Podcasts

Director of Communications for the Mount Zion Baptist Church Preservation Society in Athens, Ohio. Dr. Tee Ford-Ahmed talks about repurposing a vacant but historically significant Black church into a cultural center—with an assist from the Citizens’ ...

Bluegrass Fiddler and 2022 NEA National Heritage Fellow Michael Cleveland talks about his life immersed in music.

Marisel Vera talks about unpacking the history of late 19th century Puerto Rico for her novel “The Taste of Sugar.”

Performance poet and theater arts director Amalia Ortiz discusses her work at SAY Sí, her own award-winning art, and the intersection between the two.

Filmmaker Loira Limbal talks about her 2020 documentary Through the Night which examines a home-based 24-hour day-care center and the personal cost to the mothers who need it and the woman that runs it.

Flamenco Artist and 2022 National Heritage Fellow Eva Enciñias has spent her life to elevating flamenco while weaving it into the fabric of community-life, teaching generations not just the dance steps, but the history and significance of flamenco it...

David Serkin Ludwig talks about his life in music both as a composer and as an educator dedicated to new music and expanding the music community

Carlton Turner talks about the work of Sipp Culture, which uses story to uncover and support cultural and economic development in Utica, Mississippi.

Author Vanessa Hua discusses her fiction and her determination to shine a light on the multiplicity of voices within the Chinese-American diaspora

We’re revisiting this 2021 interview with filmmaker CJ Hunt who discusses his Emmy Award nominated documentary "The Neutral Ground" which explores the struggle to remove four Confederate monuments in New Orleans and the broader mythology around the ...

Jenny Mendez discusses the Mattie Rhodes Art & Cultural Center’s work in arts education and community programming.

Actor Jacob Ming-Trent talks about his career on stage, particularly playing Shakespeare.

Almeta Ingram-Miller, leader of the powerhouse gospel group and 2022 National Heritage Fellows the Legendary Ingramettes, talks about the group's six decades-long journey.