March 12, 2026 - Dhruv Khullar on "The Pitt," conductor Cristian Măcelaru, and Maureen Abood's "Lebanese Baking"

In his New Yorker essay “What The Pitt Taught Me About Being a Doctor,” Dhruv Khullar reflects on how the HBO drama captures the human strain of practicing medicine inside a broken health-care system. He joins The Culture Show to discuss why the show resonates — and what it reveals to him about his own work as a doctor. Dhruv Khullar, a contributing writer at “The New Yorker,” is a practicing physician and an associate professor at Weill Cornell Medical College. He writes about medicine, health care, and politics.Conductor Cristian Măcelaru returns to a pivotal part of his own story on March 15, leading the Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra at Symphony Hall in the world premiere of Wynton Marsalis’s new work for cello and orchestra with Yo-Yo Ma. Once an Interlochen student himself, Măcelaru now comes to Boston as music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestre National de France. To learn more about the concert go here.For Maureen Abood, baking is a way of carrying culture, memory, and family tradition forward. She joins Jared to talk about her new cookbook, “Lebanese Baking,” and what its recipes reveal about Lebanese life at home and around the table. You can catch her tonight at 6:00 for a tasting and book signing event at Sofra Bakery + Cafe in Allston. To learn more go here.