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Art Works Podcast

The National Endowment for the Arts podcast that goes behind the scenes with some of the nation’s great artists to explore how art works.

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Madeline Miller

Madeline Miller

In Circe --Madeline Miller’s second novel and our newest NEA Big Read title—the goddess/witch moves from the sidelines o... Read more

16 Oct 2019

33mins

Ranked #2

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Brando Skyhorse

Brando Skyhorse

He had a childhood no one could make up—with his memoir, he creates order from the chaos.

24 Apr 2015

29mins

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David Mura

David Mura

David Mura uses his considerable talents as a poet, novelist, memoirist and performer to explore what it means to be Jap... Read more

17 Apr 2014

27mins

Ranked #4

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Reggie Workman

Reggie Workman

Bassist and 2020 NEA Jazz Master Reggie Workman is aptly named. The man might not have played with everyone in jazz, but... Read more

6 Feb 2020

32mins

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Daniel Mason

Daniel Mason

Author, physician, and National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellow Daniel Mason wrote and published his firs... Read more

7 Nov 2019

29mins

Ranked #6

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Dana Nachman and Don Hardy

Dana Nachman and Don Hardy

Documentary filmmakers Dana Nachman and Don Hardy have co-directed the award-winning film Pick of the Litter. The litter... Read more

16 Aug 2018

24mins

Ranked #7

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James F. Jackson

James F. Jackson

Leatherworker and 2019 National Heritage Fellow James F. Jackson creates sculpture by carving leather. Go to his website... Read more

31 Jan 2020

24mins

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Julia Alvarez

Julia Alvarez

Twenty-five years ago, Julia Alvarez published In the Time of the Butterflies, which was chosen as a Big Read title in 2... Read more

22 Aug 2019

22mins

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Taylor Mali

Taylor Mali

Four-time National Poetry Slam champion Taylor Mali connects stage and page.

10 Apr 2015

28mins

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Mel Tillis

Mel Tillis

Singer/songwriter Mel Tillis tells stories about his career and how performing helped him cope with his stutter. [29:43]

30 Nov 2012

29mins

Ranked #11

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Colonel Don Schofield, U.S. Air Force

Colonel Don Schofield, U.S. Air Force

Commander and conductor of the US Air Force Band Colonel Don Schofield leads a remarkably diverse set of musicians. The ... Read more

24 Jan 2020

31mins

Ranked #12

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Ursula von Rydingsvard

Ursula von Rydingsvard

Sculptor and three-time NEA grantee Ursula von Rydingsvard’s art is unlike anything else. While she works with all manne... Read more

11 Jul 2019

32mins

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Dr. Nina Kraus

Dr. Nina Kraus

Dr. Nina Kraus is a professor of neurobiology at Northwestern University where she directs the Auditory Neuroscience Lab... Read more

18 Jul 2019

26mins

Ranked #14

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Roscoe Mitchell

Roscoe Mitchell

Saxophonist, composer and 2020 NEA Jazz Master Roscoe Mitchell is a musical seeker. He’s interested in sound and its col... Read more

3 Apr 2020

31mins

Ranked #15

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Linda Goss

Linda Goss

Storyteller Linda Goss, one of the pioneers of the Black Storytelling Movement, has just been named a 2019 NEA National ... Read more

19 Jun 2019

31mins

Ranked #16

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Victor Lodato

Victor Lodato

Author Victor Lodato has written two highly acclaimed novels Matilda Savitch and Edgar and Lucy. Nearly a decade in the ... Read more

26 Jun 2019

29mins

Ranked #17

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Stephanie Kline

Stephanie Kline

Marine Corps veteran Stephanie Kline is a DC-based stand-up comic. At loose ends after leaving the Marine Corps and then... Read more

25 Jul 2019

30mins

Ranked #18

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Amy Stolls

Amy Stolls

The National Endowment for the Arts' Literary Arts Director Amy Stolls joins me for a conversation about books that can ... Read more

27 Mar 2020

27mins

Ranked #19

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Andre Dubus III

Andre Dubus III

Andre Dubus III's memoir Townie isn’t a literary coming of age story. It’s an exploration of violence and absence. 

13 Jun 2013

30mins

Ranked #20

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Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger remembers his friend, Woody Guthrie. [21:13]

7 Dec 2012

21mins

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