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September 16, 2026 - Elizabeth Alexander, Goodnow Farms Chocolate, and Patrick Page

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September 15, 2026 - Emmys recap, Will Poulter and Adam Meeks on Union County, and the Boston Film Festival

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September 14, 2026 - Mahesh Daas, Jennifer Holliday, and Lecolion Washington of Handel and Haydn Society

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September 11, 2026 - 25 Years of Arts and Culture in Review

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September 10, 2026 - Ball in the House, Kiernan Schmitt on college curiosities, and Tony V

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September 9, 2026 - Poet Steve Biondolillo, Cantrip, and Sarah Longwell's book "How to Eat an Elephant"

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September 8, 2026 - Fabiola Méndez, Mikko Nissinen on 25 years at Boston Ballet, and Jackson Cannon on Pickle Week

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September 7, 2026 - Patti Smith, Daniel Mendelsohn, and Robert Pinsky

9

September 4, 2026 - Week-in-Review: Gloria Steinem, Cassandra Wilson, and Making MapQuest Great Again

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September 3, 2026 - Tracy K.Smith, "The Battle for Boston," and Dorie McCullough Lawson

11

September 2, 2026- Wednesday Watch Party: "Do The Right Thing"

12

September 1, 2026 - Bobbi Brown, Donnie Wahlberg, and Chef Aidan McGee

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August 31, 2026 - Inside MASTERPIECE'S "The Forsytes," Fabiola Méndez, and John Sayles' "Crucible"

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August 28, 2026 - Week in Review: Remembering Dolly Parton, Tim Curry, and Yayoi Kusama

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August 27, 2026 - Christopher Rothko, Ask E. Jean, and "Broken American Dream" with Daniel Paquette

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August 26, 2026 - Remembering Dolly Parton with Paula Cole, Conversations with an Executioner, and corsets in Worcester

17

August 25, 2026 - Masquerade, Chef Ana Sortun, and Christin Geall on "Flora Culture"

18

August 24, 2026 - Sally Mann, Jeremy Sewall and being Henry David Thoreau

19

August 21, 2026 - Week in Review: Hayden Panettiere, Columbia House Music Club, and Phoebe Bridgers' Mass. connection

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August 20, 2026 - Larkin McPhee, Pedro Alonzo, and Melissa Errico

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August 19, 2026 - Boston Arts and Culture Chief Joseph Zeil-Henry, Mary Grant, and Union Oyster House at 200

22

August 18, 2026 - Richard Russo on "Under the Falls," Chef Barbara Lynch, and Imari Paris Jeffries

23

August 17, 2026 - Paula Cole, Chris Vognar on a new era of talk shows, and Working Coast - Below the Line

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August 14, 2026 - Week in Review: DNF Debate, Potterheads' Win Duel With History, and Obama's Great Books

25

August 13, 2026 - Valerie Fridland, Phillip Kennicott and an afternoon at the opera with Jane Eaglan

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August 12, 2026 - Judy Collins, Mahesh Daas on architecture and heat waves , and the North End Fisherman's Feast

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August 11, 2026 - Ask E. Jean, Justin Crane on the McKinley School, and The Jack of Hearts Club

28

August 10, 2026 - Emily Ruddock, Carl Sprinchorn Exhibition, and Big Little Books with a French 75 Twist

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August 7, 2026 - Week in Review: Ariana Grande, an AI summer camp, and John Cage's long awaited chord change

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August 6, 2026 - Cellist Matt Haimovitz, Claudia Rankine on "Triage," and The Great Elephant Migration

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August 5, 2026 - Dylan Gottlieb's "Yuppies," Natalie Lemle's "Artifacts," and Plays in Place with Patrick Gabridge

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August 4, 2026 - Paul Giamatti and John Turturro on Rhinoceros, Cookie Queens, and Jazz Urbane Cafe

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August 3, 2026 - TV Goes to the Movies at the Brattle, Boston's sporty public art, and Dear Evan Hansen

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July 31, 2026 - BTS snubs the Grammys, sad girl summer, and Zendaya's ancient earrings

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July 30, 2026 - Angela Peri and Lisa Lobel on casting Widow's Bay, Mary Grant, and Bones of the Statue of Liberty

36

July 29, 2026 - Wednesday Watch Party - Terminator 2: Judgement Day

37

July 28, 2026 - Emily Wilson on The Odyssey, Kevin Nealon, and Laurie Anderson

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July 27, 2026 - Kerri Maher on Summer of Love, Hany Farid, and Fazendo a América at the MFA

39

July 24, 2026 - Week in Review: The Odyssey, the FIFA World Cup Finals, and Jimothy

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July 23, 2026 - George Saunders, Claire Foy, and Steve Sweeney's "Townie"

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July 22, 2026 - Chef Aidan McGee, Gonzalo Grau, and 100 years of Regina Pizzeria

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July 21, 2026 - Anne Packard: An Artist's Resolve, Gus Constantellis, and Fiddlehead

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July 20, 2026 - Los Lobos: Native Sons, I Am Teddy Roosevelt, and Dave Herlihy

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July 17, 2026 - Week in Review: Christopher Nolan's Odyssey, frozen yogurt, and the World Cup finale

45

July 16, 2026 - David Duchovny, Edward Gorey, and Simon Curtis

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July 15, 2026 - Sebastian Smee on Trump's Arch, Uli Lorimer on summer watering, and Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea

47

July 14, 2026 - "Paranormal Activity" on stage, Mahesh Daas on the Obama Pres. Center, and My Armenia

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July 13, 2026 - Jane Eaglen, Caroline Bicks on "Monsters in the Archives," and Rhett Price

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July 10, 2026 - Week in Review: Emmy nominations, XBox and Playstation controversy, and John Oliver on General Hospital

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July 9, 2026 - Judy Collins, Betrayal at Gloucester Stage Company, and First Peoples, First Stories

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July 8, 2026 - Danielle Allen on "Radical Duke," Fenti Fried Chicken, and Pedro Alonzo on Mexico City art

52

July 7, 2026 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Cameron McCloud from Cure for Paranoia, and Jeffrey Seller

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July 6, 2026 - The Great Gatsby, Elizabeth Strout, and Historic New England

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July 3, 2026 - Ron Chernow, Tara Roberts, and a Victorian Gothic Thriller

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July 2, 2026 - Live from P-town: John Waters, the Town Crier, Avital Sagalyn at PAAM, and Jujubee

56

July 1, 2026 - Eddie S. Glaude Jr, "Song of Massachusetts," and Megan Hilty

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June 30, 2026 - Boston Symphony Orchestra President and CEO Chad Smith and Julia Swanson on Boston public art

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June 29, 2026 - Olivia Wilde on "The Invite," the Nantucket Comedy Festival, and Boston Harbor City Cruises at 100

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June 26, 2026 - Week in Review: The Reflecting Pool, Clive Davis, and Dolly Parton's truck stop

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June 25, 2026 - Ensemble Altera's "Declarations," Children's Art Carnival in Harlem, and a home for Les Bleus in Boston

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June 24, 2026 - Reynaliz Herrera & Ideas, Not Theories' with BIKEncerto, Parade: A Folktale, and the Boston Art Review

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June 23, 2026 - We Are Pat, Mahesh Daas on data centers, and A Night at the Disco

63

June 22, 2026 - Imari Paris Jeffries on the Embrace's new center, Imagined Nation at the Athenaeum, and the Tao of Lloyd

64

June 19, 2026 - Annette Gordon-Reed onJuneteenth, Regie Gibson on Shakespeare, and Summer Solstice

65

June 18, 2026 - Dr. Noelle Trent of the Museum of African American History, Mary Grant, and the MOMENTUM festival

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June 17, 2026 - The Salem Rainbow Stroll, The Clyde Best Story, and Salad Days at the Carpenter Center

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June 16, 2026 - Regie Gibson on "Song of Massachusetts," Josef Palermo on the Kennedy Center, and Nashoba Valley Winery

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June 15, 2026 - Antonia Bennett, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., and Igor Golyak on DELIRIUM

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June 12, 2026 - Week in Review: Sagrada Família, the Kennedy Center, and David Hockney

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June 11, 2026 - Dorie Greenspan on Kate Hepburn's brownies, Celtic Art at the HAM, and Jackson Cannon's summer spritzes

71

June 10, 2026 - Veronica Robles on Vive Latinoamérica, RoxFilm 2026, and A Midsummer Night's Dream

72

June 9, 2026 - RISE! by the Boston Gay Men's Chorus, Matthew Connors, and Firebird Part 2

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June 8, 2026 - The 2026 Tony Awards, La CASA in the South End, and Jane Eaglen

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June 5, 2026 - Week in Review: Horror films, Taylor Swift's Toy Story tune, and Euphoria

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June 4, 2026 - "Fairyland," John Carter Cash, and Baking from Poland and Beyond.

