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Wordplay

Wordplay presents 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.

Wordplay: Easter Clothes

May 20, 2019April 19, 2019

This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! Seven poems get your ready for Easter weekend on this week’s episode, titles Easter Clothes. The Donkey, by G.S. Chesterton Teaching …

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Wordplay: Factoring Polynomials

May 20, 2019April 19, 2019

This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! Sit back and listen to sound of poetry in this week’s episode Factoring Polynomials, featuring eight stellar poems. The Geraniums, by …

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Wordplay: The Cruelest Month

May 20, 2019April 5, 2019

This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! Seven poems make an appearance in this week’s episode The Cruelest Month. My Dear Friends, by Marie Howe A Thunderstorm in …

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Wordplay: Country Fair

April 19, 2019March 29, 2019

This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! This week’s title was inspired by Charles Simic’s poem “Country Fair,” featured on this week’s poem list along with eight other …

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Wordplay: Pi

April 19, 2019March 15, 2019

This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! In honor of Pi Day, this week’s episode is titled Pi and is loaded with these nine poems. The First 27 …

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Wordplay: Voices

April 19, 2019February 25, 2019

This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! Those Voices you hear are speaking in poems…these poems more specifically: Who Shows Up At My Poetry Readings, by Kenneth Ronkowitz …

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Wordplay: Heritage

January 18, 2019January 11, 2019

This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! Everyone comes from a different background, this week, you can reflect on where you came from with an episode titles Heritage, …

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Wordplay: Walking Through Walls

January 18, 2019January 4, 2019

This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! A loaded lineup of poems is showcased in the first episode of the new year. The Darkling Thrush, by Thomas Hardy …

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Wordplay: Solstice Tree

January 7, 2019December 21, 2018

This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! In honor of the Winter solstice, this week’s episode is titled, Solstice Tree. Your Luck is About to Run Out, by …

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Wordplay: Plane Flight

January 7, 2019December 13, 2018

This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! Go up, up and away in this week’s episode of Wordplay: Plane Flight. Anthropophagy, by Thomas Lux Baby, by Ron Carlson …

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Soul Elixir

Soul Elixir is an excursion into rare groove with music archaeologist and world renowned record collector El Prez. Expect to hear the finest in soul, jazz, Latin, disco, afrobeat, funk, broken beat, hip hop, and b-boy breaks via LPs, 45s, or digital.
@6 pm w/DJ El-Prez - Soul, Jazz, Afro & Latin Beats

Madcat Blue

Madcat Blue's format covers the range of electric and acoustic blues styles created over the past 80 years, including its influence on R&B, Jazz, Rock, and Soul. There will be local and national guest recording artists appearing on his show here in University Heights, where Cleveland is the "Crossroads of Rustbelt Blues and the 'Capital of Rock'".
@8 pm w/Madcat - Blues

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13 Jan

Spring has spring at WJCU! ☀️

Check out what's new with our spring semester programming schedule which takes effect Sunday. https://www.wjcu.org/2021/01/12/see-whats-new-with-our-2020-spring-schedule

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1 Jan

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25 Dec

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24 Dec

What did Adam say the day before Christmas?

“It’s Christmas, Eve”

🎄1 day until Christmas🎄

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24 Dec

6 hours of special Christmas programming starts NOW

And don't miss out negative radio play Kringle Town Chronicles from 7-8 pm!

Enjoy and Happy Holidays! 🎄🎁

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Coming up at 12:30, catch the first Christmas Radio play of the Day...Mr. Trimble's Turnabout Christmas.

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