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Articulate

Articulate

"Articulate" connects audiences to the human stories behind art, offering a trustworthy, never ordinary take on classical, contemporary, and popular art forms. From acclaimed musicians and best-selling authors to designers changing the way we live, each episode explores what great creative thinkers and doers can tell us about who we are, who we’ve been, and who we might become.

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Our Greatest Fear
5:37
Since time immemorial, we’ve been using art to cope with our inevitable fate.
The Recovering
8:10
For writer Leslie Jamison, sobriety was the first step into a new kind of creativity.
Gene Yang: Drawing on Knowledge
8:52
Teacher-turned-cartoonist Gene Yang believes in the educational power of comics.
RIP Romance
9:39
Believe it or not, romance is alive and well…and living in your phone.
Reuben Margolin Loves Making Waves
6:53
Reuben Margolin attempts to evoke the natural world with his kinetic sculptures.
Finding Sara Rahbar
4:56
Rahbar has found the antidote to her existential angst in her work.
Ruth Slenczynska: The Last of the Great Romantics
7:02
As a child, Ruth Slenczynska studied under Rachmaninoff.
Maggie Nelson: Transcending the Divide
6:56
Nelson is one of her generation’s most celebrated writers and critical thinkers.
Ron Nagle: Compositions and Clay
8:59
Ron Nagle’s hit songs and ceramics are born of dedication to harmony and craft.
The Vibrant Veruschka Stevens
7:32
Veruschka Stevens uses polymer clay to create joyful statement jewelry.
Buffy Sainte-Marie's Indefatigable Spirit
10:26
Buffy Sainte-Marie's 1960s protest songs made her the subject of FBI attention.
Joan Shelley: Not Over By Half
5:34
The anthropological perspective of singer-songwriter Joan Shelley.
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