Comics Maven and Batman Producer Michael Uslan
Annie Corrigan hosts this interview with screenwriter, author, comics teacher, and film producer Michael Uslan, a key figure behind the Batman movies.
Aug 30, 2010•53 min
Focus on Flowers
Focus on Flowers is a weekly podcast and public radio program about flower gardening hosted by master gardener Moya Andews.
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Sarah Ruhlen's "Desk"
Sarah Ruhlen's work has appeared in RHINO, Slipstream, Monday Night, and Noö Journal. She is the recipient of the 2007 George Wedge poetry prize and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Aug 29, 2010•5 min
St. Cecilia and Spirituality in Gardening
It has been said that when the weather is cold, as in British gardens, there are paths for walking, and where the weather is hot as in desert areas of the world, there are more pools and places to lounge. However, despite minor design differences related to the weather, most religious faiths seem to use a garden as a metaphor for heaven.
Aug 26, 2010•2 min
Poet Matt Colglazier reads "The Fair" and more
Matt Colglazier is the founder of americancraftspirits.com, a website devoted to interviews and reviews focusing on the craft spirits movement in the United States.
Aug 22, 2010•5 min
Concertmaster and Violinist Zach De Pue
Annie Corrigan speaks with Zach De Pue, concertmaster of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and former violinist for the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Aug 20, 2010•45 min
The Palladians: Devil's Trill and An Excess of Pleasure
Two recordings from a notable British ensemble (Linn).
Aug 19, 2010•5 min
St. Francis Garden: Providing Food And Water For God's Creatures
There are some sacred gardens known as saint’s gardens that are designed to honor a particular person and reveal a vision of God through nature. Usually the specific saint’s spirit and philosophy is embedded in the character of the garden, and there is at least one statue of the saint to whom the garden is dedicated.
Aug 19, 2010•2 min
Peter Phillips And The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips joins Harmonia to talk about the Tallis Scholars’ recording “Lamentations of Jeremiah,” Gary Cooper leads the New Chamber Opera Ensemble in music from the Gresham Autograph, and L’Arpeggiata is featured in the release “Via Crucis.”
Aug 16, 2010•59 min
The poem "Breasting" by Romayne Rubinas Dorsey
Romayne Rubinas Dorsey lives in Bloomington, Indiana. Her work has appeared in Brilliant Corners, Sou'Wester and the Louisville Review, and she teaches in IU's creative writing program.
Aug 15, 2010•5 min
Buddhist Monk Arjia Rinpoche
Megan Meyer speaks with Buddhist teacher Arjia Rinpoche, director of the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center in Bloomington, Indiana.
Aug 13, 2010•59 min
Peony Problems: Buds But No Blossoms?
Many of us in the Midwest are planting even more peonies than ever because they are deer resistant. However, these easy-care plants do have some problems. One is buds that never develop into blooms.
Aug 12, 2010•2 min
Alexander Bernstein
Alexander Bernstein, son of Leonard Bernstein and founding chairman of The Leonard Bernstein Center For Learning, is interviewed by Charles Webb.
Aug 09, 2010•46 min
Romayne Rubinas Dorsey reads "Novodevichy Graves" and more
Romayne Rubinas Dorsey lives in Bloomington, Indiana. Her work has appeared in Brilliant Corners, Sou'Wester and the Louisville Review, and she teaches in IU's creative writing program.
Aug 08, 2010•5 min
James Oswald's Airs for the Seasons
The composer of the music entitled "Airs for the Seasons" is Scotland's most famous 18th Century composer James Oswald, who was born in 1710 and died in 1769. I listened to a recording of his 48 Floral Suites each representing a particular shrub or flower, played by the Broadside Band.
Aug 05, 2010•2 min
Musicians of the Globe: Shakespeare and Oberon
Philip Picket leads the Musicians of the Globe in music from Shakespeare's plays and the Masque of Oberon.
