Broad and High

Rube Goldberg Machine Contest, Poet Kazim Ali, Cake Art

Season 2 Episode 33 | 26m 30s

See what it takes to compete in a nationwide creative competition and hear an Ohio poet read some of his work. Plus, follow a cake artist in California, meet the former NASA architect who's now designing camping gear and look back on the life and work of Florida folk artist Robert Butler.

Aired: 04/29/15

Rating: NR

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