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June 3, 2026 - Bob Odenkirk 's "Normal, Geoff Bennett's "Black Out Loud," and Lebanese Baking

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June 2, 2026 - Patti Smith, a new translation of "The Odyssey," and three-time U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky

78

June 1, 2026 - Ethan Hawke, Anthony Amore, and "Dorie's Anytime Cakes"

79

May 29, 2026 - Bobbi Brown, Donnie Wahlberg, and Chef Aidan McGee

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May 28, 2026 - Live from New York City: Derrick Adams and Melissa Errico's Back to Barbara

81

May 27, 2026 - Live from New York City: Marc Shaiman and Steve Locke

82

May 26, 2026 - Danielle Allen, Eve Plumb, and Matthew Shifrin on blind athletics

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May 25, 2026 - Keith Lockhart, Revolutionary Artists, and Paul Revere's Sons of Liberty Bowl

84

May 22, 2026 - Wednesday Watch Party: All The President's Men

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May 21, 2026 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Geoffrey Kelly on Thirteen Perfect Fugitives, and Edmonia Lewis at the PEM

86

May 20, 2026 - Eco-Rhythms on the Tobin Bridge, Boston's Soundscape Tours, and MassArt president Mary Grant

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May 19, 2026 - Peter Wolf, Megan Hilty, and John Ravenal on the US at the Biennale

88

May 18, 2026 - Stephen Moyer and Jack Davenport, Jill Medvedow on "Things that Disappear," and Pedro Alonzo

89

May 15, 2026 - Week in Review: Eurovision, the World Cup halftime show, and Don Colossus

90

May 14, 2026 - Club Passim's Matt Smith, Bill Lichtenstein on WBCN, and 150 years of the Harvard Lampoon

91

May 13, 2026 - Sam Smallidge, and NEC's Andrea Kalyn and Juliano Aniceto on "Concert for the City"

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May 12, 2026 - Tracy K.Smith, "The Battle for Boston," and Dorie McCullough Lawson

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May 11, 2026 -

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May 8, 2026 - Week in Review: Ted Turner, Tony nominations, and the Met Gala

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May 7, 2026 - "Swept Away" by The Avett Brothers, and Elizabeth Strout's "The Things We Never Say"

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May 6, 2026 - Stephen Greenblatt, Jill Lepore and Nicholas Boggs

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May 5, 2026 - Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart, Masquerade, and the National Baseball Poetry Festival

98

May 4, 2026 - George Saunders, Claire Foy, and Steve Sweeney

99

May 1, 2026 - Week in Review: The Venice Biennale, nude art, and Jimmy Kimmel vs. Trump

100

April 30, 2026 - Patrick Radden Keefe on "London Falling," BLO's Daughter of the Regiment, and Washington at the MFA

101

April 29, 2026 - Michael Patrick MacDonald, Chef Jamie Bissonnette, and Colby College's art initiatives

102

April 28, 2026 - "1972," A Rock Opera, Uli Lorimer on spring sprouts, and Tony V

103

April 27, 2026 - Adele Bertei on "No New York," Persona + Picturing Isabella at the ISGM, and Evan Wang

104

April 24, 2026 - Week in Review: "Michael," toxic fandoms, and a new Drag Race champion

105

April 23, 2026 - Tom Perrotta on "Ghost Town," Julia Swanson, and the Bard's Birthday with Regie Gibson

106

April 22, 2026 - Wednesday Watch Party: When Harry Met Sally

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April 21, 2026 - Geoff Bennett on "Black Out Loud," Alison Hoagland, and 40 years of MIT List Visual Arts Center

108

April 20, 2026 - Keith Lockhart, Revolutionary Artists, and Paul Revere's Sons of Liberty Bowl

109

April 17, 2026 - Week in Review: Hampshire College closing, AI storefronts, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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April 16, 2026 - Keefer Glenshaw, Mary Grant, and a Secret Boston Patriot's Day special

111

April 15, 2026 - Sharks Come Cruisin', Worcester to the Stars at Museum of Worcester, and the Boston Theater Marathon

112

April 14, 2026 - Bob Odenkirk and Derek Kolstad on "Nobody," Thanks for Typing, and Say It Loud at the ICA

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April 13, 2026 - Timothy Snyder, Boston Youth Poet Laureate Ailin Sha, and Bill Barclay

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April 10, 2026 - Week in Review: The Drama, Rocky Horror on Broadway, and Kanye's comeback

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April 9, 2026 - Cady Coleman on Artemis II, Pedro Alonzo's London Dispatch, and Igor Golyak on "Our Class"

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

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April 7, 2026 - Béla Fleck, the High Line in New York, and Virginia Pye on "Marriage and Other Monuments"

118

April 6, 2026 - Elaine Sciolino, Matt Doyle, and Adam Rapp

119

April 3, 2026 - Week-in-Review: An Art Heist, A Kit-Kat Caper, and Celine Dion's Comeback

120

April 2, 2026 - David Duchovny, Edward Gorey, and Simon Curtis

121

April 1, 2026 - Robert Pinsky, Chef Jason Santos, and Joyce's Choices

122

March 31, 2026 - Ibram X. Kendi, Fmr. US Poet Laureate Billy Collins, and "Living in Pryde"

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March 30, 2026 - Geoffrey Kelly on "Thirteen Perfect Fugitives," an Eddie Palmieri tribute, and a PAX East recap

124

March 27, 2026 - Week in Review: Hannah Montana at 20, SNL's UK debut, and remembering Tracy Kidder

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March 26, 2026 - Renée Fleming and Thomas Hampson on "Nixon in China," “André Is an Idiot,” and presidential pets

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March 25, 2026 - Mahesh Daas, Reeves Gabrels + My'Kal Stromlie, and the MFA at 250

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March 24, 2026 - Ken Burns, Francisco Noya and Amanda Shea, and Alan Ricks on "Seeking Abundance"

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March 23, 2026 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Mahler's "Song of the Earth" at the BLO, and "Busing the Buffer Zone"

129

March 20, 2026 - Week in Review: BTS, the Bachelorette, and Trump's gold coin

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March 19, 2026 - Jordan Harrison's The Antiquities, Stephen Moyer + Jack Davenport on The Forsytes and beer cocktails

131

March 18, 2026 - Wednesday Watch Party: Taxi Driver

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March 17, 2026 - We Black Folk Showcase, Jill Medvedow on "The English Understand Wool," and Matthew Shifrin

133

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

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Boston Lyric Opera Reimagines Mahler's "Song of the Earth"

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March 13, 2026 - Week in Review: Andris Nelsons, an Oscars preview, and a Chalamet faux pas

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

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March 11, 2026 - Chef Paul Wahlberg, the Vinfen Film Festival, and Chef Tiffani Faison

138

March 10, 2026 - Shaina Taub on "Suffs," a Secret Boston St. Patrick's Day, and Fabiola Méndez

139

March 9, 2026 - Mark Malkoff on "Love Johnny Carson," Stereophonic, and Pedro Alonzo

140

March 6, 2026 - Week in Review: Philip Glass' "Lincoln" at Tanglewood, Iranian cultural landmarks, and RFK Jr vs Dunkin

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"Stereophonic" Heads to Boston

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March 5, 2026 - Boston Pops' Keith Lockhart, To Kill a Mockingbird at Umbrella Arts Center, and Julia Swanson

143

March 4, 2026 - Namwali Serpell's "On Morrison," Mary Grant, and the Fitchburg Art Museum at 100

144

March 3, 2026 - Astronaut Cady Coleman, BSO x NEC Alliance, and Battlemode's Boston Bitdown

145

March 2, 2026 - Susan Wilson on Susan Dimock M.D., Creative Sector Day, and "Resistance" at the New Bedford Art Museum

146

February 27, 2026 - Dennis Lehane, Joy Behar and Hank Phillippi Ryan

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February 26, 2026 - Sally Mann, Jeremy Sewall and being Henry David Thoreau

148

February 25, 2026 - James Sullivan, Aisha Muharrar and Richard Russo

149

February 24, 2026 - Gish Jen, Sam Kissajukian and Gesine Bullock-Prado

150

February 23, 2026 - Stephen Greenblatt, Jill Lepore, and Nicholas Boggs

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February 20, 2026 - Robert Reich, Marianne Leone, and Sam Waterston

152

February 19, 2026 - Christopher Castellani on "Last Seen," and Free to Be: Skate, Paint, Imaginate

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February 18, 2026- Wednesday Watch Party, does "Fargo" still hold up?

