Articulate (TV series)

Articulate is an American weekly public television documentary series on the creative arts hosted by Irish-American journalist Jim Cotter.

Articulate
Genre	Documentary series
Presented by	Jim Cotter
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	61
Production
Production location(s)	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Panavista Pictures
Distributor	American Public Television
Release
Original network	Syndication
Original release	2015 (2015)
External links
Website

Background

Articulate profiles artists and how they interact with the world around them, with weekly 30-minute episodes on visual arts, crafts, ceramics, music, dance, photography, literature, and many other forms of art and expression.[1] Going beyond art history and culture, Articulate takes an interdisciplinary look at the many different forms of human creative expression and delves into philosophical topics such as the nature of human existence.[2] The television series debuted in 2015, with episodes still currently in production. Articulate’s diverse guests come from around the world; many episodes are filmed on location.

The show's host, Jim Cotter, was born in County Kerry, Ireland.[2] After working for the BBC, Cotter moved to the United States to pursue a career in journalism and television.[3][2]

Broadcast history

Articulate first premiered on January 8, 2015, and originally aired on WHYY-TV in Philadelphia.[2][4] It airs on public television stations across the United States, including New Hampshire,[1] Illinois,[5] Colorado,[6] California,[7] Arizona,[8] Texas,[9] and many other states. It is currently broadcast on more than 110 public television stations.[2][3]

Articulate is currently produced by Panavista, Inc., a Philadelphia-based independent film company which specializes in producing documentaries.[10]

Awards

In 2017, Panavista, Inc. won a Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards in the Best Historic/Cultural Program Feature/Segment category.[11][12] The award was for Articulate’s segment, “A Place at the Table,” about woodworker George Nakashima’s daughter, Mira Nakashima.

Episodes

Below is a full list of Articulate episodes and featured guests, listed by season.[13]

Season 1 (2015)

Season 1 episodes and featured guests are:[14]

Episode no.	Segment no.	Segment title	Featured guests
1	1	Tap into America	n/a
	2	Music with Teeth	Roomful of Teeth
	3	A Place at the Table	Mira Nakashima
2	1	The Nature of Art	Brandon Ballengee
	2	Under Pressure	n/a
	3	The Jazz Sensibilities of Moe Brooker	Moe Brooker
3	1	The Ghetto Potter	Roberto Lugo
	2	Changing Minds About Climate Change	n/a
	3	Gerald Busby’s Lust for Life	Gerald Busby
4	1	Sugar Tongue Slim	Sugar Tongue Slim
	2	Bruce Metcalf	Bruce Metcalf
	3	Fear of the Known	H.P. Lovecraft
5	1	The Charming Incongruities of Kevin Barnes	Kevin Barnes
	2	Pictures of You	n/a
	3	Walé Oyéjidé	Walé Oyéjidé
6	1	Scents and Sensibility	Fabio Luisi
	2	Found in Translation	n/a
	3	Elizabeth Streb: Dancing with Danger	Elizabeth Streb
7	1	Watsky on How to Ruin Everything	Watsky
	2	All the World’s A Stage	n/a
	3	Dindga McCannon	Dindga McCannon
8	1	The Cutting Edge of Stained Glass	Judith Schaechter
	2	Bodies of Work	n/a
	3	Eric Owens	Eric Owens
9	1	It Takes Two	n/a
	2	Krimes and Punishment	Jesse Krimes
	3	Stephen Costello’s Most Valuable Friend	Stephen Costello
10	1	Orchestrating Hits	Larry Gold
	2	Goldberg Variations; Timeless Virtuosity	n/a
	3	The Illustrious Kevin Cornell	Kevin Cornell
	4	Perceptual Shift	Michael Murphy
11	1	Ellen Harvey	Ellen Harvey
	2	Bharatanatyam: Indian Dance	n/a
	3	Xenia Rubinos	Xenia Rubinos
12	1	Feminist Fatale	Carsie Blanton
	2	Matthew Neenan	Matthew Neenan
	3	Modigliani	Amedeo Modigliani
	4	Luis Cruz Azaceta	Luis Cruz Azaceta

Season 2 (2016)

Season 2 episodes and featured guests are:[15]

