Live Wire

Series produced by Live Wire! Radio

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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.

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.

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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... Show full description


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This episode includes author and podcaster Lulu Miller, writer Sopan Deb, and music from Moorea Masa.

  • Added: Jul 22, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
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This episode includes poet Hanif Abdurraqib, author Eula Biss, and music from Lydia Loveless.

  • Added: Jul 06, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
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This episode includes writer Lidia Yuknavitch, comedian Atsuko Okatsuka, and music from The Black Tones.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
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This episode features writer and psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb, Pulitzer Prize winner Mitchell S. Jackson, comedian Mohanad Elshieky, and music fro...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
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This episode features writer Ashley C. Ford and music from Amigo the Devil.

  • Added: Jun 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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This Father's Day-themed episode features writer Adam Mansbach, filmmaker Maya Forbes & singer China Forbes, plus comedy from Kurt Braunohler.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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This episode includes comedian Chris Gethard, writer Clint Smith, and music from singer-songwriter Faye Webster.

  • Added: Jun 10, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
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This episode includes writers Daniel Lavery and Michael Arceneaux, plus music from Jonathan Russell of indie folk group The Head and the Heart.

  • Added: Jun 03, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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This episode includes author David Green and music from Dessa.

  • Added: May 27, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
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This episode includes author Samantha Irby, comedian Jackie Kashian, and music from blues artist Fantastic Negrito.

  • Added: May 20, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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This episode includes podcaster Anna Sale, writer Elissa Washuta, and music from Juliana Hatfield

  • Added: May 13, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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This Mother's Day special episode includes filmmaker Barry Sonnenfeld, writer Saeed Jones, comedian Laurie Kilmartin, and music from Alela Diane

  • Added: May 06, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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This episode includes musician and writer Michelle Zauner, comedian Laci Mosley, and music from Kishi Bashi

  • Added: Apr 29, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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This episode includes comedian Cameron Esposito, writer Ross Gay, and music from indie folk trio The Lone Bellow.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
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This episode includes playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes, essayist Lauren Hough, and music from Black Violin.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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This episode features poets Roger Reeves, Franny Choi, and Derrick C. Brown with musical accompaniment from The Helio Sequence.

  • Added: Apr 08, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
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This episode includes writer Hanif Abdurraqib, filmmaker Andrea Nevins, and music from Shakey Graves.

  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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This episode features comedian Paula Poundstone, comedy writer Joey Clift of "Our Fifty States Project," and music from Jimmie Herrod.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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In celebration of Women's History Month, this episode features author and activist Mikki Kendall, comedian and podcaster Jamie Loftus, and music fr...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
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This episode features writer Shea Serrano, comedians Brooks Wheelan & Nick Turner, and music from Waxahatchee.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2021
  • Length: 58:59