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99.1 FM WQRT-LP is a non-commercial, experimental on-air home for contemporary art, music, and community. Licensed by the FCC with a reach of most of the city of Indianapolis, Indiana (500,000+ people), WQRT is owned and managed by Big Car Collaborative — a nonprofit arts organization and cross-discipline collective of artists. With the help of volunteers, we broadcast from Listen Hear — our sound-art space and audio studio in the Garfield Park neighborhood.

  1. Create Hear - Sylvia Thomas & Jessica Dunn

    May 29

    Create Hear - Sylvia Thomas & Jessica Dunn

    In this episode of Listen Hear, CAMi Director & Chief Curator Shauta Marsh speaks with Indianapolis-based artists Sylvia Thomas and Jess Dunn about their new experimental documentary "Drafts,” which is about the history and evolution of the Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi) campus. Despite being established artists individually, this is the duo's first collaborative project. Listen to find out more about the creative process, collaborative workflows, inspirations behind the work, and more. "Drafts" is now showing at CAMi through Oct. 18, 2026.

    37 min
  2. Words and Music Episode 1: In the Heart of the Heart of the Country

    May 29

    Words and Music Episode 1: In the Heart of the Heart of the Country

    (This is an archived episode from 10/05/2021) In Part 1 of this audio series exploring the life and work of Indiana writers, Susan Neville, Adrian Matejka, Kevin McKelvey, and Jim Walker discuss the beauty and challenges of Indiana through the lens of William Gass's 1968 story, "In the Heart of the Heart of the Country." The episode features excerpts of the story and conversation about what it means to be a writer living and working in Indiana. This series is made possible by Indiana Humanities and produced by WQRT/Big Car. Susan Neville is author of creative nonfiction and short fiction. She teaches at Butler University. Adrian Matejka teaches at Indiana University and served as Indiana Poet Laureate for 2018-19. He's the author of five books. Kevin McKelvey is a place-based poet and artist. He teaches at University of Indianapolis and directs the M.A. in Social Practice Art. Jim Walker is a poet, artist, and teacher. A co-founder and executive director of Big Car Collaborative, Jim worked previously as a journalist .

    1h 5m
  3. Words and Music Episode 2: From The Belly - Etheridge Knight

    May 29

    Words and Music Episode 2: From The Belly - Etheridge Knight

    (This is an archived episode from 10/05/2021) In the 2nd installment of Words & Music: An audio series exploring the life and work of Indiana writers, Oreo Jones, explores the fascinating life and poetry of an Indiana Icon, Etheridge Knight. Susan Neville, Adrian Matejka, Hanako Gavia, and Jones discuss Knight’s later years as a poet living in Indianapolis, his critically acclaimed publishings after prison, and the art of meddling. Born in rural Mississippi, Etheridge Knight would grow to become one of the most prolific voices in the late Black Arts movement in the 70s. In a dark and dreary jail cell in Michigan City, Knight would begin to find his true voice and calling as a pivotal writer/poet of the 20th century. A couple years into his sentence Etheridge would correspond with an American poet, author, teacher, and Pulitzer Prize winner Gwendolyn Brooks, and Detroit’s Dudley Randal from Broadside Press. It was his first published poetry book, “Poems From Prison” that would make a splash in the literary world of poetry.

    44 min
  4. Words and Music Episode 3: Adrian Matejka

    May 29

    Words and Music Episode 3: Adrian Matejka

    (This is an archived episode from 10/25/2021) In the third installment of Words & Music: An audio series exploring the life and work of Indiana writers, we learn about two new books linked to music from poet Adrian Matejka. This program is made possible by a grant from Indiana Humanities. Matejka, who lives in Indianapolis, teaches at Indiana University in Bloomington and grew up in Germany, California, and in Indiana. He has two new books featuring his poetry just out. The first, published by Penguin, is called Somebody Else Sold the World. The other is really two smaller books in one in which Adrian and two visual artists friends collaborated in response to the music of Funkadelic in images and poems. Third Man Books is the publisher. Adrian also has four earlier collections of poems published and is the former Poet Laureate of Indiana. This episode is divided into two parts. In the first, Adrian introduces his story and talks a bit about his process. The second is a conversation between Adrian and host, Jim Walker.

