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1054 - “I Will Laugh More Than I Cry” - Comedian Claressa Patton on comedy and healing

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.

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1054 - “I Will Laugh More Than I Cry” - Comedian Claressa Patton on comedy and healing

Tue, 15 Sep 2026
1053 - Colin Blunstone on One Year, the Zombies documentary, and Duncan Browne

Wed, 09 Sep 2026
1052 - Secretly Canadian at 30 - How a Bloomington DIY label became a global force in independent music

Wed, 26 Aug 2026
1051 - Oreo Jones on this year's Chreece

Tue, 25 Aug 2026
1050 - Rob Dixon discusses Naptown Soul

Wed, 19 Aug 2026
1049 - Live from Winchester, Indiana's Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival

Wed, 12 Aug 2026
1048 - Celebrating two of Northwest Indiana's most acclaimed contemporary musician

Wed, 12 Aug 2026
1047 - Herbie Hancock on Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard and his upcoming date in Indianapolis

Wed, 29 Jul 2026
1046 - Becky Archibald discusses her new album, Tango for Disobedient Beasts

Wed, 29 Jul 2026
1045 - Exploring the history of Winchester, Indiana’s Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival

Wed, 22 Jul 2026
1044 - Steve Wariner discusses his roots in the Indianapolis music scene and his work in visual art

Mon, 20 Jul 2026
1043 - Monika Herzig's Transparent uses jazz to confront transphobia

Wed, 15 Jul 2026
1042 - Valerie Phelps and Kenny Phelps on the Making of Project 7

Tue, 07 Jul 2026
1041 - Remembering Indiana's Tom Hensley - keyboard virtuoso and musical adventurer

Wed, 01 Jul 2026
1040 - Composer Jordan Munson discusses new collaboration with Dance Kaleidoscope

Wed, 24 Jun 2026
1039 - Michael Cleveland on Bill Monroe, Billy Strings, and returning to the Indiana Fiddlers' Gathering

Wed, 17 Jun 2026
1038 - Pride Month - LGBTQ+ activist Mary Byrne looks back on her work promoting women’s music in Indiana

Thu, 11 Jun 2026
1037 - Marion, Indiana's Lizz Vega on playing harp, songwriting and livestreaming

Wed, 10 Jun 2026
1036 - How Indianapolis Songwriter Bruz Fletcher Became a Pioneer of LGBTQ+ Music

Wed, 03 Jun 2026
1035 - Indianapolis musician Naomi Pulver is building an audience for her finely crafted pop songs

Wed, 27 May 2026
1034 - Harp innovator Edmar Castañeda merges jazz and Colombian tradition

Wed, 27 May 2026
1033 - Rusty Redenbacher on Mudkids, Nasty Slim, and battling Eminem

Wed, 20 May 2026
1032 - Asian American musicians are shaping Indiana's Sound - celebrating AANHPI Heritage Month

Wed, 13 May 2026
1031 - Jermaine from the South on rapping in Creole, playing oud, and making psychedelic hip-hop beats

Wed, 06 May 2026
1030 - Indianapolis musician, writer and rapper Foosie on his debut album, All-American Ghetto

Wed, 29 Apr 2026
1029 - The secret history of Radio Free Naptown

Tue, 21 Apr 2026
1028 - Software, the feminist synth-rock band that broke barriers for women and LGBTQ+ musicians in Indianapolis

Wed, 15 Apr 2026
1027 - Born in Indianapolis to immigrant parents, Trigger Alpert recorded with America’s top musicians

Wed, 08 Apr 2026
1026 - Jazz legend Steve Allee reacts to hearing lost tapes

Wed, 01 Apr 2026
1025 - How Indianapolis’ Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell influenced Bob Dylan’s music

Wed, 25 Mar 2026
1024 - Western wear designer Jerry Lee Atwood discusses his solo exhibition, Cowboy Couture

Wed, 25 Mar 2026
1023 - DJ Metrognome and J. Moore celebrate 20 years of Take That Tuesday

Wed, 18 Mar 2026
1022 - Celebrating the women pioneers of Indiana punk, noise, new wave and alternative music

Wed, 11 Mar 2026
1021 - Indiana’s Will Geer fought fascism with art and toured the U.S. with folksinger Woodie Guthrie

Wed, 04 Mar 2026
1020 - 40 Indiana guitar pioneers every Hoosier should know: South Bend, Indiana’s Willie Woods

Wed, 04 Mar 2026
1019 - Composer and instrument builder Rob Funkhouser discusses Respiratory Cycle

Wed, 04 Mar 2026
1018 - 40 Indiana guitarists every Hoosier should know: Gary, Indiana’s Donald Kinsey

Tue, 24 Feb 2026
1017 - Cesar Maldonado on the roots of Mariachi Herencia de México

Wed, 18 Feb 2026
1016 - Wayne Newton on his early work in country music

Wed, 11 Feb 2026
1015 - The Indiana pioneers of Puerto Rican music

Wed, 11 Feb 2026
1014 - Scholar and broadcaster Nia I’man Smith discusses Sonic Blacknuss Radio

Wed, 04 Feb 2026
1013 - Discovering Sun Ra’s Indiana connections

Wed, 04 Feb 2026
1012 - Martin University founder Boniface Hardin fought for equality in classrooms and communities

Wed, 28 Jan 2026
1011 - Surina Gangwani is bringing Sofar Sounds back to Indianapolis

Wed, 28 Jan 2026
1010 - Exploring Gil Scott-Heron’s work with the Princeton, Indiana producer Robert Hosea Williams

Wed, 28 Jan 2026
1009 - Neko Case discusses her new album, Spotify, and the influence of Umm Kulthum

Wed, 21 Jan 2026
1008 - Jazz bassist and beatmaker Brandon Meeks reflects on his roots in Indiana

Wed, 14 Jan 2026
1007 - Remembering Indiana musicians who died in 2025

Wed, 31 Dec 2025
1006 - Beatmaker Scott Matelic on the evolution of his soulful, psychedelic hip-hop sound

Wed, 07 Jan 2026
1005 - Standout moments and releases by Indiana musicians in 2025

Wed, 17 Dec 2025

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