Best 4A Arts Podcasts (2024)

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EP15 Wonder Woman comic book 1943 #4C The Rubber Recipe 8:14

2h ago8:14

8:14

The government is taking all the rubber recipes. Paula has been given her third task from the goddess. --- If you would like to support this podcast by making a donation, please do so with cashapp to $pasta26mcBy Noelle

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EP14 Wonder Woman 1943 #4B Wonder Woman and the Mole Men 9:27

7d ago9:27

9:27

We meet the Mole Men, the rules of the underground world. They are tryng to take over the world. Wonder Woman, Paula, and Etta work together to save the world. --- If you would like to support this podcast by making a donation, please do so with cashapp to $pasta26mcBy Noelle

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EP 13 Wonder Woman Comic Book 1943 #4A – The Story of Mae Wu 11:24

16d ago11:24

11:24

We meet Mei Wu and learn her story. Paula begins her pledge to become an Amazon. --- If you would like to support this podcast by making a donation, please do so with cashapp to $pasta26mcBy Noelle

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"Culture is Not an Industry" with Professor Justin O'Connor 59:24

19d ago59:24

59:24

Professor Justin O’Connor of University of South Australia’s Creative Economy Department joins us for episode 17 of Framing the Hammer to discuss the ideas behind his new book, Culture is Not an Industry. For decades, many governments capitalized on the notion of a "creative economy," fueled by the work of academics and economists, including Profes…

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EP12 Wonder Woman Comic Book 1943 #3D The Ammunition Plant and the Baroness 16:18

1M ago16:18

16:18

Steve is still searching for Diana who is missing. Kirby is searchng for his mom who is also missing. Diana is on Reform Island still with Paula, the baroness. Paula tells Wonder Woman about a nazi plot against the ammunition plant. The pair head back to stop the plan. Wonder Woman rescues Kirby and his mother from the burning ammunition plant. Whe…

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EP11 Wonder Woman 1943 #3C A Snow Day 10:39

2M ago10:39

10:39

Wonder Woman learns how to sled on a snow day with a little boy and his friends. But the baroness Paula hijacks the fun. Wonder Woman recaptures her and takes her back to reform island. We learn more about Paula and her family. --- If you would like to support this podcast by making a donation, please do so with cashapp to $pasta26mc…

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EP10 Wonder Woman 1943 #3B The Baroness’s Escape from Reform Island 8:59

2M ago8:59

8:59

The Baroness esacapes from Reform Island. Diana is asked to come and figure out how she did it. Back in the States. She contiues causing problems. She even takes control of Steve Trevor. She gets him to steal a list of secret agents from Diana. Wonder Woman and Etta Candy work together to try and save Steve, the list of secret agents and recapture …

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EP09 Wonder Woman 1943 #3A Diana’s Day the Amazon Christmas Day 10:57

2M ago10:57

10:57

Wonder Woman heads home to celebrate the Amazon Christmas Day. Etta joins her. They take a stowaway without realizing it. The Baroness is still up to her tricks from prison. She manages to escape. Her plan gets 21 people arrested and takes control of Steve Trevor too. Can Wonder Woman and Etta Candy unravel her evil plot? --- If you would like to s…

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EP08 Wonder Woman podcast #2E Wonder Woman Saves Steve with an Emergency Kit 3:28

2M ago3:28

3:28

Wonder Woman gives a great speech about Mars to sell war bonds. She has success but there is a company that still is not buying any. Midland, however, is not buying any of the bonds. She decides to visit. She takes Steve as well. He tells some stories of war and how Wonder Woman dropped an emergency kit to him. The helmet in the kit saved his life …

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EP0#7 Wonder Woman #2D Mars Faces Wonder Woman 7:37

2M ago7:37

7:37

Deception failed Mars just as badly as Greed did. Not he involves Conquest and Mussolini to capture Wonder Woman. A giant versus Wonder Woman is not much of a challenge. Her bracelets get damaged and she loses her strength. What's Wonder Woman to do? Call Etta Candy. --- If you would like to support this podcast by making a donation, please do so w…

