25 Best NPR Art Podcasts

1. Fresh Air

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Fresh Air from WHYY, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs. Hosted by Terry Gross and Tonya Mosley, the show features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries. Subscribe to Fresh Air Plus! You'll enjoy bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening - all while you support NPR's mission. Learn more at plus.npr...MORE Hosts Terry Gross, Tonya Mosley
Producer/Network NPR
Email ****@npr.org
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 37.6KFacebook 7.8MTwitter 8.2MInstagram 8.1M Avg Length 47 min Format Long form Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. Art On The Air

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ART ON THE AIR is an hour-long radio show / podcast that opens with a short interview about local art events in Northwest Indiana's three county area, then continues to the long-form feature interview portion. Guests include individual artists, photographers, gallery owner/curators, festival sponsors, authors, the shakers and movers in NW Indiana, Chicago and beyond vibrant art, theater, and music scene, plus much more. Hosts are Larry A Brechner, long-time theater director, photographic artist, and arts organization board member, and Ester Golden, owner of The Nest in Michigan City.MORE Hosts Ester Golden, Larry A Brechner
Producer/Network Larry A Brechner | Ester Golden
Email ****@brech.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1Facebook 1.7KTwitter 111 Avg Length 59 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. Talking Art

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Talking Art is a partnership between WVIK, Quad Cities NPR and Quad City Arts in which a Ben Gougeon interviews artists from the Quad Cities and beyond! Sponsored by Quad City Bank & Trust
Hosts Carolyn Martin, Ben Gougeon, Dawn Wohlford-Metallo, Kevin Maynard
Producer/Network Quad City Arts
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 3Facebook 4.7KTwitter 1.6KInstagram 419 Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

4. American Masters: Creative Spark

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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/creativesparkMORE Host Joe Skinner
Producer/Network American Masters | PBS
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 265Facebook 317.1KTwitter 15.2KInstagram 73.8K Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

5. Exposition: An Arts + Culture Podcast

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KRCU's Exposition Arts and Culture podcast dives into the arts, music, and culture scene of Cape Girardeau and its surrounding areas. You'll hear from authors, performers, instrumentalists, cultural drivers, and many more creative individuals.MORE Hosts Mary Collier Mims, Dan Woods, John Moore, Isabelle Murphy
Producer/Network Mary Collier Mims, Dan Woods, John Moore
Email ****@semo.edu
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2Facebook 2.6KTwitter 548Instagram 738 Avg Length 11 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

6. Art Hounds

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Each week three people from the Minnesota arts community talk about a performance, opening, or event they're excited to see or want others to check out.
Producer/Network Minnesota Public Radio
Email ****@mpr.org
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 26Facebook 60.3KTwitter 22.4KInstagram 14.1K Avg Length 4 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact

7. Friday LIVE

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The latest news about arts and humanities happenings around Nebraska, as well as talk and performances from those involved.
Host Genevieve Randall
Producer/Network Nebraska Public Media
Email ****@nebraskapublicmedia.org
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Facebook 57.5KTwitter 20.6KInstagram 8.8K Avg Length 40 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

8. Out and About

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A weekly spotlight on arts activities in Central Illinois. Every Friday, host Mae Gilliland Wright of Arts Partners of Central Illinois talks with area actors, musicians, artists and community leaders about an upcoming arts event. Out and About is supported, in part, by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.MORE Host Mae Gilliland Wright
Producer/Network WCBU Peoria Public Radio
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 4Facebook 6.5KTwitter 2.4KInstagram 1.2K Avg Length 5 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact

9. ALL ARTS Radio Hour

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ALL ARTS Radio Hour brings a wide array of arts programming to listeners each week with an eclectic mix of pop, contemporary and classical music, along with interviews, poetry, dramatic performance, and more.MORE Host Cliff Chenfeld
Email ****@wliw.org
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Facebook 31.7KTwitter 7.3KInstagram 28.4K Avg Length 55 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

10. Sights + Sounds

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The Sights Sounds Show w/ Jeneé Darden - WEDNESDAY 4PMSights Sounds Picks - THURSDAY 7:44AM & 2:44PMThe Sights Sounds Show with Jeneé Darden invites listeners into deep, rich conversations with local Bay Area artists, and creators visiting the Bay. Sights Sounds Picks is your weekly guide to the Bay Area arts scene through local artists. Every week, host Jeneé Darden speaks with a different artist about upcoming events in the Bay Area.MORE Host Jeneu00e9 Darden
Producer/Network Jeneé Darden
Email ****@kalw.org
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 5Facebook 10.7KTwitter 6.1KInstagram 5.7K Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

11. KVC-Arts

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Join host David Fleming for a program dedicated to Arts and Entertainment in our region, as well as the people and places providing it. Interviews with authors, producers, visual artists and musicians, spotlighting a classic album or a brand new release. From musical legends and icons - to players at the local level, from Broadway tours to Community theater, from the Hollywood Bowl to the Redlands Bowl.MORE Host David Fleming
Producer/Network KVCR 91.9 FM
Email ****@kvcr.org
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2Facebook 7KTwitter 2.8K Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

