Best David Shorr Podcasts (2025)

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Outgoing Interview with Editor Kendra Kopelke 18:40

7d ago18:40

18:40

A special episode of Burning Bright, featuring an outgoing interview with founding editor Kendra Kopelke. Support the showBy Passager

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Summertime 7:12

14d ago7:12

7:12

Welcoming summer's arrival, featuring poems by Mary Jo Balestreri, Margaret Hoehn, Kirby Olson and Sarah Yerkes. Support the showBy Passager

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Father’s Day 7:55

21d ago7:55

7:55

Commemorating family history, featuring work by Dan Shiffman, Roberta Schine and Nicholas Samaras, plus excerpts from an interview with Roy Cheng Tsung. Support the showBy Passager

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The Pandemic Diaries 6:39

28d ago6:39

6:39

Anxiety and writing, featuring diary entries by Judith Beth Cohen, Kurt Schmidt and Cindy Cramer. Support the showBy Passager

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Walt Whitman 9:03

1M ago9:03

9:03

Celebrating the American poet with long-lined poems by Matt Hohner, Lisa Couturier and Mark Elber. Support the showBy Passager

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Water: An Ode 7:11

1M ago7:11

7:11

Harbor and danger, featuring four poems about water by Winifred Hughes, Sandy Longley, B. Morrison and Colin McKim. Support the showBy Passager

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Florence Nightingale and Nursing 6:44

2M ago6:44

6:44

Three poet-nurses, featuring work by Marilee Pritchard, Laura Secord and Mary Hennessy. Support the showBy Passager

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Freud & the Mental Health Trades 6:10

2M ago6:10

6:10

Turtles, poems and other coping mechanisms, featuring work by Susan Baur and Kelly DuMar. Support the showBy Passager

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Audubon & Birds 7:25

2M ago7:25

7:25

Birds and guidance, featuring work by Anne Frydman, Gordon Grilz and Sandy Longley. Support the showBy Passager

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David Bergman: Interview 14:27

2M ago14:27

14:27

A special episode of Burning Bright, featuring an interview with David Bergman, author of Plain Sight. Support the showBy Passager

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Spring Holidays 8:06

3M ago8:06

8:06

Questions for God, featuring poems by James Littwin, Anastasia Vassos, Maryhelen Snyder and Wilderness Sarchild. Support the showBy Passager

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Fountain of Youth 6:32

3M ago6:32

6:32

Three poems on aging, featuring centenarians Henry Morgenthau III, Sarah Yerkes and Jean Connor. Support the showBy Passager

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Marriage 6:36

3M ago6:36

6:36

Routines or rites? Featuring poems by Kathy Mangan, David J. S. Pickering and Ann McGovern. Support the showBy Passager

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Arianna's Picks 8:23

3M ago8:23

8:23

The pieces that impacted Passager intern Arianna D'Italia, featuring work by Maureen Murphy Woodcock and Nancy Jean Hill. Support the showBy Passager

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Spring! 7:06

3M ago7:06

7:06

Three poems for the season and your spirits, featuring Penelope Scambly Schott, Rachel Heimowitz and Hunt Hawkins. Support the showBy Passager

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Fran Markover: Interview 13:01

4M ago13:01

13:01

A special episode of Burning Bright, featuring an interview with Passager poet Fran Markover, author of Grandfather's Mandolin. Support the showBy Passager

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Peace Corps 8:10

4M ago8:10

8:10

Humanitarian callings, featuring work by James McGrath, Dian Seidel and Terry S. Johnson. Support the showBy Passager

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Longfellow 8:44

4M ago8:44

8:44

Geographic connections to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, featuring poems by Betty Ajemian, Marsh Muirhead and Alice Weiss. Support the showBy Passager

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Eva's Picks 7:33

4M ago7:33

7:33

The pieces that impacted Passager intern Eva Fraser, featuring work by Kirsten Backstrom, Dori Hale and Rachel Eisler. Support the showBy Passager

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Valentine's Day 6:33

5M ago6:33

6:33

Open hearts, featuring poems by Stefan Balan, Arthur Russell, Marda Messick and David Bergman. Support the showBy Passager

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Charles Dickens 7:09

5M ago7:09

7:09

Dickensian upbringings, featuring work by Margo Davis, Eaton Jackson and Richard Moore. Support the showBy Passager

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Winifred Hughes: Interview 10:40

5M ago10:40

10:40

A special episode of Burning Bright, featuring an interview with 2024 Henry Morgenthau III Prize Winner Winifred Hughes. Support the showBy Passager

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Editors’ Picks 8:10

5M ago8:10

8:10

Passager editors discuss the pieces that left lasting impressions, featuring Virginia B. Anderson, Richard Frank Gillum and Kathy O’Fallon. Support the showBy Passager

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Roget’s Thesaurus 7:43

6M ago7:43

7:43

Language and expression, featuring poems by Stephen Cribari, Carolyn Moore, Laura D. Weeks and Keli Osborn. Support the showBy Passager

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Birthday Reflections 7:28

6M ago7:28

7:28

Where you’ve been and where you’re going, featuring four poems by Jean Nordhaus, David Galloway, Naomi Thiers and Jaque Reed. Support the showBy Passager

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Civic Strategist Caitie Whelan on "Giving folks the tools to make public policy for the people" 30:01

6M ago30:01

30:01

Send us a text Civic strategist Caitie Whelan's professional mission is to level the playing field of public policy. As she puts it on her website, "If regular folks don’t know how to have a voice in policymaking, lobbyists do. And they are very good at shaping it for their special interests." Caitie's work helping clients climb the learning curve …

