Live Wire with Sean Sherman, Jackie Kashian, Jeff Chang, and Tyler Ballgame

Name: Live Wire with Sean Sherman, Jackie Kashian, Jeff Chang, and Tyler Ballgame
Start: 2026-06-04T19:30:00-07:00
End: 2026-06-04T21:30:00-07:00
Location: The Alberta Rose Theatre

Schedule

Thu Jun 04 2026 at 07:30 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

The Alberta Rose Theatre | Portland, OR

Full event information can be found on our website:
https://www.livewireradio.org/live-shows/202664
Live Wire is thrilled to have our big season finale at the Alberta Rose Theatre with special guests Sean Sherman, Jackie Kashian, Jeff Chang, and Tyler Ballgame!
Live Wire Radio is an independently produced radio show based in Portland, Oregon. Hosted by Luke Burbank and announced by Elena Passarello, the show artfully blends unpredictable conversation, live music, and original comedy featuring all kinds of cultural talent and creative minds, from emerging artists to established acts. Live Wire champions discovery by producing engaging, spirited, and genuine live and listening experiences for a local and national audience.
About the 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 is 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’s first book, Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, was named one of the best American nonfiction books of the last quarter century. He 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. Chang 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. Chang 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.
Renowned for his live shows, Tyler Ballgame’s music is built on strong melodic hooks and draws 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. Ballgame’s infectious melodies draw the listener into a story, and his message of belief in one’s true self resonates deep and wide. The album’s lead single, the rhapsodic Lennon-meets-Orbison “I Believe In Love” is out now, alongside the previously released “Got a New Car.”