Our Shows

ART, MUSIC, & COMMUNITY — LISTEN HERE ANY TIME

Community-produced programming is our jam. Check out what your friends and neighbors are putting on the air.

Let us know if you want to get in on that, too.

New episodes on Saturdays.

 
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A Vagrant Hum with

Pete Iverson

Saturdays @ 9am
+ Biweekly Tuesdays @ 8pm

Your xenial xenagogue on a less-travelled path to music that is strange, wonderful, and obscure.

Listen to previous episodes here.

The B-Side with Katerina Anderson

Saturdays @ 6pm
+ Fridays @ 5pm

Tune in with Katerina for The B-Side where she explores hidden gems across different genres — which just may lead you to your new favorite artist!

Listen to previous episodes here.

CoolYum Radio
with Averie Chávez

Saturdays @ 5pm
+ Wednesdays @ 5pm

CoolYum features a collage of house, cumbia, electronic, jazz, and more. Feel-good tunes with real-good vibes. IG: @coolyumradio

Club Plex Radio

Saturdays @ 10pm

Indianapolis' select source for eclectic underground dance music mixed from resident and guest DJs weekly.

Listen to previous episodes here.

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with DJ Rani Rizz

Saturdays @ 8pm
+ Thursdays @ 5pm

Experience an hour of magical music moments. From hip-hop to electro jazz and beyond, DJ Rani Rizz selects records to foster connection during emerald.mp3.

Listen to previous episodes here.

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Inter-Dimensional Music by Daniel Chamberlin

Saturdays + Fridays @ Noon

ID Music is heavy music for mellow people that travels from yin to yang and back again. Dig psychedelic dirges and long-form heavy metal combos with Cosmic Chambo.

Listen to previous episodes here.

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Flick Fix

with Anne Laker +1

Some Saturdays @ 3pm
+ Fridays @ 11:30am

You know you need it. Get your flick fix with Anne Laker and guests as they muse on movies new and old.

Listen to previous episodes here.

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Morning Meditation

by Landon Caldwell

Tuesdays @ 10am. + Saturdays @ 11am

One hour of kosmische, free and spiritual jazz, outsider rock, modern classical, ambient and electronic music, and more.

Listen to Episodes 1 to 40 here.

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The Purple Crown Show with Mr. Kinetik

Saturdays @ 9pm

Exist in the infinite with a solid dose of multigenerational funky soul music featuring hits, album cuts, and special gems for you to add to your crown.

Listen to previous episodes here

Rummage Radio by Robert Stokowy

Saturdays + Wednesdays @ 10am

Robert Stokowy presents experimental music, sound art and everything sonic from international composers, musicians, and artists.

Listen to previous episodes here.

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Design Minded by Lee Alig & Steve Mannheimer

Monthly

Exploring how design impacts our physical environment and quality of life in Indianapolis — sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse.

Listen to previous episodes here.

11am to 2pm   CIRCLE SOUNDS An atmospheric soundtrack to SPARK on the Circle. find out more info at circlespark.org

Radio Free Book Club with Ken Honeywell + guests

Monthly on Saturdays

Radio Free Book Club is a radio show/ book club produced monthly by Ken Honeywell. They talk about contemporary novels, with an alternating cast of book club members.

Listen to previous episodes here.

Create Hear

Some Saturdays @ 2pm

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.

Listen to previous episodes here.

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Jazz Perspective

with Ralph Adams

Fridays @ 2pm

Let Ralph guide you through America's great art form honoring legends like Freddy Hubbard, J.J. Johnson, Wes Montgomery, and more. PLUS a whole second hour of Rob Dixon's Mayor's Ball— packed with incredible Indy musicians—recorded at The Mousetrap.

 
 

Past Shows

Mvhayv Radio
by Elisa Harkins

Mvhayv Radio is a language and cultural preservation project by multi-disciplinary artist, Elisa Harkins (Cherokee/Muscogee) based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Listen to past episodes here.

Words and Music
by Jim Walker & Oreo Jones

Produced by Jim Walker and Oreo Jones of WQRT and Big Car Collaborative, Words and Music is an audio series exploring the life and work of Indiana writers — made possible through a grant from Indiana Humanities.

