![Live Wire Radio show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/039/092/small/live-wire-radio.jpg)
Summary: Host Luke Burbank and announcer Elena Passarello share stories of fictional and nonfictional dissertations; writer Chuck Klosterman explains why a puma in an airplane bathroom appears in his newest collection "Raised in Captivity;" humorist Tiffany Midge pokes holes in the notion of the “contemporary” Native writer; and indie pop group Tacocat performs “Grains of Salt” from their latest album "This Mess Is a Place."