NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Joseph Beuys on 6 August 2021. Joseph Beuys has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 30 January 2016. Joseph Beuys's music has been featured on 6 episodes.

Joseph Beuys was born in 1921 in Krefeld, a city in northwestern Germany near the Dutch border. He grew up in the nearby towns of Kleve and Rindern, the only child in a middle class, strongly Catholic family. During his youth he pursued dual interests in the natural sciences and art, and he chose a career in medicine. In 1940 he joined the military, volunteering in…