Live Wire Radio

Alberta Arts District

When

Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025

7:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m.

Cost: Starting at $25.00

Where

Alberta Rose Theatre

3000 NE Alberta St
Portland, OR 97211

The following description was submitted by the event organizer.

Hosted by Luke Burbank and announcer Elena Passarello, Live Wire Radio returns to kick off the 2025 Fall Season. Join an evening of live radio, recorded live and broadcast to over 300,000 listeners nationwide. 

• River Selby is a former wildland firefighter, a writer, and a nonbinary person. Their writing has appeared in the New Ohio Review, Bellevue Literary Review, Vox, and High Country News. Their most recent work is Hotshot: A Life on Fire.
• Janesh Rahlan, a California-based comedian, touches upon his immigrant upbringing and aggressively millennial persona.
• Mary Roach, a science writer, is the author of seven best-selling works of nonfiction, including Grunt, Stiff, and, most recently, Fuzz.
• Amy Millan, Canadian chanteuse, is best known as the co-lead vocalist for indie rock act Stars and as a satellite member of the iconic collective Broken Social Scene. She launched her solo career with Honey from the Tombs (2006), blending indie rock with country and folk influences. Her latest album is I Went to Find You.