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February 17, 2026 - On Frederick Wiseman, Dell Hamilton, Uli Lorimer on the snowpack, and Matthew Shifrin

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February 16, 2026 - Katherine Tallman on the Coolidge Corner Theater, Roberto Lugo, and Chompon "Boong" Boonnak

156

February 13, 2026 - Week in Review: Olympic cheaters, Wuthering Heights, and a sad horse plush

157

February 12, 2026 - Alan Cumming, Billy Bragg, and Penelope at Lyric Stage Company

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February 11, 2026 - The Louvre heist with Elaine Sciolino, Vince Petryk of JP Licks, and Mahesh Daas

159

February 10, 2026 - MFA president Pierre Terjanian, John Sayles on "Crucible," and Ken Urban on "The Moderate"

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February 9, 2026 - "PILLION," Fran Lebowitz, and Super Bowl Postgame

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February 6, 2026 - Week in Review: National Film Registry, an AI social network, and Iron Lung

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February 5, 2026 - Imari Paris Jeffries, the Overture to Spring Black History Month Concert, and Worcester's Valentines

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February 4, 2026 - Jeff Taylor, Mary Grant, and Blind Date with a Book at the BPL

164

February 3, 2026 - "We Had a World" with Joshua Harmon, Ball in the House, and Philip Kennicott on the Kennedy Center

165

February 2, 2026 - T: An MBTA Musical, Peggy Fogelman on 10 years at the ISGM, and A Midsummer Night's Dream at THT REP

166

January 30, 2026 - Week in Review: Catherine O'Hara, music protests, and the Melania documentary

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January 29, 2026 - Donald Nally from The Crossing, the Moby Dick Marathon, and public art in Boston

168

January 28, 2026 - Wednesday Watch Party: Groundhog Day

169

January 27, 2026 - Noelle Trent, Davóne Tines, and Bruno Carvalho

170

January 26, 2026 - Preserving the Smithsonian, Max Wolf Friedlich on JOB, and Boston's most beautiful buildings

171

January 23, 2026 - Week in Review: Oscar nominations, the Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Green Day at the Super Bowl

172

January 22, 2026 - Claire Foy, We Are Made from the Land: Protecting the Seal River Watershed, and Mary Grant

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January 21, 2026 - Joyce Kulhawik, Chef Tracy Chang of PAGU, and the 2026 Hundred Year Book Debate

174

January 20, 2026 - Paul Salopek, Pete Wells, and WINTERACTIVE 2026

175

January 19, 2026 - Tracy K.Smith, "The Battle for Boston," and Dorie McCullough Lawson

176

January 16, 2026 - Week in Review: Time Out Market, the National Portrait Gallery, and MTV Rewind

177

January 15, 2026 - Congressman Jim Clyburn, Scottish Fish, and To Be Read Conference

178

January 14, 2026 - Chef Karen Akunowicz, Ali Noorani of the Barr Foundation, and hostile architecture w/ Mahesh Daas

179

January 13, 2026 - Breaking the Deadlock, Masquerade, and Pedro Alonzo

180

January 12, 2026 - Damien Hoar de Galvan, "The Great Privation," and Paul Revere's Sons of Liberty Bowl

181

January 9, 2026 - Week in Review: Heated Rivalry, Stranger Things, and BTS' return

182

January 8, 2026 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Amani Willett, and Jackson Cannon's martini masterclass

183

January 7, 2026 - Joyce Kulhawik, Salem Poet Laureate J.D. Scrimgeour, and Alison Croney Moses

184

January 6, 2026 - George Saunders, "Fight for America!" and Matthew Shifrin

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January 5, 2026 - Samuel Barber's "Vanessa," Steve Sweeney's "Townie," and Jane Eaglen on Pavarotti

186

January 2, 2026 - Stephen Greenblatt, Jill Lepore and Nicholas Boggs

187

January 1, 2026 - Dennis Lehane, Joy Behar and Hank Phillippi Ryan

188

December 31, 2025 - Gish Jen, Sam Kissajukian and Gesine Bullock-Prado

189

December 30, 2025 - James Sullivan, Aisha Muharrar and Richard Russo

190

December 29, 2025 - Sally Mann, Jeremy Sewall and being Henry David Thoreau

191

December 26, 2025 - Robert Reich, Marianne Leone, and Sam Waterston

192

December 24, 2025 - Two Scoops of Scrooge, Blue Heron, Dickens' home away from home

193

December 23, 2025 - Ron Chernow, Tara Roberts, and a Victorian Gothic Thriller

194

December 23, 2025 - BONUS EPISODE: Keith Lockhart Waxes Rhapsodic on "Bohemian Rhapsody"

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December 22, 2025 - Gerald Charles Dickens, The Feast of the Seven Fishes, Mrs. Claus

196

December 19, 2025 - Week in Review: The Oscars on YouTube, Rob Reiner, and Santa's beard

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December 18, 2025 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Mary Grant, and Cocktail Guru Jonathan Pogash

198

December 17, 2025 - Wednesday Watch Party: A Christmas Carol!

199

December 16, 2025 - Nadya Tolokonnikova, Stefan Jackiw, and Julia Swanson

200

December 18, 2025 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Mary Grant, and holiday cocktails with Jonathan Pogash

201

December 15, 2025 - Is This A Room, Marina Abramović, and remembering Rob Reiner

202

December 12, 2025 - Week in Review: Golden Globe nominations, Australia's social media ban, and Charlie Brown

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December 11, 2025 - "Annie" at the Wheelock Family Theatre, 10 million seeds at the Native Plant Trust, and Pedro Alonzo

204

December 10, 2025 - Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll and BSO's Chad Smith, remembering Frank Gehry, and Martin Puryear: Nexus

205

December 9, 2025 - Patti Smith, Charles Dickens at the Parker House, and Elisa Smith

206

December 8, 2025 - Wonder: The Musical, Arms and Armor at the Worcester Art Museum, and Unsent

207

December 5, 2025 - Tom Stoppard, Spotify Wrapped, and the words of the year

208

December 4, 2025 - Matt Doyle, Levain Bakery, and Cirque du Soleil's 'Twas The Night Before

209

December 3, 2025 - Will and Georgia Lyman, REVOLUTION! at the BPL, and Gregory Maguire on Midwinter Revels

210

December 2, 2025 - Jerry O'Connell on Stand By Me at 40, Joyce Kulhawik, and Illuminate Bach: A Holiday Celebration!

211

December 1, 2025 - Ethan Hawke, Peter Drummey, and Matthew Shifrin

212

November 28, 2025 - Kwame Alexander, Elizabeth Strout and Oliver de la Paz

213

November 26, 2025 - The AAPI Holiday Market, The Funny Uncle Cabaret, and public art in Providence

214

November 25, 2025 - Natan Last, "Life on the Other Planet" with Vincent Straggas, and S---faced Shakespeare

215

November 24, 2025 - Chef Pyet DeSpain, Merriam-Webster's new dictionary, and Devra First on the Michelin Guide in Boston

216

November 21, 2025 - Week in Review: The Michelin Guide in Boston, the Grand Egyptian Museum, and Thanksgiving

217

November 20, 2025 - 2000 Meters to Andriivka, Evan Dando of The Lemonheads, and Improv Asylum's Norm Laviolette

218

November 19, 2025 - Mary Grant, the Florida Highwaymen, and Chef Daniel Kenney's Thanksgiving tips

219

November 18, 2025 - Ins Choi on "Kim's Convenience," Dread Scott, and Pedro Alonzo

220

November 17, 2025 - Serj Tankian, Nora Burnett Abrams, and Jane Eaglen

221

November 14, 2025 - Week in Review: Pope Leo XIV's favorite films, AI-generated music , and RIP the penny

222

November 13, 2025 - Allan Rohan Crite: Urban Glory and Griot of Boston, John Lam on "Act II," and Jackson Cannon

223

November 12, 2025 - Lucía Abramovich Sánchez, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and Mahesh Daas

224

November 11, 2025 - A Revolutionary Concert for Paul Revere, A Revelation of Character, and Tania León

225

November 10, 2025 - David Drake's pottery, Patrick Wolf, and Dorie Greenspan

226

November 7, 2025 - The 2026 Grammy nominations, Jonathan Bailey, and Tom Brady's cloned dog

227

November 6, 2025 - Anthony Amore on "The Rembrandt Heist," Benjamin Fortier, and Lizard Boy

228

November 5, 2025 - Wednesday Watch Party: Back to the Future

229

November 4, 2025 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Balanchine's Jewels at the Boston Ballet, and Uli Lorimer

230

November 3, 2025 - Chris Grace, Crispin Glover, and Matthew Shifrin

231

October 31, 2025: Week in Review - David Drake's pottery, Halloween, and the Louvre

232

October 30, 2025 - The Wang Theatre at 100, the Louvre heist, and Manual Cinema's The 4th Witch

233

October 29, 2025 - Alysia Abbott, Anthony Barboza's "I Return With a Feeling of Us," and Allison Miller

234

October 28, 2025 - The Massachusetts Veterans Legacy Trail, Lesley Ann Warren on Clue at 40, and Kiernan Schmitt

235

October 27, 2025 - Bruins 365, Terri Lyne Carrington on Lift Every Voice and Sing, and Erica Vanstone

236

October 24, 2025 - Week in Review: The Louvre heist, the East Wing of the White House, and Dunkin's Spidey D

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October 23, 2025 - Dorie McCullough Lawson, Mary Grant, and Laurel Kratochvila

238

October 22, 2025 - The 24th Halloween Horror Marathon at the Coolidge Corner Theatre and Gish Jen

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October 21, 2025 - Hocus Pocus at the Ropes Mansion in Salem and Gesine Bullock-Prado

240

October 20, 2025 - John Carter Cash and Zahili Zamora

241

October 17, 2025 - Week-in-Review - Diane Keaton, D'Angelo, and the Arch de Trump

