Live Wire with Luke Burbank
Hosted by Luke Burbank · PRX
4.6from 347 ratings
- 756
- Episodes
- 148
- Transcribed
- 347
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2014
- First episode
- 1M
- YouTube views
About Live Wire with Luke Burbank
Like late-night for radio, Live Wire is hosted by Luke Burbank (Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me) and artfully blends an eclectic mix of artists, musicians, writers, filmmakers, comedians, and cultural observers.
- Publisher
- PRX
- Category
- arts
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 9 Nov 2014
- Latest episode
- 2 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
148 of 756 episodes have a transcript.
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Eliot Glazer, Paisley Rekdal, and Jonny's Day Out
18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Sean Sherman, Jackie Kashian, and Laura Veirs
4 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Lindy West, Angela Nissel, and Pedro the Lion
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Eliot Glazer, Paisley Rekdal, and Jonny's Day Out
Published 2 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] That's totally fine. That is a relief because I think And this goes for poetry, painting, any sort of dance, any sort of art, you know, that I think people sometimes, myself included, think, well, you have to understand it. Or you're an idiot. Or you're an idiot, or it doesn't have value to you or whatever. But it's like saying I don't understand it is also an okay thing, and that doesn't have to ruin your experience. Yeah, it doesn't have to ruin the pleasure of it, too. I mean, how many of us... go to concerts and we love music and then everyone's arguing about what the lyrics are because no one actually knows what the lyrics are but you have a very deep relationship to that song because you can still retone. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Live Wire with Luke Burbank
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- Eliot Glazer
- Paisley Rekdal
- Sean Sherman
- Jackie Kashian
- Laura Veirs
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 1,256,628
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 316 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 31 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 95 / 100
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- Quality
- 98
- Social presence
- 94
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 99
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Who hosts Live Wire with Luke Burbank?
Luke Burbank host the show. Published by PRX.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Live Wire with Luke Burbank take guests?
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