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A free podcast will be released each Thursday featuring one-on-one interviews with everyone from NEA Jazz Masters to leading arts experts to National Medal of Arts winners and more.

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U Street NW
Washington, DC

Josephine Reed talks with a collection of local experts about the history and revitalization of U Street, NW in Washington, DC. Once known as the "Black Broadway," U Street is again a vibrant cultural place in the city, as evidenced by Arena Stage's smash production of Sophisticated Ladies at the historic Lincoln Theatre. [25:57]

transcript | download mp3   Posted July 8, 2010

Photo by Bob Shonbrun

Amy Tan
NEA Big Read Selection (The Joy Luck Club)

Amy Tan talks about her first novel, The Joy Luck Club, her relationship with her mother, and the art of writing. [27:49]

transcript | download mp3   Posted July 1, 2010

Photo by Jim Caldwell

Carlisle Floyd
NEA Opera Honors recipient

Carlisle Floyd talks about his extensive career in opera, including writing some of his most famous pieces, Susannah, Of Mice and Men, Willie Stark, and Cold Sassy Tree. [29:55]
Photo by Jim Caldwell

transcript | download mp3   Posted June 24, 2010

Photo by Tom Pich

David Baker
NEA Jazz Master

David Baker discusses his immersion into jazz, from playing to composing to teaching. [26:46]

transcript | download mp3   Posted June 17, 2010



 
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Phoebe Jacobs, former Executive Director of the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, discusses hearing the inimitable Louis Armstrong for the first time. [2:05]

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Musician Neko Case reads and comments on “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” by Sir Walter Raleigh. [2:00]

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2009 Poetry Out Loud National Champion Will Farley recites “The Flea” by John Donne [2:06] 

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