    1h 4m
  5. Social Alchemy - Father George Rapp

    May 29

    Social Alchemy - Father George Rapp

    (This is an archived episode from 11/30/2021) Some call him a cult leader, some call him a religious leader. An alchemist and successful business man, Father George Rapp set the stage for the future of Indiana when he purchased 20,000 acres of land in Southern Indiana. Learn more about this man and the myths behind him through the eyes of author Marguerite Young, Jim Walker and Shauta Marsh. With music and mastering from Andy Fry, you won't want to miss this audio masterpiece.In this episode of Social Alchemy, we follow religious leader from the early 1800s, Father George Rapp's mystical — and often tragic — journey, some of it in New Harmony, Indiana toward a heavenly utopia of his own design.Social Alchemy, made possible with the support of Indiana Humanities and the Efroymson Family Fund, is an ongoing series of in-person and on-air events and programs by the nonprofit arts organization Big Car Collaborative that explores subjects and themes surrounding utopia and dystopia.

    54 min
  6. Words & Music: Episode 4 - Susan Neville‘s The Town of Whispering Dolls

    May 29

    Words & Music: Episode 4 - Susan Neville‘s The Town of Whispering Dolls

    (This is an archived episode from 10/5/2021) Words and Music on WQRT is a series of audio programs highlighting the lives and work of Indiana Writers. The series — produced by Big Car Collaborative and first heard on our FM radio station, 99.1 WQRT and streaming at wqrt.org — is made possible by a grant from Indiana Humanities.    In this episode, Indianapolis author Susan Neville discusses her most recent collection of fiction stories — The Town of Whispering Dolls — and aspects of life in Indiana that inspired her work. This 2020 collection explores with care and detail the beauty, magic, darkness, danger, and depths of love and life that may go unnoticed in what some consider our “flyover state.”   Big Car executive director Jim Walker – himself a writer — talks with Neville. He produced this conversation blended with musical transitions and excerpts read by the author.    Neville, who was born in Indiana and also worked as a writing professor at Butler University, has published six nonfiction books and three short-story collections. Find more about her and her writing at susan-neville.com.   This is the fourth installment of Words and Music that previously highlighted Indiana writers Adrian Matejka, Etheridge Knight, and William Gass. In addition to airing on WQRT, Words and Music can also be found on Spotify and other streaming platforms.

    1h 19m
  7. Create Hear Conversation - Miah Michaelsen

    May 27

    Create Hear Conversation - Miah Michaelsen

    (This is an archived episode from 1/6/2022) Produced by artists and curators from Big Car Collaborative — the nonprofit arts organization behind WQRT — Create Hear is your place to listen to conversations with people making intriguing, innovative, and impactful things happen on the cultural front in Indianapolis, across Indiana, and beyond. Find out more and access additional episodes at wqrt.org. In this program, Miah Michaelsen, the new executive director of the Indiana Arts Commission, talks with host Jim Walker of Big Car about her goals for the arts in our state and more.

    20 min
  8. Create Hear - Michael Huber

    May 27

    Create Hear - Michael Huber

    (This is an archived episode from 1/20/2022) Produced by artists and curators from Big Car Collaborative — the nonprofit arts organization behind WQRT — Create Hear is your place to listen to conversations with people making intriguing, innovative, and impactful things happen on the cultural front in Indianapolis, across Indiana, and beyond. Find out more and access additional episodes at wqrt.org. In this program, Michael Huber, the President & CEO of the Indy Chamber , talks with host Oreo Jones of Big Car about goals for the arts in our state and more.

    19 min
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99.1 FM WQRT-LP is a non-commercial, experimental on-air home for contemporary art, music, and community. Licensed by the FCC with a reach of most of the city of Indianapolis, Indiana (500,000+ people), WQRT is owned and managed by Big Car Collaborative — a nonprofit arts organization and cross-discipline collective of artists. With the help of volunteers, we broadcast from Listen Hear — our sound-art space and audio studio in the Garfield Park neighborhood.

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