New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Paul F. Tompkins and Meklit Comedian and podcaster Paul F. Tompkins chats about taking his variety show Varietopia back on the r... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Chuck Klosterman, and Making Movies (REBROADCAST) In this rebroadcast, writer Chuck Klosterman (Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs) unpacks his newest book T... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Sam Sanders, Sandi DuBowski, and The Lowest Pair Radio host and podcaster Sam Sanders makes the case for the three TV shows that he believes changed... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Jon Mooallem, Jenny Nguyen, and Laura Veirs (REBROADCAST) Writer Jon Mooallem (The New York Times Magazine) discusses his newest collection of essays Serious... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Aubrey Gordon, Jean Grae, and Rogê Podcaster Aubrey Gordon dives deep into topics tackled on her hit show Maintenance Phase, including... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Lauren Fleshman, Joey Clift, and Who Is She? (REBROADCAST) Record-breaking runner Lauren Fleshman unpacks her New York Times bestseller, Good for a Girl, a par... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Melissa Febos, Evan Ratliff, and Tropa Magica Writer Melissa Febos discusses her latest book The Dry Season, wherein she explores the transformati... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Dylan Marron, and Brittany Davis (REBROADCAST) Writer and podcaster Dylan Marron chats about his book and podcast of the same name, Conversations w... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: J. Kenji López-Alt, Ann Powers, and Khatumu Celebrated chef J. Kenji López-Alt schools us on the food history of teriyaki, nachos, and broccoli... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Open Book: Melissa Febos Author Melissa Febos (The Dry Season) opens up about her first addiction: books. Then we hear why it... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Ross Gay, Lane Regan, and Baroque Betty with Mood Area 52 (REBROADCAST) Poet and essayist Ross Gay (Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude) dissects privilege, pain, and skateboard... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Open Book: Sam Sanders Radio host and podcaster Sam Sanders (The Sam Sanders Show, Vibe Check) chats about promoting a book... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Gabe Henry, William Nuʻutupu Giles, and Sir Woman Writer Gabe Henry unpacks his book Enough Is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Eezier to Spe... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Open Book: Sloane Crosley Author Sloane Crosley (Grief Is for People) confesses the origin of her aversion to audiobooks, plus... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Kathryn Schultz, Keanon Lowe, and John Craigie (REBROADCAST) Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Kathryn Schulz (The New Yorker) unpacks her memoir Lost & Found, which... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Open Book: Omar El Akkad Journalist and author Omar El Akkad (One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This) explains... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Rick Steves and The Lullaby Project Legendary travel writer Rick Steves reflects on his days adventuring down "the hippie trail" from Is... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Open Book: Ann Powers Music critic Ann Powers (Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell) dishes about her oddball reading j... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Saeed Jones, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and The Lowest Pair (REBROADCAST) Poet and Kirkus Prize winner Saeed Jones unpacks his newest collection Alive at the End of the World... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Open Book: Scaachi Koul Slate writer Scaachi Koul (Sucker Punch) reveals her delinquent beginnings as a serious reader and w... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Karen Russell, Sam Miller, and David Ramirez Award-winning author Karen Russell takes us inside her "dust bowl epic" novel The Antidote, which em... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Open Book: Aubrey Gordon Podcast star Aubrey Gordon (Maintenance Phase) discusses what a bookstore's poetry section reveals a... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Bruce Campbell, Sara Schaefer, and Emi Pop (REBROADCAST) Actor and cult film icon Bruce Campbell delights in playing age-appropriate roles and explains why h... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Open Book: Karen Russell Award-winning author Karen Russell (Swamplandia!) chats about the joy of reading a book you love wri... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Kelsey McKinney, Omar El Akkad, and Kuinka Podcaster and writer Kelsey McKinney (You Didn't Hear This From Me: Notes on the Art of Gossip) "spi... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Introducing "Open Book" with Elena Passarello Open Book is a new literary podcast that "cracks the spine" on a writer's most intimate relationship... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Danez Smith, Rachel Khong, and Danielia Cotton (REBROADCAST) Acclaimed author Rachel Khong explores the themes in her newest novel Real Americans, including what... