Best Alexander Gonzalez Podcasts (2025)

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May 8, 2025 - Alex Alvear and Michael Feldman, and Mary Grant 55:29

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Alex Alvear is an Ecuadorian composer, bassist, and vocalist who has three shows at Long Live Roxbury, which is a weekly music series bringing top-notch acts to the Long Live Beerworks taproom. The performances are free and the programming is the brainchild of Michael Feldman, the CEO of Feldman Geospatial. Alex Alvear and Michael Feldman join The …

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May 7, 2025 - James Parker, Fabiola Méndez, and Secret Boston: An Unusual Guide 55:29

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James Parker joins The Culture Show to talk about his latest book “Get Me Through the Next Five Minutes: Odes to Being Alive.” He’s a staff writer at “The Atlantic.” Since 2011 he has been running the Black Seed Writers Group—a weekly writing workshop for homeless, transitional, and recently housed writers–and editing “The Pilgrim,” a literary maga…

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May 6, 2025 - Keith Lockhart, Imari Paris Jeffries, and the Boston Art Review 55:29

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Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart joins The Culture Show to reflect on his 30th anniversary with the Boston Pops. He also gives an overview of the Boston Pops spring season, which includes an opening night concert with Cynthia Erivo, JAWS in Concert, and the musician, composer, and singer-songwriter Cody Fry. To learn about all of their programm…

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May 5, 2025 - The Goddess of Liberty at the MFA, David Coffin, and Utopian Hotline 55:29

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Nonie Gadsen, Katharine Lane Weems Senior Curator of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts, and the MFA’s Benjamin Weiss, the Leonard A. Lauder Senior Curator of Visual Culture, join The Culture Show for our recurring series, “American Revolution: Frame by Frame.” Each month the curators and experts from the MFA join the…

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May 2, 2025 - Bill Belichick's interview fallout, 100 men versus one gorilla, and a Market Basket playlist 55:29

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Today on our arts and culture week-in-review Culture Show co-hosts Jared Bowen, James Bennett II and Edgar B. Herwick III go over the latest headlines. First up, Bill Belichick’s controversial interview on CBS Sunday Morning. From there, it’s the viral debate that the Internet can’t get enough of: 100 men vs. one gorilla. Then it’s a look at the To…

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May 1, 2025 - David Lindsay-Abaire, the New England Film Orchestra's Star Wars concert, and the Native Plant Trust 55:29

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David Lindsay-Abaire is a Boston native and a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright. He joins The Culture Show to talk about the “Kimberly Akimbo,” which is coming to the Emerson Colonial Theatre by way of Broadway in Boston. The 2023 Tony-winner for Best Musical is based on David Lindsay-Abaire's play of the same title. It features a score by Jeanine …

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April 30, 2025 - Kwame Alexander, Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll, and the Mean Girls musical 55:29

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Award winning writer and poet Kwame Alexander joins The Culture Show to talk about the PBS Kids debut of “Acoustic Rooster.” Based on Alexander’s beloved children’s book “Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band,” the “Acoustic Rooster” universe is coming to PBS KIDS with a special and a short-form series produced by GBH. This will feature “Acoustic …

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April 29, 2025 - Hannah Selinger, Eephus, and Rock to Baroque: Four Decades of Music Photography 55:29

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Hannah Selinger is a James Beard Award-nominated lifestyle writer. She joins The Culture Show to talk about her debut memoir, “Cellar Rat: My Life in the Restaurant Underbelly.” On April 30th she’ll be at the Boston Public Library Central Library in Copley Square for an author talk. To learn more, go here. From there director Carson Lund joins The …

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April 28, 2025 - Robert Pinsky, arts funding and advocacy, and public art in Kendall Square 55:29

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Three-time U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky joins The Culture Show to talk about retiring from Boston University where he has been a professor since 1989. He’ll preview his retirement celebration, which is this Thursday, May1st atop “The Jenga Building” on the BU campus. He’ll recite poetry, there will be screenings and a reception. The event is op…

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April 25, 2025 - Week in Review: Pope Francis' cultural impact, YouTube at 20, and Ryan Coogler's Sinners deal 55:29