242

October 16, 2025 - Donnie Wahlberg on his new series "Boston Blue" and Comedian Hari Kondabolu

243

October 15, 2025 - Josh Simpson on making glass on the moon, Pedro Alonzo and Patrick Martinez on "Cost of Living"

244

October 14, 2025 - Bobbi Brown, Joyce Kulhawik, and Tracy K. Smith

245

October 13, 2025 - Peter Wolf and Regie Gibson

246

October 10, 2025 - Week in Review: James Bond disarmed, Bob Ross paintings for sale, and eating pudding with a fork

247

October 9, 2025 - Jake Tapper, Bricks for the Blind with Matthew Shifrin, and Gustazo Cuban Kitchen

248

October 8, 2025 - Chris Grace on Sardines, Phantoms by Firelight at Old Sturbridge Village, and Brassica Kitchen + Cafe

249

October 7, 2025 - Imari Paris Jeffries, 300 Paintings with Sam Kissajukian, and Boston Baroque's Baroque Masterworks

250

October 6, 2025 - Fritz Scholder's "Bicentennial Indian," Jill Lepore, and Projecting Protest

251

October 3, 2025 - Week in Review: Life of a Showgirl, Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl, and Jane Goodall

252

October 2, 2025 - Walter Mosley, Viola's Room at The Shed, and Oliver Jeffers

253

October 1, 2025 - Watch Party: Coming to America and Mahesh Daas

254

September 30, 2025 - Art at the Clark and the Norman Rockwell Museum, K-Pop Demon Hunters, and Matisse at War

255

September 29, 2025 - Author Stephen Greenblatt, Our Town at the Lyric Stage Boston, and Enchanted Analytics

256

September 26, 2025 - Jimmy Kimmel, the Olive Garden review that went viral, and Bad Bunny

257

September 25, 2025 - Simon Curtis on Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, Rock Bottom: The Musical, and McGonagle's Pub

258

September 24, 2025 - Joyce Kulhawik, Reimagining Lilith Fair at Passim, and public art around Nubian Square

259

September 23, 2025 - Barry Bostwick, Susanne Simpson from Masterpiece, and Jeremy Sewall

260

September 22, 2025 - La Padrona, CineFest Latino Boston, and Primary Trust

261

September 19, 2025 - Robert Redford, Ben & Jerry's, and Somerville's new cat mayor

262

September 18, 2025 - Richard Smith as Henry David Thoreau, MIT's Great Glass Pumpkin Patch, and a fall TV guide

263

September 17, 2025 - Portrait of Doña Feliciana Belendes y Ramirez, Will Dailey, and the Fluff Festival

264

September 16, 2025 - Mary Gauthier, the American Comedy Archives with Eddie Brill, and Mary Grant

265

September 15, 2025 - Recapping the Emmy Awards, Unbound at King's Chapel, and Jane Eaglen

266

September 12, 2025 - Week-in-Review: Japanese egg salad sandwiches and actress Polly Holliday

267

September 11, 2025 - David Duchovny, a Boston Film Festival preview, and The Kittie Knox Plays

268

September 10, 2025 - Joyce Kulhawik, The Mountaintop, and Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez

269

September 9, 2025 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Edward Gorey: The Gloomy Gallery, and Baldwin: A Love Story

270

September 8, 2025 - Ben Shattuck, David Baron, and Mariachi musician Veronica Robles

271

September 5, 2025 - Week in Review: Massachusetts' new flag proposals, South Park, and Giorgio Armani

272

September 4, 2025 - Sally Mann, Joy Behar, and Voices and Votes: Democracy in America

273

September 3, 2025 - Adela Goldbard and Pedro Alonzo, Jyoti and Auyon Mukharji, and Mahesh Daas

274

September 2, 2025 - Marianne Leone, Rachel Ruysch at the MFA, and Passengers at the ART

275

September 1, 2025 - Shark Week: Wendy Benchley, "Jaws at 50," and the life of Robert Shaw

276

August 29, 2025 - "EEPHUS," Chef Andy Husbands, and John Flansburgh

277

August 28, 2025 - Peter Wolf and Regie Gibson

278

August 27, 2025 - Ben Shattuck, Cakeswagg, Andre Dubus III

279

August 26, 2025 - J. Courtney Sullivan, Colm Tóibín, and Dart Adams on De La Soul’s “3 Feet High and Rising”

280

August 25, 2025- Dread Scott, André Aciman and Janie Barnett on "She's So Unusual."

281

August 22, 2025 - Week in Review: The return of Victorian fashion, performative males, and the Laufey library card

282

August 21, 2025 - Melissa Rivers, public art in the Charlestown Navy Yard, and a fall planting guide

283

August 20, 2025 - Hank Phillippi Ryan, Miss Conception, and Joyce Kulhawik

284

August 19, 2025 - Twice-a-Day Ray, Jane Eaglen, and Mary Grant

285

August 18, 2025 - Cady Coleman and Josh Simpson, Imani Perry and Sci-Art in Central Square

286

August 15, 2025 - Week in Review: War of the Worlds, Taylor Swift, and Trump's Smithsonian review

287

August 14, 2025 - Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, Aisha Muharrar, and Henry Diltz

288

August 13, 2025 - Josh Ritter, "We're Doing The Wiz," and Erica Hirshler, Curator of American Paintings at the MFA

289

August 12, 2025 - Astronaut Cady Coleman on Jim Lovell, Pedro Alonzo, and the North End Fisherman's Feast

290

August 11, 2025 - Amber Ruffin on "The Wiz," Nina Festekjian, and The Cape Playhouse

291

August 8, 2025 - Week in Review: Versailles AI, South Park, and Hamilton at 10

292

August 7, 2025 - Michael Ansara, Christine Baranski, and Van Gogh's Roulin Family Portraits

293

August 6, 2025 - Dennis Lehane on "Smoke," a Boston Mayoral Forum on Arts and Culture recap, and Mahesh Daas

294

August 5, 2025 - Robert Reich, The Ciota Brothers on "Cassino in Ischia," and Phoebe Potts on "Too Fat for China"

295

August 4, 2025 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Chan's Home of Egg Rolls and Blues, and Elijah Wald

296

August 1, 2025 - Week in Review: AI chatbot girlfriends, a White House ballroom, and Sydney Sweeney's jeans

297

July 31, 2025 - The legacy of Jonathan Demme, Neuroscientist Emily Falk, and public art in Zone 3

298

July 30, 2025 - James Sullivan, Presidential Pets at the JFK Library, and Mary Grant

299

July 29, 2025 - Paula Plum, Tiffany Jenkins, and New Bedford's revolutionary history

300

July 28, 2025 - The Moonwalkers, Jane Eaglen, and Unearthing Childhood: 300 Years of North End Kids

301

July 25, 2025 - Week in Review: Coldplaygate, Ozzy Osbourne, Hulk Hogan, and Malcolm Jamal-Warner

302

July 24, 2025 - Elisa New on Walt Whitman, Robin Givhan on Virgil Abloh, and the legacy of Steve Ross

303

July 23, 2025 - Jaws at 50: A Deeper Dive, Joyce Kulhawik, and Zara Anishanslin

304

July 22, 2025 - Worcester's industrial history, As You Like It in Boston Common, and Pedro Alonzo

305

July 21, 2025 - William Jackson Harper, Richard Russo, and Ming Fay: Edge of the Garden

306

July 18, 2025 - Week in Review: Public Broadcasting defunded, Emmy nominations, and Stephen Colbert's cancellation

307

July 17, 2025 - Chris Berdik, Janie Barnett on "She's So Unusual," and Emi Ferguson

308

July 16, 2025 - Adam Aleksic, "Back to The Future - The Musical," and Steve Locke

309

July 15, 2025 - Gregory Maguire, Margaret Cho, and Jane Eaglen

310

July 14, 2025 - Reginald Dwayne Betts, David Grann, and Chelsea Handler

311

July 11, 2025 - Devo at 50, Alison Bechdel, and James Parker

312

July 10, 2025 - Baseball: The Movie, Dart Adams on 3 Feet High and Rising, and Max Heinegg

313

July 9, 2025 - Mfoniso Udofia, Rob "ProBlak" Gibbs, and Black Voices of the Revolution

314

July 8, 2025 - Peter Wolf and Imari Paris Jeffries

315

July 7, 2025 - Wendy Benchley, Mandy Barnett, and Christopher Shaw Myers

316

July 4, 2025 - "EEPHUS," Chef Andy Husbands, and John Flansburgh

317

July 3, 2025 - James Parker, Fabiola Méndez, and Secret Boston: An Unusual Guide

318

July 2, 2025 - Danielle Allen, the Family Heritage Experience, and Mahesh Daas

319

July 1, 2025 - Robert Ellis Orrall, Sam Waterston, and mixologist Marsha Lindsey

320

June 30, 2025 - Heidi Wastweet and Lucía Abramovich Sánchez, public art in New Bedford, and André Aciman

321

June 27, 2025 - Week in Review: Anna Wintour, Trump's F-bomb, tourists damaging art, and Boston Calling's hiatus

