March 16, 2026 - An Oscar Night recap, Lynette D'Amico on "Men I Hate," and Masako Miki

Culture Show co-host Callie Crossley and Culture Show contributor Lisa Simmons, the Artistic and Executive Director of the Roxbury International Film Festival and program manager at Mass Cultural Council, join Jared Bowen for an Oscars recap.Writer Lynette D’Amico joins The Culture Show to discuss “Men I Hate: A Memoir in Essays,” a searching new book about marriage, gender, and identity. Drawing on the upheaval that followed her spouse’s transition, D’Amico writes about love, estrangement, and what happens when the life you built no longer fits the language you once used to define it. On May 28th she’ll  be at Concord Art as part of the Independent Press Prose Reading Series. To learn more go here.  And the West Coast premiere of P Carl's play “Becoming A Man” will be opening at Z Space in San Francisco on May 30. Artist Masako Miki joinsThe Culture Show to talk about “Midnight March,” her exhibition now on view at the MassArt Art Museum through May 31. Inspired by Japanese folklore, the show fills the gallery with soft felt creatures that are strange, playful, and faintly uncanny — reimagining figures once associated with fear as something more communal, tender, and inviting. To learn more go here.