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EP06 Wonder Woman #2C Mars and Deception 6:39

2M ago6:39

6:39

Mars enlists Deception to help capture Wonder Woman after Greed has fails. He comes up with a false body plan that backfires on him. --- If you would like to support this podcast by making a donation, please do so with cashapp to $pasta26mcBy Noelle

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EP05 Wonder Woman #2B Mars Wants Revenge 5:59

3M ago5:59

5:59

Mars wants revenge against Woman. He starts by going after Etta Candy's school. --- If you would like to support this podcast by making a donation, please do so with cashapp to $pasta26mcBy Noelle

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EP04 Wonder Woman #2A Wonder Woman vs Mars 7:45

3M ago7:45

7:45

Wonder Woman beats Mars in a battle. He wants revenge. He goes after her weak spot: Steve Trevor. He kidnaps him as bait to capture Wonder Woman. Who wins when they meet a second time? --- If you would like to support this podcast by making a donation, please do so with cashapp to $pasta26mcBy Noelle

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EP03 Wonder Woman #1C Horses vs Nazi Sea Power 6:44

3M ago6:44

6:44

The Nazi's U-Boats are causing major casualites. Trevor wants to interogate the Baroness in the hopes she will help them. Wonder Woman gets accused of murder. --- If you would like to support this podcast by making a donation, please do so with cashapp to $pasta26mcBy Noelle

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EP02 Wonder Woman #1B Wonder Woman Goes To The Circus 8:15

3M ago8:15

8:15

Diana and Steve take some children to the circus. They learn the elephants are dying without explanation. One dies in the middle of the show and Wonder Woman saves the life of the performer. Diana and Etta investigate and learn a spy is involved. --- If you would like to support this podcast by making a donation, please do so with cashapp to $pasta…

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EP01 Wonder Woman #1A Here's Wonder Woman 9:01

3M ago9:01

9:01

We learn the creation story of the Amazons. The creation story of Diana aka Wonder Woman. And we meet Steve Trevor for the first time. --- If you would like to support this podcast by making a donation, please do so with cashapp to $pasta26mcBy Noelle

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Wonder Woman Trailer 1:32

3M ago1:32

1:32

Welcome to the I love this comic book: wonder woman podcast. I am going to cover the first 614 issues, story by story. The original and first 40 or 50 Wonder Woman comics came out quarterly and have 3 stories in each issue. So 1A, 1B, 1C then later it became bi-monthly and had two stories per issue, which means an A and a B. Eventually, it became a…

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6. O. Henry - "The Role of the Artist" 1:09:47

3M ago1:09:47

1:09:47

Tim and Nicholas read a final grouping of three O.Henry stories - "Confessions of a Humorist," "The Duplicity of Hargraves," and "The Last Leaf." These stories all concern the role of the artist in relation to other people, in very different settings and ways. We discuss the works, using these as a springboard to consider O. Henry's notion of the a…

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5. O. Henry - "Literary Stories (part 2)" 1:02:58

3M ago1:02:58

1:02:58

Nicholas reads one of O. Henry's longest (and most unusual) stories, which happened to be a favorite of the author himself. "Roads of Destiny" is a kind of romantic-modernist triptych with three alternative story-lines following (roughly) the same cast of characters in Renaissance or early modern France. We then discuss, considering this work as a …

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4. O. Henry - "Literary Stories (part 1)" 1:06:17

3M ago1:06:17

1:06:17

Tim and Nicholas read two longish O. Henry stories - "A Municipal Report" and "Proof of the Pudding" - which both concern struggling authors, and which we have therefore categorized as (self-consciously) "literary." We then discuss these works.By Timothy Burrows and Nicholas Reitter

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3. O. Henry - "The Varieties of Domestic Experience" 1:05:26

