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Pop of Culture explores the vibrant cultural scene of East Central Indiana. Join hosts Jennifer Blackmer, Michelle Kinsey, and Dr. Kara DuQuette as they delve into regional arts, showcase local events, and engage in insightful conversations with artists and curators. From small business spotlights to in-depth art analyses, Pop of Culture aims to amplify the voices of Indiana's artistic community, enriching lives with the diverse spirit of our state.
Unknown Host hosts Pop of Culture, a arts show with 71 episodes published.
This week, we've put together some of our favorite musical guests from Pop's first 2 ½ seasons, including: a live performance from singer-songwriter Dave Carter, 10-piece band "White Lies & the Half Truth" (featuring ban
This week, we start with Jill Blocker and Keith Roysdon, two Hoosier journalists turned authors who are traveling back to Muncie for the release of their new novels. We'll dive into the Dance Data Project with Elizabeth
This week, singer-songwriter and long-haul trucker "Long Haul" Paul returns to the show with his signature storytelling and songwriting—accompanied by banjoist Ric Dwenger! Paul talks about why he has to be disgruntled t
This week, we're all over the map! We start with Graham Watson, founder and President of the Vore Arts Fund, an organization distributing "unconditionally forgivable" microloans to get local art projects off the ground.
We're extending the holiday weekend! This week, we're listening back to some of our favorite pieces, including: our visit to the powerful illustrative work in "Nora Krug: Belonging" at the David Owsley Museum of Art, our
This week, Indianapolis-based fashion designer Jerry Lee Atwood tells us how he went from embroidering behind the bar at a coffee shop to seeing his looks on the red carpet. He has a new exhibition at the Eiteljorg Museu
You've likely never heard of US Marine Oliver Sipple, who saved President Gerald Ford from an assassination attempt in 1975. His complicated story is brought to light in "Arlington, or Your Forgotten American Hero," a ne
This week, Scott Simon regals us with tales about tails! The NPR legend has a new book "Ulysses S. Cat and Other Animals I Have Known" chronicling a lifetime of remarkable relationships with pets. He even reveals which p
This week, we join a Fencing Club class at Cornerstone Center for the Arts in Muncie! Instructor Christian Achgill (and his intermediate-level students) take Michelle and Jen through the basics—culminating in a back-and-
The Pop team has the week off to nurse our spring allergies, but we're listening back to some of our favorite interviews: James Edwards (Director of Horticulture at Minnetrista) and Erica Oliver (Environmental Education
This week, we sit down for a conversation with educator, writer, and editor Jill Christman. Jill's most recent memoir "The Heart Folds Early" took her almost 20 years to write—emerging after multiple different iterations
This week, we talk to two sets of artists that have teamed up! Jenni and John Marsh just finished directing "The West Wind" at Muncie Civic Theatre. It's the third play they've written together, and they'll take us into
This week, we get a taste of culinary offerings in ECI: Prabhu Krishnan welcomes us into Bayleaf Indian restaurant in Muncie; Jeff Clark and chef Jason Reynolds from the video series "A Taste for Whiskey" banter ahead of
This week... we're still recovering from celebrating our 100th episode! So we're listening back to some of favorite trips in past seasons: we find local artists on the floor of the 2025 Indiana Artisan Marketplace, we lo
This week, we're celebrating our 100th episode by doing the show live! We'll be joined by NPR's Stephen Thompson for a national perspective on pop culture right now. We'll chat with filmmaker and local history expert Chr
The Pop of Culture podcast is going to be a little late this week... because we're doing the show live to celebrate our 100th episode! Join us Friday, March 20th at 12:00 p.m. on IPR's airwaves, via the Ball State Public
We first heard from Indiana's Poet Laureate Curtis L. Crisler after he had been selected for the role in 2024. This week, he joins us in-studio to share how he's moving now that he's been selected for a second term. We'l
This week, we meet writer and poet Mark B. Hamilton. He has a new book of poems inspired by Captain William Clark's (of Lewis & Clark) journal entries as they voyaged west. He also took the 8,000-mile journey himself, so
This week, award-winning playwright Alice Tuan steps into our studios to have a Conversation Between the Coasts. She was on Ball State's campus after being commissioned to write a play and workshop that play with student
This week, Sara McKinley (Carnegie Library Manager and Archivist) and Melissa Gentry (Supervisor of the Map Collection at Ball State University Libraries) give us a sneak peek of their panel event "Women of Whitely: At t
John Peterson
lecturer in education and politics · Hillsdale College
1 appearance on this show
Chris Saunders
former headmaster · Tracklist
1 appearance on this show
Manoush Zomorodi
host of "TED Radio Hour"
1 appearance on this show
Scott Simon
journalist, author, host of NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday · Bradley's on 7th
1 appearance on this show
Chris Barnes
epigenetic strategist, biohacking pioneer · Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne
1 appearance on this show
James Edwards
Founder and Executive Director · Conservatives for Property Rights
1 appearance on this show
John Marsh
Founding Partner · The Marsh Collective
1 appearance on this show
Jason Reynolds
athletic director and head football coach · Florida Horse Park
1 appearance on this show
Jeff Clark
former Forrester Research Director · Roush/Yates Manufacturing Solutions
1 appearance on this show
Heather Taylor
grief and trauma psychologist · Cocoa & Cream Collective
1 appearance on this show
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