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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.
Episodes

Thursday Dec 08, 2022
Radio Free Book Club- Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Thursday Dec 08, 2022
Thursday Dec 08, 2022
This month, join our panel of four for a lively discussion of Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow, a multilayered novel about friendship, love, and video games. Ken Honeywell spearheads this monthly show along with Ashley C. Ford, Traci Cumbay, and Robin Beery only on 99.1 WQRT

Thursday Dec 08, 2022
Radio Free Book Club - 2 A.M. in Little America by Ken Kalfus
Thursday Dec 08, 2022
Thursday Dec 08, 2022
This month, join our panel of four for a lively discussion of Ken Kalfus' 2 A.M. in Little America. A novel that imagines a future in which sweeping civil conflict has forced America's young people to flee its borders, into an unwelcoming world. Ken Honeywell spearheads this monthly show along with Christine Hudson, Steve Woods, and Alex Mattingly only on 99.1 WQRT

Thursday Dec 08, 2022
Create Hear-Jennifer Blue Hands
Thursday Dec 08, 2022
Thursday Dec 08, 2022
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 Yaebi Tabb talks with artist Jennifer Blue Hands

Thursday Nov 10, 2022
Indiana Waterways: The Art of Conservation Artist Talk
Thursday Nov 10, 2022
Thursday Nov 10, 2022
On October 15, 2022, Tube Factory artspace hosted a reading of essays from the new book, Indiana Waterways: The Art of Conservation. The project, organized by artist Avon Waters, includes both the work of Hoosier plein air painters and writers with a passion for our state’s waterways. This is a recording of the event made possible with support from Indiana Humanities. An exhibition of the artwork is up at the Indiana State Museum through Dec. 11, 2022.
Find more info at https://www.indianamuseum.org/experiences/indiana-waterways-the-art-of-conservation/

Monday Oct 31, 2022
Create Hear-Jim Lemler
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
roduced 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, Jim Walker of Big Car talks with Dr. James Lemler, President of Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation, about the visionary person who started the foundation — Allen Clowes — and about topics ranging from philanthropy, to art, to music, to community radio.
Dr. Lemler — who usually goes by Jim — has worked with numerous organizations, communities, and institutions. Assuming the executive office of President in 2019, Dr. Lemler has served the Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation as a director and officer since 2003. Dr. Lemler is a Sagamore of the Wabash, awarded by the State of Indiana. He's a musician and longtime supporter of the arts.

Monday Oct 17, 2022
Create Hear-Miguel Casco
Monday Oct 17, 2022
Monday Oct 17, 2022
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 Shauta Marsh and Eduardo Luna talk with Mexico City native artist, Miguel Casco

Monday Oct 17, 2022
Circle Anthology Poems-Nick Reading
Monday Oct 17, 2022
Monday Oct 17, 2022
This is Circle Anthology on WQRT, a public poetry project for SPARK Monument Circle organized by the arts nonprofit, Big Car Collaborative, and featuring 25 Indianapolis writers who share brief poems inspired by the Circle. In partnership with Downtown Indy and the City of Indianapolis, SPARK is an artist-led approach to bringing creativity, togetherness, and fun to the heart of our city.We paid all the poets for creating this new work that you can also read and hear at circlespark.org.

Monday Oct 17, 2022
Circle Anthology Poems-John Clark
Monday Oct 17, 2022
Monday Oct 17, 2022
This is Circle Anthology on WQRT, a public poetry project for SPARK Monument Circle organized by the arts nonprofit, Big Car Collaborative, and featuring 25 Indianapolis writers who share brief poems inspired by the Circle. In partnership with Downtown Indy and the City of Indianapolis, SPARK is an artist-led approach to bringing creativity, togetherness, and fun to the heart of our city.We paid all the poets for creating this new work that you can also read and hear at circlespark.org.

Monday Oct 17, 2022
Circle Anthology Poems-Malachi Carter
Monday Oct 17, 2022
Monday Oct 17, 2022
This is Circle Anthology on WQRT, a public poetry project for SPARK Monument Circle organized by the arts nonprofit, Big Car Collaborative, and featuring 25 Indianapolis writers who share brief poems inspired by the Circle. In partnership with Downtown Indy and the City of Indianapolis, SPARK is an artist-led approach to bringing creativity, togetherness, and fun to the heart of our city.We paid all the poets for creating this new work that you can also read and hear at circlespark.org.

Monday Oct 17, 2022
Circle Anthology Poems-Raiha Zainab
Monday Oct 17, 2022
Monday Oct 17, 2022
This is Circle Anthology on WQRT, a public poetry project for SPARK Monument Circle organized by the arts nonprofit, Big Car Collaborative, and featuring 25 Indianapolis writers who share brief poems inspired by the Circle. In partnership with Downtown Indy and the City of Indianapolis, SPARK is an artist-led approach to bringing creativity, togetherness, and fun to the heart of our city.We paid all the poets for creating this new work that you can also read and hear at circlespark.org.