WQRT

99.1 WQRT-LP Indianapolis

Arts EN ↓ 166 episodes

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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Jun 27, 2026

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Episodes

Radio Free Book Club- America Fantastica 14.12.2023

Radio Free Book Club is a radio show/podcast book club produced monthly at 99.1 WQRT in Indianapolis. We talk about contemporary novels, with an alternating cast to book club members. Yes: There will be spoilers. We hope you’ll join us!   This month, join our panel of four for a lively discussion of Tim O'Brien's America Fantastica. Ken Honeywell spearheads this monthly show along with Jen Bingham...

Create Hear-Meggan Gould 30.11.2023

In this interview for Create Hear, artist Meggan Gould discusses her exhibition, Sorry, No Pictures, with Mary Goodwin from Aurora PhotoCenter. Sorry, No Pictures is many things: It’s 20 years of photography-based work; a treatise on the nature of art-making; a memoir; a skillful meshing of visual and text-based pieces; and an inspirational narrative of perseverance as a maker. Sorry, No Pictures...

The Community - Kaila Austin’s Process as Practice: Reimagining the Lost Hardrick Mural 22.11.2023

Process as Practice: Reimagining the Lost Hardrick Mural is an exhibition by artist Kaila Austin. You can visit the Tube Factory Artspace to view the show from now until Dec 17th. Here is an excerpt from an audio recording of Kaila sharing her process of creating these works. This project is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Creation - Kaila Austin’s Process as Practice: Reimagining the Lost Hardrick Mural 22.11.2023

Process as Practice: Reimagining the Lost Hardrick Mural is an exhibition by artist Kaila Austin. You can visit the Tube Factory Artspace to view the show from now until Dec 17th. Here is an excerpt from an audio recording of Kaila sharing her process of creating these works. This project is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services.

John Wesley Hardrick - Kaila Austin’s Process as Practice: Reimagining the Lost Hardrick Mural 22.11.2023

Process as Practice: Reimagining the Lost Hardrick Mural is an exhibition by artist Kaila Austin. You can visit the Tube Factory Artspace to view the show from now until Dec 17th. Here is an excerpt from an audio recording of Kaila sharing her process of creating these works. This project is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services.

The Origin - Kaila Austin’s Process as Practice: Reimagining the Lost Hardrick Mural 22.11.2023

Process as Practice: Reimagining the Lost Hardrick Mural is an exhibition by artist Kaila Austin. You can visit the Tube Factory Artspace to view the show from now until Dec 17th. Here is an excerpt from an audio recording of Kaila sharing her process of creating these works. This project is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Create Hear-Lua Kobayashi 22.11.2023

2023 Aurora Project Resident Lua Kobayashi will spent two weeks exploring the stories and experiences of Japanese-Americans in Indiana through photographs of their belongings and audio interviews. Kobayashi has worked with the concept of portraiture through personal objects in her previous series, Where a Forest Once Grew. The Aurora Project Residency offers a two-week intensive work period for ex...

Create Hear- Kaila Austin 22.11.2023

In this episode, Shauta Marsh talks with Kaila Austin whose exhibit centering around the Norwood neighborhood opens at Tube Factory on October 6.

Radio Free Book Club - Tess Gunty’s, The Rabbit Hutch 21.11.2023

This month, join our panel of four for a lively discussion of Tess Gunty's The Rabbit Hutch. Ken Honeywell spearheads this monthly show along with Kate and Kate Shoup as well as Susan Neville only on 99.1 WQRT.

Radio Free Book Club-Crook Manifesto 07.09.2023

This month, join our panel of four for a lively discussion of Crook Manifesto. Ken Honeywell spearheads this monthly show along with Craig Von Deylen , Christine Hudson, Alex Matingly only on 99.1 WQRT.

Radio Free Book Club- Napoleon Could Not Do 29.08.2023

This month, join our panel of four for a lively discussion of Napoleon Could Not Do. Ken Honeywell spearheads this monthly show along with Kate and Barbara Shoup as well as Traci Cumbay only on 99.1 WQRT.

Radio Free Book Club-Birnam Wood 29.08.2023

This month, join our panel of four for a lively discussion of the Eco-Thriller by Eleanor Catton's Birnam Wood. Ken Honeywell spearheads this monthly show along with Susan Neville, Jen Bingham, and Dan Barden only on 99.1 WQRT.

