Podcasts

A conversation with folklife presenter, educator, radio producer, and 2023 National Heritage Fellow Nick Spitzer.

Celebrating 1984 NEA Jazz Master Max Roach’s centenary with a conversation about the documentary “Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes” with co-directors Sam Pollard and Ben Shapiro.

Paula Abreu discusses her comprehensive approach to cultural curation at the McCarter Theatre Center

Exploring the new horizons for the Folger Shakespeare Library and Theatre with Karen Ann Daniels.

Actor, singer, and producer Brandon Victor Dixon talks about his long and storied career on Broadway.

Irene Taylor Brodsky discusses her own family’s journey through deafness and music.

Randy Reinholz (Choctaw), producing artistic director and founder of Native Voices at the Autry, talks about theater produced by and for Native Americans.

Educator, Author, and Filmmaker Dr. Zella Palmer discusses her work in preserving the legacy of African-American and Indigenous culinary history in New Orleans and the South.

YA and children’s author and curator Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee) discusses the joys and responsibilities of writing and curating authentic Native voices for young readers.

Journalist, author, and filmmaker Sebastian Junger discusses his book Tribe—an exploration of how a fractious society disengaged from war may contribute to PTSD suffered by veterans.

Author Isabel Cañas discusses her novels and the space created by gothic fiction’s trope for exploring issues of social hierarchy, race and gender.

Filmmakers and disability rights advocates James LeBrecht and Day Al-Mohamed discuss their work to create a space in media for stories by, for, and about people with disabilities.

Actors Sylvia Kwan and Jacob Yeh discuss their many roles in Lauren Yee's play The King of the Yees.

Luthier and Community Activist Manuel Delgado talks about continuing his family’s tradition of hand-crafting stringed instruments while working to advance the arts throughout his Nashville community.

Flamenco Artist and 2022 National Heritage Fellow Eva Enciñias talks about her life’s work as a dancer and instructor of flamenco who teaches not just the dance steps, but the history and significance of flamenco itself.

Meet "Little Joe" Hernández: Tejano Music Performer and 2023 National Heritage Fellow who never left his roots, with a career spanning almost 70 years, with 70 albums, and five Grammy Awards.

Conversations with Wood: The Art of Luis Tapia

What Inspires a philanthropist and an arts presenter? This two-person podcast explores ways arts are being encouraged in communities.

Dr. David Fakunle believes storytelling is a crucial, and underutilized, component in public health.

Teaching artist Emmett Phillips discusses the dynamic arts education programming he creates through hip-hop.

Dr Lisa Donovan discusses the work being done with support from the Arts Endowment to increase access to arts education equitably in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

Wampum & Fiber Artist and 2023 National Heritage Fellow Elizabeth James-Perry (Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head, Aquinnah) discusses her artistic practices which combines a creative eye with traditional tribal ecological knowledge and science to create da...