Podcasts

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

Playwright Lauren Gunderson puts women’s stories at the center of the stage

Cord Jefferson takes us inside the writers’ room of the HBO series Watchmen

Filmmaker Trey Ellis talks about bringing Bryan Stevenson’s work to the screen

Nate Powell: The art of cartooning the National Book Award-winning trilogy March

The distinctive artistry of 2019 National Heritage Fellow leatherworker James F. Jackson

U.S. Air Force Colonel Don Schofield talks about the extraordinary virtuosity and mission of the U.S. Air Force Band

Playwright Ken Ludwig and his life-long love affair with theater

For more than 40 years, folklorist, state park manager, and 2019 National Heritage Fellow Bobby Fulcher has been seeking out and recording traditional artists, creating programming around these artists to shine a light on their work, and serving as a...

Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) Director Kevin Gover (Pawnee) has been leading the only national museum devoted exclusively to Native peoples since 2007.

Doc filmmaker Jenifer McShane takes us on a ride with Ernie and Joe

Actor Ayana Workman keeps flexing her theatrical muscles

Filmmaker Jeffrey Palmer on his documentary "M. Scott Momaday: Words from a Bear."

Located in Hampton Roads Virginia and the Washington, DC area, the Armed Services Arts Partnership has reached close to 1,000 veterans, service members, and their families through over 200 workshops and classes.

Novelist and physician Daniel Mason third novel tells of a doctor’s coming of age during World War I.

Actor and Executive Director of Summoners Ensemble Theatre John Kevin Jones talks about his one-man show Killing an Evening with Edgar Allan Poe.