Radio Free Book Club-I Have Some Questions For You 29.08.2023

This month, join our panel of four for a lively discussion of the feminist murder mystery by Rebecca Makkai , I Have Some Questions For You. Ken Honeywell spearheads this monthly show along with Traci Cumbay, Jen Bingham, and Alex Mattingly only on 99.1 WQRT.

Create Hear-Charlie Sutphin and Madeline Walsh 29.08.2023

Produced by artists and curators from Big Car Collaborative, Create Hear is your place to listen to conversations with people making intriguing, innovative, and impactful things happen on the cultural front in Indianapolis. In this episode, Jim Walker talks with Charlie Sutphin and Madeline Walsh about the Katharine B. Suthpin Retrospective. Opening at the Harrison Center for the Arts in Indianapo...

Create Hear- Brian DePauli 29.08.2023

Produced by artists and curators from Big Car Collaborative, 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. In this Episode Rob Funkhouser talks with  artist, Brian DePauli

Create Hear-Aaron R.Turner 29.08.2023

Produced by artists and curators from Big Car Collaborative, 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. In this Episode Mary Goodwin talks with artist Aaron R. Turner

Create Hear-Nasreen Kahn 29.08.2023

Produced by 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 this episode, Shauta Marsh talks with artist Nasreen Khan about her latest exhibition Cicatrix. Find more info at  https://nasreenkhan.art/  

Create Hear-Ian Lewandowski 29.08.2023

Create Hear is your place to listen to conversations with people making intriguing, innovative, and impactful things happen on the cultural front in Indianapolis and beyond. In this episode, Mary Goodwin of Aurora PhotoCenter talks with Artist Ian Lewandowski. During his two-week residency, 2023 Aurora Project Resident Ian Lewandowski will focus on making large-format portraits of queer Hoosiers,...

Re-Rooting-Episode 3: Iryna Bondar 30.05.2023

Indianapolis is home to first-generation immigrants from all over the world, many of them practicing artists. Tune in to hear their stories about finding inspiration, bridging an art practice across cultures, and creating home in a new place. This series is hosted by Tiffany Black, resident of Big Car Collaborative’s Artist & Public Life Residency, a long-term artist housing program. Airing every...

Create Hear-Lee Bennett 30.05.2023

Produced by 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 this episode, Jim Walker talks with Lee Bennett of the Indianapolis-based publisher, Read Write Books. Bennett is editor of Quotidian Magazine, which features visual ar...

Re-Rooting-Episode 2: Salama Taman 09.05.2023

Indianapolis is home to first-generation immigrants from all over the world, many of them practicing artists. Tune in to hear their stories about finding inspiration, bridging an art practice across cultures, and creating home in a new place. This series is hosted by Tiffany Black, resident of Big Car Collaborative’s Artist & Public Life Residency, a long-term artist housing program. Airing every...

Re-Rooting - Episode 1: Asli Narin 09.05.2023

Indianapolis is home to first-generation immigrants from all over the world, many of them practicing artists. Tune in to hear their stories about finding inspiration, bridging an art practice across cultures, and creating home in a new place. This series is hosted by Tiffany Black, resident of Big Car Collaborative’s Artist & Public Life Residency, a long-term artist housing program. Airing every...

Create Hear-Yeabsera Tabb 09.05.2023

Create Hear is your place to listen to conversations with people making intriguing, innovative, and impactful things happen on the cultural front in Indianapolis and beyond. In this episode, Shauta Marsh of Big Car talks with Indianapolis-based artist Yeabsera Tabb

Create Hear-Jason Gray 09.05.2023

Create Hear is your place to listen to conversations with people making intriguing, innovative, and impactful things happen on the cultural front in Indianapolis and beyond. In this episode, Shauta Marsh of Big Car talks with Artist and Lead Builder Jason Gray about his exhibit Cthutopia, Chicken Chapel, and other projects on the Tube Factory Artspace campus.

Radio Free Book Club-Every Man A King by Walter Mosley 09.05.2023

This month, join our panel of four for a lively discussion of Every Man A King by Walter Mosley . Ken Honeywell spearheads this monthly show along with Christine Hudson, Steve Woods, and Craig Von Deylen only on 99.1 WQRT

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