April 8, 2026 - Poet Laureate Regie Gibson, Jade Wheeler on "Who is Eartha Mae?" and Mahesh Daas on "The Drama"

Regie Gibson, the inaugural Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, joins The Culture Show as part of our ongoing celebration of National Poetry Month. A poet, performer, and educator, he discusses bringing poetry off the page and into public life.Jade Wheeler joins The Culture Show to discuss Who Is Eartha Mae?, her one-woman play with music about Eartha Kitt that moves beyond the icon’s public image to explore the woman behind it. Presented by The Hanover Theatre Repertory, Who Is Eartha Mae? is onstage through April 19 at the BrickBox Theater at the Jean McDonough Arts Center in Worcester.Mahesh Daas, president of Boston Architectural College and co-author of the graphic novella I, Nobot, joins The Culture Show for another edition of “AI: Actual Intelligence.” He brings his monthly, algorithm-free perspective to the conversation.