Podcasts

Author and Library of Congress’s 2023-24 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Meg Medina wants to spark joy in young readers as they find themselves and others in books.

The late NEA Jazz Master Ahmad Jamal talks about his celebrated career in this 2012 interview.

Ecopoet and two-time NEA Literature Fellow Camille T Dungy on the complications of writing about nature.

Dramaturg and literary manager Otis Cortez Ramsey-Zöe and casting director Joseph Pinzon takes us behind the scenes at Washington DC’s Arena Stage for the revival of “Angels in America.”

In part two of our interview, Violinist and 2023 NEA Jazz Master Regina Carter discusses some of the highlights of her spectacular career.

An interview with Regina Carter, part 1:Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman.

Meet Tsione Wolde-Michael, the Executive Director of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH).

Novelist and poet Bushra Rehman celebrates the Pakistani American community of 1980s Corona, Queens, and the coming of age of a queer Muslim girl and budding writer in her novel "Roses in the Mouth of a Lion."

Artistic Director Janis Burley Wilson discusses the culturally specific multidisciplinary programming of the August Wilson African American Cultural Center for the Pittsburgh community.

Drummer and 2023 NEA Jazz Master Louis Hayes talks about his long and distinguished career as a musician.

Director Timothy Johnson talks about bringing the brilliant work of Harlem Renaissance playwright Eulalie Spence to the stage.

Chair Maria Rosario Jackson looks back at her first year leading the Arts Endowment and shares her ideas, plans, and initiatives for the year ahead.

The acclaimed choreographer Kyle Abraham talks about his history, inspirations, and collaborations.