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Akala and Hip-Hop Shakespeare

This podcast, part of the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast series for the Folger Shakespeare Library, is an interview with Akala, who since 2009, under the auspices of his “Hip-hop Shakespeare Company,” has been going to community centers, prisons, and schools in immigrant and under-served communities, using the tools of hip-hop to spread an understanding of the relevance of Shakespeare’s poetry. Barbara Bogaev interviewed the British poet, rapper, and educator whose real name is Kingslee James Daley.

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Shakespeare and War

This podcast, part of the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast series for the Folger Shakespeare Library, looks at the one-man show CRY HAVOC! in which actor Stephan Wolfert(a US Army veteran) draws together lines in Shakespeare’s plays spoken by soldiers and former soldiers—including Macbeth, Othello, and Richard III. Barbara Bogaev interviewed him about his show and about the free weekly veterans-only acting classes he runs, aimed at helping vets readjust to life as civilians.

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Shakespeare in Science Fiction

This podcast, part of the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast series for the Folger Shakespeare Library, looks at the way Shakespeare and his plays crop up in science fiction in surprising places, from classic stories by Isaac Asimov to Star Trek and Doctor Who. Barbara Bogaev interviewed Sarah Annes Brown, a professor of English Literature at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, England, and co-director of the university’s Centre for Science Fiction and Fantasy who is writing a book that looks at representations of how Shakespeare’s plays are performed in the future.

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Concerts at the White House

Part of the series “Art In Camelot” produced for ArtsEdge at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, narrated by Richard Dreyfuss.  Today we consider big-name celebrity concerts broadcast from the White House to be routine.  It all started during the Kennedy Administration.  More concerts, ballets and operas were staged inside the White House for President and Mrs. Kennedy than ever had been before or ever have been since.

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Pop Sonnets

PopThis podcast, part of the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast series for the Folger Shakespeare Library, is a conversation (with music) with Erik Didriksen, who takes hit songs from artists like Taylor Swift and Coldplay and rewrites them as Elizabethan-style sonnets. The Tumblr where Didriksen has posted these sonnets has become so popular that he’s published a book, Pop Sonnets: Shakespearean Spins on Your Favorite Songs. He was interviewed by Barbara Bogaev.

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The Star Spangled Banner

Produced for ArtsEdge at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.  There are things you think you know about the Star-Spangled Banner.  Would it surprise you to know that most of them are wrong?  It wasn’t a German drinking song.  And no, you won’t go to jail for singing it in Spanish.  In this podcast we bust some old myths and tell you some fascinating new things about our National Anthem — like words we don’t sing anymore and tunes you’d barely recognize.  It turns out there are hundreds of different ways to perform The Star-Spangled Banner.  This podcast is narrated by Leonard Slatkin, an orchestra conductor who hasn’t played every version of the song, but once had his orchestra play it 18 different ways.

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Football Music on TV & Film

Part of the series “Touchdown Song” produced for ArtsEdge at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.  For almost 50 years, NFL Films has defined the way we see and think about football.  One reason these movie have had such an impact is their unique music; music that can make you feel the action. Tom Hedden wrote many of those songs during 19 years at NFL Films. He narrates and — along with two other legendary NFL Films composers — tells us what it takes to write music that, when you hear it you think “Football.” Plus, you’ll hear the story behind one of the most iconic sports songs of our times, the theme music for The NFL on Fox.

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Gypsy Swing

Part of the series “Swing, Swing, Swing” produced for ArtsEdge at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,, narrated by Connaitre Miller of Howard University.  Jazz is a purely American form of music. With one exception. In the 1930s, Hungarian guitarist Django Reinhardt created a unique form of jazz, “Gypsy Swing” that mixed traditional Eastern European music with an American beat. In this episode, Gypsy Jazz violinist Tony Ballog introduces us to the music of Django Reinhardt and Gypsy Swing.

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Auditioning for Shakespeare

Audition BookThis podcast, part of the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast series for the Folger Shakespeare Library, demonstrates how actors can learn to read Shakespeare’s verse so that they understand the rhythm of each line, the importance of punctuation, and the way that one piece of text should vocally build upon another.

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Styles of Music of the Arab World

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Part of the series “Arabesque: Music of the Arab World” produced for ArtsEdge at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Musicians from across the Arab World join Georges Collinet (Afropop Worldwide) to discuss and demonstrate the diverse musical culture of diverse Arabic nations, their common musical roots, and where they believe Arabic music is headed.

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