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EPISODE · Jun 15, 2026 · 53 MIN

What Are Archaeologists Digging Up In Charlestown?

from The Curiosity Desk · host GBH News

First,  Edgar talks with Massport CMO John Raferty about what could potentially be the world’s largest soccer ball, which arrived at a park in East Boston on Friday. Then, This Wednesday will mark 251 years since the Battle of Bunker Hill. We explore the battle's legacy with Julie Hall from the Charlestown Historical Society, ahead of an event Tuesday with GBH’s The Forum Network. Julie will join alongside archaeologists ​at an ongoing site dig, and a descendant of one of the soldiers who fought. Lastly, Author Eric Moskowitz talks about his new book The Hardest, Longest Race: Henry Ford and the Cross-Country Contest That Changed America.

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