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Culture Show co-hosts Jared Bowen, Callie Crossley and Edgar B. Herwick III go over the latest headlines on our arts and culture week-in-review. First up, Pope springs eternal. Pope Francis was a champion of the arts. He is the only pontiff who has attended the Venice Biennale, he opened up a gallery for contemporary art in the Vatican Library and …

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April 24, 2025 - Dana Caspersen, Loudon Wainwright III, and Younes Rahmoun: Here, Now at Smith College 55:29

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Dana Caspersen is a conflict engagement specialist, award-winning performing artist, and best-selling author. She joins The Culture Show to talk about her latest book, “Conflict Is an Opportunity: Twenty Fundamental Decisions for Navigating Difficult Times.” From there, Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and folk music legend Loudon Wainwright …

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David St. John joins Kevin Young to read “Picking Grapes in an Abandoned Vineyard,” by Larry Levis, and his own poem “The Shore.” St. John is the author of many poetry collections and the recipient of honors including the Rome Fellowship and an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the O. B. Hardison Prize from the Folg…

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April 23, 2025 - Devo, Alan Michelson, and the Old North Church's angels 55:29

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Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale, the cofounders of the new wave band Devo join The Culture Show to talk about cultural de-evolution, the genesis of their band, how they came to be one of the most original groups in the history of rock music. In 2023 they kicked off their 50th anniversary tour, which has been extended.” Devo: 50 Years Of De-evol…

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April 22, 2025 - Martín Espada, Radius Ensemble, and Lisa Genova 55:29

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National Book Award winner Martín Espada joins The Culture Show to talk about his new collection of poetry, “Jailbreak of Sparrows.” On April 23rd Martín Espada will be at Porter Square Books in Cambridge at 7:00. To learn more, go here. In celebration of MIT’s new Thomas Tull Concert Hall, Radius Ensemble will perform works by MIT faculty on April…

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April 21, 2025 - Alton Brown, Candlepin Bowling and Orville Peck 55:29

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Alton Brown, the television personality, food show presenter, food scientist, author, voice actor, and cinematographer joins The Culture Show to talk about his book “Food for Thought: Essays and Ruminations.” From there we head to candlepin city: Worcester. Vanessa Bumpus, Exhibits Coordinator for the Museum of Worcester gives us an overview of a r…

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April 18, 2025 - Week in Review: Blue Origin's all-female space flight, AI action figures, and a Phantom reboot 55:29

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Culture Show co-hosts Jared Bowen, Callie Crossley and Edgar B. Herwick III go over the latest headlines on our arts and culture week-in-review. First up, Blue Origin’s all-female space flight and the backlash that followed. From there how venerated architect Antoni Gaudí may become a saint and as we near the 250th anniversary of the American Revol…

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April 17, 2025 - Boston's Big Queer Food Fest, the Black Patriots of Lexington, and Mary Grant 55:29

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Bring your big appetite to Boston’s Big Queer Food Fest, a multi-day happening, celebrating the contributions of the queer community to the culinary world. It kicks off on April 28th and wraps up on May 4th. David Lewis, co-founder of Big Queer Food Fest, and participating Chef, restaurateur and Food Network's Tournament of Champions winner Tifanni…

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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 55:29

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As we near the 250th anniversary of Patriots’ Day, Kate Fox and David Wood join The Culture Show for a conversation about the major events that ignited the first year of the American Revolution: the battles of Lexington and Concord. Kate Fox is the Executive Director at the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism, which is leading the Massachuse…

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April 15, 2025 - The 60th anniversary of the 1965 Freedom Rally, what Boston can learn from Japanese transit, and Joyce Kulhawik 55:29

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Imari Paris Jeffries, President and CEO of Embrace Boston, joins The Culture Show to talk about the 60th Anniversary of the 1965 Freedom Rally. As part of the Everyone 250 Initiative and other 250 celebrations, Embrace Boston, in collaboration with the City of Boston and other community partners, will gather at the Embrace Monument/Parkman Bandstan…

