Conversations

Welcome to our new page where you can listen to, watch and download MP3 and MP4 files of broadcast segments, interviews and special projects here at the Reading Public Museum. Please check back often as we update this page and its links.

To watch/listen, click on link and view/listen with an application like Quicktime or Windows Media Player.
To download to your computer (and ultimately to your iPod), right-click on link (PC) or Option-click on link (Mac).

Berks Skywatch - Radio station WEEU's weekly review of what's up in the skies of Greater Reading, PA and beyond. Hosted by Mark Mazurkiewicz, Director of The Planetarium at the Reading Public Museum. One-minute segments.

• Week of 3/3/08 (mp3-Audio)
• Week of 2/25/08 (mp3-Audio)
• Week of 2/18/08 (mp3-Audio)
• Week of 2/11/08 (mp3-Audio)

Comcast Newsmakers - Five-minute segments, each featuring interviews with Museum personnel about exhibitions and events.

• Sea Turtles: Older Than Dinosaurs! (mp4-Video)
• Hot House: Expanding the Field of Fiber at Cranbrook (mp4-Video)
• Engaging Hollywood: The Photography of Andrew Orth (mp4-Video)
• ZING! Science That Spins, Bounces & Flies (mp4-Video)
• Art of the Craft-2007 (mp4-Video)
• Bagels & Bach - Fall 2007 (mp4-Video)

Comcast Tonight - Host Janelle Wolfe talks with Reading Public Museum representatives about current topics.

• Engaging Hollywood - Guests Andrew Orth and Mike Anderson (mp4-Video)

News & Special Segments - Special broadcasts featuring highlights about the Reading Public Museum.

• WEEU - Interview by Paul Roberts about Bagels & Bach - 2/08 (mp3-Audio)
• "Jack's Backyard" on WEEU, Reading, PA - 2/9/08 - host Jack Holcomb talks to Mike Anderson about "The Greatest Bird Artists" exhibition (mp3-Audio)
• WRTI - Creatively Speaking - Susan Lewis - Feature on Reading Public Museum (mp3-Audio)
• WRTI - News Segment about the rare amphibian fossil from the Museum's collection. (mp3-Audio)
• WRTI - Creatively Speaking - Susan Lewis - Degas & the Art of Japan (mp3-Audio)
• WEEU - Interview by Feedback host Mike Faust with Tullio DeSantis about Degas and the Art of Japan (mp3-Audio)

Interviews & Information - Specially produced by and for the Reading Public Museum, these shows feature interviews with the artists and comments from the curators.

Hot House: Expanding the Field of Fiber at Cranbrook
• Interview with Greg Wittkopp (2/9/08) - Director, Cranbrook Art Museum (mp3-Audio)
• Interview with Reed Kroloff (2/9/08) - Director, Cranbrook Art Museum and Academy (mp3-Audio)
• Interview with Gerhardt Knodel (2/10/08) - Former Director, Cranbrook Art Museum and Academy (mp3-Audio)
• Interview with Jane Lackey (2/10/08) - Director of Fiber Department, Cranbrook Art Museum and Academy (mp3-Audio)
• Interview with Marlin Miller (2/10/08) - Marlin & Ginger Miller Exhibition Endowment (mp3-Audio)

Lenape: The Original People
• Interview with Dr. James Delle, Archeologist - Kutztown University (2/25/08) (mp3-Audio)