Hosted by Luke Burbank and announcer Elena Passarello, Live Wire Radio will be at the Alberta Rose Theatre on Thursday, June 4th at 7:30pm. Join us for an evening of live radio, recorded live and broadcast to over 200,000 listeners nationwide.

Featured Guests:

Sean Sherman — Oglala Lakota, born on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation, is a chef and leader who has been cooking across the United States and the world for the past thirty years. His main culinary focus has been to raise awareness of and revitalize Native food systems in a modern culinary context. In 2014, he founded The Sioux Chef, a food education and catering project, in the Minneapolis/Saint Paul area. His first book, The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen, was published in 2017 and won a James Beard award for American Cooking. His restaurant Owamni opened in Minneapolis in 2021 and was honored on many best new restaurant lists, winning the James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant. In 2023, Sean was named to TimeMagazine’s list of 100 most influential people.

Jackie Kashian — a stand-up comedian who has been seen on After Midnight, Conan, Corden, HBO, Netflix, Comedy Central, and or heard on NPR and Audible. Her five comedy albums and specials have been #1 on Amazon and Apple and #3 on Billboard. In addition to two podcasts The Jackie and Laurie Show and The Dork Forest, you can also read her writing in The Comedy Film Nerds Guide to Movies and the comic book Comics Comics Quarterly.

Jeff Chang — the author of Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, his first book, which was named one of the best American nonfiction books of the last quarter century. Jeff has been a USA Ford Fellow in Literature and, among numerous other honors, has won the American Book Award and the Asian American Literary Award. He has written three other acclaimed bestsellers on American history and culture, music, and the arts. In May 2019, he and director Bao Nguyen created a four-episode digital series adaptation of his award-winning book We Gon’ Be Alright for PBS’ Indie Lens Storycast. He was featured in Nguyen’s ESPN Bruce Lee documentary, Be Water; the PBS series, Asian Americans; and Lisa Ling’s CNN series, This Is Life.

Tyler Ballgame — singer-songwriter known for his live shows, who builds his music on strong melodic hooks and subtle inspiration from the 60s and 70s, blending nostalgia and undeniable songcraft. Tyler's stunning debut album For the First Time, Again is a bracing reminder of how great songs delivered by a gifted vocalist can move, captivate and inspire, it boasts 12 finely crafted tunes rooted in classic rock, indie, and Americana. His infectious melodies draw the listener into a story, and his message of belief in one’s true self resonates deep and wide.