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Cultural Manifesto

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Each week on Cultural Manifesto, Kyle Long reveals stories and sounds from the creative frontlines of the past and present. Through music, archives and artist interviews, discover how creators shape meaning with sound, in Indianapolis and well beyond. Tune in each week to this WFYI Public Media show for discoveries that will delight your ears and expand your understanding of our shared world.

1053 - Colin Blunstone on One Year, the Zombies documentary, and Duncan Browne

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1053 - Colin Blunstone on One Year, the Zombies documentary, and Duncan Browne
Wed, 09 Sep 2026 - 37min
1052 - Secretly Canadian at 30 - How a Bloomington DIY label became a global force in independent music
Wed, 26 Aug 2026 - 36min
1051 - Oreo Jones on this year's Chreece
Tue, 25 Aug 2026 - 21min
1050 - Rob Dixon discusses Naptown Soul
Wed, 19 Aug 2026 - 33min
1049 - Live from Winchester, Indiana's Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival
Wed, 12 Aug 2026 - 08min
1048 - Celebrating two of Northwest Indiana's most acclaimed contemporary musician
Wed, 12 Aug 2026 - 56min
1047 - Herbie Hancock on Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard and his upcoming date in Indianapolis
Wed, 29 Jul 2026 - 06min
1046 - Becky Archibald discusses her new album, Tango for Disobedient Beasts
Wed, 29 Jul 2026 - 34min
1045 - Exploring the history of Winchester, Indiana’s Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival
Wed, 22 Jul 2026 - 21min
1044 - Steve Wariner discusses his roots in the Indianapolis music scene and his work in visual art
Mon, 20 Jul 2026 - 49min
1043 - Monika Herzig's Transparent uses jazz to confront transphobia
Wed, 15 Jul 2026 - 29min
1042 - Valerie Phelps and Kenny Phelps on the Making of Project 7
Tue, 07 Jul 2026 - 42min
1041 - Remembering Indiana's Tom Hensley - keyboard virtuoso and musical adventurer
Wed, 01 Jul 2026 - 44min
1040 - Composer Jordan Munson discusses new collaboration with Dance Kaleidoscope
Wed, 24 Jun 2026 - 19min
1039 - Michael Cleveland on Bill Monroe, Billy Strings, and returning to the Indiana Fiddlers' Gathering
Wed, 17 Jun 2026 - 25min
1038 - Pride Month - LGBTQ+ activist Mary Byrne looks back on her work promoting women’s music in Indiana
Thu, 11 Jun 2026 - 20min
1037 - Marion, Indiana's Lizz Vega on playing harp, songwriting and livestreaming
Wed, 10 Jun 2026 - 25min
1036 - How Indianapolis Songwriter Bruz Fletcher Became a Pioneer of LGBTQ+ Music
Wed, 03 Jun 2026 - 36min
1035 - Indianapolis musician Naomi Pulver is building an audience for her finely crafted pop songs
Wed, 27 May 2026 - 26min
1034 - Harp innovator Edmar Castañeda merges jazz and Colombian tradition
Wed, 27 May 2026 - 18min
1033 - Rusty Redenbacher on Mudkids, Nasty Slim, and battling Eminem
Wed, 20 May 2026 - 46min
1032 - Asian American musicians are shaping Indiana's Sound - celebrating AANHPI Heritage Month
Wed, 13 May 2026 - 29min
1031 - Jermaine from the South on rapping in Creole, playing oud, and making psychedelic hip-hop beats
Wed, 06 May 2026 - 44min
1030 - Indianapolis musician, writer and rapper Foosie on his debut album, All-American Ghetto
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 - 41min
1029 - The secret history of Radio Free Naptown
Tue, 21 Apr 2026 - 54min
1028 - Software, the feminist synth-rock band that broke barriers for women and LGBTQ+ musicians in Indianapolis
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 - 44min