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April 14, 2025 - David Grann, a David Lynch tribute at the Somerville Theatre, and Daniel Mendelsohn 55:29

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David Grann, author of “The Wager,” and “Killers of the Flower Moon, is a #1 “New York Times” best selling author and an award-winning staff writer at “The New Yorker” magazine. He joins The Culture Show to talk about his writing and reporting process, and adapting his work for the screen. On April 27th he’ll be honored at the Associates of the Bos…

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April 11, 2025 - Week in Review: New MFA Director Pierre Terjanian, A Minecraft Movie, and Elton John vs. Madonna 55:29

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Culture Show co-hosts Jared Bowen, Callie Crossley and James Bennett II go over the latest headlines on our arts and culture week-in-review, which includes the Museum of Fine Arts. Following a global search, they announced that Pierre Terjanian will be the museum’s next Ann and Graham Gund Director and CEO. He joins The Culture Show to talk about h…

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April 10, 2025 - Sara Moulton, tariffs and Hollywood, and Felipe Torres Medina 55:29

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This year marks the 50th anniversary of Harvard Square’s iconic Harvest Restaurant. To kick off this milestone birthday year, Harvest is inviting alumni chefs to cook a selection of special dinners. Their first one is Harvest Alumni, noted cookbook author and TV Personality Sara Moulton. She joins The Culture Show for a preview. The dinner will tak…

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April 9, 2025 - Amor Towles, the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride, and Mahesh Daas 55:27

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Bestselling author Amor Towles has another bestseller, “Table for Two.” It’s a collection of short stories that land us in New York. The second part of the book moves us to Los Angeles in a novella set during the Golden Age of Hollywood. We caught up with Towles back in September when he was in town for a book event. He joins us again, now that “Ta…

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April 8, 2025 - De'Lon Grant, TV presidents, and Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits at the MFA 55:29

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Actors’ Shakespeare Project closes out their 2024-25 Season with their latest production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Actor De’Lon Grant, who stars as Demetrius, joins The Culture Show to talk about the production. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is on stage, April 11- May 4 at the Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts in Watertown. To le…

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April 7, 2025 - Night Side Songs, Anthony Roth Costanzo, and GBH News Rooted 55:29

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“Night Side Songs,” a new musical created by brothers Daniel and Patrick Lazour is a work that explores the myriad experiences of catastrophic illness–the fear, blame and reconciliation. Produced by the American Repertory Theater in association with the Philadelphia Theatre Company, “Night Side Songs” is onstage at Hibernian Hall in Roxbury April 9…

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April 4, 2025 - Week in Review: Adolescence, the Beatles biopics, and Val Kilmer 55:30

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Culture Show co-hosts Jared Bowen, Callie Crossley and Edgar B. Herwick III go over the latest headlines on our arts and culture week-in-review. First up, the fate of TikTok, which is nearing its Saturday deadline to find a new buyer under federal law or it’ll have to go dark as a result of a ban in the United States. Then it’s the Netflix series “…

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April 3, 2025 - Cicely Carew, It's A Motherf**king Pleasure, and a retirement home for penguins at the New England Aquarium 55:29

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Artist Cicely Carew joins The Culture Show to talk about her solo exhibition at the Fuller Craft Museum, BeLOVEd, a visionary site-specific installation uniting multiple media: sculpture, video and a soundscape to create an immersive, meditative experience. To learn more, go here. From there Samuel Brewer joins The Culture Show. He is a co-founder …

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April 2, 2025 - Carousel, Elizabeth Strout, and the Hanging Nasturtiums at the Gardner Museum 55:29

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Boston Lyric Opera mounts an 80th Anniversary production of "Rodgers & Hammerstein's CAROUSEL,” eight decades to the day of its first Boston run, and in the same venue where the final pre-Broadway tryout played in 1945, the Colonial Theatre. BLO Artistic Associate Anne Bogart stages a tribute to this classic and she joins The Culture Show for an ov…

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April 1, 2025 - American art at the MFA, Joyce Kulhawik, and Amanda Shea 55:29

