Burning Bright

Burning Bright

Passager’s weekly podcast, presenting poetry and prose by writers over 50. Hosted by Jon Shorr.

Episodes

July 15, 2025 16 mins

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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Observing the beauty of nature, featuring four poems by Catherine Young, Deborah Casillas, Robert Tremmel and J. I. Kleinberg.

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July 1, 2025 6 mins

Celebrating International Kissing Day with romantic poems by John Davis, Clarinda Harriss and Terry S. Johnson.

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

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June 17, 2025 7 mins

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

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June 10, 2025 7 mins

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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June 3, 2025 6 mins

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

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May 27, 2025 9 mins

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

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May 20, 2025 7 mins

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

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May 13, 2025 6 mins

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

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May 6, 2025 6 mins

Turtles, poems and other coping mechanisms, featuring work by Susan Baur and Kelly DuMar.

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April 29, 2025 7 mins

Birds and guidance, featuring work by Anne Frydman, Gordon Grilz and Sandy Longley.

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April 22, 2025 14 mins

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

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April 15, 2025 8 mins

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

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April 8, 2025 6 mins

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

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April 1, 2025 6 mins

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

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March 25, 2025 8 mins

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

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March 18, 2025 7 mins

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

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March 11, 2025 13 mins

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

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March 4, 2025 8 mins

Humanitarian callings, featuring work by James McGrath, Dian Seidel and Terry S. Johnson.

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