Aug 03, 2010•6 min
Pipedreams Host Michael Barone
Michael Barone, host and producer of Pipedreams, has been involved with the pipe organ for more than half a century. Peter Jacobi hosts.
Aug 02, 2010•47 min
Lucidarium: 'La Istoria de Purim'
Lucidarium explores Jewish music and poetry of Renaissance Italy, Ensemble Caprice performs gypsy-inspired baroque music, and a unique LP from Leonard Bernstein’s record collection.
Aug 02, 2010•59 min
"His Memory Long for Her" and more by Romayne Rubinas Dorsey
Romayne Rubinas Dorsey lives in Bloomington, Indiana. Her work has appeared in Brilliant Corners, Sou'Wester and the Louisville Review, and she teaches in IU's creative writing program.
Aug 01, 2010•10 min
Adding Charm Throughout The Year: Airy Perovskia
Perovskia is known by the common name Russian sage and is native to central Asia. It is a strong grower though looks delicate. However, it is not aggressive, even though it is a member of the mint family. Its pungent scent is a valuable asset as deer dislike it, and so this is a plant that usually blooms where it is planted.
Jul 29, 2010•2 min
Joseph Haydn Symphonies and Nocturnes
Haydn symphonies with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra (Harmonia Mundi) and Nocturnes for the King of Naples with Mozzafiato and L’Archibudelli (Sony).
Jul 27, 2010•5 min
More Medieval Instruments, John Abberger, and Alonso Mudarra
Harmonia continues it look at musical instruments from the Middle Ages, Baroque oboist John Abberger talks about his chosen instrument, and Private Musicke performs music of Spanish Renaissance composer Alonso Mudarra.
Jul 26, 2010•59 min
"For the People I Meet and Never See Again" by Dustin Nightingale
Dustin Nightingale lives in Fargo, North Dakota. His poems have been published in various journals including Margie, Cimarron Review, Stickman and others. His band, the Citronella Hangovers is currently recording their 3rd spoken word album.
Jul 25, 2010•5 min
Journalist and NPR Producer Peter Breslow
Peter Breslow is the supervising senior producer for NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday and a former producer for All Things Considered. Owen Johnson hosts.
Jul 23, 2010•47 min
Growing Campanula Bells (Bellflowers)
Campanulas, or bellflowers to use their common name, are plants with bell-shaped blue or white blooms, and they range in height from ground-hugging dwarfs to plants that grow to 6 feet. A gardener who plants a number of different types can have bloom for most of the summer.
Jul 22, 2010•2 min
Santiago de Murcia with Paul O’Dette and Rolf Lislevand
Virtuosos Paul Odette and Rolf Lislevand explore the baroque guitar music of Murcia.
Jul 20, 2010•5 min
Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom
IU faculty member Elinor Ostrom is the first woman to win the Nobel prize in the category of economics. Bloomington Provost and Executive VP Karen Hanson hosts.
Jul 19, 2010•44 min
World Premieres with the Koelner Akademie
Harmonia looks at world-premiere recordings of music by Mattheson and Fischer with the Koelner Akademie, in addition to exploring Byzantine chant with Greek-American singer John Michael Boyer. Paul O’Dette performs in a featured release of Renaissance lute music by Marco dall’Aquila.
Jul 19, 2010•59 min
October Wedding by Cate Whetzel
Cate Whetzel grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, and studied at Kenyon College and Oxford University. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from Indiana University.
Jul 18, 2010•5 min
Stalwarts In The Garden: Hardy Hellebores
Although their early spring blooms are especially treasured, hellebores are stalwarts in the garden during all seasons. Long lived, shade loving, deer resistant, hellebores have handsome evergreen or semi evergreen foliage depending on the harshness of the winter conditions.
Jul 15, 2010•2 min
Le Jardin Secret on the Coro Label
Le Jardin Secret performs music for the Habsburg Imperial Court and for Cardinal Mazarin.
Jul 13, 2010•5 min
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