Live Wire Radio
Summary: Live Wire is radio variety for the attention span challenged. It's music from up-and-coming bands, original comedy, performance and scintillating interviews with writers, filmmakers, comedians and people who think cool thoughts. Hosted by Luke Burbank (Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, Too Beautiful to Live), the show is taped in front of a live audience in Portland, Oregon and is aired on public radio stations around the country.
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Podcasts:
Ep. 267: "It's Funny Because It's True" with Kurt Braunohler, Mike Sacks & Liz Vice
Ep. 266: "My Big Break" with Cheryl Strayed, Justin Simien & Magic Mouth
It's Funny Because It's True: In a show slathered in humor and truthiness, comic Kurt Braunohler reveals the lies the Hot Air Balloon Consortium has been telling us, Poking a Dead Frog author Mike Sacks and Conan writer Todd Levin talk shop, and we're all floored by the voice of R&B songbird Liz Vice.
In a show about big breaks, Wild author Cheryl Strayed talks about watching Reese Witherspoon walk 1000 miles in her shoes, Dear White People writer/director Justin Simien asks Luke why afros are "black holes for white people's fingers," and Magic Mouth slays us with their special brand of modern phunk.
In an episode all about trailblazers, pop icon Melissa Etheridge corrects Luke's assertion that music is dead, Dr. Brian Druker updates us on the war on cancer (it's going better than the war on drugs!), Ural Thomas & the Pain heal all our musical woes, and for good measure, the entire show is announced by Mark Mason of the Portland Trailblazers.
Live Wire 243 Encore: Sherman Alexie, W. Kamau Bell, Run on Sentence
Author Sherman Alexie debates comedian W. Kamau Bell about who had it worse, Vladimir Putin makes a surprise appearance, and Portland duo Run on Sentence break your heart just a little.
This hour, we champion the underdog as writer Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz brings us the story of Dr. Thomas Mutter, the father of modern medicine and "the P.T. Barnum of the operating room," comic Hari Kondabolu explains why he likes NPR hate mail best ("the grammar is perfect"), and Deep Sea Diver provides the perfect soundtrack.
In a show all about the art and science of being a lady, Luke plays "Marry, Boff, Klll: Scientist Edition" with Science: For Her! writer Megan Amram and talks to trans activist Joanna Lynne Ponce about seeing both sides of the gender equation, all while the Alialujah Choir lays down some boss harmonies.
In a show that explores the Power of Two, author Joshua Wolf-Shenk talks about the magic that happens when competition meets collaboration, two-time US Poetry Slam champ Anis Mojgani declares his love for walruses and various other tusked animals, and Fernando serenades en Espanol.
Ep. 262: "Devil is in the Details" with Dan Pashman, Dee Williams & Tomo Nakayama
In a show that takes us to Such Great Heights, poet Derrick Brown becomes Nick Cave after drinking his coffee, Portland Trailblazer Robin Lopez passes a "Nerdsketball" quiz with flying colors, and Hook and Anchor send the strains of strings and beautiful harmonies through the air.
This week, we talk about doing things the hard way as Against Football author Steve Almond reads his hate mail, LAIKA Studios' Georgina Hayns talks BoxTrolls and the patience of stop-motion puppeteers and Horse Feathers gets all rock-y with their new sound.
In an episode all about the unknown, The Gist's Mike Pesca tells Luke how to take the perfect nap, we go to great lengths to discover what scares "The Indiana Jones of Journalism" Nicholas Kristof (spoiled milk is on the list) and jazz great Bill Frisell plays a haunting version of "In My Life."
We reveal whether Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! host Peter Sagal actually refers to his own head as "The Pleasure Dome," thriller author Chelsea Cain teaches us how to win a knife fight, and Clem Snide's Eef Barzelay breaks our freaking hearts with his cover of "All the Way."
