Live Wire! Radio
- Location: Portland, Oregon
- http://www.livewireradio.org/
Live Wire artfully blends unpredictable conversation, live music, and original comedy from all types of cultural talent and creative minds, from emerging artists to established acts. Hosted by Luke Burbank (Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me, CBS Sunday Morning), the show is taped in front of a live audience in Portland, Oregon and reaches over 300,000 listeners via 150 public radio stations across the country (including WAMU in DC, KUOW in Seattle, KJZZ in Phoenix, Minnesota Public Radio, and more).
Past guests include writers and authors such as George Saunders, Cheryl Strayed, Hanif Abdurraqib, Lindy West, Chuck Klosterman, Salman Rushdie, and Gary Shteyngart; performers and comedians John Hodgman, Paul F. Tompkins, Abbi Jacobson, Michael Ian Black, Jackie Kashian, Naomi Ekperigin, Ian Karmel, Phoebe Robinson, Andy Kindler, and Reggie Watts; and film directors Gus Van Sant, Todd Haynes, Lynn Shelton, and Chapman & Maclain Way (Wild Wild Country). Past musical guests include Helio Sequence, The Dandy Warhols, Meklit, Laura Gibson, Open Mike Eagle, Pink Martini, Jonathan Coulton, and Bilal, to name a few.
Series
- From: Live Wire! Radio
- Updated: Jan 31, 2019
Live Wire artfully blends unpredictable conversation, live music, and original comedy from all types of cultural talent and creative minds, from emerging artists to established acts. NOTE: This program is available to PRX affiliates. For more information please email memberships@prx.org.
- From: Live Wire! Radio
- Updated: Jul 25, 2022
- From: Live Wire! Radio
- Updated: Apr 12, 2023
From the comfort of their own homes, this six-week series features Live Wire Radio host Luke Burbank and announcer Elena Passarello chatting with guest about their current projects, while also addressing how they are responding to and engaging with the current social climate.
- From: Live Wire! Radio
- Updated: Mar 30, 2020
- From: Live Wire! Radio
- Updated: Mar 02, 2023
Pieces
Bought by WCPN, KSRQ, 90.5 WESA, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, and Rhythm & News Service
- Added: Jan 10, 2014
- Length: 59:03
- Purchases: 5
Bought by KUT, KUOW, and KCPW Salt Lake City
- Added: Jan 03, 2014
- Length: 53:58
- Purchases: 3
Bought by WCPN, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, and KSRQ
- Added: Jan 02, 2014
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 4
Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, KSRQ, and 90.5 WESA
- Added: Dec 27, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 4
Bought by KUT, KUOW, and KCPW Salt Lake City
- Added: Dec 27, 2013
- Length: 53:58
- Purchases: 3
Bought by WRIR, KUT, KUOW, KCPW Salt Lake City, and WBEZ
- Added: Dec 19, 2013
- Length: 53:57
- Purchases: 5
Bought by Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, 90.5 WESA, and KSRQ
- Added: Dec 19, 2013
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 4
- Added: Dec 13, 2013
- Length: 53:58
- Purchases: 6
Bought by 90.5 WESA, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, KSRQ, and WCPN
- Added: Dec 13, 2013
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 5
Bought by KUT, WRIR, KUOW, and KCPW Salt Lake City
- Added: Dec 06, 2013
- Length: 54:02
- Purchases: 4
People who work with Live Wire! Radio
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Kyle Lerfald (Admin)
Distribution Manager/Broadcast |
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Roger Gomoll
Contractor On-Air Fundraising |
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Distro Dovetail Admin
PRX Publish/Metrics admin |
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Melanie Sevcenko (Admin)
Editor |
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Tim Harkins (Admin)
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Laura Hadden (Admin)
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Heather de Michele (Admin)
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Tre Hester (Admin)
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