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KUT Radio invites experts, historians, musicians and others to discuss topics and people in depth.

Episodes

  • V&B: Charles Mingus and The Art of Enigma

    14/04/2014 Duration: 59min

    Charles Mingus is considered one of the most creative and original voices in American jazz. Uniquely sensitive to the plight of the dispossessed, he challenged his musical ensembles to be improvisatory acts of collective inspiration — responding to the matters of the moment. The music that Mingus wrote was rooted in standard musical forms and […]

  • V&B: Leonard Cohen

    14/04/2014 Duration: 01h25min

    Leonard Cohen just celebrated his 78th birthday while on a world tour with his new album “Old Ideas” and Oct. 31 and Nov. 01 he and his band kicked off the US portion of this tour right here in Austin, TX. KUT’s Views and Brews had the pleasure of hosting Roscoe Beck , Cohen’s collaborator, […]

  • V&B: Art Blakey and The Art of Revolution

    14/04/2014 Duration: 59min

    What is in a sound? What qualities are necessary to lead a band for many decades? What passions helped to make Blakey’s music distinctive and propel it forward, representing a particular activism and identity? Listen back to our discussion about Blakey, his music, and his legacy and enjoy the superlative performances from some incredible musicians. […]

  • V&B: Billie Holiday and The Art of Persona

    14/04/2014 Duration: 59min

    Billie Holiday once said, “No two people on earth are alike, and it’s got to be that way in music or it isn’t music.” In a recent Views and Brews from KUT radio recorded live at the Cactus Cafe in Austin, Texas we explored just that with Billie Holiday and the Art of Persona. Listen […]

  • V&B: Primate Social Behavior

    25/03/2014 Duration: 01h06min

    Listen back to Doctors Anthony DiFiore and Rebecca Lewis, both biological anthropologists at the University of Texas at Austin who study several species of primates and primate social behavior, as they talk with KUT's Rebecca McInroy about the what we have in common with monkeys and apes, how they got into the field, and what to look out for in the years to ahead.

  • V&B: Cowboy Poetry Set to Music

    04/03/2014 Duration: 51min

    What it means to bring your home and your place into your work, however international it may be. Why is it important to "go back to your roots"

  • V&B: The Great War and Its Legacy, 100 Years Later

    25/02/2014 Duration: 55min

    Harry Ransom Center's recent exhibition "The World at War, 1914–1918." The exhibit marks the centenary of the start of World War I, and seeks to recover the deeply personal experience of the war.

  • V&B: Steven Weinberg – A Life in Science

    11/02/2014 Duration: 01h20min

    Steven Weinberg is Nobel laureate in Physics and theoretical physicist who is an outspoken thinker on topics ranging from nuclear weapons to atheism. Join KUT’s Rebecca McInroy as she sits down with Weinberg to talk about the extraordinary life and career of one of the greatest minds of the 20th century.

  • V&B: It Ain’t Braggin’ The Game Show

    28/01/2014 Duration: 56min

    We kicked off the new year with a game show twist! KUT's Ben Philpott and Texas Tribune's Reeve Hamilton host contestants: Meredith Walker of Amy Poehler's Smart Girls and Kevin Russell of Shinyribs for an evening that will test your Texas savvy and tickle your funny bone!

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