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Live Wire is thrilled to have guests Tamara Yajia, Alexis Okeowo, Susan Rice (NEW!) and Pete Droge join us at the Alberta Rose Theatre!
Live Wire Radio is an independently produced radio show based in Portland, Oregon. Hosted by Luke Burbank and announced by Elena Passarello, the show artfully blends unpredictable conversation, live music, and original comedy featuring all kinds of cultural talent and creative minds, from emerging artists to established acts. Live Wire champions discovery by producing engaging, spirited, and genuine live and listening experiences for a local and national audience.
About the guests:
Tamara Yajia is an Argentine writer, comedian, and ex-child star who authored the 2022 poetry collection "Poems I Wrote While Taking A Shit." She also wrote and starred in a one-woman show "Cumming of Age." Tamara has written for ClickHole, Funny or Die, and several comedy series, including "Acapulco," "This Fool," and the upcoming Netflix series "Strip Law." Currently, she's developing a show for Apple. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and her dog Odie, who just pooped in the living room.
Alexis Okeowo is a staff writer at The New Yorker who has reported on conflict, human rights, and culture across Africa, as well as from Mexico and the American South. She is the author of "A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa," which received the 2018 PEN Open Book Award. Her latest book, "Blessings and Disasters: A Story of Alabama," is a blend of memoir, history, and reportage that weaves her Nigerian-immigrant family's story with Alabama's complex past and present, examining the state as a stage for America's most extreme experiments.
For over 42 years, Susan Rice has been making people laugh. After nine years as a professional actress, she discovered stand-up in 1983 and soon moved to Los Angeles, performing at top comedy clubs nationwide. As she aged out of the comedy clubs, Rice found a new rhythm performing at charity fundraisers, corporate events, and community shows. During the pandemic, she produced the St. Johns Comedy Festival in both 2021 and 2022—giving talented local comics a stage after more than a year of shutdown. In 2024, her viral Don't Tell Comedy set led to America's Got Talent and her first special, "Silver Alert." Rice never expected this late-career resurgence—but she's thrilled to still be doing what she loves: making people laugh.
Pete Droge gets personal on his captivating new album, "Fade Away Blue," reflecting on the loss of his birth mother, who he missed meeting by months, and the remarkable journey that followed as he reunited with long-lost relatives, battled a mysterious illness, and discovered himself in the process. Recorded with Grammy-winning producer Paul Bryan (Aimee Mann), the collection is largely autobiographical, built on a series of dreamy, cinematic snapshots from throughout Droge’s life. The songs are bittersweet, balancing longing and gratitude in equal measure. The arrangements are warm and inviting, with a spotlight fixed firmly on Droge’s tender lyrics and understated delivery. The result is an album a lifetime in the making, a rich, revelatory sonic memoir that faces down doubt and despair with love, resilience, and commitment at every turn. In addition to "Fade Away Blue," Pete is celebrating the deluxe double vinyl reissue of his critically acclaimed 1994 debut, "Necktie Second."
Event Venue
The Alberta Rose Theatre, 3018 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR 97211-7036, United States
Tickets
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