3M ago1:05:26

1:05:26

Nicholas and Tim again take turns reading four more of the very short stories of which O. Henry published so many - "The Cop and the Anthem," "The Furnished Room," " An Unfinished Story," and "The Pendulum." These are all centered on "domestic" themes. We then discuss, using these New York works as a springboard to cover the last eight years of O.H…

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2. O. Henry - "Stories of the Wild West" 1:08:06

3M ago1:08:06

1:08:06

Tim and Nicholas read two longer Western stories, "The Cabellero's Way" (about a bandit, the lawman who pursues him, and the woman in both their lives), and "Friends in San Rosario" (about a Western bank being "examined" by an uptight government regulator). Nicholas and Tim then discuss, using these works as a springboard to give a thumbnail-sketch…

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1. O. Henry - "The O. Henry Twist" 1:08:08

3M ago1:08:08

1:08:08

Nicholas and Tim take turns reading four of O. Henry's signature very short stories with a "twist" ending: "The Social Triangle," "The Love Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein," "The Gift of the Magi," and "While the Auto Waits." All concern life and class relations (conceived broadly) in turn-of-the-century New York City. Nicholas and Tim then discuss the…

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4b. Chekhov - "Lights" (last part of story, and discussion) 55:58

3M ago55:58

55:58

Nicholas finishes reading the last part of the story "Lights", and then discusses the work with TimBy Timothy Burrows and Nicholas Reitter

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4a. Chekhov - "Lights" (first part) 59:36

3M ago59:36

59:36

Nicholas reads most of one of Chekhov's longer stories - "Lights" - about the conflicted recollections of a railway engineer, and his relations in a potential love affair, and possibly more generally about youthful consciousness. (Reading continues in a second file, since the story takes more than an hour to read.)…

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3. Chekhov - "Betrothed" (or, "The Bride") 1:02:21

3M ago1:02:21

1:02:21

Nicholas reads Chekhov's last finished story - "Betrothed" - about a woman who radically upends her life by changing her marriage plans at a late date. Nicholas and Tim discuss.By Timothy Burrows and Nicholas Reitter

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2. Chekhov - "The Princess" / "The Darling" 1:10:17

3M ago1:10:17

1:10:17

Nicholas reads two medium-length Chekhov stories, both centering on female protagonists, "The Princess" (about a self-deluded aristocrat who imagines herself a philanthropist) and "The Darling" (about a woman who lives exclusively through her important relationships). Nicholas and Tim discuss the works.…

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1. Chekhov - "The Bet" / "Oh! The Public" 55:34

3M ago55:34

55:34

Nicholas reads two of Chekhov's early short stories from the 1880's, "The Bet" (a darkly humorous tale) and "Oh! The Public" (a raucous satire). Nicholas and Tim discuss these pieces, with an overview of Chekhov's place in the history of the short story more generally.By Timothy Burrows and Nicholas Reitter

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4. Dickens - "The Great WInglebury Duel" 1:02:58

3M ago1:02:58

1:02:58

Tim reads a final selection from "Sketches by Boz" - a long, humorous account of a threatened duel. Tim and Nicholas discuss.By Timothy Burrows and Nicholas Reitter

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3. Dickens - "Mr Minns and his Cousin" / "The Black Veil" 1:10:27

3M ago1:10:27

1:10:27

Tim reads two more from the "Boz" collection, a humorous satire of a fastidious bachelor with fortune-hunting relatives, and a proto-horror story. Tim and Nicholas discuss.By Timothy Burrows and Nicholas Reitter

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2. DIckens - "A Visit to Newgate" 56:19

3M ago56:19

56:19

Tim reads one of the best known (and longest) of the "Boz" collection, an account of a visit to London's notorious Newgate Prison. Tim and Nicholas discuss.By Timothy Burrows and Nicholas Reitter

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1. Dickens - "The Streets" / "Gin Shops" / "Seven Dials" from _Sketches by Boz_ 1:01:08