Episode no.	Segment no.	Featured guests
1	1	Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler)
	2	Lisa Hannigan
	3	Nina Chanel Abney
2	1	Janet Echelman
	2	Arturo Rios
	3	n/a
	4	Justin Bettman
3	1	Ian Brennan
	2	Nina Berman
	3	Leroy Johnson [16]
4	1	Gene Yang
	2	The Struts
	3	n/a
5	1	Ruebin Margolin
	2	Jennifer Higdon
	3	Chemi Rosado-Seijo
	4	Sara Rahbar
6	1	Mark Mothersbaugh
	2	Liz Casella
	3	Greg Dunn
7	1	Kyle Abraham
	2	Maggie Nelson
	3	Ruth Slenczynska
	4	Saya Woolfalk
8	1	Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
	2	Tommy Pico
	3	Ron Nagle
	4	Sidney Hutte
9	1	Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla
	2	Doug Balliet
	3	Veruschka Stevens
	4	Daniel Levitin
10	1	Kenny Scharf
	2	Buffy Sainte-Marie
	3	n/a
11	1	Michelle Cuevas
	2	Mason Bates
	3	Antonio Martorell
12	1	Havana Lyceum Orchestra[17]
	2	Peter Shire
	3	n/a
	4	Elizabeth Turk

Season 3 (2017)

Season 3 episodes and featured guests are:[18]

Episode no.	Segment no.	Segment title	Featured guests
1	1	Andrew W.K.: The Life and Soul of the Party	Andrew W.K.
	2	Lauren Greenfield’s Wealth of Ideas	Lauren Greenfield
2	1	Caroline Shaw: Of Carnegie and Kanye	Caroline Shaw
	2	Robert Janz’s Disappearing Acts	Robert Janz
	3	Lizzo’s Living Large	Lizzo
3	1	The Irrepressible Joyce DiDonato	Joyce DiDonato
	2	The Beautiful Mind of !llmind	!llmind
	3	Context Is The New Content	Kenneth Goldsmith
4	1	Ricky Reed’s Good Vibrations	Ricky Reed
	2	Danzy Senna’s Life Isn’t Black and White	Danzy Senna
	3	Donn T’s Inferno	Donn T
5	1	The “Can Do” Lab	Do Lab
	2	The Mother Tongue	Cheryl Boyce Taylor
	3	An Old Head On Young Shoulders	Julien Baker
6	1	The United States of Lila Downs	Lila Downs
	2	The Information Artist	Heather-Dewey Hagborg
	3	At Home Going Big	Steve Tobin
	4	The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter	Josh Ritter
7	1	The Unsanctioned Art of Jim Garland	Jim Garland
	2	Tank’s Soul Pursuit	Tank and the Bangas
	3	Ani DiFranco: Still a Righteous Babe	Ani DiFranco
8	1	The Renaissance Woman	Shara Nova
9	1	Princesses For Boys	Shannon Hale
	2	Wu Han: In Concert and Conversation	Wu Han
	3	Journeys of Mind and Body	Banda Magda
10	1	The Recovering	Leslie Jamison
	2	Actor-Writer-Director-Musician	Josh Radnor[19]
	3	The Quiet Truths of Luciana Souza	Luciana Souza
11	1	Dance-able	Heidi Latsky
	2	Mr. Baseman	Gary Baseman
	3	Bang on a Can: Bringing Downtown Uptown	Bang on a Can
12	1	The Antidote to Hopelessness	Jason Reynolds
	2	The Prodigy Daughter	Alisa Weilerstein
	3	Ibeyi	Ibeyi

Season 4 (2018)

Season 4 episodes and featured guests are:[20]

