Podcasts

Harriet Wolf’s "Seventh Book of Wonders" took Julianna Baggott 18 years to write…here's the journey to completing it.

A half-century of musical innovation and self-determination, told by AACM co-founder (currently AACM-New York president) and 2010 NEA Jazz Master Muhal Richard Abrams, current AACM-Chicago chairman Ernest Dawkins, and AACM member and 2014 NEA Jazz Ma...

Dave Porter’s iconic music is an essential part of the story: Think "Breaking Bad," and "Better Call Saul."

From Pericles to Tupac Shakur, Wayne Carr embodies fully-realized characters on the stage.

Tazewell Thompson may be wowing critics and audiences with his direction of the opera "Appomattox," but he’s an equally brilliant theater director and playwright.

After 40 years, Joseph Riley steps down from being mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, leaving a legacy that demands art and beauty in the everyday.

Jane Alexander reflects on her time at the NEA, her life-long love affair with theater, and the centrality of art to the human experience.

The creator of "Hellboy" still loves drawing monsters.

Sculptor Richard Hunt talks about creating large pieces of abstract art for public spaces and reflects on his time on the National Council of the Arts.

Karen Zacarias is the most produced Latina playwright in the nation. Now, she brings the telenovela to the stage with "Destiny of Desire."

By performing and teaching Lakota flute and dance, Kevin Locke brings the past and the future together.

Most kids run away from home to join the circus. For Dolly Jacobs, it was a family affair.

American Ballet Theater got the first grant from the NEA in 1965 and are celebrating their own long history