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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Simon Rich - is a humorist, novelist, and television writer, known for being the second youngest writer ever hired on Saturday Night Live and writing the Thurber Prize-nominated humor collection Ant Farm: And Other Desperate Situations. His latest book is Last Girlfriend on Earth. Amanda Coplin - is the author of The Orchardist, published by HarperCollins. Musical guest - Black Prairie - is a progressive string ensemble who is made up of 3/5 of The Decemberists. Recently they were featured on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Live Wire! 215 Encore: Simon Rich, Amanda Coplin, musical guest Black Prairie
Studio Sessions: Temple Grandin
Live Wire! 213 Encore: Brian Grant, Nicole J. Georges, musical guest The Dandy Warhols
Brian Grant - A power Forward from 1994 - 2006 for the Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings, LA Lakers and Phoenix Suns. In 2008, Brian was diagnosed with Young Onset Parkinson's disease at the age of 36. In 2010, the Brian Grant Foundation was established to help those affected by the disease live active and fulfilling lives. Nicole J. Georges - is a zinester, illustrator, and pet portrait artist living in Portland, Oregon with her canine life-partner, Beija Georges. Nicole has been publishing her own zines and autobiographical comics for over fourteen years, the most recent of which, Invincible Summer, has been collected into an anthology. Musical guests - The Dandy Warhols - Alternative rock from Portland, Oregon. Their latest album is This Machine.
Live Wire! 221: Jen Kirkman, Dan Savage, The Builders and the Butchers
A standup comic who joined a fear of flying support group at Boston's Logan Airport called "Logan's Heroes," a band that's never once played the state of Texas without a disaster striking, and America's most read sex and relationship advice columnist.
Podcast Extra: Bobs Burgers Uncut Complete Interview with unaired 3rd song
Podcast Extra: Bobs Burgers Uncut Complete Interview With Unaired 3rd Song
A singer/songwriter who inspired NPR's first Tiny Desk Concert, a writer who used to host a variety show almost exactly like this one, an actress whose character on BOB'S BURGERS just learned that her dad has been putting murdered cows in the hamburgers, and a cartoonist with an obsessive love of horses.
Live Wire! 220: Kristen Schaal & Scott Jacobson, Lisa Hanawalt, Courtenay Hameister, musical guests Laura Gibson and John Roderick
STUD BOOK author Monica Drake shares some thoughts on motherhood, WTF's Marc Maron overshares from his new book ATTEMPTING NORMAL, and music from Natasha Kmeto, a hip-hop/electronica artist that SPIN magazine wants you to watch.
Live Wire! 219: Marc Maron, Monica Drake, musical guests Natasha Kmeto, The Doubleclicks
Live Wire! 214 Encore: James Urbaniak, John Roderick, musical guest Rose Cousins
James Urbaniak - is a film, television and voice actor who has appeared in such productions as Henry Fool, The Office, Homeland, Weeds, and voices Dr. Venture and Jonas Venture in the animated series The Venture Bros. He also hosts the podcast Getting it on with James Urbaniak. John Roderick - is a musician, writer, and podcaster. He is the lead singer and guitarist in the band The Long Winters and has appeared on albums by Nada Surf, Death Cab for Cutie, David Bazan and BOAT. He co-hosts the weekly podcast Roderick on the Line with Merlin Mann and was voted #3 on Seattle's "Sexiest Man" list of 2006. Musical guest - Rose Cousins - is a multi award-winning songwriter and recording artist from Canada. She was recently long-listed for the prestigious Polaris Prize in Canada. Her new album is We Have Made a Spark.
