How do today’s masters create their art? American Masters: Creative Spark presents narrative interviews that go in-depth with an iconic artist about the creation of a single work. Each episode offers a unique window into the world of art and the creative process of artists and cultural icons across a wide range of disciplines, from music and comedy to poetry and film. Explore more at www.pbs.org/creativespark

Conor's Basement is a podcast created by two high school friends, Chris and Jesse, as an exploration into the discography of Bright Eyes and Conor Oberst. Along the way, we will provide analysis and our personal interpretations of the songs and lyrics. Each episode is a deep dive into an album or batch of tracks with the goal of starting a dialogue with the die-hards and opening up an avenue for the soon-to-be superfans.

Host Andy Richter asks the same three questions to each guest: Where do you come from? Where are you going? What have you learned? These three simple questions, when answered honestly and thoughtfully, are enough to provide a pretty complete picture of who a person is. The answers are what Andy always wants to know about people. This will not be a one-sided process, as Andy won’t shy away from getting personal himself.

Selections of Independent music from eras past and present. Music new and old, of angst, love, lament and celebration. Jane Birkin, Leonard Cohen, Ian Curtis, Conor Oberst & Serge Gainsbourg all included in the mosaic of art in music that is some archaic mystery cult ritual. What stirs in the psyche of one lost child in the Universe, what draws the eye and makes the aperture of the soul grow, what clues that path, that line, that way to the feeling of the transcendental. &c

Interviews with fascinating people on science, ethics, and politics.