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Lidia Yuknavitch, Felipe Torres Medina, and Pedro the Lion Bestselling author Lidia Yuknavitch discusses her new memoir Reading the Waves, which explores memor... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Jamie Loftus, Hari Kondabolu, and Blitzen Trapper (REBROADCAST) Bestselling author Jamie Loftus unpacks her latest podcast Sixteenth Minute of Fame, where she talks... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Scaachi Koul and Emma Ruth Rundle Slate writer Scaachi Koul unpacks her latest book of essays Sucker Punch, in which she delves into h... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Danzy Senna, Penny Lane, and Johnny Franco and His Real Brother Dom (REBROADCAST) Author Danzy Senna unpacks the struggles of her protagonist to write the quintessential biracial com... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Kari Ferrell, Zak Toscani, and Ural Thomas & The Pain Writer and activist Kari Ferrell recounts her rise and fall as the "Hipster Grifter," New York City'... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Stephen Graham Jones, Alex Falcone, and Tropa Magica (REBROADCAST) Horror author Stephen Graham Jones unpacks the ethos of a "slasher" and explains why, after more tha... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: "Poetry Month Special" with Paisley Rekdal, Hanif Abdurraqib, Anis Mojgani, Kaveh Akbar, and Kasey Anderson This special edition of Live Wire celebrates National Poetry Month, with performances by renowned po... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Carvell Wallace, Joy Sullivan, and Danielle Durack (REBROADCAST) New York Times bestselling author and podcaster Carvell Wallace unpacks his transformative memoir Another Word for Love, where he mines his own histor... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Morgan Parker, Georgia Cloepfil, and Rogê Poet and essayist Morgan Parker (You Get What You Pay For) unpacks the highs and lows of therapy... and how crying in The Gap afterwards is cathartic;... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Shalom Auslander, Simon Shieh, and Kara Jackson (REBROADCAST) In his memoir Feh, writer Shalom Auslander attempts to escape his biblical upbringing and carve his own path, with a little help from Kafka; poet and... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Ira Madison III & Riki Lindhome Cultural critic and podcaster Ira Madison III (Pure Innocent Fun) discusses how popular culture has largely shaped his reality... a notion that is put... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Roger Reeves, Sean Jordan, and Erin Rae (REBROADCAST) Poet Roger Reeves explains how he tried to reach the universal through the personal in his first collection of essays Dark Days; stand-up comedian Sea... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Bruce Campbell, Sara Schaefer, and Emi Pop Actor and cult film icon Bruce Campbell delights in playing age-appropriate roles and explains why horses are such high maintenance actors; comedian S... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Emily Nussbaum and Pink Martini (REBROADCAST) Pulitzer Prize-winning author Emily Nussbaum (The New Yorker) unpacks her book Cue the Sun: The Invention of Reality TV, which explores our obsession... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Rachel Khong, Danez Smith, and Danielia Cotton Acclaimed author Rachel Khong explores the themes in her newest novel Real Americans, including what it means to bridge cultural and generational divi... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Ijeoma Oluo, Sarah Marshall, and Anna Tivel (REBROADCAST) Writer and activist Ijeoma Oluo unpacks her new book Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World—and How You C... Episode Download

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New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Tracy K. Smith, Saeed Jones, and Meklit (Black History Month Special) In this Black History Month special episode, former U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith discusses her memoir To Free the Captives, which looks to uncove... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Damp January: How ‘Bout We Call It a Night? (with Nora McInerny) In the final episode of Damp January, Luke talks to his friend Nora McInerny – author and podcast host of Thanks for Asking – about what it means to b... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Annie Rauwerda, Ivan McClellan, and Sami Braman (REBROADCAST) Annie Rauwerda, founder of the social media account Depths of Wikipedia, shares some more obscure entries from the website, including "The Kentucky Me... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Damp January: Is Sobriety... Forever? (with Moshe Kasher) Was it sheer alcoholism or just adolescent rage? Comedian, podcaster, and memoirist Moshe Kasher (Subculture Vulture) poses this question to himself i... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Jamie Loftus, Hari Kondabolu, and Blitzen Trapper Bestselling author Jamie Loftus unpacks her latest podcast Sixteenth Minute of Fame, where she talks to "internet famous" folks of the past, like NFL... Episode Download

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Damp January: What's the Big Deal? (with Gary Shteyngart) What's really the harm in "moderate" (whatever that means) drinking? According to New York Times bestselling author Gary Shteyngart, absolutely nothin... Episode Download