“Tori Marchiony is among the finest interviewers of her generation.” -Jim Cotter
HearTOGETHER Podcast (2020-2023)
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Dr. Aaron Beck is currently the James W. Rogers Professor of Music at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon.
Dr. Beck has published widely on the subject of Italian medieval and Renaissance music and art, including her books Singing in the Garden: Music and Culture in the Tuscan Trecento and Giotto's Harmony: Music and Art in Padua at the Crossroad of the Renaissance. Also a writer of fiction, Nora published Fiammetta, which won Honorary Mention in the Writers Digest International self-published book competition. In 2007, the American Musicological Society named Nora Master Teacher of the AMS, only the third professor to receive this recognition. In 2000 she received the Graves Award from Pomona College for outstanding teaching in the humanities and in 1998 she was named Lewis & Clark College Professor of the Year. In 2012, Aaron was inducted into the Columbia University Athletics Hall of Fame, for playing basketball.
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President & Chief Executive Officer of the Urban League of Philadelphia
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Fort Worth-based musician, educator, and scholar/activist.
Creator and organizer of the Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival, created to highlight blackness in American roots music. She has co-produced and curated artist lineups for events with Bluegrass Pride; The Bluegrass Situation; and PineCone, the Piedmont Council of Traditional Music.
She is the Founder and Executive Director of Decolonizing the Music Room, a nonprofit with a mission of centering Black, Brown, Indigenous, and Asian voices and experiences in music education and related fields through providing training, content, and community programming. Brandi also sits on the board of directors of Folk Alliance International.
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Internationally acclaimed storyteller, narrator, and librettist.
In July 2021, she was named The Philadelphia Orchestra’s Imasogie Storyteller, Narrator, and Host.
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Sphinx award-winning American operatic bass-baritone, known for creating roles in new works and for his collaborations with director Peter Sellars.
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Ethnomusicology professor at The Juilliard School in the Music History Department.
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Multi Grammy-nominated American pianist and composer of contemporary classical music.
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non-binary Quechua/Latinx composer
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Teacher, author, founder of Harriett's Bookshop
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Opera singer, CEO of the Marian Anderson Museum and Historical society, and Winner of the 2021 Globy for Heritage and Preservation Leadership.
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American politician from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. A member of the Democratic Party, she serves in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the 191st House district in Delaware County and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania since 2015.
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Classically trained opera singer & Youtube cultural commentator.
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American classical pianist and cultural activist who has made the popularization of classical music by women and black Americans one of her causes. Host of the NPR show AMPLIFY with Lara Downes and is an Artist Ambassador for Headcount, working to promote participation in democracy through music.
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Resident Conductor, LA Opera.
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President & CEO, Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center Inc.
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Piano Soloist and Educator Eleanor Sokoloff Chair in Piano Studies at the Curtis Institute of Music
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Principal librarian of The Philadelphia Orchestra. When she joined the org in 2020, she became the first African-American woman to join the Orchestra as a full-time member.
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Indian-American music composer of Indian and Western classical music, composer-in-residence at the Los Angeles Master Chorale and Seattle Symphony. She is an Artistic Director of Shastra, a non-profit organization that promotes cross-cultural music collaboration between the music tradition of India and the West.
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52nd pastor of Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, documentary filmmaker, and Philadelphia-based radio host on “The POWER Hour” on WURD Radio.
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Sheryl Lee Ralph is a Tony, Emmy, and NAACP image award-winning American actress and singer.
PA Senator Vincent Hughes is a leading progressive voice on local, state, and national issues. Hughes serves as Senate Appropriations Chairman.
The two have been married since 2005.
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“New Rennaissance Artist”
Davóne Tines, Bass-baritone
“I deeply appreciate your work on the podcast. You represented my story so well and it's gotten a very positive response. Also! […] I deeply appreciate your work and it was one of the most enjoyable interviews I've done, so thank you!”
Articulate w Jim (2014-2020)
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Contemporary ballet choreographer and artistic director, founder and artistic director of Amy Seiwert’s Imagery, a contemporary ballet company in San Francisco.
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English poet, novelist, and biographer, who was UK Poet Laureate, 1999- 2009.
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Grammy award-winning opera soprano.
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Short story author, essayist, and critic best known for Her Body and Other Parties, a 2017 short story collection, and her memoir In the Dream House, which was published in 2019 and won the 2021 Folio Prize. Machado is frequently published in The New Yorker, Granta, Lightspeed Magazine, and other publications. She has been a finalist for the National Book Award and the Nebula Award for Best Novelette.