3M ago1:01:08

1:01:08

Tim reads three of DIckens by shorter "Scenes" - one of the categories of his early work _Sketches by Boz_ (serialized 1833-1836) - a collection of works that form a kind of precursor to the modern short story. Tim and NIcholas then discuss these short works.By Timothy Burrows and Nicholas Reitter

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Democratizing Art with Bianca Bosker 38:03

7M ago38:03

38:03

“Democratization of American Arts and Culture” means lowering or removing barriers to experiencing, creating, and sharing art. Through this process, ideas are explored, questions asked, humanity exposed, bonds created, and communities are greatly strengthened. Democratizing the arts also helps strengthen American democracy, by strengthening communi…

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Growing Arizona's Arts Advocacy Ecosystem 30:54

8M ago30:54

30:54

A conversation with Arizona Citizens for the Arts (AZCA), the state arts advocacy organization fighting to increase funding in the Arizona state budget. In this episode, we chat with the AZCA Executive Director, Patrick McWhorter, and Director of Community Engagement, Sabrina Estrada. we touch on the exciting cultural developments statewide, as wel…

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How Loneliness Inspires Creativity 46:32

10M ago46:32

46:32

In episode 114 of Framing the Hammer, we chat with Richard Deming, Yale Director of Creative Writing and author of the recently published, This Exquisite Loneliness: What Loners, Outcasts and the Understood Can Teach Us About Creativity. In the book, Deming profiles six historic figures who publicly wrestled with loneliness and used creativity to c…

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The Force (of the Creative Economy) Awakens 52:36

10M ago52:36

52:36

In Episode 12 of Framing the Hammer, we chat with Jason McGatlin, a Hollywood producer who worked on films such as The Adventures of TinTin, Volcano, and the Disney+ series, The Mandalorian, and (not least of all), the seventh, eighth and ninth of the Star Wars series, The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, The Rise of Skywalker . 4A Arts believes that …

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Are Your Musicians Ethically Sourced? 45:43

1y ago45:43

45:43

In episode 12, we chat with Hilary Perkins, founder of Whippoorwill Arts (www.whippoorwillarts.org) a nonprofit advocating for music and musicians that recently underwent a comprehensive report on recommended wages for working musicians. We talk about the report that makes suggested base and graduated pay for musicians of all types, stripes, and lo…

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4a: Season of Mists, pt. 1 1:19:08

1y ago1:19:08

1:19:08

SANDJOB, EPISODE 4A: In Which Nero, Jessie and Iris Return From Hiatus With New Discussions Of "The Sandman" Comic Book Series; A Long Philosophical Tangent On The Nature Of Hell Within Modern Christianity Is Embarked Upon; The Issue-By-Issue Weird Little Guy Quota Returns; And Our Credibility Within The Furry Community Is Called Into Question. SAN…

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Hyperreality and Pumpkin Spice Lattes: The Philosophy of Arts and AI 1:29:07

1y ago1:29:07

1:29:07

In episode 11 of Framing the Hammer, we chat with artists Boris Eldagsen and Jason M. Allen about their respective approaches to, uses of, and thoughts about artificial intelligence. Both Boris and Jason received awards for their work using AI, but they took different principled stands in accepting (or not refusing) their awards. Join us as we disc…

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Sonic Branding is the New Sonic Boom - with Made Music Studios' Creative Director, Danielle Venne 30:24

1y ago30:24

30:24

4A Arts dives into another aspect of the creative economy in our discussion with creative director Danielle Venne of Made Music Studio. Her firm specializes in “sonic branding” or, “The audio equivalent of a visual logo” as Danni says. 4A Arts believes that arts and culture are basic human rights and powerful tools for building a whole and healthy …

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Framing the Hammer - an intro, some background, a...catalyst(?) 17:32

1+ y ago17:32

17:32

Host and 4A Arts Executive Director Gavin Lodge chats about the mission of 4A Arts and the genesis of the title Framing the Hammer. 4A Arts believes that arts and culture are basic human rights and powerful tools for building a whole and healthy society. Please follow our efforts and growth to change the narrative around American creativity and con…

