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Caption: Jeff Tweedy
This is the third episode of the "Live Wire House Party" series, recorded from home, with writer and podcaster Nora McInerny, poet Saeed Jones, and...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Shea Serrano
This is the second episode of the "Live Wire House Party" series, recorded from home, with author Shea Serrano, comedians Brook Wheelan and Nick Tu...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Cheryl Strayed on "Live Wire House Party"
This is the first episode of the "Live Wire House Party" series, recorded from home, with writers Cheryl Strayed and Jon Mooallem, plus music from ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 30, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Dave Pegg has played Bass with one group for half a century: the excellent Fairport Convention. He also hold down the Bass chart at Jethro Tull for...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2020
  • Length: 37:09
Caption: Timothy Egan on Live Wire, Credit: Jennie Baker
This episode takes a "leap of faith" with Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Timothy Egan, cannabis activist Jeannette Ward Horton, and comedian Adam Pa...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
Caption: Irene Taylor Brodsky on Live Wire, Credit: Jennie Baker
This episode explores "love languages" with filmmaker Irene Taylor Brodsky and poet Matthew Zapruder, plus music from Bodies on the Beach.

  • Added: Mar 02, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
Caption: Chioke I'Anson on Live Wire , Credit: Duane Bolland
This episode gives us the "voice of reason" with Chioke I'Anson, the voice of NPR's underwriting, and investigative journalist Leah Sottile, plus m...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
Caption: Dina Nayeri on Live Wire, Credit: Jennie Baker
This episode says there's "no place like place" with writer Dina Nayeri, author Adam Mansbach, and comedian Shain Brenden, plus music from LaRhonda...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
Caption: John Hodgman on Live Wire, Credit: David Ryder
This episode takes a "flight of fancy" with humorist John Hodgman and podcaster Jon Mooallem, plus music from Allen Stone.

  • Added: Feb 13, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
Caption: Mo Rocca on Live Wire, Credit: Jennie Baker
This episode is a pledge edition of Live Wire that features humorist Mo Rocca, filmmaker Irene Taylor Brodsky, and comedian Joe Zimmerman.

Bought by Wisconsin Public Radio, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, KHNS, KLCC, KANW and more


  • Added: Feb 11, 2020
  • Length: 47:50
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Megan Phelps-Roper, Credit: Jennie Baker
This episode talks "leaving a legacy" with writer and activist Megan Phelps-Roper, comedian Joe Kwaczala, and County Judge Xiomara Torres, plus mus...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Jami Attenberg on Live Wire, Credit: Jennie Baker
This episode keeps it "all in the family" with author Jami Attenberg, podcaster James Kim, and chef Bonnie Morales, plus music from Federale.

  • Added: Jan 30, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
Caption: Chuck Klosterman on Live Wire, Credit: Jennie Baker
This episode rethinks "social studies" with writer Chuck Klosterman and humorist Tiffany Midge, plus music from indie pop group Tacocat.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
Caption: Mo Rocca on Live Wire, Credit: Jennie Baker
This episode gets "in our feelings" with humorist and journalist Mo Rocca, poet Heather Christle, and jazz vocalist Jimmie Herrod.

  • Added: Jan 16, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
Caption: Rhys Darby on Live Wire, Credit: Jennie Baker
This episode uncovers "origin stories" with comedian Rhys Darby, comic book writer Kelly Sue DeConnick, and theater performer Ahamefule J. Oluo, wi...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
Caption: Saeed Jones on Live Wire, Credit: Jennie Baker
This second episode from the 2019 Portland Book Festival celebrates being "larger than life" with poet and memoirist Saeed Jones and author Kristen...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
Caption: Clyde W. Ford on Live Wire
This episode has "the last laugh" with comedian Josh Gondelman, author Clyde W. Ford, and endurance athletes Alex Borsuk & Kaytlyn Gerbin, plus mus...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2019
  • Length: 58:58
Caption: Mira Jacob on Live Wire, Credit: Jennie Baker
This special episode, recorded during the Portland Book Festival, lets the "truth be told" with author Tim O’Brien and writer Mira Jacob, plus musi...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
Caption: Franny Choi on Live Wire, Credit: Jennie Baker
This episode gives "poetic license" to comedian Pete Holmes and poet Franny Choi, with a performance from Pink Martini's Jimmie Herrod.

  • Added: Dec 10, 2019
  • Length: 58:58
Caption: Dave Hill on Live Wire, Credit: Jennie Baker
This episode "draws the line" with New Yorker illustrator Emily Flake and comedian Dave Hill, plus music from indie rock group Giants in the Trees.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
Caption: W. Kamau Bell on Live Wire, Credit: Jennie Baker
This episode explores "other worlds" with comedian and television host W. Kamau Bell, author Karen Russell, and musician Kishi Bashi.

  • Added: Nov 25, 2019
  • Length: 58:58
Caption: Irene Taylor Brodsky on Live Wire, Credit: Jennie Baker
This episode explores "love languages" with filmmaker Irene Taylor Brodsky and poet Matthew Zapruder, plus music from Bodies on the Beach.

  • Added: Nov 20, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Paul F. Tompkins on Live Wire, Credit: Jennie Baker
This episode unpacks "finding your voice" with comedian Paul F. Tompkins and activist Anuradha Bhagwati, plus music from Patterson Hood.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
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The North Shore Readers and Writers Festival took place in Grand Marais this past weekend. Included among a number of public events was a panel di...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2019
  • Length: 16:40
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Thriller writer Nelson DeMille and his son Alex talk with Ron Jolly.

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 1