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Trent Kay Maverick

Wordplay: Chakabuku

November 3, 2017

A new episode of Wordplay, Chakabuku! Featured poems listed below: My Chakabuku Mama, by Jewelle Gomez Poem of the Future, by J.R. Solonche Something, by James Valvis Egg, by C.G. …

Read moreWordplay: Chakabuku

http://www.wjcu.org/files/2017/11/wordplay_chakabuku_110317_podcast.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:28 — 33.7MB)

Categories Audio, Wordplay

Biblio Radio – 9.8.2017

September 8, 2017

This week on Biblio Radio, we visit ‘Nellie’ the Heights Libraries book mobile at her last stop in University Heights.

http://www.wjcu.org/files/2017/09/wjcu-biblio_090817_podcast.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:47 — 4.3MB)

Categories Audio, Biblio Radio

Wordplay: Lux

September 8, 2017

Today’s Wordplay is devoted to the poetry of Thomas Lux (1946 – 2017). Enjoy!

http://www.wjcu.org/files/2017/09/wordplay_lux_090817_podcast.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:24 — 34.8MB)

Categories Audio, Wordplay

Biblio Radio – 8.25.2017

August 30, 2017

University Heights Branch Manager Sara Phillips describes the progress of the renovation of the University Heights branch of Heights libraries.

http://www.wjcu.org/files/2017/08/wjcu-biblio_082517_podcast.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:46 — 5.2MB)

Categories Audio, Biblio Radio

Heights Now! 5/29/17: Memorial Day Flag Planting

August 30, 2017August 28, 2017

Highland Park Cemetery honors veterans every Memorial Day by placing flags on their graves.

http://www.wjcu.org/files/2017/08/wjcu-news_05292017_hnow.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:42 — 3.1MB)

Categories Audio, Heights Now

Wordplay: Joyous People

August 30, 2017August 25, 2017

Rejoice! Wordplay returns next week with brand-new live shows. Enjoy our final rerun of the summer.

http://www.wjcu.org/files/2017/08/wordplay_joyous_people_082517_podcast.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:42 — 32.9MB)

Categories Audio, Wordplay

Wordplay: Dead Tree

August 18, 2017

Join our hosts for another episode of Wordplay. This week’s theme: Dead Tree.

http://www.wjcu.org/files/2017/08/wordplay_dead_tree_081817_podcast.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:04 — 34.4MB)

Categories Audio, Wordplay

Wordplay: Bless You

August 18, 2017August 11, 2017

Bless you?! Bless me! A new episode of Wordplay has arrived!

http://www.wjcu.org/files/2017/08/wordplay_bless_you_081117_podcast.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 33.2MB)

Categories Audio, Wordplay

Biblio Radio – 7.28.2017

July 31, 2017

Heights Libraries Heather Howiler explains why she changed the name of the Training Department to the Continuing Education Department.

http://www.wjcu.org/files/2017/07/wjcu-biblio_072817_podcast.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:31 — 4.0MB)

Categories Audio, Biblio Radio

Wordplay: Germ Warfare

July 31, 2017July 28, 2017

Join our hosts for this week’s edition of Wordplay: Germ Warfare!

http://www.wjcu.org/files/2017/07/wordplay_germ_warfare_072817_podcast.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:59 — 33.2MB)

Categories Audio, Wordplay
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Wordplay

Wordplay is an offbeat mix of poetry, comedy, and an ongoing exploration of the possibilities of the spoken word. Wordplay's opening monologue blends music and language (and sometimes sound effects) into a surreal, funny, often darkly serious meditation on the state of one man's struggles to live in the bewildering world of contemporary America. The show also features guest appearances by local poets and nationally known writers. But the real strength of Wordplay is the interaction between co-hosts George Bilgere and John Donoghue. The two poets read short, interesting poems by important writers. They banter about poetry, argue about it, and generally give each other a hard time. A Plain Dealer article about Wordplay called the show "the Click and Clack of poetry." Not a bad description.
w/George Bilgere and John Donoghue - Poetry
Recent plays
Leo Kottke William Powell @7:31
Bastille Power @6:59
Pete Seeger If I Had a Hammer @6:57
Mike Seeger The Wreck Of The Tennessee Gravy Train @6:53
John Hartford Hi Dad in the Morning @6:49
Norman Blake Billy Gray @6:41
Pete Seeger Old Devil Time @6:39
Dave Fry Lessons from Pete @6:34
Rayna Gellert & Friends Charleston #1 @6:29
Ralph Blizard & the New Southern Ramblers Midnight On The Water @6:26
Bob McQuillen President Clinton's Hornpipe/ High C's/ Kiss the Cook/ President @6:22
Buddy MacMaster Captain O'Kane (Tracey Dares piano) @6:17
Bruce Molsky Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie @6:12
Rayna Gellert & Friends Sugar in the Gourd @6:01
Pete Seeger If I Had a Hammer (Live) [Remastered] @6:00
Vampire Weekend Mansard Roof @5:58
Beirut Postcards From Italy @5:54
Arcade Fire No cars go @5:49
Loney, Dear Le Fever @5:45
Black Lips Squatting in Heaven @5:42
LCD Soundsystem Daft Punk Is Playing At My House @5:42
Handsome Furs What We Had @5:37
Ben Folds Late @5:33
We Are Scientists History Repeats @5:29
The New Amsterdams Adeline, Out of Tune @5:27
The Anniversary Emma Discovery @5:24
Xiu Xiu Vulture Piano @5:21
Jenny Lewis With The Watson Twins Melt Your Heart @5:17
Super Furry Animals Neo Consumer @5:15
Streetlight Manifesto Sick and Sad @5:13
The Black Keys Everywhere I Go @5:07
The Hold Steady Stuck Between Stations @5:07
The Hives You Got It All... Wrong @4:57
blink-182 Strings @4:55
Seaway Lula on the Beach @4:52
Willy Mason We Can Be Strong @4:48
Them Crooked Vultures Dead End Friends @4:47
Saves the Day Third Engine @4:43
Elliott Smith All Cleaned Out @4:40
Daft Punk Prime Time of Your Life / Brainwasher / Rollin' & Scratchin' / Alive @4:30
Patrick Wolf London @4:26
Lackthereof Fire Trial @4:24
The Shins Sleeping Lessons @4:20
Lemuria / Kind of Like Spitting Kind of Like Spitting - Team Reasonable @4:15
Mates of State Help Help @4:11
Sufjan Stevens No Man's Land @4:07
Against Me! Holy Shit @4:04
MuteMath Spotlight @4:04
The Hold Steady Citrus @3:59
Death Cab for Cutie Champagne From a Paper Cup @3:56

The Ray King Variety Show

Spotlighting music of the '50s thru the '70s, with a different theme every week!
@8 am w/Ray King - '50s through '70s with themes

Lake Effect Reverb

Reverb drenched Instro surf music (not the Beach Boys) from around the world. Also some heavy rock. And the occasional scatterbrained rant.
@9 am w/The Rocket - Surf and Guitar Instro

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