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Cultivating Community through Crafting with Mx. Domestic 30:14

1+ y ago30:14

30:14

In our conversation with Mathew Boudreaux, known in the online crafting world as the “Themperor of Crafting”, @mx.domestic. Mathew addresses their favorite quilting and crochet projects, being a crafting influencer, the sense of community developed in the art world, social justice melding with arts, their idea that 95% is good enough (the last 5% w…

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Discovering jazz, playing jazz, sharing jazz. A conversation with Indianapolis jazz legend, Larry Ridley 33:37

1+ y ago33:37

33:37

Jazz legend and current board member for 4A Arts, Larry Ridley, recounts his musical youth in the Indianapolis jazz scene, his time touring with jazz greats like the Montgomery Brothers, and his lifelong commitment to sharing jazz through education at the National Endowment for the Arts and starting the jazz program at Rutgers University. 4A Arts b…

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Creating the Fringe - Elena K. Holy, founder and director of the New York International Fringe Festival 40:42

1+ y ago40:42

40:42

In this episode of Framing the Hammer, we speak with Elena K. Holy, founder and director of the New York International Fringe Festival as well as the 4A Arts general manager. Elena has spent a lifetime as a theatrical producer with a passion for solving problems and creating more outlets to share more innovative theatre with the largest variety of …

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FDR & the Artsy WPA - Troy Plumer - Historian and Arts Fanatic 32:03

1+ y ago32:03

32:03

Framing the Hammer episode 106 brings us Troy Plumer, a Louisville, KY-based master’s student in history. Troy is an aficionado, though not a trained expert by his own admission, with the era around the Works Progress Administration (WPA) of the Great Depression and arts funding during that period. Troy contributed a guest blog to the 4A Arts websi…

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Finding the Ikigai - An Art Therapist for Violent Criminals Helps Find Purpose & Meaning 43:40

1+ y ago43:40

43:40

Enjoy this conversation with an art therapist who works with violent criminals. Her nonjudgmental compassion for her patients and artistic process bring insight into the multitude of ways art restores our humanity and helps our self-understanding. We don’t share her last name or work location for reasons of privacy, particularly to protect her work…

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Vandalizing Nature with Art - Indigenous artist Ishkoten Dougi - painter and cultural "vandal" 39:30

1+ y ago39:30

39:30

A chat with Indigenous artist Ishkoten Dougi whom Gavin met at the Santa Fe Indian Art Market in August. During our conversation, Ishkoten discusses many fascinating aspects of his art, creative process, and experience as a Native artist. Of the many tidbits he shared, some highlights include that he feels forced to speak out and create artifacts t…

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Children & Art - James and Katherine Starkey - English teachers infusing art into every lesson 33:05

1+ y ago33:05

33:05

In this episode, 4As executive director Gavin Lodge is reunited with his high school junior and senior English teachers, Katherine and Jim Starkey. This married dynamic literary duo inspired their students to think deeper, write expressively, and appreciate all things creative. During this lively discussion they talk about how Jim developed a teach…

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Everyone is an Artist - Charlie Reinhart, 4A Arts founder and modern dance luminary 24:32

1+ y ago24:32

24:32

Please enjoy my tremendous conversation with the founder of 4A Arts, Charlie Reinhart. This inspirational arts leader, at the ripe young age of 91, demonstrates his fervent belief in the ability of the arts to change both entire lives and our society. Some of the highlights of speaking with him are his commitment to the idea that every single perso…

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3: Dream Country 1:20:41

1+ y ago1:20:41

1:20:41

[CONTENT WARNING: Contains discussion of sexual assault in our "Calliope" segment from 03:25 to 20:15, as well as severe depression and suicide in our "Façade" segment from 43:35 to 1:04:25. Please take care when listening.] GOOD EVENING, DREAMERS! It's been a little while, but we're excited to be back! We were... somewhat less excited to be talkin…

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