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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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Sing Out! Radio Magazine

Sing Out! Radio Magazine is a one-hour, theme-based folk/roots radio show produced and hosted by Tom Druckenmiller. The show features interviews in addition to live and recorded music.
w/Tom Druckenmiller - Folk / Roots
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Gillian Welch Jackson @6:48
Kate Campbell Long Slow Train @6:44
I’m With Her I-89 @6:41
Emmylou Harris Boulder to Birmingham @6:39
Loretta Lynn Still Woman Enough @6:34
Rachel Hair Maybelle's Compliments to Her Brother Cameron / Lady Baird's / Lochinver @6:30
Joni Mitchell Intro To Both Sides Now @6:24
Cindy Kallet Letter to America @6:20
Judy Collins My Father @6:15
Our Native Daughters Music and Joy @6:07
Ani DiFranco Simultaneously @6:03
Rachel Hair The Proofreader @6:00
Pete Seeger If I Had a Hammer (Live) [Remastered] @5:59
The Thermals Returning to the Fold @5:57
Los Campesinos! All Your Kayfabe Friends @5:53
LCD Soundsystem Daft Punk Is Playing at My House @5:53
Weezer Buddy Holly @5:50
Rancid Stickin' In My Eye @5:49
Dismemberment Plan The Other Side @5:44
LCD Soundsystem All My Friends @5:38
Kind of Like Spitting Dostoyevsky Gets Mugged Outside A Donut Shop In Jersey @5:35
The Faint I Disappear @5:30
Streetlight Manifesto One Foot On the Gas, On Foot In the Grave @5:24
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Hot Chip Boy From School @5:15
Jeff Mangum Where You'll Find Me Now @5:12
The Mountain Goats Orange Ball of Hate @5:10
The Hold Steady Stuck Between Stations @5:09
The New Amsterdams Losing You @4:59
The Notwist Good Lies @4:54
Arcade Fire Keep the car running @4:50
of Montreal Gallery Piece @4:46
The Libertines Time for Heroes @4:44
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Rilo Kiley Breakin' Up @4:40
Manchester Orchestra I Was A Lid @4:35
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PUP My Life Is Over and I Couldn't Be Happier @4:29
Descendents I'm The One @4:27
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Tokyo Police Club Graves @4:18
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Lightspeed Champion Galaxy Of The Lost @4:11
Red Hot Chili Peppers Otherside @4:07
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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.
@7:30 am w/George Bilgere and John Donoghue - Poetry

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