Presidents' Day
Presidential namesakes, with poems by Rossme Taylor, Tom Buchanan and Leah Johnson. Support the show
Feb 15, 2022•7 min•Season 2Ep. 32
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Passager’s weekly podcast, presenting poetry and prose by writers over 50. Hosted by Jon Shorr.
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Episodes
Valentine's Day
Love and romance, with poems by Denise Rue, C. W. Emerson, Marge Piercy, Chuck Madansky and Dorothy Weil. Support the show
Feb 08, 2022•7 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Winter Animals
The Groundhog, the Mouse and the Crow, with pieces by Laura Wisniewski, Alene Bricken and Jean Connor. Support the show
Feb 01, 2022•6 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Three Sonnets and a Pantoum
Well and lesser-known forms, with poems by Lee Warner Brooks, Elinor Horwitz, Norma Chapman and Bonnie Naradzay. Support the show
Jan 25, 2022•6 min•Season 2Ep. 29
In Memory of Jean Connor
A tribute episode to the remarkable poet. Support the show
Jan 18, 2022•6 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Hope
Springtime and other feelings we need right now, with poems by Barbara Stout, James McGrath, Gilbert Arzola and Shirley J. Brewer. Support the show
Jan 11, 2022•7 min•Season 2Ep. 27
The Ingleside Poets
Celebrating new passions in old age, with poems by the Poetry Salon of Ingleside at Rock Creek. Support the show
Dec 28, 2021•10 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Ox Horn Bend
Fathers and long-awaited answers, with excerpts from Ox Horn Bend by Roy Cheng Tsung. Support the show
Dec 21, 2021•6 min•Season 2Ep. 25
The Solitude of Memory
Empathy and experience, with poems about love, war and blindness, from The Solitude of Memory by Michael Miller. Support the show
Dec 14, 2021•7 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Grandfather's Mandolin
Ancestors traveling their paths to the future, with excerpts from Grandfather’s Mandolin by Fran Markover. Support the show
Dec 07, 2021•7 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Payments
The price of dowry and passage, with pieces by Gavin Kayner and Renny Golden. Support the show
Nov 30, 2021•8 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Thanksgiving
Cooking and expectation, with pieces by Maureen Hossbacher, Jim Taylor and Larnell Custis Butler. Support the show
Nov 23, 2021•7 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Time
How we experience time, with poems by Steve Matanle, Diana Anhalt, Jennifer Burd and Sarah Yerkes. Support the show
Nov 16, 2021•6 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Veterans Day
The people that survived, with pieces by James McGrath and Mark G. Carter. Support the show
Nov 09, 2021•6 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Things in Trees
Apples, birds and wishes, with poems by Jean Connor, Fran Markover, Pat Anthony and Jennifer Wallace. Support the show
Nov 02, 2021•7 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Driving
Unexpected destinations, with poems by Roger Pfingston, John Hovde, Jesse Arthur Stone and Shirley Brewer. Support the show
Oct 26, 2021•6 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Churches
Churches and change, with pieces by Amy Gottfried and Sharon Doyle. Support the show
Oct 19, 2021•5 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Masks
Masks: literal and metaphorical, with pieces by Miriam Karmel, Art Cohen, Ruth Beker and Henry Morgenthau III. Support the show
Oct 12, 2021•7 min•Season 2Ep. 15
2021 Passager Poet
Highlighting the 2021 Passager Poet Gail DiMaggio with two of her contest-winning "mettas." Support the show
Oct 05, 2021•6 min•Season 2Ep. 14
2021 Contest Issue
Four poems from the new poetry contest issue, by Marie Fochios, Gail Newman, Colleen Anderson and Jan Mordenski. Support the show
Sep 27, 2021•7 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Autumn
Memories of young passion, with poems by Victoria Korth and Kathy Mangan, and in honor of National Cooking Day – a poem by Ruth Mota. Support the show
Sep 21, 2021•7 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Music
Two pieces sort of about music, by Donna Pucciani and Timothy Reilly. Support the show
Sep 14, 2021•6 min•Season 1Ep. 11
September
Football, Grandparents Day and Rosh Hashanah, with poems by Gilbert Arzola, Liliane Roy Anders and Fran Markover. Support the show
Sep 08, 2021•5 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Puttin' It All on Hold
Summer break, with poems by Jennifer Wallace and Judith Arcana. Support the show
Jul 27, 2021•5 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Poems or Girdles?
Two form poems, by Antoinette Kennedy and Lynn Dizard. Support the show
Jul 20, 2021•6 min•Ep. 8
You Can Count On It
Three pieces about numbers from Wilderness Sarchild, Christine O'Connor and Marie Anderson. Support the show
Jul 13, 2021•7 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Classical Surprises
Detention, indigestion, and other muses with pieces by Leon Arden and Dennis H. Lee. Support the show
Jul 06, 2021•5 min•Season 2Ep. 6
4th of July
Two very different takes on fireworks, with pieces by Jack Ritter and Victoria Wyatt. Support the show
Jun 29, 2021•6 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Juneteenth
This episode celebrates Juneteenth, with pieces by Mary Carter Smith, Lucille Clifton and Larnell Custis Butler. Support the show
Jun 22, 2021•6 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Father's Day
Four pieces about fathers and food, by Ruth Holzer, Greg Moglia, Shirley J. Brewer and Roy Cheng Tsung. Support the show
Jun 15, 2021•6 min•Season 2Ep. 3
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