PLAY PODCASTS
Introducing "Damp January" podcast, plus Adam Gopnik and Dessa
Episode 646

Introducing "Damp January" podcast, plus Adam Gopnik and Dessa

This special episode features an excerpt of Live Wire's new limited series podcast "Damp January," plus The New Yorker's Adam Gopnik and music from rapper, poet, and singer Dessa.

Live Wire with Luke Burbank · PRX

January 3, 202552m 28s

Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (dts.podtrac.com) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.

Show Notes

In a special episode of Live Wire, host Luke Burbank introduces our new limited series podcast Damp January. Over five episodes in January, Burbank explores his sometimes complicated relationship with alcohol through conversations with writers, podcasters, and others. In this selection from Episode 1, he chats with his mother, Susie, about her journey to sobriety. Then, The New Yorker's Adam Gopnik discusses his book The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery, in which he learns how to drive a car at age 55 and pee in public, before poet and singer Dessa performs her track "Crash."