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Matthew Teitelbaum, Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Ethan Lasser, John Moors Cabot Chair, Art of the Americas, join The Culture Show to kick off a new series. Each month the curators and experts from the MFA will be on the show to talk about works in their collection that offer insight into the American Revolution. This is an extens…

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March 31, 2025 - 1775: Rebels, Rights, & Revolution, Shucked, and springtime public art 55:29

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Peter Drummey, Chief Historian at the Massachusetts Historical Society, joins The Culture Show for an overview of their new exhibition “1775: Rebels, Rights & Revolution.” The exhibition explores the pivotal events and personal stories that ignited the American Revolution. It’s on view through December 2025. To learn more, go here. From there playw…

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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 55:29

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Today on The Culture Show, co-hosts Jared Bowen, Callie Crossley and Edgar B. Herwick III go over the latest headlines on our arts and culture week-in-review. First up, President Trump’s latest directive to control culture. Yesterday he signed an Executive Order intended, in his words, to Restore Truth and Sanity to American History. He’s called fo…

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March 27, 2025 - Jeff and Julie Kinney, Everyone250 with Imari Paris Jeffries, and Ricardo Pérez González 55:29

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When it comes to Jeff and Julie Kinney, their life is one for the books. Jeff Kinney is the author of the blockbuster, best selling “Wimpy Kid,” kingdom, which is reaching a milestone this year, with Kinney publishing his 20th title, .“Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Partypooper.” Together, Jeff and Julie own An Unlikely Story bookstore and cafe,” in downtow…

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Edward Hirsch joins Kevin Young to read, “96 Vandam,” by Gerald Stern, and his own poem “Man on a Fire Escape.” Hirsch's honors include a MacArthur Fellowship, a National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pablo Neruda International Presidential Medal of Honor, and a National Jewish Book Award. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices…

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March 26, 2025 - Igor Golyak, Dr. Robert Waldinger, and Pedro Alonzo 55:29

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Director Igor Golyak is the founder of Arlekin Players Theatre based in Needham. He joins The Culture Show to talk about upcoming events, productions and what it means to be embarking on its 15th anniversary year. To learn more about Arlekin Players Theatre and their programming, go here. Since 1938 researchers at Harvard have been studying the liv…

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March 25, 2025 - Gregory Maguire, Celtics president Rich Gotham, and candlepin bowling 55:29

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What happened to young Elphaba before she was saddled with the wicked mantle? Almost 30 years after the publication of “Wicked,” Gregory Maguire offers readers Elphaba’s origin story in a new book titled “Elphie: A Wicked Childhood.” He joins The Culture Show to talk about it. From there Boston Celtics’ president Rich Gotham joins The Culture Show …

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March 24, 2025 - The Ballad of Wallis Island, the ISU World Figure Skating Championships, and Mahesh Daas 55:29

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The new comedy film, “The Ballad of Wallis Island,” stars Tim Key as a lottery winner who tries to reunite his favorite musical duo Mortimer-McGwyer, played by Carey Mulligan and Tom Basden, also a romantic couple that broke up many years ago. Distributed by Focus Features, the film hits theaters on March 28th. Ahead of its release Tim Key and Tom …

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March 21, 2025 - Week in Review: The Gardner heist, Celtics sold for $6.1 billion, and skyscraper high Broadway prices 55:29

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Culture Show co-hosts Jared Bowen, Callie Crossley and Edgar B. Herwick III go over the latest headlines on our arts and culture week-in-review. First up, they reflect on the 35th anniversary of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum robbery, the largest art heist in the world and Boston’s most famous unsolved mystery. Then it’s something that’s hardl…

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March 20, 2025 - Fabiola Jean-Louis, Naveen Kumar, and the Alvin Ailey Revelations Celebration 55:29

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Fabiola Jean-Louis, a visual activist working in photography, paper textile design, and sculpture joins The Culture Show to talk about her solo exhibition at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum “Waters of the Abyss: An Intersection of Spirit and Freedom.” The exhibition features a large amount of original commissions from the Haitian artist, crafte…

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March 19, 2025 - Love Your Labels' Threads Youth Fashion Showcase, Cakeswagg, and WINTERACTIVE 55:30

