Live Wire with Luke Burbank

Luke Burbank

Booking Overview

This is a weekly arts-and-culture interview variety show featuring established writers, comedians, musicians, filmmakers, podcasters, and other cultural figures, often combined with live performances. Agencies could credibly pitch published authors, documentary filmmakers, touring comedians, recognized musicians, media personalities, and culturally focused experts with a current book, film, show, or album; booking difficulty is medium because guests generally have meaningful public profiles but are not limited to top-tier celebrities.

Metrics

Episodes: 766

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 2.0k subscribers

Instagram: 4.5k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

maggie.gourville@prx.org

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Host

Luke Burbank - Radio host, comedian, and writer known for hosting Live Wire and contributing to Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Published authors, established comedians, recording artists, filmmakers, podcasters, broadcasters, and other cultural figures with a notable current project or a compelling public story.

Required Achievements:

Published books, Released albums or touring performances, Produced or directed films, Established broadcast or podcast careers, Recognized creative or cultural projects

Recent Guest Discussions

Hunter Noack - Outdoor Classical Music Performances And Connecting Audiences With Nature

River Selby - Overcoming Addiction And Sexism While Building A Career In Wildland Firefighting

Edgar Gomez - Personal Essays, Youth, Work, And Financial Misadventures

Amy Millan - Her Solo Music And Formative Creative Experiences

Janesh Rahlan - Learning Spanish As An Indian American Growing Up In Texas

Recent Topics

Art, Comedy, Music, Literature, Film

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Live Wire with Luke Burbank

Lindy West, Angela Nissel, and Pedro the Lion

September 04, 2026

Author Lindy West discusses her road-trip memoir, Adult Braces: Driving Myself Sane, and the online backlash sparked by the relationship choices she details in the book; writer Angela Nissel unpacks her new book, Good Grief, Pass the Bread, Mom Is Dead — a reckoning with her complicated relationship with her mother, particularly her role as caretaker in her mother's final days; and indie rockers Pedro the Lion perform "Modesto" from their latest album, Santa Cruz.

Maria Bamford, Brandi Brown, and The Reasonable Doubts (REBROADCAST)

August 28, 2026

Comedian Maria Bamford riffs on money troubles... and why Instacart might be to blame; comic and crop artist Brandi Brown unpacks her childhood encounter with Prince and her favorite spots at the famed Minnesota State Fair; and The Reasonable Doubts prove that a cover band made up entirely of Minnesota state judges knows how to rock without robes.

Edgar Gomez, River Selby, and Hunter Noack (REBROADCAST)

August 21, 2026

Writer Edgar Gomez discusses his collection of essays Alligator Tears, which follows his various hustles as a youth in Florida—from being a flip flop salesman to getting fake teeth through a little bankruptcy fraud; author River Selby recounts how they overcame addiction and sexism to become a hotshot wildland firefighter; and classical pianist Hunter Noack performs at Silver Falls State Park in Oregon, as part of his outdoor concert series IN A LANDSCAPE.

Publicly listed emails

maggie.gourville@prx.org

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