Exploding Whale Day
Commemorating an unusual anniversary with three poems by Oregonians Catherine McGuire, Henry Hughes and Kelly Sievers. Support the show
Nov 19, 2024•7 min•Season 5Ep. 10
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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
Veterans Day
The personal impacts of war, featuring poems by Judith Slater, Winifred Hughes, James McGrath and Michael Miller. Support the show
Nov 12, 2024•7 min
“I learned to nourish myself”
Conditions, cures and coping, featuring poems by Liz Abrams-Morley, Mary Jo Balistreri and Winifred Hughes. Support the show
Nov 05, 2024•7 min•Season 5Ep. 9
The Immigrant Experience
Heritage and homecomings, featuring work by Regina Dilgen, Georgia Gojmerac-Leiner and Parul Shah. Support the show
Oct 29, 2024•8 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Chopin, Music and Dance
Rapture and romance, featuring work by Leon Arden, Nora Percival, Susanna Rich and Allen C. West. Support the show
Oct 22, 2024•7 min•Season 5Ep. 7
Autumn
Apples, spirits, and more, featuring poems by Jean Connor, Nancy Naomi Carlson, Emily Hayes Whittle, and Fran Markover. Support the show
Oct 15, 2024•8 min•Season 5Ep. 6
The Great Chicago Fire
Art and divinity, featuring Chicago poets Ruth Goring, Patricia McMillen and Ruth Hoberman. Support the show
Oct 08, 2024•8 min•Season 5Ep. 5
Meet the 2024 Passager Poet
A special episode featuring an interview with 2024 Passager Poetry Contest winner Joyce Schmid. Support the show
Oct 01, 2024•13 min•Season 5Ep. 4
The 2024 Poetry Contest
Selections from the brand new issue of Passager, featuring honorable mentions by Susan Zimmerman, Judith Bowles, Bonnie Jacobson, John Biggs and Mark Fryburg. Support the show
Sep 24, 2024•7 min•Season 5Ep. 3
Law & Writing
From attorneys into authors, featuring work by John Glowney, Freddie Lee Wilson & Craig Hukill, and Margaret Flaherty. Support the show
Sep 17, 2024•7 min•Season 5Ep. 2
The Empowered Reader
From young readers to older writers, featuring work by Bonnie Naradzay, Danuta Kosk-Kosicka and Michael Pikna. Support the show
Sep 10, 2024•7 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Cape Cod
Nature and mortality, featuring poets Wilderness Sarchild, Kathy Shorr, Fran Markover and Sandy Longley live at the Wellfleet Public Library. Support the show
Jul 30, 2024•9 min•Season 4Ep. 46
Moon Walk
Adventure and anthropomorphism featuring poems by Ann Howells, Ann Rayburn and Beth Paulson. Support the show
Jul 23, 2024•7 min•Season 4Ep. 45
Rosetta Stone
Language barriers and gateways, featuring work by Lee Haas Norris, Leah Johnson, Diana Anhalt, and a translation by Mary Fung and David Lunde. Support the show
Jul 16, 2024•8 min•Season 4Ep. 44
Kissing
Lovers old and new, featuring work by Susan Cohen, Catherine McGeehan, Penelope Scambly Schott and Victoria Korth. Support the show
Jul 09, 2024•7 min•Season 4Ep. 43
Joke Day
The silly and the serious, featuring pieces by Anne Anthony, Susan Morse and Fran Markover. Support the show
Jul 02, 2024•8 min•Season 4Ep. 42
Gay Pride
Love and resilience, featuring poems by Mary Cronin, Karen Hones and Patti Ruskey. Support the show
Jun 25, 2024•5 min•Season 4Ep. 41
Father's Day
Dads here and elsewhere, featuring work by Angelo Giambra, Joyce Burd Hicks, and Susan Jo Russell. Support the show
Jun 18, 2024•7 min•Season 4Ep. 40
Anne Frank & The Triple Crown
Separations and speculations, featuring work by Joseph Levy (translated by Gloria DeVidas Kirchheimer) and Peter Nash. Support the show
Jun 11, 2024•6 min•Season 4Ep. 39
Cats
Companions and complexities, featuring work by Carol Clark Williams, Claire Kahane and Cathleen Cohen. Support the show
Jun 04, 2024•6 min•Season 4Ep. 38
Daughters & Granddaughters
Play and parenting, featuring work by Donna Emerson, Rosalie Sanara Petrouske and Donald Crane. Support the show
May 28, 2024•5 min•Season 4Ep. 37
Memorial Day
War and chance, featuring pieces by David Bergman, Diane Oatley, Gary Stein and J. Philip Hysell. Support the show
May 22, 2024•6 min•Season 4Ep. 36
The Ordinary
And anything but, featuring poems by Sandy Longley, Linda Goodman Robiner and Fran Markover. Support the show
May 14, 2024•6 min
Language Quirks
Figures of speech, featuring poems by Elizabeth Klise, Andy Macera and Conrad Hilberry. Support the show
May 07, 2024•7 min•Season 4Ep. 34
The Athlete
Physical and personal wrestlings, featuring poems by Doug Arnold, John McKernan, Susan Okie and David Sloan. Support the show
Apr 30, 2024•9 min•Season 4Ep. 33
Shakespeare’s Birthday!
Celebrating with sonnets by Cheryl A. Corey and Lana Ayers, plus a peek inside Winifred Hughes’s 2024 Henry Morgenthau Poetry prize-winning manuscript. Support the show
Apr 23, 2024•6 min•Season 4Ep. 32
Art
Inspiration and speculation, featuring poems by Donna L. Emerson, Paul Fisher and Sarah Yerkes. Support the show
Apr 16, 2024•7 min•Season 4Ep. 31
Key Bridge
Resistance and resilience, featuring work by Roy Cheng Tsung, John Glowney and Penelope Scambly Schott. Support the show
Apr 09, 2024•7 min
Palindromes
Timely wordplay, with poems by Ronald Vossler, Shelley Smithson and Helen Wickes. Support the show
Apr 02, 2024•7 min•Season 4Ep. 29
Peek Inside the New Issue
Working through it, with pieces from Ellie Anderson, Etta Brandt, and Nikia Leopold. Support the show
Mar 26, 2024•5 min•Season 4Ep. 28
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