{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"First Voices Radio","title":"02/24/21 - Francene Blythe-Lewis","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/d4e819bb\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3320,"description":"On this edition of “First Voices Radio,” Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse welcomes Francene Blythe-Lewis. Francene is Executive Director of Vision Maker Media, a public media nonprofit in Lincoln, Nebraska. Vision Maker Media is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year. Francene leads Vision Maker Media to seek and advance new Native film talent, fund Native media content and produce Native film and television public media intended for public television broadcasting. She works directly in partnership with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and its many entities to provide prime Native content for digital and educational platforms. Francene specializes in cultural education, cultural arts programming and executive management in the arts. Her passion for her work has inspired others to gain knowledge and discovery in learning and understanding Native peoples worldwide. As a proud Native woman, Francene Blythe-Lewis is Eastern Cherokee, Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota and Diné. For more information, visit visionmakermedia.org.\nProduction Credits:\nTiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive Producer\nLiz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), Producer\nTiokasin Ghosthorse, Studio Engineer and Audio Editor, WIOX 91.3 FM, Roxbury, NY\nMusic Selections:\n1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song)\nArtist: Moana and the Moa Hunters\nCD: Tahi (1993)\nLabel: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand)\n(00:00:44)\n3. Song Title: Higher Ground\nArtist: Playing for Change\nCD: PFC2: Songs Around the World (2011)\nLabel: Concord\n(00:23:14)\n3. Song Title: The Cleansing\nArtist: John Trudell\nCD: Tribal Voice (1983)\nLabel: Effective\n(00:28:11)\n4. Song Title: The Big Ones Get Away\nArtist: Buffy Sainte-Marie\nCD: Coincidences and Likely Stories\nLabel: Ensign Records (1992)\n(00:47:07)\n5. Song Title: We Are Never Apart\nArtist: Nick Mulvey\nCD: Wake Up Now (2017)\nLabel: FICTION\n(00:50:49)","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/gsfueskNNr4TAaLCkWhtM1YzHsilDqmAaxQN3Vbgsmc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM3NDU1LzE2NzI3/NjMyMjQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}