Indiana Public Media | WFIU - NPR | WTIU - PBS

Ask the Mayor: A Production of WFIU Public Radio

Profiles is a weekly radio program featuring a new guest each week, ranging from painters to journalists, delving into the person behind the persona. Profiles airs Sunday at 7 p.m. on WFIU HD1.

Displaying all programs tagged with folklore

Ethnomusicologist George List

 
 Profiles: George List [55:53m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

<br />Dr. George List is one of the foremost ethnomusicologist in his field. At age 96, though the professor is now blind, he is still producing journal articles and reviews. He spoke with WFIU’s George Walker.

Continue Reading »

Ethnomusicologist Portia Maultsby

 
 Profiles: Portia Maultsby [47:42m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

<br />Portia K. Maultsby is a professor of ethnomusicology in the IU Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology.  She also heads the Archives of African-American Music and Culture in Bloomington. She spoke with WFIU’s David Brent Johnson.

Continue Reading »

Anya Peterson Royce, IU Professor of Anthropology and Comparative Literarure

 
 Profiles: Anya Peterson Royce [47:46m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

<br />Anya Peterson Royce is a professor of Anthropology and Comparative Literature at Indiana University. She also works as a Professor in the Ballet Department.

Continue Reading »

Former NEA Chair Bill Ivey

 
 Standard Podcast [47:39m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Former NEA Chair Bill Ivey sits down with WFIU’s George Walker for a conversation about the arts in The United States.

Continue Reading »

Former NEH Chair William R. Ferris

 
 Standard Podcast [37:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Dr. William Ferris, the former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities and a professor at UNC Chapel Hill, joins us on Profiles.

Continue Reading »