Burning Bright

Updated: 24 Jun 2025 • 231 episodes
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Passager’s weekly podcast, presenting poetry and prose by writers over 50. Hosted by Jon Shorr.

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

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17 Jun 2025 • EN

Summertime

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

7 min
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07:12
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10 Jun 2025 • EN

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. Support the show

7 min
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03 Jun 2025 • EN

The Pandemic Diaries

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

6 min
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27 May 2025 • EN

Walt Whitman

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

9 min
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09:03
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20 May 2025 • EN

Water: An Ode

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

7 min
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07:11
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