Monty Dons American Gardens
Monty Don travels across America to uncover what makes its gardens so bold, wild, and surprising. From Missouri’s disappearing prairie and Chicago’s skyline garden to Longwood’s theatrical fountains, New York…
Philip Guston: the restless artist painting everyday evil
Philip Guston thought hard about the artist's responsibility to bear witness to ‘the brutality of the world‘. Consistently changing and reinventing, he sought to make work that embodies life’s complexities,…
Monty Don’s London And South East Garden Journey
Monty Don travels through London and the South East to uncover how gardens survive, adapt, and inspire in Britain’s busiest corner. From George Harrison’s magical Friar Park and Gertrude Jekyll’s…
It Could Happen Here: Sanctions, Terror, and the Internet
Margaret joins James to discuss a new round of sanctions against, among others, Autistici/Inventati and the internet infrastructure services they provided. {listen}
Monty Don Explores Britain’s Northern Wonders
Monty Don uncovers how gardens can survive neglect, conflict, climate pressure, and changing times. In this journey through the North and Northern Ireland, he visits ruined castles reborn as gardens,…
Earth Symphony
"Earth Symphony," the EMMY® award-winning, ground-breaking choral symphony from composer Jake Runestad and librettist Todd Boss, is a 5-part dramatic monologue from the voice of a post-anthropocene Mother Earth. The…
Writing the Libretto: The Art and Music of Poetic Collaboration
None of the tactical or financial considerations above matter much the first time you step into some old church somewhere, to hear, for the first time, a choir rehearse your…
Monty Don’s Wales To Norfolk Garden Journey
Monty Don crosses the heart of Britain, uncovering a garden with a Victorian rockery hiding a gnome now worth a fortune, and another so obsessively grand it drove its creator…
How a Tiny Garage Plot Became an Architect’s Family Home
MAP House began life as a derelict garage tucked away in a south London mews. Designed by architect Melanie Schubert of SAM Architects, the home is the result of working…
“The City of Our Lady Queen of the Angels on the river Porciúncula”, Tony Duquette
For the bicentennial of the city of Los Angeles, “The City of Our Lady Queen of the Angels on the river Porciúncula”, Tony Duquette, a native son, created a gift…