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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: Hominids

June 16, 2017

Join our hosts for another episode of Wordplay.

http://www.wjcu.org/files/2017/06/wordplay_hominids_061617_podcast.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:58 — 13.3MB)

Categories Audio, Wordplay

Wordplay: Help the Monkey

June 9, 2017

Tune in to this week’s Wordplay… a rerun, but a goodie!

http://www.wjcu.org/files/2017/06/wordplay_help_the_monkey_060917_podcast.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:59 — 13.3MB)

Categories Audio, Wordplay

Wordplay: Gaugin

June 2, 2017

A summer of replays! Check out this older Wordplay episode to kick off the month of June.

http://www.wjcu.org/files/2017/06/wordplay_gaugin_060217_podcast.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:09 — 13.8MB)

Categories Audio, Wordplay

Wordplay: Auden

May 19, 2017

National Poetry Month has just ended, but spring is in the air, and in these poems. This week’s poems include: “The Bad Muse” by Lawrence Raab “The First Green of …

Read moreWordplay: Auden

http://www.wjcu.org/files/2017/05/wordplay_auden_051917_podcast.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:45 — 28.1MB)

Categories Audio, Wordplay
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