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Trees 6:53

7M ago6:53

6:53

Beginnings, journeys, and fate, featuring poems by Maryhelen Snyder, Shirley Windward and Gilbert Arzola. Support the showBy Passager

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Dogs 6:02

7M ago6:02

6:02

Companionship, featuring excerpts and poems by Andrew Brown, Gary McClain Gannaway and R. A. Stewart. Support the showBy Passager

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The Village of New Ghosts 5:29

7M ago5:29

5:29

A peek inside Passager’s newest title, featuring poems by Morgenthau Poetry Prize Winner Winifred Hughes. Support the showBy Passager

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Gratitude 7:27

7M ago7:27

7:27

For moments big and small, featuring poems by Wilderness Sarchild, Sandy Longley, Michael Miller and James K. Zimmerman. Support the showBy Passager

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Exploding Whale Day 7:05

7M ago7:05

7:05

Commemorating an unusual anniversary with three poems by Oregonians Catherine McGuire, Henry Hughes and Kelly Sievers. Support the showBy Passager

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Veterans Day 7:02

8M ago7:02

7:02

The personal impacts of war, featuring poems by Judith Slater, Winifred Hughes, James McGrath and Michael Miller. Support the showBy Passager

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“I learned to nourish myself” 6:57

8M ago6:57

6:57

Conditions, cures and coping, featuring poems by Liz Abrams-Morley, Mary Jo Balistreri and Winifred Hughes. Support the showBy Passager

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The Immigrant Experience 7:37

8M ago7:37

7:37

Heritage and homecomings, featuring work by Regina Dilgen, Georgia Gojmerac-Leiner and Parul Shah. Support the showBy Passager

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Chopin, Music and Dance 7:15

8M ago7:15

7:15

Rapture and romance, featuring work by Leon Arden, Nora Percival, Susanna Rich and Allen C. West. Support the showBy Passager

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Autumn 8:10

9M ago8:10

8:10

Apples, spirits, and more, featuring poems by Jean Connor, Nancy Naomi Carlson, Emily Hayes Whittle, and Fran Markover. Support the showBy Passager

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The Great Chicago Fire 7:52

9M ago7:52

7:52

Art and divinity, featuring Chicago poets Ruth Goring, Patricia McMillen and Ruth Hoberman. Support the showBy Passager

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Meet the 2024 Passager Poet 13:21

9M ago13:21

13:21

A special episode featuring an interview with 2024 Passager Poetry Contest winner Joyce Schmid. Support the showBy Passager

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The 2024 Poetry Contest 6:33

9M ago6:33

6:33

Selections from the brand new issue of Passager, featuring honorable mentions by Susan Zimmerman, Judith Bowles, Bonnie Jacobson, John Biggs and Mark Fryburg. Support the showBy Passager

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Law & Writing 7:16

10M ago7:16

7:16

From attorneys into authors, featuring work by John Glowney, Freddie Lee Wilson & Craig Hukill, and Margaret Flaherty. Support the showBy Passager

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White nationalism researcher Hannah Gais on the overlap of hate groups and the GOP 45:18

10M ago45:18

45:18

Send us a text The Intelligence Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center is well known for tracking and exposing the activities of hate and extremist groups. So it was great to have one of their researchers, Hannah Gais, as a guest on the podcast. Discussing her work on White nationalist and Neo-Nazi groups, Hannah told me about the extremist voi…

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The Empowered Reader 7:02

10M ago7:02

7:02

From young readers to older writers, featuring work by Bonnie Naradzay, Danuta Kosk-Kosicka and Michael Pikna. Support the showBy Passager

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Veteran immigrant rights advocate Charles Kamasaki on the last comprehensive reform, and the next 43:31

11M ago43:31

43:31

Send us a text It is often noted that the last time Congress enacted comprehensive immigration reform was in the 1980s. Charles Kamasaki was not only deeply involved in shaping that legislation as an advocate, but he's also written an authoritative history of the effort titled Immigration Reform: The Corpse That Will Not Die. Kamasaki has for sever…

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Cape Cod 9:20

11M ago9:20

9:20

Nature and mortality, featuring poets Wilderness Sarchild, Kathy Shorr, Fran Markover and Sandy Longley live at the Wellfleet Public Library. Support the showBy Passager

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Civic Power coauthor Sabeel Rahman on bringing affected communities directly into decision-making 44:52

11M ago44:52

44:52

Send us a text Cornell Law School Professor Sabeel Rahman is coauthor of an important recent book, Civic Power, about the urgent need to revitalize American democracy with much closer links between government and those it's meant to serve. The only path to meaningful equity and true government "by the people" is to engage affected communities as ge…

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Moon Walk 7:09

11M ago7:09

7:09

Adventure and anthropomorphism featuring poems by Ann Howells, Ann Rayburn and Beth Paulson. Support the showBy Passager

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African social entrepreneur Lolo Cynthia on getting healthy sexuality education into schools 47:35

12M ago47:35

47:35

Send us a text Lolo Cynthia is an African reproductive health activist, social entrepreneur, and experienced communicator. She shared some of the negative experiences that led her to focus on healthy sexuality and talked about how she gets schools to open up to the curriculum on sex and relationships that she developed. Drawing on what she’s observ…

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Rosetta Stone 7:45

12M ago7:45

7:45

Language barriers and gateways, featuring work by Lee Haas Norris, Leah Johnson, Diana Anhalt, and a translation by Mary Fung and David Lunde. Support the showBy Passager