1027 - Born in Indianapolis to immigrant parents, Trigger Alpert recorded with America’s top musicians
Wed, 08 Apr 2026 - 19min
1026 - Jazz legend Steve Allee reacts to hearing lost tapes
Wed, 01 Apr 2026 - 24min
1025 - How Indianapolis’ Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell influenced Bob Dylan’s music
Wed, 25 Mar 2026 - 13min
1024 - Western wear designer Jerry Lee Atwood discusses his solo exhibition, Cowboy Couture
Wed, 25 Mar 2026 - 25min
1023 - DJ Metrognome and J. Moore celebrate 20 years of Take That Tuesday
Wed, 18 Mar 2026 - 30min
1022 - Celebrating the women pioneers of Indiana punk, noise, new wave and alternative music
Wed, 11 Mar 2026 - 45min
1021 - Indiana’s Will Geer fought fascism with art and toured the U.S. with folksinger Woodie Guthrie
Wed, 04 Mar 2026 - 28min
1020 - 40 Indiana guitar pioneers every Hoosier should know: South Bend, Indiana’s Willie Woods
Wed, 04 Mar 2026 - 12min
1019 - Composer and instrument builder Rob Funkhouser discusses Respiratory Cycle
Wed, 04 Mar 2026 - 18min
1018 - 40 Indiana guitarists every Hoosier should know: Gary, Indiana’s Donald Kinsey
Tue, 24 Feb 2026 - 14min
1017 - Cesar Maldonado on the roots of Mariachi Herencia de México
Wed, 18 Feb 2026 - 23min
1016 - Wayne Newton on his early work in country music
Wed, 11 Feb 2026 - 22min
1015 - The Indiana pioneers of Puerto Rican music
Wed, 11 Feb 2026 - 13min
1014 - Scholar and broadcaster Nia I’man Smith discusses Sonic Blacknuss Radio
Wed, 04 Feb 2026 - 26min
1013 - Discovering Sun Ra’s Indiana connections
Wed, 04 Feb 2026 - 07min
1012 - Martin University founder Boniface Hardin fought for equality in classrooms and communities
Wed, 28 Jan 2026 - 06min
1011 - Surina Gangwani is bringing Sofar Sounds back to Indianapolis
Wed, 28 Jan 2026 - 14min
1010 - Exploring Gil Scott-Heron’s work with the Princeton, Indiana producer Robert Hosea Williams
Wed, 28 Jan 2026 - 13min
1009 - Neko Case discusses her new album, Spotify, and the influence of Umm Kulthum
Wed, 21 Jan 2026 - 24min
1008 - Jazz bassist and beatmaker Brandon Meeks reflects on his roots in Indiana
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 - 42min
1007 - Remembering Indiana musicians who died in 2025
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 - 31min
1006 - Beatmaker Scott Matelic on the evolution of his soulful, psychedelic hip-hop sound
Wed, 07 Jan 2026 - 44min
1005 - Standout moments and releases by Indiana musicians in 2025
Wed, 17 Dec 2025 - 26min
1004 - Justin Bland looks back on the history of Made Man Improv
Wed, 17 Dec 2025 - 20min
1003 - 40 Indiana guitarists every Hoosier should know: Evansville, Indiana’s Jackie Clark
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 - 06min
1002 - Ricky Skaggs discusses Christmas music, The Grand Ole Opry and the legacy of Bill Monroe
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 - 28min
1001 - Indiana composer Landon Caldwell on his explorations in experimental sound
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 - 23min
1000 - ARCHIVE: A Tribute to Vivian Carter
Thu, 04 Dec 2025 - 04min
999 - Celebrating National Native American Heritage Month
Tue, 25 Nov 2025 - 43min
998 - Juan Díes of Sones de México Ensemble reflects on his Indiana roots
Wed, 19 Nov 2025 - 42min
997 - FEATURE: Felix Contreras, host of NPR's Alt Latino
Wed, 19 Nov 2025 - 03min
996 - John Green on his new book, public media, and his Indianapolis roots
Wed, 12 Nov 2025 - 26min
995 - FEATURE: Cherish Love portrays Sister Rosetta Tharpe in 'Marie & Rosetta.'
