
Burning Bright
Passager’s weekly podcast, presenting poetry and prose by writers over 50. Hosted by Jon Shorr.
Episodes
234 episodes
An Interview with Susan Baur
A special episode of Burning Bright, featuring an interview with Susan Baur, founder of Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage (OLAUG) and author of "In the Company of Turtles."
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Season 5
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Episode 42
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16:29

Nature
Observing the beauty of nature, featuring four poems by Catherine Young, Deborah Casillas, Robert Tremmel and J. I. Kleinberg.
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Season 5
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Episode 41
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7:18

International Kissing Day
Celebrating International Kissing Day with romantic poems by John Davis, Clarinda Harriss and Terry S. Johnson.
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Season 5
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Episode 40
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6:47

Outgoing Interview with Editor Kendra Kopelke
A special episode of Burning Bright, featuring an outgoing interview with founding editor Kendra Kopelke.
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Season 5
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Episode 39
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18:40

Summertime
Welcoming summer's arrival, featuring poems by Mary Jo Balestreri, Margaret Hoehn, Kirby Olson and Sarah Yerkes.
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Season 5
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Episode 38
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7:12

Father’s Day
Commemorating family history, featuring work by Dan Shiffman, Roberta Schine and Nicholas Samaras, plus excerpts from an interview with Roy Cheng Tsung.
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Season 5
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Episode 37
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7:55

The Pandemic Diaries
Anxiety and writing, featuring diary entries by Judith Beth Cohen, Kurt Schmidt and Cindy Cramer.
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Season 5
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Episode 36
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6:39

Walt Whitman
Celebrating the American poet with long-lined poems by Matt Hohner, Lisa Couturier and Mark Elber.
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Season 5
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Episode 35
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9:03

Water: An Ode
Harbor and danger, featuring four poems about water by Winifred Hughes, Sandy Longley, B. Morrison and Colin McKim.
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Season 5
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Episode 34
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7:11

Florence Nightingale and Nursing
Three poet-nurses, featuring work by Marilee Pritchard, Laura Secord and Mary Hennessy.
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Season 5
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Episode 33
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6:44

Freud & the Mental Health Trades
Turtles, poems and other coping mechanisms, featuring work by Susan Baur and Kelly DuMar.
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Season 5
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Episode 32
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6:10

Audubon & Birds
Birds and guidance, featuring work by Anne Frydman, Gordon Grilz and Sandy Longley.
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Season 5
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Episode 31
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7:25

David Bergman: Interview
A special episode of Burning Bright, featuring an interview with David Bergman, author of Plain Sight.
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Season 5
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Episode 30
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14:27

Spring Holidays
Questions for God, featuring poems by James Littwin, Anastasia Vassos, Maryhelen Snyder and Wilderness Sarchild.
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Season 5
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Episode 29
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8:06

Fountain of Youth
Three poems on aging, featuring centenarians Henry Morgenthau III, Sarah Yerkes and Jean Connor.
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Season 5
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Episode 28
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6:32

Marriage
Routines or rites? Featuring poems by Kathy Mangan, David J. S. Pickering and Ann McGovern.
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Season 5
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Episode 27
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6:36

Arianna's Picks
The pieces that impacted Passager intern Arianna D'Italia, featuring work by Maureen Murphy Woodcock and Nancy Jean Hill.
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Season 5
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Episode 26
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8:23

Spring!
Three poems for the season and your spirits, featuring Penelope Scambly Schott, Rachel Heimowitz and Hunt Hawkins.
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Season 5
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Episode 25
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7:06

Fran Markover: Interview
A special episode of Burning Bright, featuring an interview with Passager poet Fran Markover, author of Grandfather's Mandolin.
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Season 5
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Episode 24
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13:01

Peace Corps
Humanitarian callings, featuring work by James McGrath, Dian Seidel and Terry S. Johnson.
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Season 5
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Episode 23
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8:10

Longfellow
Geographic connections to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, featuring poems by Betty Ajemian, Marsh Muirhead and Alice Weiss.
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Season 5
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Episode 22
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8:44

Eva's Picks
The pieces that impacted Passager intern Eva Fraser, featuring work by Kirsten Backstrom, Dori Hale and Rachel Eisler.
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Season 5
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Episode 21
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7:33

Valentine's Day
Open hearts, featuring poems by Stefan Balan, Arthur Russell, Marda Messick and David Bergman.
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Season 5
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6:33
