Live Wire with Luke Burbank
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Live Wire with Luke Burbank
Like late-night for radio, Live Wire is hosted by Luke Burbank (Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me) and artfully blends an eclectic mix of artists, musicians, writers, filmmakers, comedians, and cultural observers.
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Mary Roach, Janesh Rahlan, and Amy Millan
Popular science writer Mary Roach dives into lab-grown organs, historical nose jobs, and unlikely hair transplants, as covered in her latest book Repl...
Dana Schwartz, Jenny Odell, and Black Belt Eagle Scout (REBROADCAST)
Novelist Dana Schwartz unpacks her gothic fantasy duology, Anatomy and Immortality, then dives into her podcast Noble Blood, which explores the bizarr...
Paul F. Tompkins and Meklit
Comedian and podcaster Paul F. Tompkins chats about taking his variety show Varietopia back on the road after his (surprise!) coronation as Live Wire'...
Chuck Klosterman, and Making Movies (REBROADCAST)
In this rebroadcast, writer Chuck Klosterman (Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs) unpacks his newest book The Nineties and admits how the "slacker ethos" of...
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 culture; filmmaker Sandi DuBowski discusses his do...
Jon Mooallem, Jenny Nguyen, and Laura Veirs (REBROADCAST)
Writer Jon Mooallem (The New York Times Magazine) discusses his newest collection of essays Serious Face and why you shouldn't tell your friend they l...
Aubrey Gordon, Jean Grae, and Rogê
Podcaster Aubrey Gordon dives deep into topics tackled on her hit show Maintenance Phase, including the monopolization of weight-loss medications; mul...
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 part-memoir, part-manifesto which challenges the male...
Melissa Febos, Evan Ratliff, and Tropa Magica
Writer Melissa Febos discusses her latest book The Dry Season, wherein she explores the transformative—and at turns erotic—year she spent celibate; jo...
Dylan Marron, and Brittany Davis (REBROADCAST)
Writer and podcaster Dylan Marron chats about his book and podcast of the same name, Conversations with People Who Hate Me, and how a phone call can f...
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 cheddar soup; music critic Ann Powers unpacks her...
Open Book: Melissa Febos
Author Melissa Febos (The Dry Season) opens up about her first addiction: books. Then we hear why it's important to read "books of the people," which...
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 skateboarding, all themes from his newest book Inciting Joy;...
Open Book: Sam Sanders
Radio host and podcaster Sam Sanders (The Sam Sanders Show, Vibe Check) chats about promoting a book through wearable merch and imagines his “dream ca...
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 Spell, which humorously explores the centuries-long e...
Open Book: Sloane Crosley
Author Sloane Crosley (Grief Is for People) confesses the origin of her aversion to audiobooks, plus tells us which adaptations are better than their...
Kathryn Schulz, Keanon Lowe, and John Craigie (REBROADCAST)
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Kathryn Schulz (The New Yorker) unpacks her memoir Lost & Found, which weaves together the loss of her father with findi...
Open Book: Omar El Akkad
Journalist and author Omar El Akkad (One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This) explains why book clubs don’t work for him and how growing...
Rick Steves and The Lullaby Project
Legendary travel writer Rick Steves reflects on his days adventuring down "the hippie trail" from Istanbul to Kathmandu... and we discover why you mig...
Open Book: Ann Powers
Music critic Ann Powers (Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell) dishes about her oddball reading journey, from staging puppet shows as a library-dwe...
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 and why Billie Holiday had a bone to pick with Ma...
Open Book: Scaachi Koul
Slate writer Scaachi Koul (Sucker Punch) reveals her delinquent beginnings as a serious reader and which reading behavior she finds inexcusable. Plus,...
Karen Russell, Sam Miller, and David Ramirez
Award-winning author Karen Russell takes us inside her "dust bowl epic" novel The Antidote, which employs the fantastical to comment on memory, climat...
Open Book: Aubrey Gordon
Podcast star Aubrey Gordon (Maintenance Phase) discusses what a bookstore’s poetry section reveals about its true nature, the thrill of a literary “ru...
Bruce Campbell, Sara Schaefer, and Emi Pop (REBROADCAST)
Actor and cult film icon Bruce Campbell delights in playing age-appropriate roles and explains why horses are such high maintenance actors; comedian S...
Open Book: Karen Russell
Award-winning author Karen Russell (Swamplandia!) chats about the joy of reading a book you love written by someone you love, how Stephen King led to...
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) "spills the tea" on all things gossip — from prayer ci...
Introducing "Open Book" with Elena Passarello
Open Book is a literary limited series that “cracks the spine” on a writer’s most intimate relationship: the one they have with books. Each episode, a...
Danez Smith, Rachel Khong, and Danielia Cotton (REBROADCAST)
Acclaimed author Rachel Khong explores the themes in her newest novel Real Americans, including what it means to bridge cultural and generational divi...
Lidia Yuknavitch, Felipe Torres Medina, and Pedro the Lion
Bestselling author Lidia Yuknavitch discusses her new memoir Reading the Waves, which explores memory and how a shift in position can reshape our comp...
Jamie Loftus, Hari Kondabolu, and Blitzen Trapper (REBROADCAST)
Bestselling author Jamie Loftus unpacks her latest podcast Sixteenth Minute of Fame, where she talks to "internet famous" folks of the past, like NFL...
Scaachi Koul and Emma Ruth Rundle
Slate writer Scaachi Koul unpacks her latest book of essays Sucker Punch, in which she delves into her unexpected birth, the dissolution of her marria...
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 comedy, in her newest (and very meta) novel Colored T...
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's infamous scammer of the late aughts, as told in...
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 than 30 novels, he can't stop writing; stand-up comed...
"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 poets Hanif Abdurraqib, Anis Mojgani, and Kaveh Akba...
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...
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;...
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...
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...