International Kissing Day
Celebrating International Kissing Day with romantic poems by John Davis, Clarinda Harriss and Terry S. Johnson. Support the show
Jul 01, 2025•7 min•Season 5Ep. 40
Burning Bright
Passager’s weekly podcast, presenting poetry and prose by writers over 50. Hosted by Jon Shorr.
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Episodes
Outgoing Interview with Editor Kendra Kopelke
A special episode of Burning Bright , featuring an outgoing interview with founding editor Kendra Kopelke. Support the show
Jun 24, 2025•19 min•Season 5Ep. 39
Summertime
Welcoming summer's arrival, featuring poems by Mary Jo Balestreri, Margaret Hoehn, Kirby Olson and Sarah Yerkes. Support the show
Jun 17, 2025•7 min•Season 5Ep. 38
Father’s Day
Commemorating family history, featuring work by Dan Shiffman, Roberta Schine and Nicholas Samaras, plus excerpts from an interview with Roy Cheng Tsung. Support the show
Jun 10, 2025•8 min•Season 5Ep. 37
The Pandemic Diaries
Anxiety and writing, featuring diary entries by Judith Beth Cohen, Kurt Schmidt and Cindy Cramer. Support the show
Jun 03, 2025•7 min•Season 5Ep. 36
Walt Whitman
Celebrating the American poet with long-lined poems by Matt Hohner, Lisa Couturier and Mark Elber. Support the show
May 27, 2025•9 min•Season 5Ep. 35
Water: An Ode
Harbor and danger, featuring four poems about water by Winifred Hughes, Sandy Longley, B. Morrison and Colin McKim. Support the show
May 20, 2025•7 min•Season 5Ep. 34
Florence Nightingale and Nursing
Three poet-nurses, featuring work by Marilee Pritchard, Laura Secord and Mary Hennessy. Support the show
May 13, 2025•7 min•Season 5Ep. 33
Freud & the Mental Health Trades
Turtles, poems and other coping mechanisms, featuring work by Susan Baur and Kelly DuMar. Support the show
May 06, 2025•6 min•Season 5Ep. 32
Audubon & Birds
Birds and guidance, featuring work by Anne Frydman, Gordon Grilz and Sandy Longley. Support the show
Apr 29, 2025•7 min•Season 5Ep. 31
David Bergman: Interview
A special episode of Burning Bright , featuring an interview with David Bergman, author of Plain Sight . Support the show
Apr 22, 2025•14 min•Season 5Ep. 30
Spring Holidays
Questions for God, featuring poems by James Littwin, Anastasia Vassos, Maryhelen Snyder and Wilderness Sarchild. Support the show
Apr 15, 2025•8 min•Season 5Ep. 29
Fountain of Youth
Three poems on aging, featuring centenarians Henry Morgenthau III, Sarah Yerkes and Jean Connor. Support the show
Apr 08, 2025•7 min•Season 5Ep. 28
Marriage
Routines or rites? Featuring poems by Kathy Mangan, David J. S. Pickering and Ann McGovern. Support the show
Apr 01, 2025•7 min•Season 5Ep. 27
Arianna's Picks
The pieces that impacted Passager intern Arianna D'Italia, featuring work by Maureen Murphy Woodcock and Nancy Jean Hill. Support the show
Mar 25, 2025•8 min•Season 5Ep. 26
Spring!
Three poems for the season and your spirits, featuring Penelope Scambly Schott, Rachel Heimowitz and Hunt Hawkins. Support the show
Mar 18, 2025•7 min•Season 5Ep. 25
Fran Markover: Interview
A special episode of Burning Bright , featuring an interview with Passager poet Fran Markover, author of Grandfather's Mandolin . Support the show
Mar 11, 2025•13 min•Season 5Ep. 24
Peace Corps
Humanitarian callings, featuring work by James McGrath, Dian Seidel and Terry S. Johnson. Support the show
Mar 05, 2025•8 min•Season 5Ep. 23
Longfellow
Geographic connections to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, featuring poems by Betty Ajemian, Marsh Muirhead and Alice Weiss. Support the show
Feb 25, 2025•9 min•Season 5Ep. 22
Eva's Picks
The pieces that impacted Passager intern Eva Fraser, featuring work by Kirsten Backstrom, Dori Hale and Rachel Eisler. Support the show
Feb 18, 2025•8 min•Season 5Ep. 21
Valentine's Day
Open hearts, featuring poems by Stefan Balan, Arthur Russell, Marda Messick and David Bergman. Support the show
Feb 11, 2025•7 min
Charles Dickens
Dickensian upbringings, featuring work by Margo Davis, Eaton Jackson and Richard Moore. Support the show
Feb 04, 2025•7 min•Season 5Ep. 19
Winifred Hughes: Interview
A special episode of Burning Bright , featuring an interview with 2024 Henry Morgenthau III Prize Winner Winifred Hughes. Support the show
Jan 28, 2025•11 min•Season 5Ep. 18
Editors’ Picks
Passager editors discuss the pieces that left lasting impressions, featuring Virginia B. Anderson, Richard Frank Gillum and Kathy O’Fallon. Support the show
Jan 21, 2025•8 min•Season 5Ep. 17
Roget’s Thesaurus
Language and expression, featuring poems by Stephen Cribari, Carolyn Moore, Laura D. Weeks and Keli Osborn. Support the show
Jan 14, 2025•8 min•Season 5Ep. 16
Birthday Reflections
Where you’ve been and where you’re going, featuring four poems by Jean Nordhaus, David Galloway, Naomi Thiers and Jaque Reed. Support the show
Jan 07, 2025•7 min•Season 5Ep. 15
Trees
Beginnings, journeys, and fate, featuring poems by Maryhelen Snyder, Shirley Windward and Gilbert Arzola. Support the show
Dec 17, 2024•7 min•Season 5Ep. 12
Dogs
Companionship, featuring excerpts and poems by Andrew Brown, Gary McClain Gannaway and R. A. Stewart. Support the show
Dec 10, 2024•6 min
The Village of New Ghosts
A peek inside Passager’s newest title, featuring poems by Morgenthau Poetry Prize Winner Winifred Hughes. Support the show
Dec 03, 2024•5 min•Season 5Ep. 12
Gratitude
For moments big and small, featuring poems by Wilderness Sarchild, Sandy Longley, Michael Miller and James K. Zimmerman. Support the show
Nov 26, 2024•7 min•Season 5Ep. 11
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