Our Programs
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.
Create Hear
Some Saturdays @ 2 p.m.
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. More here.
emerald.mp3
Saturdays @ 8 p.m.
Experience an hour of magical music moments. From hip-hop to electro jazz and beyond, DJ Rani Rizz selects records to foster connection.
Club Plex Radio
Jazz Perspective
with Ralph Adams
Fridays @ 2 p.m.
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.
Radio Free Book Club
Monthly on Saturdays
Radio Free Book Club is a radio show/ book club produced monthly by Ken Honeywell. We talk about contemporary novels, with an alternating cast to book club members.
Previous episodes here.
The Purple Crown Show with Mr.Kinetik
Saturdays @ 9 p.m.
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.
previous episodes here
Inter-Dimensional Music by Daniel Chamberlin
Fridays @ Noon + Mondays @ 8 p.m.
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. Previous episodes here.
The B-Side
Saturdays @ 6 p.m.
Tune in with Katerina for The B-Side where they explore the hidden gems of indie, pop, & electronica.
Mvhayv Radio
Some Saturdays @ 7 p.m.
Mvhayv Radio is a language and cultural preservation project by multi-disciplinary artist, Elisa Harkins (Cherokee/Muscogee) based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Previous Episodes here.
Flick Fix
by Anne Laker
Some Fridays @ 11:30 a.m. + Saturdays @ 3 p.m.
You know you need it. Get your flick fix with Anne Laker and guests as they muse on movies new and old. Previous episodes here.
A Vagrant Hum
by Pete Iverson
Biweekly Monday @ 11 a.m. and the following Tuesday @ 8 p.m.
Your xenial xenagogue on a less-travelled path to music that is strange, wonderful, and obscure.
Previous episodes here.
Rummage Radio
by Robert Stokowy
Wednesday + Saturday @ 10 a.m.
Robert Stokowy presents experimental music, sound art and everything sonic from international composers, musicians and artists.
Listen to previous shows here.
Design Minded by Lee Alig and Steve Mannheimer
Monthly
Exploring how design impacts our physical environment and quality of life in Indianapolis — sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse.
Previous episodes here.
Past Shows
Words and Music
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. More 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 More here.
Tubbles Radio Hour
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.
Previous Episodes here.
Very Many Vibes
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. More here.
Who Are You and What Do You Want by Jim Walker
A talk + music show with concentration on listening as response to social distancing.
Previous episodes here.
Rad Summer Radio
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 previous shows here.
Local Music Hour by Musical Family Tree
Local non-profit and Indiana music archive spotlighting musicians, interviews, and events across Indiana.
Listen to past shows 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! Previous interviews and specials are archived 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
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.
How You Livin? with Oreo Jones
Exploring artists and activists’ mental health through sharing stories, ideas, and songs.
Listen to past show here.
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! Previous episodes here.
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.
Connect here. Previous episodes here.
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.
Previous episodes here.
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.
Previous episodes here.
Good Vibrations by Carlie Foreman
Explore the boundries of electronica, from ambient and synth pop to heavy bass.
Previous episodes here.
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.
Previous episodes here.
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 here.