Tue, 11 Nov 2025 - 04min
994 - Exploring PASIC - The Percussive Arts Society International Convention
Thu, 06 Nov 2025 - 52min
993 - FEATURE: Herman 'Butch' Slaughter
Wed, 05 Nov 2025 - 04min
992 - Celebrating Sister Rosetta Tharpe with the cast of IRT’s “Marie and Rosetta”
Wed, 29 Oct 2025 - 36min
991 - Bernie Sanders and AOC in Terre Haute for the Eugene V. Debs Awards Ceremony
Wed, 29 Oct 2025 - 16min
990 - “Mr. Science” Brad Garton on his roots in Indiana punk and his work in computer music
Wed, 22 Oct 2025 - 51min
989 - Ailsa Chang on the importance of supporting public media
Wed, 15 Oct 2025 - 09min
988 - Breaking Through: revisiting the post-punk legacy of Bloomington’s Sally’s Dream
Wed, 15 Oct 2025 - 30min
987 - Aida Cuevas looks back on 50 years of singing to Mexico
Wed, 08 Oct 2025 - 12min
986 - Lee Fields comes to Indianapolis
Wed, 08 Oct 2025 - 06min
985 - Journalist Jude Noel says “Indy is next”
Wed, 08 Oct 2025 - 20min
984 - Cabaret Latino celebrates the songs of the Americas
Wed, 01 Oct 2025 - 22min
983 - Jazz meets Samba featuring Magary Lord, Juliana Ribeiro, Márcio Pereira, and Indianapolis’ Lasana Kazembe
Wed, 01 Oct 2025 - 27min
982 - Asher White on Gary, Indiana, Judee Sill, and her new album, 8 Tips for Full Catastrophe Living
Wed, 24 Sep 2025 - 16min
981 - Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with Hobart, Indiana’s Omar Apollo
Wed, 24 Sep 2025 - 23min
980 - Gonzalo Rubalcaba on Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Benny Moré and Nat King Cole
Wed, 17 Sep 2025 - 23min
979 - Pahua explores Latin American folklore through electronic beats
Wed, 17 Sep 2025 - 15min
978 - Brandee Younger on playing Alice Coltrane’s harp and the historic Indiana harpist Myrtle Hart
Wed, 10 Sep 2025 - 22min
977 - The Byrds’ Roger McGuinn reflects on early Chicago folk music roots
Wed, 10 Sep 2025 - 17min
976 - The Indiana roots of Durand Jones and the Indications
Wed, 03 Sep 2025 - 34min
975 - The Afro-Caribbean sound of Oltanie / Rodney Stepp
Wed, 27 Aug 2025 - 42min
974 - 4200Kory explores family and growing up on the Eastside on Cobra Son
Wed, 20 Aug 2025 - 38min
973 - Joosi Got Bars discusses Chreece, PLUSH, and growing up in Naptown
Wed, 13 Aug 2025 - 23min
972 - Comedian Lucas Waterfill premieres new play at Indy Fringe
Wed, 13 Aug 2025 - 23min
971 - Everything, Now! looks back on 20 years of creating psychedelic indie rock in Indiana
Sun, 10 Aug 2025 - 16min
970 - Wife Patrol explores decline and desolation in Indianapolis on “NOPLACE”
Wed, 06 Aug 2025 - 20min
969 - Vocalion Records’ historic 1928 Indianapolis sessions
Wed, 30 Jul 2025 - 20min
968 - The top 10 most valuable Indiana LPs and singles
Wed, 23 Jul 2025 - 29min
967 - The experimental Naptown hip-hop group 81355 returns with “Bad Dogs”
Wed, 16 Jul 2025 - 39min
966 - Joel Frederiksen on fusing the songs of Leonard Cohen with music of the French Renaissance
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 - 31min
965 - New summer releases from essential Indiana musicians
Wed, 02 Jul 2025 - 25min
964 - The Indiana Brothers discuss their work in Carnatic music
Wed, 25 Jun 2025 - 29min
963 - Multimedia artist Jessica Dunn creates surrealistic electronic soundscapes
Wed, 25 Jun 2025 - 20min
962 - The past and present of the Indiana Fiddlers’ Gathering
Wed, 18 Jun 2025 - 44min
961 - Beach Boys’ founder Brian Wilson on the influence of Indianapolis’ The Four Freshmen
Wed, 11 Jun 2025 - 06min
960 - Indianapolis composer Hanna Benn debuts new work with the IS
Wed, 11 Jun 2025 - 10min
959 - Fort Wayne’s Nitish Kulkarni explores Indian American identity on Indigo
Wed, 04 Jun 2025 - 40min
958 - The Gary, Indiana composer Jlin is revolutionizing electronic music
Wed, 28 May 2025 - 35min
957 - Taylor Hall / Jenny Boyts
Wed, 21 May 2025 - 49min
956 - Celebrating AANHPI Heritage Month with Indiana musicians
Wed, 14 May 2025 - 17min
955 - Historian Nicole Martinez-LeGrand on the lost history of Indianapolis’ El Barrio
Wed, 07 May 2025 - 48min
954 - Gary Bartz on Andy Bey, jamming with Wes Montgomery and Malcolm X
Wed, 30 Apr 2025 - 17min

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