322

June 26, 2025 - Boston Poet Laureate Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah, Alfredo Jaar, and Victor Oliveira

323

June 25, 2025 - As You Like It in Boston Common, Frederick Douglass' July 4 speech, and the Queer (Re)Public Festival

324

June 24, 2025 - "The Dream of a Common Movement" and the legacy of Urvashi Vaid, Subject:Matter, and Mary Grant

325

June 23, 2025 - Pedro Alonzo and Nicholas Galanin, Vincent Petryk of JP Licks, and Moonbox's New Works Festival

326

June 20, 2025 - Week in Review: Jaws at 50, the Louvre, and the Karen Read ceiling fan

327

June 19, 2025 - Mass. Poet Laureate Regie Gibson, Club Passim, and Nina MacLaughlin on the Summer Solstice

328

June 18, 2025 - Annette Gordon-Reed, J. Courtney Sullivan, and the Boston Pizza Festival

329

June 17, 2025 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Dread Scott, and the 50th anniversary of Jaws

330

June 16, 2025 - Frederick Douglass in opera, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, and the Battle of Bunker Hill at 250

331

June 13, 2025 - Week in Review: Brian Wilson, Sly Stone, and the return of smoking

332

June 12, 2025 - The work of David Drake, Hello Dolly, and the Roxbury International Film Festival

333

June 11, 2025 - Adam Met, Ian Shaw and Mike Glier

334

June 10, 2025 - Dr. Robert Waldinger, Penguin Retirement Home and Lauren Stowell

335

June 9, 2025 - Kwame Alexander, Elizabeth Strout and Oliver de la Paz

336

June 6, 2025 - Week in Review: A Tony Awards preview, Edmund White, and the Nintendo Switch 2

337

June 5, 2025 - Greg Skomal, Our Class, and Beyond Walls

338

June 4, 2025 - Nemr, revolutionary history in Somerville, and the legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright

339

June 3, 2025 - Mayor Ray Flynn and Don Gillis, Tinder Live! with Lane Moore, and the Cape Ann Museum

340

June 2, 2025 - Andy Husbands, Massiel Grullón, and Uli Lorimer from the Native Plant Trust

341

May 30, 2025 - Week in Review: The Labubu craze, Harry Potter, and Audra McDonald vs Patti LuPone

342

May 29, 2025 - Vincent Valdez, Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York), and public art around Bost

343

May 28, 2025 - Ron Chernow, Tara Roberts, and the Boston Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival

344

May 27, 2025 - The Arrival Art Fair, Tituss Burgess, and Jane Eaglen

345

May 26, 2025 - Marianne Leone, Erik Andrade, and Eric and Will

346

May 23, 2025 - Week in Review: Caitlin Clark vs Angel Reese, Springsteen vs Trump, and remembering George Wendt

347

May 22, 2025 - George Takei, B. Dylan Hollis, and a preview of Boston Calling

348

May 21, 2025 - Sebastian Smee, Dr. Greg Skomal on Jaws at 50, and the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Chelsea Creek

349

May 20, 2025 - The Michelin Guide in Boston, JaJa's African Hair Braiding, and Mahesh Daas

350

May 19, 2025 - Josh Simpson and Cady Coleman, the Boston Public Art Triennial, and Shakespeare in ASL

351

May 16, 2025 - Week in Review: The Michelin Guide in Boston, Pete Rose, and the Giacometti bust

352

May 15, 2025 - Alison Bechdel, A Radical Welcome: Source Code, and Kayla Tabb, the BPL's new Chef-in-Residence

353

May 14, 2025 - Snowy owls at Logan Airport and Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition

354

May 13, 2025 - David Leonard of the Boston Public Library and Jay Hajj of Mike's City Diner

355

May 12, 2025 - Ryan Miller and Brian Rosenworcel of Guster, "The Revenge of the Humanities," and Tracy K. Smith

356

May 9, 2025 - Pope Leo XIV, the Met Gala, and Hollywood tariffs

357

May 8, 2025 - Alex Alvear and Michael Feldman, and Mary Grant

358

May 7, 2025 - James Parker, Fabiola Méndez, and Secret Boston: An Unusual Guide

359

May 6, 2025 - Keith Lockhart, Imari Paris Jeffries, and the Boston Art Review

360

May 5, 2025 - The Goddess of Liberty at the MFA, David Coffin, and Utopian Hotline

361

May 2, 2025 - Bill Belichick's interview fallout, 100 men versus one gorilla, and a Market Basket playlist

362

May 1, 2025 - David Lindsay-Abaire, the New England Film Orchestra's Star Wars concert, and the Native Plant Trust

363

April 30, 2025 - Kwame Alexander, Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll, and the Mean Girls musical

364

April 29, 2025 - Hannah Selinger, Eephus, and Rock to Baroque: Four Decades of Music Photography

365

April 28, 2025 - Robert Pinsky, arts funding and advocacy, and public art in Kendall Square

366

April 25, 2025 - Week in Review: Pope Francis' cultural impact, YouTube at 20, and Ryan Coogler's Sinners deal

367

April 24, 2025 - Dana Caspersen, Loudon Wainwright III, and Younes Rahmoun: Here, Now at Smith College

368

April 23, 2025 - Devo, Alan Michelson, and the Old North Church's angels

369

April 22, 2025 - Martín Espada, Radius Ensemble, and Lisa Genova

370

April 21, 2025 - Alton Brown, Candlepin Bowling and Orville Peck

371

April 18, 2025 - Week in Review: Blue Origin's all-female space flight, AI action figures, and a Phantom reboot

372

April 17, 2025 - Boston's Big Queer Food Fest, the Black Patriots of Lexington, and Mary Grant

373

April 16, 2025 - The 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord, Flemish masterpieces at the Peabody Essex Museum, Pedro Alonzo, and a first hand account of Patriots' Day

374

April 15, 2025 - The 60th anniversary of the 1965 Freedom Rally, what Boston can learn from Japanese transit, and Joyce Kulhawik

375

April 14, 2025 - David Grann, a David Lynch tribute at the Somerville Theatre, and Daniel Mendelsohn

376

April 11, 2025 - Week in Review: New MFA Director Pierre Terjanian, A Minecraft Movie, and Elton John vs. Madonna

377

April 10, 2025 - Sara Moulton, tariffs and Hollywood, and Felipe Torres Medina

378

April 9, 2025 - Amor Towles, the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride, and Mahesh Daas

379

April 8, 2025 - De'Lon Grant, TV presidents, and Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits at the MFA

380

April 7, 2025 - Night Side Songs, Anthony Roth Costanzo, and GBH News Rooted

381

April 4, 2025 - Week in Review: Adolescence, the Beatles biopics, and Val Kilmer

382

April 3, 2025 - Cicely Carew, It's A Motherf**king Pleasure, and a retirement home for penguins at the New England Aquarium

383

April 2, 2025 - Carousel, Elizabeth Strout, and the Hanging Nasturtiums at the Gardner Museum

384

April 1, 2025 - American art at the MFA, Joyce Kulhawik, and Amanda Shea

385

March 31, 2025 - 1775: Rebels, Rights, & Revolution, Shucked, and springtime public art

386

March 28, 2025 - Week in Review: Trump's Smithsonian changes, Mayor Wu on The Daily Show, and Ed Sheeran's pop up bar in Ipswich, MA

387

March 27, 2025 - Jeff and Julie Kinney, Everyone250 with Imari Paris Jeffries, and Ricardo Pérez González

388

March 26, 2025 - Igor Golyak, Dr. Robert Waldinger, and Pedro Alonzo

389

March 25, 2025 - Gregory Maguire, Celtics president Rich Gotham, and candlepin bowling

390

March 24, 2025 - The Ballad of Wallis Island, the ISU World Figure Skating Championships, and Mahesh Daas

391

March 21, 2025 - Week in Review: The Gardner heist, Celtics sold for $6.1 billion, and skyscraper high Broadway prices

392

March 20, 2025 - Fabiola Jean-Louis, Naveen Kumar, and the Alvin Ailey Revelations Celebration

393

March 19, 2025 - Love Your Labels' Threads Youth Fashion Showcase, Cakeswagg, and WINTERACTIVE

394

March 18, 2025 - The 35th anniversary of the Gardner Museum heist, Celtics City, and the Bach Birthday Bash

395

March 17, 2025 - Kim David Smith, Riverdance 30: The New Generation, Jane Eaglen

396

March 14, 2025 - Week in Review: The Pink House, the Pit in Harvard Square, and Boston's FIFA World Cup song

397

March 13, 2025 - Chris Wallace, the Newton Piano Summit, and Mary Grant

398

March 12, 2025 - Parade, Meow Meow, and James Carson

399

March 11, 2025 - The Seasons with Anthony Roth Costanzo and Sarah Ruhl, the Hundred-Year Book Debate 2025, and Melody Munitz of The Addams Family

400

March 10, 2025 - Craig Ferguson, Big Screen Classics at the Coolidge, and Gaze to the Stars at MIT

