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Caption: Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Jennifer Egan, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Steve Almond, author and journalist, and Portland synth-pop musical guests, Wild Ones

  • Added: Oct 20, 2011
  • Length: 54:53
Caption: Pulitzer-Prize winning Author Jennifer Egan, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Steve Almond, author and journalist, and Portland synth-pop musical guests, Wild Ones

Bought by WNJR and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 20, 2011
  • Length: 58:49
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Michael Denvir
Songwriter Michael Denvir discusses his approach to writing songs inspired by S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 19, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Oct 10, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Chuck Palahniuk, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Famed Novelist Chuck Palahniuk, Author Lidia Yuknavitch, Indie rock band Blouse.

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: Oct 06, 2011
  • Length: 55:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Novelist Wesley Stace, who performs under the stage name, John Wesley Harding, discusses his work.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Sep 08, 2011
  • Length: 29:27
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Willy Vlautin, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Guests include Willy Vlautin, novelist and frontman for Americana band Richmond Fontaine, Authors Jamie Ford and Jennie Shortridge from Novel:Live ...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 25, 2011
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
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Actress Mary-Louise Parker said this is one her favorite novels of all time and so she jumped at the chance to read excerpts. There's commentary by...

Bought by Room Tone Selects, KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Aug 18, 2011
  • Length: 29:07
  • Purchases: 7
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During this program, Mary Jane Nealon talks about how poetry saved her life when she was carrying the grief of dying patients. She also reads from ...

Bought by KREV-LP and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 17, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
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A beloved American classic, Willa Cather's My Ántonia is best summarized by its epigraph---"the best days are the first to flee." Garrison Keillor ...

Bought by KMUN, KPIP-LP, and KQED


  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Mimicking Birds, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Guests include: writer and therumpus.net founder Stephen Elliott, Harriet Fasenfest and musical guests Mimicking Birds.

Bought by Jefferson Public Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Johanna Stein, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Author David Oliver Relin, storyteller and NY Times columnist Johanna Stein plus Seattle alt-country act the Moondoggies.

Bought by Jefferson Public Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 28, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Priory, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Guests include: Artistic Director of the acclaimed Oregon Shakespeare Festival, indie filmmaker Matt McCormick, musical guests the indescribable Pr...

Bought by Jefferson Public Radio and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 07, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
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Author Grif Stockley on a special edition of Tales from the South, where Southern writers bring their own true stories to life in front of a live a...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: The Live Wire! Cast, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Guests include: the multitalented Christine McKinley of the History Channel's "Decoded", author and Americana expert Kurt Reighley, with musical gu...

Bought by Jefferson Public Radio and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 30, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
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Celebrity chef, agony aunt, novelist and the author of Ireland's first television soap Tolka Row: the remarkable life story of Maura Laverty who wa...

Bought by KPIP-LP and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 20, 2011
  • Length: 40:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Alela Diane, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Guests include Author Erik Larson, a special audio tour of the audio talent legend Mel Blanc, and musical guest Alela Diane.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Todd Haynes, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Guests include: Filmmaker Todd Haynes, Author Anne Lamott and musical guest Sophe Lux.

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Apr 28, 2011
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
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Marcia Camp parks her unique ride, Joanna Siebert searches for a bird and a connection, Bob Donaldson witnesses the birth of rock and roll, and Ken...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
Caption: Chelsea Cain, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Guests include: New York Times bestselling thriller author Chelsea Cain, essayist and blogger Stacy Bolt and musical guest Holcombe Waller.

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Apr 21, 2011
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
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During this program, Jeff Hull and Chérie Newman talk about Hull's books and magazine articles, plus fly fishing, cloud seeding, wolves, and clinic...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 14, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Heidi Holtan talks with Kao Kalia Yang about her memoir that is not just a self examination. She examines the history of the Hmong people both in ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 24, 2011
  • Length: 15:35
  • Purchases: 1
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The particular and universal state of mind of libraries is one of random discovery.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 1
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Guido has always been overly interested in books, and he tells about some of his favorite libraries.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
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Last week, Aaron's oldest son signed up for his first Library card... to them, the library is spoken about like a mythical place.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 02:41