Words on a Wire

Words on a Wire A podcast about creative writing, poetry, fiction, memoir and more. A weekly talk show with Daniel Chacón, and Tim Z. Hernandez.

The show is archived via iTunes, podomatic and Spotify.

WORDS ON A WIRE podcast and radio show.
04/17/2026

WORDS ON A WIRE podcast and radio show.

04/15/2026

What happens when the Senior Seminar ends and the ""real world"" begins?

Host Daniel Chacón sits down with four creative writing seniors (Class of 2025) for a raw, funny look at life, art, and what comes next.

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04/14/2026

David Dorado Romo on Microhistory

This is just one of many great moments from the Words on a wire Live Podcast. You can listen to the full conversation on Spotify, Apple podcasts, and wordsonawire.org.

04/08/2026

“When was the last time you felt you had to write?”

The Writers Pick is HERE! A podcast for undergrads, by undergrads, about everything we love (and stress about) in writing. Here is a clip from our first episode, now live on Spotify & Apple Podcasts under Words on a Wire.
If you’re interested in participating, DM us; we are always looking to highlight and celebrate undergraduate writing!

This past Tuesday we had the pleasure of welcoming writer, translator, musician, and historian David Romo onto a new epi...
03/26/2026

This past Tuesday we had the pleasure of welcoming writer, translator, musician, and historian David Romo onto a new episode of Words on a Wire.

He is the author of “Ringside Seat to a Revolution” an excellent book that zooms into micro histories and the unmentioned heroes of Ciudad Juárez and El Paso history.

This new episode is coming soon, in the meantime don’t forget to give our other episodes a listen. Always available on Spotify, Apple, and all other podcast streaming platforms.

03/03/2026

“The teacher in the worst scenario, wants to stand between the student and the poem as an interpreter, as a religious figure, would like to stand between you and God”

Vintage Words gives us a chance to revisit episodes from our radio era.
Full episodes coming soon!

02/25/2026

“I was feeling really angry, and then I would write a poem sometimes just reacting in a really raw and natural way to the reality of the horrors going on around us”

Listen to S17 of the Words on a Wire podcast for the full conversation with writer Maria Esquinca.

02/23/2026

“suddenness is a strange shape for grief”

Listen to S17 of the Words on a Wire podcast for the full conversation with writer Richie Marrufo.

02/17/2026

“I can hold my brother with a tenderness that in real life I don’t have the opportunity to do, to do very often in the ways that I’m able to hold him in a poem on a page, even if it is just to describe his body.”

Vintage Words gives us a chance to revisit episodes from our radio era.
Full episodes coming soon!

02/12/2026

“A lot of what happens (writing) has not so much to do with talent, but with that ability to be alone”

Vintage Words gives us a chance to revisit episodes from our radio era.
Full episodes coming soon!

02/10/2026

“I am a political poet and I’m not afraid of a label at all.”
- Denise Duhamel
Vintage Words revisits conversations that you can’t find on Spotify and Apple!

Today's episode is now available on Apple and Spotify podcasts.Host Will Rose speaks with author Stephanie Austin about ...
02/03/2026

Today's episode is now available on Apple and Spotify podcasts.

Host Will Rose speaks with author Stephanie Austin about her debut novel, Burn, which will be released on February 3, 2026, from Cowboy Jamboree Press.

Stephanie reflects on the novel’s remarkable twenty-year journey to publication, tracing how the story evolved across drafts, forms, and decades before finally finding its true shape. She discusses why returning the book's setting to the 1990s was essential -- not as nostalgia, but as a narrative necessity -- and how themes of longing, miscommunication, and self-discovery depend on a world without constant digital access. The conversation also explores Stephanie’s relationship with her protagonist, the sense of grief that comes with finishing a long-gestating book, and the challenges of letting a beloved character go.

You can learn more about Stephanie Austin and her books at https://www.stephanieaustin.net/.

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