401

March 7, 2025 - Week in Review: Hamilton at the Kennedy Center, Meghan Markle, and stolen piglets

402

March 6, 2025 - Tiana Clark, PopUp Bagels, and Charles Atlas

403

March 5, 2025 - James Parker, Pixels + Petals at the New England Botanic Garden, and Paul Daigneault

404

March 4, 2025 - Reginald Dwayne Betts, Margaret Cho, and the Vinfen Film Festival

405

March 3, 2025 - Oscars roundup with Joyce Kulhawik, James Stavridis, and Danyson Tavares

406

February 28, 2025 - Week in Review: Fyre Festival 2, Roberta Flack, and Amazon's James Bond

407

February 27, 2025 - Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, Michael John Gorman, and Mary Grant

408

February 26, 2025 - Nebulae: The Universe Unveiled, Adrienne Campbell-Holt, and Pedro Alonzo

409

February 25, 2025 - Luna Luna at The Shed, Jay Critchley, and Lisa Simmons

410

February 24, 2025 - Megan Marshall, Maine's lighthouses, and the South Asian Showdown

411

February 21, 2025 - Week in Review: The National Endowment for the Arts, the JFK Library, and the WNBA in Boston

412

February 20, 2025 - Chelsea Handler, Cory Doctorow, and the Red Bull Heavy Metal contest at Boston City Hall

413

February 19, 2025 - The Joachim-Ma Stradivarius, Bryan Stevenson, and the Phoenix of Gaza VR experience

414

February 18, 2025 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Swan Lake at Boston Ballet, and Julia Swanson

415

February 17, 2025 - Joseph Finder, CatalystCollaborative at MIT, and Danielle Legros Georges

416

February 14, 2025 - Week in Review: The Kennedy Center, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and SNL at 50

417

February 13, 2025 - Amor Towles, Will Gusakov, and Ayodele Casel

418

February 12, 2025 - Sebastian Smee, Dale Stephanos, and Christina Tosi

419

February 11, 2025 - Cillian Murphy, Annette Gordon-Reed, and Boston's Old North Church

420

February 10, 2025 - Marianne Leone, Erik Andrade, and Eric and Will

421

February 7, 2025 - Week in Review: Emilia Pérez controversy, a state poet laureate for Mass, and Uncle O'Grimacey

422

February 6, 2025 - Chelsea Spear and Joyce Kulhawik

423

February 5, 2025 - Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story and Mahesh Daas

424

February 4, 2025 - Alan Cumming, Alien Weaponry, and John Sayles

425

February 3, 2025 - Courtney Swain, Abelardo Morell, and The Life & Times of Michael K

426

January 31, 2025 - Week In Review: Mona Lisa on the Move, Emilia Pérez Parody and FireAid

427

January 30, 2025 - The music of Fabiola Mendéz, AI pioneer Oren Etzioni and movie maven Lisa Simmons

428

January 29, 2025 - "Funny Girl," artist Frank Costantino, and soprano Christine Goerke

429

January 28, 2025-Playwright Jordan E. Cooper, author Imani Perry and Something in the Way Festival at Roadrunner

430

January 27, 2025 - Alton Brown, Cary Grant at the Coolidge, and Kate Hamill's The Odyssey

431

January 24, 2025 - Week in Review: Oscar nominations, Netflix price hikes, and Prince Harry

432

January 23, 2025 - Resistance: They Fought Back, Cara Romero, and a look at the craft brewing industry

433

January 22, 2025 - Jenny Johnson and Billy Costa, Pedro Alonzo and Jackson Polys, and the BPL's Winter Reading Challenge

434

January 21, 2025 - Forbidden Broadway, Payal Kapadia, and Karen Valby

435

January 20, 2025 - The inauguration, the Embrace, and public art honoring MLK Jr.

436

January 17, 2025 - Week in Review: The TikTok ban, David Lynch, and Bad Bunny

437

January 16, 2025 - Michael Cassidy, a college course on food design, and the Boston Children's Chorus' MLK Jr. tribute concert

438

January 15, 2025 - Barron Ryan, Tara Sellios, and Winteractive in Downtown Boston

439

January 14, 2025 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Le Prestige, and David Malan

440

January 13, 2025 - Mark Morris, Kay WalkingStick, and Mary Grant

441

January 10, 2025 - Week in Review: the SoCal fires, Facebook's fact-checking fiasco, and Boston Calling

442

January 9, 2025 - Jane Eaglen, Julia Swanson, and James Parker

443

January 8, 2025 - Lynn's search for a poet laureate, Beau McCall, and Mahesh Daas on The Brutalist

444

January 7, 2025 - Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, Michael Berthaud, and Erica Wall

445

January 6, 2025 - Arctic Voices, The New Garden Society, and upcoming screenings at The Brattle Theatre

446

January 3, 2025 - Week in Review: Art in the public domain, Jimmy Carter, and the Walmart Birkin Bag

447

January 2, 2025 - Curt DiCamillo, Moby-Dick Marathon, Tony V

448

January 1, 2025 - Robert Pinsky, Cakeswagg, and Keefer Glenshaw

449

December 31, 2024 - The Hebridean Baker, the perfect meatball, and A Taste of Boston

450

December 30, 2024 - Eurydice, Jane Eaglen, and Reginald Mobley

451

December 27, 2024 - Ben Shattuck, Alex Buchanan, and Jamie Wyeth

452

December 26, 2024 - Matt Farley, Adam Gardner from Guster, and celebrating Charles Ives

453

December 25, 2024 - A Christmas Carol, Blue Heron Vocal Ensemble, and the Wurlitzer pipe organ

454

December 24, 2024-It's A Wonderful Life, The Hallmark Channel and the best versions of A Christmas Carol

455

December 23, 2024-Dwight & Nicole, Model Trains, Lisa Simmons' Holiday Film Guide

456

December 20, 2024 - Week in Review: Boston City Hall, the National Film Registry, and commemorative popcorn buckets

457

December 19, 2024 - Ayodele Casel, Will Gusakov, and Nina MacLaughlin

458

December 18, 2024 - Mary Grant and the Cocktail Guru, Jonathan Pogash

459

December 17, 2024 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Les Sampou and Ed Grenga, and Abelardo Morrell

460

December 16, 2024 - Six, Merriam-Webster's word of the year, and Midwinter Revels

461

December 13, 2024 - Week in Review: Luigi Mangione's cultural impact, the MFA selling paintings, and Nikki Giovanni

462

December 12, 2024 - Engelbert Humperdinck, the Boston Tea Party's anniversary, and Mahesh Daas

463

December 11, 2024 - Musicians of the Old Post Road, John Derian, and Hanukkah at the MFA

464

December 10, 2024 - A Betty White forever stamp, They Might Be Giants' John Flansburgh, and Georgia O'Keeffe and Henry Moore at the MFA

465

December 9, 2024 - Christine Ebersole, the NEC Chamber Singers, and Katy Rodden Walker

466

December 6, 2024 - Week in Review: Boston's free Sunday museum program, Spotify Wrapped, and Notre Dame

467

December 5, 2024 - The Pipes of Christmas, a missing mural, and a Mariah Carey tribute

468

December 4, 2024 - Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on the newly launched Boston Family Days, Front Porch Arts Collective, and J.D. Scrimgeour

469

December 3, 2024 - Boston Pops' Keith Lockhart, Christina Tosi, and New England Botanic Garden's Night Lights

470

December 2, 2024 - Jeff Hiller, the Concord Museum's Holiday House Tour, and Catherine Allgor

471

November 29, 2024 - Ethan Hawke and Sean Wang

472

November 28, 2024 - Raj Tawney, Joanne Chang, and Marsha Lindsey

473

November 27, 2024 - Handel's Messiah, the Mayor's Mural Crew, and The Thanksgiving Play

474

November 26, 2024 - Annette Gordon-Reed, Nantucket Looms, and Mary Grant

475

November 25, 2024 - Joyce Kulhawik and Pedro Alonzo

476

November 22, 2024 - Week in Review: Wicked, Gladiator II, and Cher

477

November 21, 2024 - Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's Christmas Carol, John Waters, and the Martha Graham Dance Company

478

November 20, 2024 - Gregory Maguire, David Waters and Joanne Chang

479

November 19, 2024 - Renée Fleming and Patrick Radden Keefe

480

November 18, 2024 - Orville Peck and the Actors Shakespeare Project's "Emma"

481

November 15, 2024 - The Grammys, Roy Haynes, and The Onion buying InfoWars

482

November 14, 2024 - Cillian Murphy, the Old North Church's angels, and Scooter LaForge

483

November 13, 2024 - Imari Paris Jeffries and Carmen Fields on her father's musical legacy

484

November 12, 2024 - National Museum of Women in the Arts, justBook-ish, and Jim Donahue

485

November 11, 2024 - Charles Coe and Ken Field, Vinny Deponto's "Mindplay", and BoriCorridor

486

November 8, 2024 - Week-in-Review: Quincy Jones, celebrity endorsements and Hello Kitty at 50

487

November 7, 2024 - November 7, 2024 - Ken Burns and Sarah Burns, Graffiti artist Sobek, Manet at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