Episode no.	Episode title	Segment no.	Segment title	Featured guests
1	The Outsiders	1	David Sedaris: This American Treasure	David Sedaris[21]
		2	Priscilla Renea: Hits And Misses	Priscilla Renea
		3	Jeffrey Gibson: Icon Maker	Jeffrey Gibson
2	It’s All Between Their Ears	1	Olivia Laing: Intimate Knowledge	Olivia Laing
		2	Bill Fontana: Hear, Now	Bill Fontana
		3	Tune-Yards: Private Thoughts, Public Person	Merrill Garbus
3	Redefining “Possible”	1	Anthony Roth Costanzo: The Highs Of Masculinity	Anthony Roth Costanzo[22]
		2	Kory Stamper: Word By Word	Kory Stamper
		3	Robert J. Lang: Know How To Fold ‘Em	Robert J. Lang
4	Roads Less Traveled	1	Tracy K. Smith: Ghost Writing	Tracy K. Smith
		2	David Lang: Vanguard Of The Un-Cool	David Lang
		3	Open Mike Eagle: Hip-Hope	Open Mike Eagle
5	Journeys in Time & Space	1	The Odyssey: 27 Centuries & Counting[23]	n/a
		2	Kaki King: Notes And Colours	Kaki King
		3	Thi Bui: Creative Refuge(e)	Thi Bui
6	As If By Fate	1	Erika Sanchez: Perfectly Imperfect	Erika Sánchez
		2	Masatoshi Izumi: The Soul Of Stones	Masatoshi Izumi
		3	Shawn Colvin: Home From A Mission	Shawn Colvin
7	The Wildest Dreamers	1	Taylor Mac: Incorporating Calamity	Taylor Mac
		2	Holly Black: Architect Of Magical Worlds	Holly Black[24]
		3	Vieux Farka Touré: The Fortunate Son	Vieux Farka Touré[8]
8	Articulate in San Francisco	1	Marc Bamuthi Joseph: Stage, Page, Body, Mind	Marc Bamuthi Joseph
9	Unique Perspectives	1	Unique, Nézet-Séguin	Yannick Nézet-Séguin
		2	Tobias Frere-Jones: A Man Of Letters	Tobias Frere-Jones
		3	Hayley Kiyoko: High Expectations	Hayley Kiyoko[21]
10	Experiments Gone Right	1	Balkrishna Doshi: Building Compassion	Balkrishna Doshi
		2	Radnor & Lee: A Beautiful Bro-Mance	Josh Radnor and Ben Lee
		3	Amy Seiwert: Ballet’S Mad Scientist	Amy Seiwert
11	The Seekers	1	They Might Be Giants: Cultivated Eccentricity	n/a
		2	Sylvia Plath: The Iconic Sad Girl	Sylvia Plath
		3	Oliver Jeffers: Principled Uncertainty	Oliver Jeffers
12	The Pursuit of New Truths	1	Hélène Grimaud: The Keys To Life	Hélène Grimaud
		2	Sarah Williams Goldhagen: Welcome To Your World	Sarah Williams Goldhagen
		3	Scott Mccloud: Constructive Rage	Scott Mccloud
13	Articulate in Philadelphia	1	David Finckel: The Chamber Music Maestro	David Finckel
14	Halloween Special	1	Gothic Truth & Fiction	n/a
		2	Fear Of The Known	H. P. Lovecraft
		3	Our Greatest Fear	n/a
15	Black History Month	1	Sugar Tongue Slim	Sugar Tongue Slim
		2	Moe Brooker	Moe Brooker
		3	Dindga Mccannon	Dindga McCannon
16	Valentine’s Day	1	Floriography	n/a
		2	Rip Romance?	n/a
		3	It Takes Two	n/a
17	Earth Day	1	Changing Minds About Climate Change	n/a
		2	The Nature Of Art	Brandon Ballengée
		3	A Place At The Table	Mira Nakashima

Season 5 (2019)

Current Season 5 episodes and featured guests are:[25]

