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.
This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! It’s the holiday season, so this week’s episode is inspired by one of the season’s more curious food items: Fruitcake. – …
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This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! Sit back and enjoy these six poems in the latest episode, titles Mr. Lampkin. – Relatives, by John Updike – The …
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This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! If you love Wordplay, you’ll want to stick you nose into this week’s episode “No Nose,” featuring the following poems. – …
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This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! Enjoy another rousing rendition of the sound of poetry with this week’s show: Hoagland. And as you could probably guess, this …
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This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! This week’s episode is so hot that it’s “Smoking.” Enjoy these seven fire poems… – The Present, by Dana Gioia – …
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This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! This week, seven marvelous poems make an appearance on this week’s episode, Mechanical Bird. – Beginning line of The Waste Land, …
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This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! Goerge and John are looking for some ideal listeners for the latest episode of Wordplay, Ideal Reader. The show includes these …
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This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! This week’s episode Lawn Mower features these six poems… – Intrigue in the Trees, by John Martin – Red Never Lasts, …
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This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! Camembert is more than a type of cheese in this week’s wordplay. Here’s the playlist… – Happiness, by Paul Hostovsky – …
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This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! Check out the first episode for the fall of 2018, Priest Turns Therapist, featuring these seven poems… -Football, by Louis Jenkins …
