The chaotic nature and noise of life as a musician — touring from city to city — eventually erodes Andrew Bird's ability to hear the music that is really inside of him. In a courageous effort to understand the faint calling of sound playing in his head, Andrew deserts his Chicago apartment for a rural piece of land where he believes an old farmhouse might un ... Show More
Feb 24
A nurse's story, by Wayne Little
Fresh out of nursing school, Wayne Little finds a treasured mentor in his first job – a nurse whose lifelong mission inspires his own. Years later, in the middle of a global pandemic, he calls on those lessons he learned so long ago.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy ... Show More
30m 24s
Feb 17
The power of a simple loving presence, by Hannah Cross
Hannah Cross is a licensed clinical social worker, devoted to helping people with emotional and behavioral concerns. The way she approaches her work is rooted in a life-changing early job, one she almost didn’t take — at a youth incarceration center. Working with these young peop ... Show More
34m 57s
Apr 2021
Andrew Bird + Jimbo Mathus
Listening to Jimbo Mathus and Andrew Bird’s new album, These 13, is like taking a trip down South … a century ago. It’s new territory for Andrew Bird, a classically trained multi-instrumentalist from the Chicago suburbs who’s been a successful indie folk singer/songwriter and als ... Show More
34m 54s
Dec 2021
Gordon Hempton — Silence and the Presence of Everything
Acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton collects sounds from around the world. He’s recorded inside Sitka spruce logs in the Pacific Northwest, thunder in the Kalahari Desert, and dawn breaking across six continents. An attentive listener, he says silence is an endangered species on th ... Show More
50m 46s
May 2019
[BONUS] Citizen Cope | Music Month
<p>Born in Memphis, spending summer months with his great aunt and uncle in a small west Texas town, while being raised in Washington, DC, <a href="https://citizencope.com/welcome" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Clarence Greenwood aka Citizen Cope</a> (https://citizenc ... Show More
1h 9m
Dec 2021
[Unedited] Gordon Hempton with Krista Tippett
Acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton collects sounds from around the world. He’s recorded inside Sitka spruce logs in the Pacific Northwest, thunder in the Kalahari Desert, and dawn breaking across six continents. An attentive listener, he says silence is an endangered species on th ... Show More
1h 29m