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Live Wire with Luke Burbank

Live Wire with Luke Burbank

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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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Episodes
  • Open Book: Omar El Akkad

    Open Book: Omar El Akkad
    Jul 9 2025

    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 up in media-censored Qatar led him to read anything he could gets his hands on — from Little Women to Dennis Rodman’s autobiography. Plus, Omar and Elena bond over the power of the perfect book title.

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    23 mins
  • Rick Steves and The Lullaby Project

    Rick Steves and The Lullaby Project
    Jul 4 2025

    Legendary travel writer Rick Steves reflects on his days adventuring down "the hippie trail" from Istanbul to Kathmandu... and we discover why you might find him eating at McDonald's in Paris; plus The Lullaby Project brings together singer-songwriter Stephanie Schneiderman and the Oregon Symphony to perform a song co-written by an incarcerated mother for her child.

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    52 mins
  • Open Book: Ann Powers

    Open Book: Ann Powers
    Jul 2 2025

    Music critic Ann Powers (Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell) dishes about her oddball reading journey, from staging puppet shows as a library-dwelling misfit kid to struggling to keep up with her favorite writers on Substack.

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    18 mins
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I look forward to Livewire every week. Its winning combination of interviews with author, comedian, and having a cool band on while opening with the best news is a winning combination. Luke and Elena are so Charming. I always giggling and retelling stories to my family that I heard on this shop. They are my pop culture go to. ❤️ Love is not too strong of a word to describe how I feel for this show.

please dont ever leave me live wire 🙏

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