Green!
Preservation of language, love, and integrity with poetry from Beverly Greenspan, William Greenway, and Mac Greene. Support the show
Mar 19, 2024•6 min•Season 4Ep. 27
Burning Bright
Passager’s weekly podcast, presenting poetry and prose by writers over 50. Hosted by Jon Shorr.
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Episodes
Bell and the Telephone
Longing for connection, with work from Joseph Hann, Dale Tushman, and Denisha Naidoo. Support the show
Mar 12, 2024•7 min•Season 4Ep. 26
Age Gap
Disconnections, with excerpts from stories by John Picard and James O’Sullivan. Support the show
Mar 05, 2024•6 min•Season 4Ep. 25
Music Therapy
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
Feb 27, 2024•7 min•Season 4Ep. 24
Remember the Alamo
Mangoes, messages and unsolicited advice, with work from Texan writers Parul Shah, Viviane Vives and Janet McCann. Support the show
Feb 20, 2024•7 min•Season 4Ep. 23
Valentine’s Day
Young love at any age, with work by Diana La Com, Sherman Pearl and Nancy Davidoff Kelton. Support the show
Feb 13, 2024•6 min•Season 4Ep. 22
Lincoln's Birthday
Unlikely links to Lincoln, with work by Joel Savishinsky, Betty Orr and Christine Lincoln. Support the show
Feb 06, 2024•7 min•Season 4Ep. 21
Poe and His Bird
Ravens and other metaphors, with poems by Jean Chapman Snow, Kathy Mangan and Jean Connor. Support the show
Jan 30, 2024•7 min•Season 4Ep. 20
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Descendants of the Holocaust, featuring pieces by Fedora Horowitz, Fran Markover and Wilderness Sarchild. Support the show
Jan 23, 2024•7 min•Season 4Ep. 19
Adventure and Hope
Spirited stories for your spirits, with pieces by Margarita Meyendorff, Leslie Gabel-Brett and Russell Rowland. Support the show
Jan 16, 2024•7 min•Season 4Ep. 18
On Hold
Phone purgatory, with poems by Judith Arcana and Dennis H. Lee. Support the show
Jan 09, 2024•5 min•Season 4Ep. 17
Mary Azrael Turns 80!
Celebrating the milestone of this Passager co-editor with an interview. Featuring poems by Mary Azrael and Jean Connor. Support the show
Dec 19, 2023•7 min•Season 4Ep. 16
Look! Up in the Sky!
Atmospheric insights, with poems by pilot Ann Darr and Carol Peck. Support the show
Dec 12, 2023•6 min•Season 4Ep. 15
Letters
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
Dec 05, 2023•7 min•Season 4Ep. 14
The 2024 Morgenthau Prize
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
Nov 28, 2023•7 min•Season 4Ep. 13
Thanksgiving
Finding gratitude, with poems by Ida Marie Beck, Terry S. Johnson, Marya Smith and Barbara Draper. Support the show
Nov 21, 2023•7 min•Season 4Ep. 12
A More Positive Spin
Threads of kindness, with poems by Elizabeth Kerlikowske, James K. Zimmerman and Larnell Custis Butler. Support the show
Nov 14, 2023•6 min•Season 4Ep. 11
Veterans Day
Post-war poems by Vietnam War veterans Eric Forsbergh and Wayne Karlin. Support the show
Nov 07, 2023•6 min•Season 4Ep. 10
Climate Change
This planet and our time on it, with poems by Robert Lowes, Constance Norgren and Margaret Lloyd. Support the show
Oct 31, 2023•6 min•Season 4Ep. 9
Israel-Gaza
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
Oct 24, 2023•16 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Appalachian Trail
From Maine to Georgia, and other realms, with poems by Penny Altman, James Wyshynski and Memye Curtis Tucker. Support the show
Oct 17, 2023•6 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Pride and preservation, with poems by Catherine Allen and Andrew Brown. Support the show
Oct 10, 2023•7 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Burning Bright's 150th Episode!
Celebrating this milestone with an excerpt from Dorothy Pula Strohecker (Issue 1) and poems by Sharron Singleton and Nan Fry (Issue 50). Support the show
Oct 03, 2023•6 min•Season 4Ep. 5
2023 Poetry Contest Issue
Featuring honorable mentions from the new issue of Passager , with poems by Joanne Holdridge, Liz Ahl, Laird Harrison and Nancy Lael Braun. Support the show
Sep 26, 2023•7 min•Season 4Ep. 4
A Time to Reflect
Shana tova , with wayfinding poems by Liz Abrams-Morley, Amy White and Jean Connor. Support the show
Sep 19, 2023•6 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Pets
In memory of Gracie Allen, the Passager Poodle, with poems by Ann Kolakowski, Peter Nash, Gene Grabiner and Gary McClain Gannaway. Support the show
Sep 12, 2023•6 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Back to School
Core memories, with pieces by Ellen Hirning Schmidt, Maureen Murphy Woodcock, Maryhelen Snyder. Support the show
Sep 05, 2023•7 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Auld Lang Syne
A look back on the last year at Passager and a peek ahead, with poems by Mark Elber, Sandy Longley, Christine O’Leary Rockey, Joyce S. Brown and Jo Miles. Support the show
Jul 25, 2023•8 min•Season 3Ep. 43
Vive la Marilyns!
Poems by Marilyn Churchill, Marilyn Wallner, and Marilyn McConnell, in memory of Marilyn Shorr. Support the show
Jul 18, 2023•6 min•Season 3Ep. 42
Bastille Day
Retrospect, with poems by Susan Lilley and Claudia Van Gerven, plus a peek inside the new issue with thoughts from contest winner George Drew. Support the show
Jul 11, 2023•6 min•Season 3Ep. 41
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