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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: Fruitcake

December 7, 2018December 1, 2018

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. – …

Read moreWordplay: Fruitcake

http://www.wjcu.org/files/2018/12/wordplay_fruitcake_113018.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:22 — 40.3MB)

Categories Audio, Wordplay

Wordplay: Mr. Lampkin

December 7, 2018November 16, 2018

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 …

Read moreWordplay: Mr. Lampkin

http://www.wjcu.org/files/2018/11/wordplay_MrLampkin_111618.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:39 — 40.7MB)

Categories Audio, Wordplay

Wordplay: No Nose

November 30, 2018November 9, 2018

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. – …

Read moreWordplay: No Nose

http://www.wjcu.org/files/2018/11/wordplay_nonose_110918.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:03 — 39.9MB)

Categories Audio, Wordplay

Wordplay: Hoagland

January 7, 2019November 3, 2018

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 …

Read moreWordplay: Hoagland

http://www.wjcu.org/files/2018/11/wordplay_Hoagland_110218.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:59 — 39.8MB)

Categories Audio, Wordplay

Wordplay: Smoking

October 24, 2018October 17, 2018

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 – …

Read moreWordplay: Smoking

http://www.wjcu.org/files/2018/10/wordplay_smoking_101218.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:06 — 33.3MB)

Categories Audio, Wordplay

Wordplay: Mechanical Bird

October 24, 2018October 10, 2018

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, …

Read moreWordplay: Mechanical Bird

http://www.wjcu.org/files/2018/10/wordplay_mechanicalbird_101218.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:51 — 34.2MB)

Categories Audio, Wordplay

Wordplay: Ideal Reader

October 24, 2018October 5, 2018

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 …

Read moreWordplay: Ideal Reader

http://www.wjcu.org/files/2018/09/wordplay_idealreader_092818.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:18 — 33.5MB)

Categories Audio, Wordplay

Wordplay: Lawn Mower

September 28, 2018September 21, 2018

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, …

Read moreWordplay: Lawn Mower

http://www.wjcu.org/files/2018/09/wordplay_lawnmower_092118.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:18 — 33.5MB)

Categories Audio, Wordplay

Wordplay: Camembert

September 28, 2018September 14, 2018

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 – …

Read moreWordplay: Camembert

http://www.wjcu.org/files/2018/09/wordplay_camembert_091418.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:19 — 33.6MB)

Categories Audio, Wordplay

Wordplay: Priest Turns Therapist

September 28, 2018September 7, 2018

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 …

Read moreWordplay: Priest Turns Therapist

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The Wandering Minstrel

This show is all about wandering through Europe's folk music tradition and being able to see the ties and differences throughout. It will bounce between ancient and more modern songs.
w/Matt - European Folk
Recent plays
Pat Benatar So Long @9:56
Nena Ich bleib' im Bett @9:53
Colbie Caillat The Little Things @9:49
The Darling Buds Please Yourself @9:45
Poe Haunted @9:40
Lava Hay Here & Nowhere @9:36
Shelleyan Orphan Burst @9:32
Colleen and Paul Ladybug Song @9:27
Leslie Scott Crazy Like Mad @9:25
Angelique Kidjo Loloye @9:21
Tennis No Exit @9:17
K.D. Lang Rose Garden (LP Version) @9:14
Ingrid Michaelson The Way I Am @9:08
Dar Williams You Give it All Away @9:06
Patti Austin Love Is Gonna Getcha @9:01
Bonnie Raitt I Can't Help You Now @8:56
Sue Foley Two Bit Texas Town @8:52
Etta James All I Could Do Is Cry @8:49
Etta James Security @8:47
Helen Humes Mean To Me (Remastered 2024) @8:43
Abbey Lincoln Music, Maestro, Please! @8:40
Peggy Lee I'm A Woman @8:38
Sarah Vaughan Imagine @8:33
Natalie Merchant Sweet and a Lullaby @8:28
Indigo Girls GHOST @8:23
Hazel Dickens/Alice Gerrard Bye Bye Love @8:20
Sierra Hull Don't Pick Me Up @8:17
Alison Krauss & Union Station Restless @8:14
Butcher Holler Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (with Lovin' On Your Mind) @8:11
June Carter Cash You Flopped When You Got Me Alone @8:09
Lisa Marie Presley Lights Out @8:05
Jean Shepard Beautiful Lies @8:02
Jimmy Dean Harvest Of Sunshine (Album Version) @7:58
Les Wilson Old Yellow Moon @7:55
George Jones Seasons of My Heart @7:52
Emmylou Harris Her Hair Was Red @7:47
Glen Campbell Come Harvest Time @7:44
Slim Dusty Yellow Gully @7:40
Waylon Jennings Rainy Seasons @7:38
LaCosta Tucker Lovin' Somebody On a Rainy Night @7:32
Tommy Scott Gonna Paint The Town Red (recorded 1949) @7:30
Eddie Rabbitt I Love A Rainy Night @7:27
Marty Robbins September In the Rain @7:25
Spade Cooley Indian Summer @7:20
Henson Cargill Red Skies over Georgia @7:17
Rosanne Cash Green, Yellow and Red @7:14
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