Cut & Paste
Hosted by Jeremy D. Goodwin, Cut & Paste arts and culture podcast brings you in-depth conversations with artists and cultural drivers. Listeners will hear from artists about their work and why it matters, and also about who they are and how their own personal experiences shape their art-making.
Latest Episodes
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A collaboration among St. Louis Shakespeare Festival, Painted Black STL and Chicago-based group Q Brothers tells the story of "A Christmas Carol" — mainly from the viewpoint of Black artists. -
Brent R. Benjamin took the job as director of St. Louis Art Museum in 1999 and will step aside next year. He reflects on his tenure and looks ahead to how museums are adapting to make it through the coronavirus pandemic. -
Andrew Stephen and Chrissy Renick, long known on the St. Louis music scene from other projects, combined forces for a debut collaboration. -
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Monument Lab rethinks the memorials and historic places of St. Louis -
![(clockwise from left) Kevin McDermott, Eric Armbruster and Sunyatta McDermott form the indie trio CaveofswordS. [7/2/20]](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/bcf7c33/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1628x907+210+0/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkwmu%2Ffiles%2F202007%2F070220_CandPcaveofswords_JDG_01.jpg)
Before forming the band CaveofswordS, Sunyatta Marshall broke into the local music scene as a 13-year-old strumming acoustic guitar at bars on Laclede’s… -
![Poet Carl Phillips finds inspiration in everyday moments. He published his 15th collection of poems in March. [6/5/20]](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/013a15c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2843x1584+0+630/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkwmu%2Ffiles%2F202006%2F060520_CandP-CarlPhillips_JDG_01.jpg)
Carl Phillips was teaching Latin to high school students when a poet changed his life. Phillips had long been an avid reader and wrote poems casually, but… -
![Artist Mee Jey and journalist Jey Sushil, at home in St. Louis where they've collaborated on a unique portrait series. [4/10/20]](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d09f925/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1500x836+0+138/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkwmu%2Ffiles%2F202004%2F041020_JDG_CandPMeeJey_01-1.jpg)
Artist Mee Jey started a collaboration with husband Jey Sushil at the beginning of January. She pledged to create a portrait of Sushil every day for a… -
![One of the pieces in Jane Birdsall-Lander's exhibition "Dictionary Poem Project" at High Low Gallery in St. Louis. [3/6/20]](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3a449a7/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3387x1887+0+375/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkwmu%2Ffiles%2F202003%2F030620_JDG_dictionarypoem_02.jpg)
The content of a dictionary is meant to be concrete and unambiguous. Not so for artist Jane Birdsall-Lander. She uses the form of a standard dictionary… -
![Ken Haller is a pediatrician and an accomplished cabaret performing. He performs his latest work, "The Medicine Show," at Blue Strawberry in March. [2/5/19]](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ec5b670/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x2246+0+389/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkwmu%2Ffiles%2F202002%2F020520JDGCandPKenHaller_001.jpg)
As a pediatrician who is also an accomplished cabaret artist, Dr. Ken Haller says he may play several roles over the course of a day: teacher, doctor,… -
![Caitlin Franz and Mic Broshans of the late, great Cherokee Street venue Foam. [12/30/19]](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/af210d4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x2246+0+389/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkwmu%2Ffiles%2F201912%2F1230_JDG_candPFoam_01.jpg)
A much-loved, multipurpose venue just closed its doors for the last time. Foam, located at Cherokee Street and Jefferson Avenue, had its last event on… -
![Jeffrey Noonan and Maryse Carlin help keep the spirit of early music alive in and around St. Louis. [11/30/19]](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/addc91e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x2246+0+389/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkwmu%2Ffiles%2F201911%2FJDG_113019_cPearlymusic_01.jpg)
When some music lovers cue up the oldies, they go way back — sometimes 1,000 years or so. Definitions vary as to what exactly counts as early music, but…
![(clockwise from left) Kevin McDermott, Eric Armbruster and Sunyatta McDermott form the indie trio CaveofswordS. [7/2/20]](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0823b08/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1628x907+210+0/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkwmu%2Ffiles%2F202007%2F070220_CandPcaveofswords_JDG_01.jpg)
![Poet Carl Phillips finds inspiration in everyday moments. He published his 15th collection of poems in March. [6/5/20]](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/73c57fb/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2843x1584+0+630/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkwmu%2Ffiles%2F202006%2F060520_CandP-CarlPhillips_JDG_01.jpg)
![Artist Mee Jey and journalist Jey Sushil, at home in St. Louis where they've collaborated on a unique portrait series. [4/10/20]](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f76a805/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1500x836+0+138/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkwmu%2Ffiles%2F202004%2F041020_JDG_CandPMeeJey_01-1.jpg)
![One of the pieces in Jane Birdsall-Lander's exhibition "Dictionary Poem Project" at High Low Gallery in St. Louis. [3/6/20]](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6dc3aaa/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3387x1887+0+375/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkwmu%2Ffiles%2F202003%2F030620_JDG_dictionarypoem_02.jpg)
![Ken Haller is a pediatrician and an accomplished cabaret performing. He performs his latest work, "The Medicine Show," at Blue Strawberry in March. [2/5/19]](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/db4e148/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x2246+0+389/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkwmu%2Ffiles%2F202002%2F020520JDGCandPKenHaller_001.jpg)
![Caitlin Franz and Mic Broshans of the late, great Cherokee Street venue Foam. [12/30/19]](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/56e2b82/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x2246+0+389/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkwmu%2Ffiles%2F201912%2F1230_JDG_candPFoam_01.jpg)
![Jeffrey Noonan and Maryse Carlin help keep the spirit of early music alive in and around St. Louis. [11/30/19]](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5019047/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x2246+0+389/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkwmu%2Ffiles%2F201911%2FJDG_113019_cPearlymusic_01.jpg)