Listen to past episodes here.

Chreece Radio

The Indianapolis Hip Hop festival is now on the airwaves playing nothing but Indiana Hip Hop and R&B. Celebrate Indianapolis hip hop culture weekly on WQRT.

Listen to past episodes here.

Very Many Vibes
with Cool Hand Lex & Friends

Its really anybody's guess as to who or what will play next on the Cool Hand Lex & Friends mix show. Expect new & old, popular and underground, hip hop, electronic, house, every Saturday.

Listen to past episodes here.

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Who Are You
and What Do You Want?
by Jim Walker

A talk & music show with concentration on listening as response to social distancing.

Listen to past episodes here.

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Rad Summer Radio
by Action Jackson

Hosted by Action Jackson, Rad Summer Radio features interviews and stories from not only musicians and DJs, but all corners of nightlife including; venue owners, bartenders, agents, tour managers, photographers, designers, bouncers, and other assorted weirdos!

Listen to past episodes here.

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Local Music Hour
by Musical Family Tree

Local non-profit and Indiana music archive spotlighting musicians, interviews, and events across Indiana.

Listen to past episodes here.

Community Conversations

As part of Big Car Collaborative, we get to meet a lot of amazing people doing amazing things. We’ll share those conversations every chance we get!

Listen to past episodes here.

The New Old Heads

A hip hop culture talk show with panelists with experience in DJing, producing, emceeing, hosting parties, radio, blogging, music education, community building, and more

Listen to past episodes here.

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Boot Scoot
with John Stamps and KNags

Saddle up and set out on a convoy guided by local ramblin' man John Stamps and DJ KNags. Boot Scoot is a country-based DJ night with heavy emphasis on honky-tonk, outlaw, and classic country music. We're sure Hank didn't do it this way.

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How You Livin?
with Oreo Jones

Exploring artists and activists’ mental health through sharing stories, ideas, and songs.

Listen to past episodes here.

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Lovin’ Leavin’ & Lettin’ Go
by Heather Hall

The screen door slams and sometimes the only thing left is a song. On this show, Country gets a little help from Americana and Soul to tell the whole story.

Listen to past episodes here.

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Rich & Rare
by Washboard Ben

A fast-and-loose blend of everything the genre has to offer, Rich & Rare is the wide world of Country music in a glass. Bottoms up!

Listen to past episodes here.

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Misery and Jim
by Jim Walker

An extended mix of music and stories on a new country theme. Running occasionally during Rhinestone Country after two years of episodes. Thanks, Duke’s!

Listen to past episodes here.

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Serenity, Now! Reconciliation Hour
by Duncan Kissinger

SNRH liberates from the temporal in an attempt to agitate and repot peoples of inclinations to see in each other’s eyes a presence of their own selves as they have always existed and will remain to exist.

Listen to past episodes here.

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Apocalypse Mixtape
by Philip Barcio

Next time you face an apocalypse, either personal or global, what do you wanna listen to? Join each week for an hour of music and conversation with an artist, writer, musician or other cultural influencer, as they share the songs they would put on their Apocalypse Mixtape.

Listen to past episodes here.

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The Noise Kaleidoscope
by Andrew Fetter

A mix of old and new lo-fi, garage, fuzz rock, psychedelic, shoegaze and plenty of things in between. Blending the heavy with the hazy, the spazzy with the trippy.

Listen to past episodes here.

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Good Vibrations
by Carlie Foreman

Explore the boundries of electronica, from ambient and synth pop to heavy bass.

Listen to past episodes here.

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Dungeon Radio
by Phoenix Down RPG

This Dungeons and Dragons radio show brings storytellers to the table as players to entertain you with legendary tales set to music by local artists. Recorded at Listen Hear in costume.

Listen to past episodes here.

Tubbles Radio Hour
with Gwenth & Sliv

In a world where anything can happen Gwenth and Sliv (of Tubbles the band) turn pain into comedy. They share their expertise of being raised in a hospital and are now allowed outside, online, and in the air all around Indianapolis. 

Listen to past episodes here.

Want to host your own show? Email us at info@wqrt.org with your idea!