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Poetry and music for Halloween.

Bought by Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 31, 2020
  • Length: 55:04
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Anaïs Mitchell
This episode gets into the spooky season with "Mucho Mucho Amor" filmmakers Cristina Costantini & Kareem Tabsch, plus singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitch...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Autumnal poetry and music.

Bought by Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 24, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Truman Capote, author of In Cold Blood, said, “Imagination…can open any door—turn the key and let terror walk right in.” This week on melodically c...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:03
Caption: Tommy Pico on Live Wire, Credit: Jennie Baker
This episode learns the art of "letting go" with poet Tommy Pico, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Eli Saslow, and comedian Emily Heller, with mus...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Lulu Miller
This episode features Radiolab co-host Lulu Miller, comedian and writer Sopan Deb, and music from Moorea Masa & The Mood.

  • Added: Oct 15, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
Caption: Abdi Nor Iftin on Live Wire, Credit: Jennie Baker
This episode makes some "great escapes" with writer and circus sideshow performer Tessa Fontaine, memoirist and visa lottery winner Abdi Nor Iftin,...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
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The piano inspires powerful and poignant memories and inspiration.

Bought by Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 03, 2020
  • Length: 01:01:36
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Demi Adejuyigbe
This episode features comedian Demi Adejuyigbe, journalist Drew Magary, and music from soulful duo The War and Treaty.

  • Added: Oct 01, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
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On this episode of MN Reads, KUMD's Chris Harwood talks with musician, songwriter, and producer BrownMark about his memoir, My Life in the Purple K...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2020
  • Length: 16:17
Caption: Chapman & MacLain Way on Live Wire, Credit: Jennie Baker
This episode features Chapman & MacLain Way, the filmmakers behind Netflix's "Wild Wild Country" docuseries, as well as comedian Ahmed Bharoocha, b...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Hanif Abdurraquib
This episode features poet and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib, writer Eula Biss, and music from Lydia Loveless.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Music serves as a poignant metaphor in this set of poetry.

Bought by Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:01:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Timothy Egan on Live Wire, Credit: Jennie Baker
This episode features Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Timothy Egan, cannabis activist Jeannette Ward Horton, and music from indie pop duo Pure Bathin...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Maria Bamford
This episode features comedians Maria Bamford and Nore Davis, plus music from country singer-songwriter Brandy Clark.

  • Added: Sep 03, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Iris DeMent on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes one of America's best songwriters Iris DeMent plus New Orleans folksinger...

Bought by KENW, KFCF FM, WRGY, High Plains Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2020
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 26
Caption: Chioke I'Anson on Live Wire , Credit: Jennie Baker
This episode features the voice of NPR’s underwriting, Chioke I’Anson, plus podcaster and investigative journalist Leah Sottile, and a tribute to s...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: W. Kamau Bell
This episode features comedian and host of CNN's "United Shades of America" W. Kamau Bell, plus science reporter Julia Rosen, and music from Samant...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Jeff Tweedy
This episode is a pledge edition of Live Wire that features actor François Clemmons, hair stylist Deanna Everson, and music from Jeff Tweedy of Wil...

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City, WQLN, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and Wisconsin Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 13, 2020
  • Length: 47:42
  • Purchases: 4
Caption:  John Hodgman on Live Wire
This episode is features humorist John Hodgman, writer and podcaster Jon Mooallem, and music from Allen Stone.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
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The years 1813 to 1816 were a dry period for Beethoven. He was wrestling with his health and with his family. His brother, Casper, had passed away ...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2020
  • Length: 03:01
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At the dawning of the 19th Century Beethoven had not given up hope that his doctors would find a treatment to reverse his hearing loss. His condit...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2020
  • Length: 03:05
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Ludwig van Beethoven has been called the most admired composer in all of music history. His legacy stands as a monument for the entire 19th Centur...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2020
  • Length: 03:05
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Muzio Clementi was called the “father of the pianoforte”. He earned this title, not because he played the instrument first, but because he played ...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
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The rise of the American and French Revolutions were signs of deep changes in the Western world in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Not on...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2020
  • Length: 03:01