488

November 6, 2024 - Susan Glisson and Tracy K. Smith

489

November 5, 2024 - The BSO's Duke Ellington Tribute Concerts, Puppet Free Library, and "Countdown to 2026"

490

November 4, 2024 - The Ufot Family Cycle and Andre Dubus III

491

November 1, 2024 - Week in Review: Martha Stewart, Teri Garr, and Mariah Carey's early return

492

October 31, 2024 - Secret Byrd, Night of the Living Books, and Mary Grant

493

October 30, 2024 - Subject:Matter, Keith Mascoll, Pedro Alonzo and Sam Durant

494

October 29, 2024 - American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez, the best books of 1925, and Erik Andrade

495

October 28, 2024 - Titus Kaphar, the Old North Church's crypt tours, and Unfinished Democracy: Artistic Reflections

496

October 25, 2024 - Week in Review: Idris Elba, Hallmark ageism, and a BBQ museum

497

October 24, 2024 - Raj Tawney, bus shelters as public art, and Cirque of the Dead

498

October 23, 2024 - Swoon, Keefer Glenshaw, and Mahesh Daas

499

October 22, 2024 - Catherine Allgor, Project STEP, and Jenny Johnson

500

October 21, 2024 - Hugh Hayden, Harry Potter: The Exhibition, and the Post-Meridian Radio Players

501

October 18, 2024: Week in Review - BOS Nation, Liam Payne, and boba backlash

502

October 17, 2024 - Nicholas Ma and upcoming film festivals

503

October 16, 2024 - Casey Soward and Imari Paris Jeffries

504

October 15, 2024 - Nassim Soleimanpour on his play "Nassim"

505

October 14, 2024 - Billy Bragg, Jeffrey Gibson, and Indigenous public art

506

October 11, 2024 - Week in Review: TikTok lawsuits, The Apprentice biopic, and Bond girls

507

October 10, 2024 - Michael Patrick MacDonald and Every Body Belongs

508

October 9, 2024 - Davóne Tines and the American Repertory Theater's new complex

509

October 8, 2024 - Steve Locke, Lynn's haunted pirate cave, and Beasties: A Sci-Fi Rock Opera

510

October 7, 2024 - BACHtoberfest, Van Leeuwen, and Be the Change

511

October 4, 2024 - Week in Review: Gen-Z slang, Kris Kristofferson, and John Amos

512

October 3, 2024 - Barron Ryan, Guillaume Lethiere exhibition, and Boston's Blessing of the Animals

513

October 2, 2024 - Reynaliz Herrera, Urinetown: The Musical, and The Importance of Being Furnished

514

October 1, 2024 - HONK! Festival with The Good Trouble Brass Band, the Provincetown Town Crier Competition, and Laughs in Spanish

515

September 30, 2024 - Sarah Ganz Blythe, the Donna Summer mural, and Shlock and Awe: The William Castle Experience

516

September 27, 2024 - Week in Review: Maggie Smith, a New England treasure hunt, and SNL at 50

517

September 26, 2024 - Liz Cheney, Poetry Downtown Festival, and Joyce Kulhawik on Boston theatre

518

September 25, 2024 - Uzo Aduba, Fall Into Dance, and Pedro Alonzo

519

September 24, 2024 - Mamma Mia!, The Chinese Way cookbook, and Paul Revere's copper legacy

520

September 23, 2024 - Amor Towles, CineFest Latino Boston, and the Countdown to 2026

521

September 20, 2024 - Week in Review: Tito Jackson, Jane's Addiction, and Sean Combs

522

TCS Bonus Episode - Talk Like A Pirate Day with Dave Barry

523

September 19, 2024 - The Hebridean Baker, Talk Like a Pirate Day, and James Carter

524

September 18, 2024 - Kneecap, Shrek: The Musical, and Carlos Simon

525

September 17, 2024 - Hannah Gadsby, Library Lion, and Secret Boston

526

September 16, 2024 - Zadie Smith, the Boston Film Festival, and the Gun Violence Memorial Project

527

September 13, 2024 - Week in Review: A Taylor Swift endorsement, the Emmys, and James Earl Jones

528

September 12, 2024 - The Embrace Massó "¡Con Salsa!”, Silver Scream Con with Ice Nine Kills, and Mary Grant

529

September 11, 2024 - Romeo and Juliet at the A.R.T., Veronica Robles, and Alex Buchanan

530

September 10, 2024 - Eugene Mirman, the Wurlitzer pipe organ, and JM Varese

531

September 9, 2024 - The Kodály method, Boston Rum Week, and The Black Gold Tapestry

532

September 6, 2024 - Week in Review: A boozier Boston, West Newton Cinema, and Adele

533

September 5, 2024 - Eric Vloeimans and Will Holshouser, "...and I approve this message," and Dali at the MFA

534

September 4, 2024 - Marianne Leone, The Hip Hop Transformation, and the JFK library

535

September 3, 2024 - Sebastian Smee, The Hombres, and art on the MBTA's Red Line

536

September 2, 2024 - Toni Stone, baseball in the movies, and foul balls

537

August 30, 2024 - Raj Tawney, Joanne Chang, and Marsha Lindsey

538

August 29, 2024 - Girl From the North Country, Janie Barnett, and Already Dead

539

August 28, 2024 - Audra McDonald and Leslie Odom Jr.

540

August 27, 2024 - P. Carl, Miranda July, and Lorraine O'Grady

541

August 26, 2024 - Matt Farley, Adam Gardner, and Charles Ives

542

August 23, 2024 - Week in Review: Bennifer, Phil Donahue, and The Onion

543

August 22, 2024 - Judy Collins, Jamie Wyeth, and arts at the DNC

544

August 21, 2024 - Jack Lueders-Booth, Artists for Humanity, and King Richard's Faire

545

August 20, 2024 - ODB: A Tale of Two Dirtys, the Nantucket Looms, and Perry T. Rathbone

546

August 19, 2024 - Cakeswagg, Richard III, and the Bellforge Arts Center

547

August 16, 2024: Week in Review

548

August 15, 2024 - Kate Pierson, the Gifford House, and the 2024 summer blockbusters

549

August 14, 2024 - A Light Under the Dome, the Fisherman's Feast Meatball Competition, and summer cocktails

550

August 13, 2024 - Imari Paris Jeffries, the Art Gym in Somerville, and MAGIA

551

August 12, 2024 - Ken Leung, the BPL's writer-in-residence, and the Cape Ann Museum

552

August 9, 2024 - Week in Review: Aerosmith, Pitbull Stadium, and Good Will Hunting

553

August 8, 2024 - Mission Hill Arts Festival, the 1904 Olympic Marathon, and the Hood Milk Bottle

554

August 7, 2024 - Reginald Dwayne Betts, Dungeons and Dragons, and Olympics art

555

August 6, 2024 - Rooted, the Pentathlon, and J. Courtney Sullivan

556

August 5, 2024 - Morton the Sea Monster, The Indigo Girls, and HOOPS

557

August 2, 2024 - Week in Review: The Olympics, Great Scott, and UNESCO

558

August 1, 2024 - Sean Wang, the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, and the Nantucket sea monster

559

July 31, 2024 - An American in Paris, Lindsay Deutsch, and Synchronicity

560

July 30, 2024 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Adam Gardner, and Keefer Glenshaw

561

July 29, 2024 - Kristin Chenoweth, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Future Fest

562

July 26, 2024 - Week in Review: The Olympics, Veep, and Celine Dion

563

July 25, 2024 - 46 Plays for America's First Ladies, Keith Haring, and Yoni Battat

564

July 24, 2024 - Michael C. Thorpe, swimming in the Charles, and Mary Grant

565

July 23, 2024 - British Consul General Peter Abbott, the New Bedford rooster, and Revolution's Edge

566

July 22, 2024 - NALEDI, Morgan Peterson, and Flora in Flight

567

July 19, 2024 - Week in Review: Bob Newhart, Richard Simmons, and Andre 3000

568

July 18, 2024 - LaToya Hobbs, Raqib Shaw, and bonsais

569

July 17, 2024 - Vijay Iyer, Baseball: The Movie, and Zola Simone

570

July 16, 2024 - The Million Year Picnic at 50, the Lowell Folk Festival, and Sea Monsters

571

July 15, 2024 - Kneecap, BosTix, and Jane Eaglen

572

July 12, 2024 - Week in Review: Orchestral report cards, Shelley Duvall, and songs of the summer

573

July 11, 2024 - Muppets in Moscow and Jeremy Eichler

574

July 10, 2024 - Quilling, the Boston Ballet, and Joyce Kulhawik

575

July 9, 2024 - Art prescriptions, Shark Week, and Pedro Alonzo

576

July 8, 2024 - Ben Shattuck, jumping the shark, and Shakespeare on the Common

577

July 5, 2024 - Fat Ham and The Shark Is Broken

578

July 4, 2024 - The Boston Tea Party, AJ Jacobs, and LexSeeHer

579

July 3, 2024 - Jazz at the Omni, the Boomin' Beaver, and the Cricket World Cup

580

July 2, 2024 - Poetry in America, Denée Benton, and Jaws at the Brattle

581

July 1, 2024 - Frederick Douglass, rare books at the BPL, and Boston's Harborfest

582

June 28, 2024 - Week in Review: Boston theatre, international art, and Will Smith

583

June 27, 2024 - Danza Organica, Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll, and Shaker design

584

June 26, 2024 - Sheila E, sports and art, and Queer AF

585

June 25, 2024 - Boston theatre, Black history in the Gilded Age, and Sebastian Junger

586

June 24, 2024 - The Museum of Bad Art, Dirty Old Boston, and BAMSFest

587

June 21, 2024 - Week in Review: Willie Mays, Donald Sutherland, and the Tonys

588

June 20, 2024 - Audra McDonald and Leslie Odom Jr.

