Weiss discusses a career elevating the voices of “the poets and the prophets and the pamphleteers of our era.”
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‘Made Possible By…’ #15: Frank Blythe, early leader in Native-focused public TV
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“How are we educating the public if we can’t get a whole lot of outsiders looking at our films?”
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‘Made Possible By…’ #14: The ‘madness and intuition’ of Fred Barzyk
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“Be a storyteller,” says Barzyk — and as you’ll hear, he should know.
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‘Made Possible By…’ #11: ‘Sesame Street’ co-creator Lloyd Morrisett
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In the late ’60s, Morrisett and his collaborators on “Sesame Street” wanted to know: Could television teach?
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‘Made Possible By’ #9: Minnesota Public Radio founder Bill Kling
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The influential longtime leader in public broadcasting explains how he built MPR up from a small college station.
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‘Made Possible By…’ #8: ‘Nova’ founder Michael Ambrosino
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The early employee of Boston’s WGBH looks back on his career with the science show.
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‘Made Possible By…’ #7: Hugo Morales of Radio Bilingüe
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The founder of the Spanish-language radio network explains how he got into public broadcasting.
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‘Made Possible By…’ #6: Jennifer Lawson on public television as a tool for equality
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The longtime public broadcasting leader relates how she came to the field through the civil rights movement.
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‘Made Possible By…’ #5: NPR founder Jack Mitchell
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Mitchell was the first employee of NPR and the first producer of “All Things Considered.”
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‘Made Possible By…’ #4: NPR ‘Founding Mother’ Susan Stamberg
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In an interview for our podcast, Stamberg reflects on her long career at the network.