Passager
Burning Bright
Passager’s weekly podcast, presenting poetry and prose by writers over 50. Hosted by Jon Shorr.
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Episodes
Key Bridge 09.04.2024 6:56
Resistance and resilience, featuring work by Roy Cheng Tsung, John Glowney and Penelope Scambly Schott. Support the show
Palindromes 02.04.2024 6:32
Timely wordplay, with poems by Ronald Vossler, Shelley Smithson and Helen Wickes. Support the show
Peek Inside the New Issue 26.03.2024 5:24
Working through it, with pieces from Ellie Anderson, Etta Brandt, and Nikia Leopold. Support the show
Green! 19.03.2024 6:16
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 6:41
Longing for connection, with work from Joseph Hann, Dale Tushman, and Denisha Naidoo. Support the show
Age Gap 05.03.2024 6:27
Disconnections, with excerpts from stories by John Picard and James O’Sullivan. Support the show
Music Therapy 27.02.2024 7:12
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 6:51
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 6:17
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 7:02
Unlikely links to Lincoln, with work by Joel Savishinsky, Betty Orr and Christine Lincoln. Support the show
Poe and His Bird 30.01.2024 7:08
Ravens and other metaphors, with poems by Jean Chapman Snow, Kathy Mangan and Jean Connor. Support the show
Holocaust Remembrance Day 23.01.2024 7:00
Descendants of the Holocaust, featuring pieces by Fedora Horowitz, Fran Markover and Wilderness Sarchild. Support the show
Adventure and Hope 16.01.2024 6:59
Spirited stories for your spirits, with pieces by Margarita Meyendorff, Leslie Gabel-Brett and Russell Rowland. Support the show
On Hold 09.01.2024 5:19
Phone purgatory, with poems by Judith Arcana and Dennis H. Lee. Support the show
Mary Azrael Turns 80! 19.12.2023 7:11
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 6:23
Atmospheric insights, with poems by pilot Ann Darr and Carol Peck. Support the show
Letters 05.12.2023 6:54
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 7:24
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 6:35
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 6:29
Threads of kindness, with poems by Elizabeth Kerlikowske, James K. Zimmerman and Larnell Custis Butler. Support the show
Veterans Day 07.11.2023 6:14
Post-war poems by Vietnam War veterans Eric Forsbergh and Wayne Karlin. Support the show
Climate Change 31.10.2023 5:49
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 15:33
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 6:19
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 6:30
Pride and preservation, with poems by Catherine Allen and Andrew Brown. Support the show
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