589

June 19, 2024 - Tracy K. Smith and Phyllis Wheatley

590

June 18, 2024 - Juneteenth and the Mars Symphony

591

June 17, 2024 - More Than Our Skin and Alan Cumming

592

June 14, 2024 - Week in Review: Jay-Z, Jerry West, and the Kendrick craze

593

June 13, 2024 - Salvatore Del Deo and Rebecca Bradshaw

594

June 12, 2024 - Jo Clifford and Django in June

595

June 11, 2024 - Ken Field and the Roxbury Int'l Film Festival

596

June 10, 2024 - Movies in Massachusetts

597

June 7, 2024 - Week in Review: University of the Arts closing, Hollywood, and concert cancellations

598

June 6, 2024 - AI in music, Bonsai trees, and the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra

599

June 5, 2024 - The Dybbuk, baseball, and the housing crisis

600

June 4, 2024 - Juneteenth in Boston, Hew Locke, and summer on the Boston waterfront

601

June 3, 2024 - Robert Pinsky, Already Dead, and a diva discussion

602

May 31, 2024 - Week in Review: Josh Gibson, Richard Dreyfuss, and endangered art

603

May 30, 2024 - Denis and Ann Leary, Thorgy Thor, and the Lot Lab 2024

604

May 29, 2024 - Mary Grant, Louise Nevelson, and Claudio Ragazzi

605

May 28, 2024 - Percival Everett, art in Seaport, and the Bachfest Leipzig

606

May 27, 2024 - Anthony Roth Costanzo and Diana Dizoglio

607

May 24, 2024 - Week in Review: Apple's Top 100 Albums, the NCAA settlement, and the NYC-Dublin Portal

608

May 23, 2024 - The Boston Lyric Opera, Lorraine O'Grady, and Toni Stone

609

May 22, 2024 - Aaron Lansky, James Bennett II, and the Boston Triennial

610

May 21, 2024 - Imari Paris Jeffries, theo tyson, and a Boston Calling preview

611

May 20, 2024 - Ethan Hawke, Young Black Woman | Old White Man, and parenting

612

May 17, 2024 - Week in Review: King Charles' portrait, Black Twitter, and the Dublin-NYC portal

613

May 16, 2024 - Martyna Majok, the Nakba in photographs, and film

614

May 15, 2024 - Miranda July, Ekua Holmes, and the Elliot Norton Awards

615

May 14, 2024 - "Touching the Void", Colm Tóibín, and The Plastic Bag Store

616

May 13, 2024 - Kerri Greenidge, the BSO, and LexSeeHer

617

May 10, 2024 - Week in Review: Eurovision protests, Frank Stella, and zombies in Worcester

618

May 9, 2024 - Jane Schoenbrun, William Forsythe, and the West Newton Cinema

619

May 8, 2024 - Spiritus/Virgil's Dance, lilacs, and Isabella Stewart Gardner

620

May 7, 2024: AJ Jacobs, Amanda Shea, and Porchfest

621

May 6, 2024 - Reginald Dwayne Betts and Porsha Olayiwola

622

May 3, 2024 - Week in Review: Public art, the Mona Lisa, and Kendrick v. Drake

623

May 2, 2024 - ArtLords, City Hall, and the Worcester Symphony Orchestra

624

May 1, 2024 - Back to the Future, Joywalk Fenway, and Mahesh Daas

625

April 30, 2024 - Robert Jan van Pelt, Boston Design Week, and Ngoc-Tran Vu

626

April 29, 2024: Oliver da la Paz, Pope Francis, and Adam Gardner

627

April 26, 2024: Museums, Halls of Fame, and Johnny Cash

628

April 25, 2024- Keith Lockhart, Earth art, and hot sauce

629

April 24, 2024 - Pencils, dance, and Chihuly

630

April 23, 2024 - 25 Years of Mission Hill, Michael Threets, and Florence Price

631

April 22, 2024 - John Lam, Octavio González, and Pedro Alonzo

632

April 19, 2024 - Week in Review: the Biennale, Faith Ringgold, and Billy Joel

633

April 18, 2024 - Leslie Odom Jr, Chad Smith, and the legacy of the Drop Nineteens

634

April 17, 2024 - Gordon Clapp, Alison Bechdel, and Janie Barnett

635

April 16, 2024 - Imari Paris Jeffries, the Boston Public Quartet, and Children of Ukraine

636

April 15, 2024 - Ruth Carter and Michael Cunningham

637

April 12, 2024 - Week in Review: OJ Simpson, Curb your Enthusiasm, and Museum Mischief

638

April 11, 2024 - Tracy K. Smith and Kevin Young

639

April 10, 2024 - Hallyu!, Michael Jackson tribute concert, and Brockton High's drama club

640

April 9, 2024

641

April 8, 2024

642

April 5, 2024 - Week in Review: Lizzo, Women's March Madness, and AI

643

April 4, 2024 - AI Art, the Eclipse in Vermont, and Lizzy Shapiro

644

April 3, 2024 - Jeff Beal, James Brown in Boston, and American infrastructure

645

April 2, 2024

646

April 1, 2024 - Padma Lakshmi and Muppets in Moscow

647

March 29, 2024

648

March 28, 2024

649

March 27, 2024

650

March 26, 2024

651

March 25, 2024

652

March 22, 2024

653

March 21, 2024 - Message in a Bottle, living with vitiligo, and the BSO's Wayne Shorter gift card

654

March 20, 2024

655

March 19, 2024 - Cost of Living, Dill, and Historic New England

656

March 18, 2024

657

March 15, 2024

658

March 14, 2024 - Kneecap, Katherine Goforth, and Pi Day

659

March 13, 2024 - Traveling while blind, Ronan Noone, and Nicholas Payton

660

March 12, 2024 - Girl from the North Country, Celtic Woman, and Springsteen

661

March 11, 2024 - Oscars recap, Woodstock and The Minutes

662

March 8, 2024 - Week in Review: Hollywood, RuPaul, and TV/film merch

663

March 7, 2024

664

March 6, 2024 - Imari Paris Jeffries, 70mm film, and AI

665

March 5, 2024

666

March 4, 2024 - Father Columba Stewart, the best book of 1924, and Stephen McCauley

667

March 1, 2024

668

February 29, 2024

669

February 28, 2024

670

February 27, 2024

671

February 26, 2024 - Talking books behind bars with Reginald Dwayne Betts

672

February 23, 2024

673

February 22, 2024 - Audra McDonald, Igor Golyak, and the Grand Kyiv Ballet

674

February 21, 2024

675

February 20, 2024

676

February 19, 2024

677

February 16, 2024

678

February 15, 2024

679

February 14, 2024

680

February 13, 2024

681

February 12, 2024

682

February 9, 2024

683

February 8, 2024

684

February 7, 2024

685

February 6, 2024

686

February 5, 2024

687

February 2, 2024

688

February 1, 2024

689

January 31, 2024

690

January 30, 2024

691

January 29, 2024

692

January 26, 2024

693

January 25, 2024

694

January 24, 2024

695

January 23, 2024

696

January 22, 2024

697

January 19, 2024

698

January 18, 2024

699

January 17, 2024

700

January 16, 2024

701

January 15, 2024

702

January 12, 2024

703

January 11, 2024

704

January 10, 2024

705

January 9, 2024

706

January 8, 2024

707

January 5, 2024

708

January 4, 2024

709

January 3, 2024 -

710

January 2, 2024

711

December 22, 2023

712

December 21, 2023

713

December 20, 2023

714

December 19, 2023

715

December 18, 2023

716

December 15, 2023

717

December 14, 2023 -

718

December 13, 2023

719

December 12, 2023

720

December 11, 2023

721

December 8, 2023

722

December 7, 2023

723

December 6, 2023

724

December 5, 2023

725

December 4, 2023

726

December 1, 2023 - The Culture Show talks sound towns and cultural centers

727

4. The Culture Show Holiday Special!

728

Ep. 3 - The Culture Show: What Gwyneth Paltrow, Jerry Springer, and Anna Nicole Smith all have in common

729

The Culture Show Ep. 02: Grammys, Museum Deaccessioning, Barbra Streisand

730

The Culture Show Ep. 01: The Beatles, Matthew Perry, Halloween