Arts & Ideas Radio

Jay Allison, host and executive producer.
Viki Merrick, producer.

Jay Allison, hosts a 4-hour collection of programming you don't tend to hear anywhere else - local a nd national documentaries, sound portraits, music specials, political lectures, whatever seems worthy e ach week. Sometimes choices come up at the last minute so check back for updates: Sundays 7 - 11PM.

This Week's Show

May 16, 2010

7PM: State of RE:union - what makes community: New Orleans - negotiating the old with the new after Katrina
8PM: Radiolab 705: Who Are You? Getting inside another's mind
9PM: On Horseback: Thorough bred racing and other equestrian stories from Hearing Voices 10PM: Snap Judgement: decisions that change everything: Tales from the Library

Program Archives, our listing of past shows

For more information about the Arts & Ideas production team and the work of many of the producers featured on Arts & Ideas see the following links:

Atlantic Public Media

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Public Radio Exchange
Many programs on Arts & Ideas come from the Public Radio Exchange, a project of Atlantic Public Media in Woods Hole, in cooperation with WCAI/WNAN/WZAI. The PRX is a somewhat revolutionary online distribution system which lets listeners hear a great range of programming, and also allows public radio stations around the country to download and broadcast it. If you heard something on Arts & Ideas, chances are you can find it on the PRX. Click here and type in a few keywords in the search engine to find it. While you're there, browse around. You can write reviews of programs you like which helps public radio programmers know what the audience is thinking. The motto of the PRX is: 'What do YOU want to hear on the radio?