Our Shows
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New episodes on Saturdays.
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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.
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
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.
emerald.mp3
with DJ Rani Rizz
Monthly Saturday 8pm
Encore Thursday 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.
State Street Beats
Every other Saturday 11pm
A show focused on the beat makers and producers that have been a part of the State Street Beats series at State Street Pub, as well as other underground beat makers from all across the globe.
Morning Meditation
Tuesdays 10am. Saturdays 10am
One hour of kosmische, free and spiritual jazz, outsider rock, modern classical, ambient and electronic music, and more.
Instrumental Nights
Tuesdays & Saturdays 5pm
Instrumental Nights is a series of nights dedicated to instrumental music. Only sounds. The nature is not specified. The term “nights” suggests Mystery in France. But no exact time frame is provided. The purpose of these nights is unknown. The purpose of these Knights is unknown music that lacks words. Find all the episodes here.
lärm by Robert Stokowy
Saturdays 4pm
Wednesdays 8pm
Your weekly half hour of metal and everything noisy! lärm brings you newer, older, and experimental songs, plus the occasional classics by international artists. expect a broad selection of high-end and low-end tracks, live recordings, demos, and more.
The Great Show in the Sky
with Via & Kyira
Monthly Saturday 3pm
Encore Monday 5pm
The Great Show in the Sky is a weekly rock radio hour brought to you by your hosts Via and Kyira. Each episode focuses on a different genre or period of time within the realm of rock music.
Rummage Radio by Robert Stokowy
Saturdays 4:30pm
Wednesdays 8:30pm
Robert Stokowy presents experimental music, sound art and everything sonic from international composers, musicians, and artists.
Listen to previous episodes here.
Boogie 1989
with DJ Cat Magic
Monthly Saturdays 7pm
Boogie 1983 with DJ Cat Magic will bring you the very best of funk, disco, and dance music from the 1970s through the very early 80s, with an emphasis on the funky post-disco dance music we now call “boogie”.
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.
NECTAR
Monthly
Saturdays 11am
Encore Wednesdays 11am
NECTAR Indy celebrates women in ambient, electronic and experimental music. New episodes air monthly on wqrt.org (99.1 Indianapolis). Additional show information @NECTARIndy
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.
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.
Jazz Perspective
with Ralph Adams
Occassional Fridays
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.
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.
CoolYum Radio
with Averie Chávez
Occasional Saturdays
CoolYum features a collage of house, cumbia, electronic, jazz, and more. Feel-good tunes with real-good vibes. IG: @coolyumradio
Club Plex Radio
Occasional Saturdays @ 10pm
Indianapolis' select source for eclectic underground dance music mixed from resident and guest DJs weekly.
Listen to previous episodes here.
Past Shows
Inter-Dimensional Music by Daniel Chamberlin
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
How You Livin?
with Oreo Jones
Exploring artists and activists’ mental health through sharing stories, ideas, and songs.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Good Vibrations
by Carlie Foreman
Explore the boundries of electronica, from ambient and synth pop to heavy bass.
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.
