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Will Rose

Word's On A Wire Producer

Will Rose is a longtime technology and marketing executive based out of NYC and Texas.  He is the co-founder of Words on a Wire’s publishing imprint, eRadical Books, and now spearheads marketing strategy for the Words on a Wire podcast. He also serves as Chief Technology Officer at the EdTech startup, Student Select, and as Head of Data Science at the artificial intelligence company, Harqen AI.

  • In this episode, host Will Rose sits down with journalist and author Jessica Goudeau to discuss her ambitious and deeply personal new book, We Were Illegal. After writing about refugee families rebuilding their lives in Texas, Goudeau began asking a question she had never considered about herself: how did her own family get here?
  • On this episode of Words on a Wire, host Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny guides us through an inspiring conversation with acclaimed poet, journalist, and educator Maria Esquinca.
  • In this episode, 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.
  • In this episode of Words on a Wire, host Will Rose speaks with historian Jeff Roche, author of The Conservative Frontier: Texas and the Origins of the New Right, about how West Texas became one of the most reliably conservative regions in American political life.
  • In this episode of Words on a Wire, host Will Rose speaks with El Paso–based photographer and videographer Christian Iglesias, widely known on social media as @ChristianChurches. Iglesias has built a devoted following by documenting the landscapes, people, and everyday moments of the borderlands.
  • In this New Year’s episode of Words on a Wire, host Will Rose sits down with longtime co-host Daniel Chacón for a reflective conversation about artificial intelligence: how rapidly it has entered everyday life, how it is reshaping creativity, education, labor, and culture, and why it generates both excitement and unease.
  • In this episode of Words on a Wire, host Daniel Chacón speaks with writer, editor, and cultural critic Scótt Russell Dúncan about identity, futurity, and the politics of who gets to imagine the future.
  • In this episode of Words on a Wire, host Daniel Chacón sits down with Dr. Roberto Avant-Mier, Chair of the Communication Department at the University of Texas at El Paso and a leading scholar of Chicano film.
  • In this episode of Words on a Wire, host Will Rose speaks with historian Max Perry Mueller about his groundbreaking new book, Wakara’s America: The Life and Legacy of a Native Founder of the American West.
  • Part 2 of Tim Z. Hernandez’s conversation with activist Olga Talamante, revisits her harrowing arrest and imprisonment during Argentina’s Dirty War. Olga reflects on the brutality she endured—torture, isolation, and the constant threat of death—and the grassroots freedom campaign that blossomed thousands of miles away.