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Jazz trumpeter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer. Nominated for six Grammy Awards, is a two-time Edison Award winner, the recipient of the JazzFM Innovator/Innovation of the year Award in 2016, Jazz Journalist Trumpeter of the Year, The Herb Alpert Award in the arts, and The Changing Worlds Peace Maker Award.
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Writer, producer, and actor best known as the creator and producer of the NBC/Yahoo! Screen sitcom Community (2009–2015), creator and host of the comedy podcast Harmontown (2012–2019), co-creator of the Adult Swim animated sitcom Rick and Morty (2013–present) and its subsequent franchise along with Justin Roiland, and co-founder of the alternative television network and website Channel 101 along with Rob Schrab.
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Author, musician, screenwriter, television writer, and television producer. He is best known for his children's book series A Series of Unfortunate Events and All the Wrong Questions, published under the pseudonym Lemony Snicket.
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Rapper, singer, writer, and former record executive. She is a member of the indie hip-hop collective Doomtree.
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Poet and YA fiction author. In September 2022, the Poetry Foundation named her the year's Young People’s Poet Laureate.
New York Times Bestseller, National Book Award Winner, and Carnegie Medal winner, among other accolades.
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Advertising and documentary photographer, known for his black and white candid photos of ironic and absurd situations within everyday settings. He has been a member of Magnum Photos since 1953.
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Ukrainian-born singer, composer, disc jockey, and actor, most notable as the frontman of the Gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello.
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New Zealand-born conductor. In 2022 she was appointed principal conductor of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, becoming the first woman to hold the position in the orchestra's 75-year history.
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American singer, dancer and actress, and LGBTQIA+ advocate.
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A life in dance would not seem to be an obvious career choice for those with physical limitations. For choreographer Heidi Latsky, disability is no disadvantage.
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New York Times bestselling young adult author of Folk of the Air series. She is also well known for The Spiderwick Chronicles, a series of children's fantasy books she created with writer and illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi, and her debut trilogy of young adult novels officially called the Modern Faerie Tales. Among others, Black has won an Eisner Award, a Lodestar Award, a Nebula Award, and a Newbery honor.
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American novelist and short story writer. Her debut novel, Swamplandia!, was a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. In 2009 the National Book Foundation named Russell a 5 under 35 honoree. She was also the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "Genius Grant" in 2013.
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Lexicographer and former associate editor for the Merriam-Webster family of dictionaries. She is the author of Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries (Pantheon, 2017).
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Grammy-nominated, BRIT award-winning Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. Best known for hit songs, “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” and “Suddenly I See”.
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Too many of the things we value as social currency do little to improve our lives. Tori Marchiony discovers that this tension is at the heart of much of photographer and documentarian Lauren Greenfield‘s work.
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A decade on, the British pop star Lily Allen is still as forthright as ever—in her lyrics and her personal life.
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Today, the superstar graphic novelist Nate Powell is known for beautifully rendered comics with a strong moral core. But, as Tori Marchiony reports, for more than a decade he was dedicated to serving those with developmental disabilities.
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As a young singer-songwriter, Nick Lowe was preoccupied with looking cool and getting famous. But, as Tori Marchiony reports, he didn’t really find his groove until he dropped the act.
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Tori Marchiony spends time with Olivia Laing and discovers that her writing explores the aspects of life that are most difficult to put into words.
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Royce Vavrek doesn’t court controversy, but it seems to follow in his shadow. The celebrated opera librettist and lyricist says if his work provokes, it’s not to advance any personal agenda.
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Views on gender roles are constantly evolving, yet some traditions feel hardwired. Young adult author Shannon Hale believes children should have access to stories of all kinds.
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If you’re looking for choreography that is as dense with emotion as it is with intense physicality, look no further than Sonya Tayeh.
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Susan Choi’s books reflect her skepticism of authority. As Tori Marchiony reports, the National Book Award-winning author even questions the credibility of characters she creates.
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Thi Bui’s family came to the U.S. during the Vietnam War. Tori Marchiony finds out how turning their story into a graphic novel, brought peace.
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Thomas Newman is among the most highly respected and successful film composers. Though part of a Hollywood musical dynasty, he has created a unique musical voice.
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For the interdisciplinary artist Vivek Shraya, creativity is at the heart of self-discovery.
