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The best of the Oscar winners and nominees from the 1960s 'til today!

  • Added: May 21, 2013
  • Length: 01:01:48
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Western swing, cowboy songs and cowboy poetry, songs of inspiration, and western history.

  • Added: May 19, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Author Annalee Newitz and host Luke Burbank, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
KEN DAVENPORT, DOUG KATSAROS, AMANDA YESNOWITZ - Writer, composer & lyricist of musical adaptation of Somewhere in Time Writer, journalist and aut...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Author Annalee Newitz and host Luke Burbank, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
KEN DAVENPORT, DOUG KATSAROS, AMANDA YESNOWITZ - Writer, composer & lyricist of musical adaptation of Somewhere in Time Writer, journalist and aut...

Bought by WFYI, KSRQ, Rhythm & News Service, KWMR-FM, Oregon Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: NYTimes Best Selling Author Augusten Burroughs, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Author of the NYT best seller "Running with Scissors", AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS The Oregonians musical editor, RYAN WHITE Musical Guests, RADIATION CITY

Bought by KUT and KUOW


  • Added: May 10, 2013
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: NYTimes Best Selling Author Augusten Burroughs, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Author of the NYT best seller "Running with Scissors", AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS The Oregonians musical editor, RYAN WHITE Musical Guests, RADIATION CITY

Bought by WFYI, Rhythm & News Service, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KWMR-FM, and 90.5 WESA


  • Added: May 10, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 5
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Classic songs, celebratory music and comedy in tribute to mothers!

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: May 08, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:03
  • Purchases: 1
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Weird and wonderful songs about stars including "Meryl Streep is from the Future," "Tom Cruise Crazy," "Hattie McDaniel at the Oscars 1939," "Ingri...

  • Added: May 08, 2013
  • Length: 01:02:06
Caption: Director of C.O.G., Kyle Patrick Alvarez, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Director of C.O.G., a film based on the David Sedaris memoir, KYLE PATRICK ALVAREZ Poet, and author of the recent Fall Ill Medicine, CARRI SEITSIN...

Bought by WFYI, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KWMR-FM, Rhythm & News Service, and 90.5 WESA


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Director of C.O.G., Kyle Patrick Alvarez, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Director of C.O.G., a film based on the David Sedaris memoir, KYLE PATRICK ALVAREZ Poet, and author of the recent Fall Ill Medicine, CARRI SEITSIN...

Bought by KUT and KUOW


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 55:01
  • Purchases: 2
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We've discussed rockumentaries before on Rock School, but this week, we'll be talking about rock star autobiographies. Every artist we'll be talkin...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 01, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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So what does make a song a hit? Dr. Burns and Beth West along with special guests, Father Cayet Mangiaracina - co-author of Hello Mary Lou, Paul Sa...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 01, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Black Prairie, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Author, humorist and youngest SNL writer, SIMON RICH Author of The Orchardist, AMANDA COPLIN Portland string ensemble, BLACK PRAIRIE

Bought by KUT and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Black Prairie, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Author, humorist and youngest SNL writer, SIMON RICH Author of The Orchardist, AMANDA COPLIN Portland string ensemble, BLACK PRAIRIE

Bought by WFYI, KWMR-FM, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Rhythm & News Service, and 90.5 WESA


  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Remastered Fats Waller 78s on Jazz-O-Rama, Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
The sounds of classic remastered 78 RPM records fill the air when the music of Fats Waller is presented on the 30th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Ram...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 58:27
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This week's Rock School will be all about documentaries pertaining to rock bands. We'll be discussing and analyzing many different "Rockumentaries"...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Film, Television & Voice Actor James Urbaniak, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Film and voice actor JAMES URBANIAK Musician, writer and podcaster JOHN RODERICK Songwriter and singer ROSE COUSINS

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Apr 19, 2013
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Film, Television & Voice Actor James Urbaniak, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Film and voice actor JAMES URBANIAK Musician, writer and podcaster JOHN RODERICK Songwriter and singer ROSE COUSINS

Bought by KUOW, KWMR-FM, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Rhythm & News Service, WFYI and more


  • Added: Apr 19, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Cliff Edwards with Ukelele
The ukulele became as commonplace in the American parlor as the piano in the 1920s. Today we think of the tiny guitar as a Hawaiian instrument, whe...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 17, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
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Join us as we speak with concert pianist Stephen Cook. Along with being a wonderful player, he is bringing back the old-school piano recital (as Fr...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2013
  • Length: 28:03
Caption: Singer/Songwriter Edna Vazquez, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Author HOWARD BLOOM Comedian ALEX FALCONE Singer/Songwriter EDNA VAZQUEZ

Bought by KUT and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 05, 2013
  • Length: 54:54
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Singer/Songwriter Edna Vazquez, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Author HOWARD BLOOM Comedian ALEX FALCONE Singer/Songwriter EDNA VAZQUEZ

Bought by KUT, Rhythm & News Service, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KWMR-FM, 90.5 WESA and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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We all know rock stars can't just be themselves ALL the time, so it's only natural they use a pseudonym. Let's listen to L'angelo Misterioso (Georg...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 02, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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In this, the sixth edition of the Great Northern Radio Show, we're in Clearwater County and Bagley, Minnesota. And the beautiful Bagley High School...

Bought by KUMD


  • Added: Apr 02, 2013
  • Length: 01:56:32
  • Purchases: 1
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A musical whoopee-cushion for your ears.. fake bands, clever pastiches and general silliness.

  • Added: Mar 30, 2013
  • Length: 59:06