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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David Stull National Medal of Arts recipient
Dean Stull talks about the latest developments at one of the nation's outstanding music conservatories. [28:07]
Hank Jones Pianist (National Medal ofArts, NEA Jazz Master)
Hank Jones talks about his long career in jazz, including playing with such jazz greats as Charlie Parker and fellow NEA Jazz Master Ella Fitzgerald. [24:52]
Kay Ryan Poet (U.S. Poet Laureate, NEA Literature Fellow)
U.S. Poet Laureate talks about her teaching career, her reaction to that initial phone call from the Library of Congress, and, of course, poetry. [21:52]
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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]
