Passager

Burning Bright

Arts EN ↓ 275 episodes

Passager’s weekly podcast, presenting poetry and prose by writers over 50. Hosted by Jon Shorr.

Author

Passager

Category

Arts

Podcast website

www.passagerbooks.com

Latest episode

Jul 7, 2026

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Episodes

Key Bridge 09.04.2024

Resistance and resilience, featuring work by Roy Cheng Tsung, John Glowney and Penelope Scambly Schott. Support the show

Palindromes 02.04.2024

Timely wordplay, with poems by Ronald Vossler, Shelley Smithson and Helen Wickes.  Support the show

Peek Inside the New Issue 26.03.2024

Working through it, with pieces from Ellie Anderson, Etta Brandt, and Nikia Leopold. Support the show

Green! 19.03.2024

Preservation of language, love, and integrity with poetry from Beverly Greenspan, William Greenway, and Mac Greene. Support the show

Bell and the Telephone 12.03.2024

Longing for connection, with work from Joseph Hann, Dale Tushman, and Denisha Naidoo. Support the show

Age Gap 05.03.2024

Disconnections, with excerpts from stories by John Picard and James O’Sullivan. Support the show

Music Therapy 27.02.2024

The power of melodies, memories and reveries, with poems by Olive Kohl Giese, Kathleen O’Toole, Diana La Com and Allen C. West. Support the show

Remember the Alamo 20.02.2024

Mangoes, messages and unsolicited advice, with work from Texan writers Parul Shah, Viviane Vives and Janet McCann. Support the show

Valentine’s Day 13.02.2024

Young love at any age, with work by Diana La Com, Sherman Pearl and Nancy Davidoff Kelton.  Support the show

Lincoln's Birthday 06.02.2024

Unlikely links to Lincoln, with work by Joel Savishinsky, Betty Orr and Christine Lincoln. Support the show

Poe and His Bird 30.01.2024

Ravens and other metaphors, with poems by Jean Chapman Snow, Kathy Mangan and Jean Connor.  Support the show

Holocaust Remembrance Day 23.01.2024

Descendants of the Holocaust, featuring pieces by Fedora Horowitz, Fran Markover and Wilderness Sarchild. Support the show

Adventure and Hope 16.01.2024

Spirited stories for your spirits, with pieces by Margarita Meyendorff, Leslie Gabel-Brett and Russell Rowland. Support the show

On Hold 09.01.2024

Phone purgatory, with poems by Judith Arcana and Dennis H. Lee. Support the show

Mary Azrael Turns 80! 19.12.2023

Celebrating the milestone of this Passager co-editor with an interview. Featuring poems by Mary Azrael and Jean Connor. Support the show

Look! Up in the Sky! 12.12.2023

Atmospheric insights, with poems by pilot Ann Darr and Carol Peck. Support the show

Letters 05.12.2023

Into the archive, featuring an epistolary poem by Andrew Brown, and excerpts from cover letters and thank-you notes sent by Passager's readers and submitters over the years.  Support the show

The 2024 Morgenthau Prize 28.11.2023

Passager's first book prize for a writer 70 or older, with poems by its previous winners Dennis H. Lee and Mark Elber, and judge David Keplinger. Support the show

Thanksgiving 21.11.2023

Finding gratitude, with poems by Ida Marie Beck, Terry S. Johnson, Marya Smith and Barbara Draper.  Support the show

A More Positive Spin 14.11.2023

Threads of kindness, with poems by Elizabeth Kerlikowske, James K. Zimmerman and Larnell Custis Butler.  Support the show

Veterans Day 07.11.2023

Post-war poems by Vietnam War veterans Eric Forsbergh and Wayne Karlin.  Support the show

Climate Change 31.10.2023

This planet and our time on it, with poems by Robert Lowes, Constance Norgren and Margaret Lloyd. Support the show

Israel-Gaza 24.10.2023

A 16-minute episode reflecting on the Israel-Gaza conflict with offerings from Christine S. O'Connor, Shelley List, James McGrath, Ed Vojik, Rose M. Smith, Dori Hale, Jerome Gagnon, Katharyn Howd Machan, Maryhelen Snyder and Adrienne Unger.  Support the show

Appalachian Trail 17.10.2023

From Maine to Georgia, and other realms, with poems by Penny Altman, James Wyshynski and Memye Curtis Tucker. Support the show

Indigenous Peoples’ Day 10.10.2023

Pride and preservation, with poems by Catherine Allen and Andrew Brown.  Support the show

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