Episode no.	Episode title	Segment no.	Segment title	Featured guests
1	Idealistic Icons	1	Jeff Tweedy: A Romantic Misanthrope?	Jeff Tweedy
		2	Frank Lloyd Wright: Wright and Wrong	Frank Lloyd Wright
2	Living Legacies	1	Milton Glaser: Designing the Truth	Milton Glaser
		2	Camille Brown: The Past is Present	Camille Brown
		3	Julia Wolfe Finds Her Place	Julia Wolfe
3	No Frontiers	1	The Carthys: Non-Traditional Folk	Martin Carthy Eliza Carthy
		2	Dessa's Dauntless	Dessa Darling
		3	Oded Hirsch: At the Borders	Oded Hirsch
4	Transformers	1	Daniel Barenboim: Conducting Change	Daniel Barenboim
		2	Tift Merritt's Transformations	Tift Merritt
		3	Vivek Shraya: Changing for Good	Vivek Shraya
5	Pioneering Spirits	1	Daniel Libeskind Doesn't Hear No	Daniel Libeskind
		2	Missy Mazzoli Keeps It Surreal	Missy Mazzoli
		3	Elliot Erwitt's Moments In Time	Elliot Erwitt
6	The Standouts	1	Ani Liu: Daughter of Invention	Ani Liu
		2	Howard Jacobson: Senescence and Sensibility	Howard Jacobson
		3	Edgar Meyer: Beyond the Bass-ics	Edgar Meyer
7	Andrew Bird Concert Show	1	Andrew Bird: Whistling While He Works	Andrew Bird
8	The Right Left Turns	1	Arthur Yorinks: The Creative Engine	Arthur Yorinks
		2	Karen Russell's Un-Realities	Karen Russell
		3	Jason deCaires Taylor: Underwater Museaums	Jason deCaires Taylor
9	Seeking Deeper Truths	1	Gregory Pardlo: Far From The Tree	Gregory Pardlo
		2	The Tireless Sonya Tayeh	Sonya Tayeh
10	Staying the Course	1	Bill T'Last	Bill T. Jones
		2	Lily Allen the Agitator	Lily Allen
		3	Michael Bierut: Maverick Brander	Michael Bierut
11	Self Inventors	1	Thomas Heatherwick's Everyday Magic	Thomas Heatherwick
		2	Alice McDermott: Of Saints and Scholars	Alice McDermott
		3	Dean Friedman: Ariel, Fries, Synthesize	Dean Friedman
12	Of Page and Stage	1	Sarah Ruhl: She Ruhls	Sarah Ruhl
		2	Michelle Dorrance: Step By Step	Michelle Dorrance
		3	Ralph Steadman: Godfather of Gonzo	Ralph Steadman
13	Patricia Racette Concert Show	1	Patricia Racette: Enchanting the Muse	Patricia Racette

Notes and references

1. "New Hampshire PBS Presents a New Series Explaining How Art Shapes the World in Articulate with Jim C". NHPBS.
2. Donahue, Bill (April 2018). "Giving Life to Art". Suburban Life Magazine. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
3. Kephart, Beth (October 17, 2017). "Jim Cotter and the art of Articulate conversation". The Philly Inquirer. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
4. Articulate on IMDb
5. Hautzinger, Daniel (November 8, 2017). "Articulate With Jim Cotter". WTTW. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
6. "Rocky Mountain PBS Strengthens Colorado Arts and Culture Focus with Revamped "Arts District" Series, New Personalities and More Local Content". Denver Post. September 12, 2018. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
7. "On finding art and artists that shape the world". PBS SoCal. August 8, 2018. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
8. "Vieux Farka Toure appears on Emmy Award-winning 'Articulate'". Arizona PBS. November 20, 2018. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
9. "A weekly dose of arts!". October 6, 2018. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
10. "For Immediate Release: New Philadelphia Television Series "Articulate"". December 29, 2014. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
11. "2017 Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards recipients". Emmy Awards. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
12. Schweiger, Wendi (September 29, 2017). "Mid-Atlantic Regional Emmy® Award Presented to WHHY-TV's Friday Arts Producer Karen Smyles for "A Passion for Music"". Patch. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
13. Articulate Press Materials
14. Articulate Season 1
15. Articulate Season 2
16. "About Leroy Johnson". articulateshow.org. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
17. Stearns, David Patrick. "Simone Dinnerstein plus Cubans arrive for two area gigs". The Philly Inquirer. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
18. Articulate Season 3
19. Embracing Your Differences
20. Articulate Season 4
21. "Big Names on Set: Watch Hayley Kiyoko, David Sedaris, They Might Be Giants, and many more". PR Newswire. September 28, 2018. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
22. Stearns, David Patrick (September 25, 2018). "Anthony Roth Costanzo on Glass, Handel and "putting it together."". Condemned to Music. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
23. Kottke, Jason (Nov 13, 2018). "The Odyssey of Reading "The Odyssey"". Kottke.org. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
24. Rought, Karen (November 20, 2018). "Holly Black announces 'The Wicked King' book tour for January 2019". Hypable. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
25. "Articulate — Season 5". Articulate. Retrieved 2019-11-27.

External links

• Official website (official site)
• Articulate at PBS
• Jim Cotter (official site of host)
• Panavista, Inc. (production company)
• Articulate on IMDb