book and NEA Big Read title The Big Smoke—a poetic exploration of boxer Jack Johnson

Musical theater writer Michael R. Jackson on the long path of A Strange Loop

With her memoir Men We Reaped, Jesmyn Ward shows there’s no separating the past from the present

Director of the St. Louis Art Museum Brent Benjamin guides us through a museum in transition

Author Vanessa Hua gives a multiplicity of voices to the Chinese-American diaspora

This week is a bit different: the podcast is divided into two parts with one subject-- Festivals.

Elizabeth Acevedo’s latest book "Clap When You Land" explores tragedy, duality, and sisterhood in verse.

2006 NEA Jazz Master pianist and composer Chick Corea talked to us about his love of performing and composing and the art of play.

The Poet Laureate of the United States Joy Harjo The collective soul in poetry and music

Here’s Roscoe Mitchell: Saxophonist, composer and 2020 NEA Jazz Master

Need a good book to read? Director of Literary Arts Amy Stolls can suggest a few.

Filmmaker Charlotte Mangin talks about her innovative series Unladylike 2020

Anna Needham: An emerging voice in Native theater