12. Arts & Letters

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Arts & Letters is a program celebrating contemporary arts, humanities, and social sciences, with an emphasis on authentic Southern voices. Hosted by J. Bradley Minnick of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, the full episode archive is available at artsandlettersradio.org.MORE Producer/Network J. Bradley Minnick
Email ****@ualrpublicradio.org
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 23Facebook 871Twitter 3.8KInstagram 321 Avg Length 47 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

13. The Inside Dish

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The Inside Dish is where you can explore the culinary, distillery, and winery arts in and around the Lehigh Valley including interviews with restaurateurs, chefs, farmers and festival organizers. Join Mike Drabenstott, host of your gastronomic tour of our region's amazing food and beverage scene.MORE Hosts Heidi Stahl, Mike Drabenstott, The Inside Dish
Producer/Network WDIY 88.1 FM
Email ****@drabenstottcommunications.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2Facebook 6KTwitter 2.8KInstagram 2.9K Avg Length 15 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

14. KJZZ's Word

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The final episode of KJZZ's Word podcast was released in June 2024.
Hosts Mark Brodie, Lauren Gilger
Producer/Network Unknown
Email ****@kjzz.org
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1Facebook 26.1KTwitter 21.5KInstagram 7.6K Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

15. KJZZ's State of the Arts Arizona

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Even when Robrt Pela isn't writing about the arts, they're on his mind. That's what the longtime Phoenix culture critic will be talking about in the newest installment of the State of the Arts Arizona. Learn about a now-defunct ethnic arts organization' the state of cultural criticism, dance, opera and symphony; and why anyone would start a theater company in the early 21st century.MORE Producer/Network Hear Arizona
Email ****@rioradio.org
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 11Facebook 176Twitter 351Instagram 297 Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

16. What Am I Looking At? - The Podcast

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'What Am I Looking At?' is a podcast series from Doctors Katherine Baker, Temma Balducci, and Leah Long of the Department of Art Design at A-State. In these short discussions, they will be giving you some insight into works of art from across history that are in some way unusual -- sometimes strange, sometimes hard to understand.MORE Producer/Network Katherine Baker, Temma Balducci , Leah Long
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 5Facebook 3KTwitter 3.4K Avg Length 4 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact

17. The Artistic Heart

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This is The Artistic Heart podcast, featuring Anna Meade and Jack Wallen. How do you create in the face of darkness, confronting your fear and loathing to find the way forward on the artist's path? Join us for warm and comforting conversations about creativity and the arts, the challenges and delights. This show is for people who want to create but feel hopeless, whether you have written forty books or never picked up your pen, whether you want to draw or paint or dance or sing, whether you consider yourself an artist or yearn for wonderland. We want to inspire, inform and empower...MORE Hosts Jack Wallen, Anna Meade
Producer/Network Jack Wallen and Anna Meade
Email ****@lpm.org
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 4Facebook 868Twitter 8KInstagram 8.1M Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

18. StudioTulsa

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Arts, News, Books, Ideas, Trends, and Medicine — in-depth conversations from Public Radio Tulsa
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 9Facebook 8.8KTwitter 2.1K Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

19. Art and Soul with Lisa Barry

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Lisa Barry, host of WEMU's All Things Considered, will work with Omari Rush from the Ann Arbor Art Center to bring you stories about the art and artists that you can see, feel, touch and experience right in your own neighborhood. Each segment will feature an in depth look at a particular event, installation, artist, etc. along with news and tidbits about what's happening in art around town. In addition to regular airings on WEMU, Art and Soul will also be a regular web feature with dynamic content with pictures and videos that will help bring the art to life.MORE Producer/Network Jessica Webster, Lisa Barry - In Memoriam, Omari Rush
Email ****@wemu.org
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1Facebook 7.8MTwitter 8.2MInstagram 8.1M Get Email Contact

20. Arts Axis Florida Podcast

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WUSF is excited to launch the Arts Axis Florida Podcast! Each episode will introduce you to artists, musicians, performers, and local arts organizations working hard to make a difference throughout our community. Arts Axis equals Arts Access.MORE Producer/Network WUSF
Email ****@wusf.org
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 5Facebook 447Instagram 3.7K Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

21. Eye on the Arts

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Join host John Cain as he explores the arts and entertainment of Northwest Indiana each week in Eye on the Arts.
Email ****@lakeshorepublicmedia.org
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Facebook 5.8KTwitter 3.9KInstagram 1.9K Avg Length 6 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact

22. State of the Arts

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KVLU 91.3's State of the Arts features interviews with local artists and representatives of local arts organizations on art events happening throughout Southeast Texas.
Host Joe Elwell
Producer/Network KVLU 91.3
Email ****@lamar.edu
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Facebook 1.8KTwitter 514 Avg Length 7 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact

23. WBOI Artcentric

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WBOI's Julia Meek has contributed to 89.1 WBOI on- and off-air for over thirty years. Now, her arts and culture reporting can be heard for the first time as a podcast.
Email ****@nipr.fm
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Facebook 4.8KTwitter 2.2KInstagram 1.8K Avg Length 17 min Format Short form Get Email Contact