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Joshua Croke, the President and Founder of the organization Love Your Labels joins The Culture Show to preview their “Threads Youth Fashion Showcase,” which features the artistry of youth designers, ages 13-19. The showcase is this Sunday at the Jean McDonough Arts Center in Worcester. To learn more, go here. From there, by day she teaches theater …

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March 18, 2025 - The 35th anniversary of the Gardner Museum heist, Celtics City, and the Bach Birthday Bash 55:29

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We mark the 35th anniversary of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art heist with Holly Salmon, the John L. and Susan K. Gardner Director of Conservation and Anthony Amore, head of security and chief investigator at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. From there Emmy Award-winning director Lauren Stowell joins The Culture Show to talk about the H…

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March 17, 2025 - Kim David Smith, Riverdance 30: The New Generation, Jane Eaglen 55:29

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Kim David Smith, the internationally acclaimed singer and actor, joins The Culture Show to discuss his new album, “Mostly Marlene,” and to preview his show at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater on March 21st, "Mostly Marlene: a Dietrich-Drenched Album Debut!" To learn more, go here. From there we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with Riverdance. Steven O B…

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March 14, 2025 - Week in Review: The Pink House, the Pit in Harvard Square, and Boston's FIFA World Cup song 55:29

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Callie Crossley, James Bennett and Lisa SImmons go over the latest headlines on our arts and culture week-in-review. First up, the Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library is honored with the Harleston Parker Medal for best new architecture. Then it’s onto a structure that has no honor despite a public campaign to save it– The Pink house has bee…

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March 13, 2025 - Chris Wallace, the Newton Piano Summit, and Mary Grant 55:29

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Veteran television journalist and anchor Chris Wallace joins The Culture Show to talk about the state of media today, a polarize nation and why presidential debates still matter. From there Chris Pitts, the founder and producer of the Newton Piano Summit, which showcases world-class professional musicians in a series of concerts each season, joins …

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March 12, 2025 - Parade, Meow Meow, and James Carson 55:29

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“Parade,” the Tony-winning revival on Broadway, is now onstage at Emerson Colonial Theatre through March 23rd. The musical is a dramatization of the real life, trial and tragedy of Leo Frank. He was a Jewish man from Brooklyn who found himself in Atlanta in 1913. As a northerner in the south, he quickly found himself subject to rampant antisemitism…

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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 55:29

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The new baroque opera “The Seasons,” is making its world premiere in Boston. It was conceptualized by Anthony Roth Costanzo and playwright Sara Ruhl who joined The Culture Show for an overview. The Seasons Is set in the near future when the seasons are out of order and extreme weather upends the life and aspirations of a group of artists who’ve esc…

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March 10, 2025 - Craig Ferguson, Big Screen Classics at the Coolidge, and Gaze to the Stars at MIT 55:38

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Craig Ferguson, the Peabody and Emmy Award-winning actor, writer, producer, director and comedian joins The Culture Show to talk about his “Pants on Fire” tour, which brings him to Boston for a show at The Wilbur on March 13th. To learn more go here. From there Mark Anastasio, Program Manager & Director of Special Programming at Coolidge Corner The…

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March 7, 2025 - Week in Review: Hamilton at the Kennedy Center, Meghan Markle, and stolen piglets 55:29

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Culture Show co-hosts Jared Bowen, James Bennett II and Culture Show contributor Joyce Kulhawik go over the latest headlines on our arts and culture week-in-review. First up, Lin-Manuel Miranda cancels “Hamilton’s” upcoming run at the Kennedy Center amid leadership and ideological changes. From there it’s a look at a freedom of speech issue as the …

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March 6, 2025 - Tiana Clark, PopUp Bagels, and Charles Atlas 55:29

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Award-winning poet Tiana Clark joins The Culture Show to talk about her latest collection of poems, “Scorched Earth.” Tiana Clark will be at a book event March 6th at 7:00 at Porter Square Books: Boston Edition. To learn more, go here. From there Brian Harrington joins The Culture Show. He’s the owner and operator of PopUp Bagels in the Seaport Dis…

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March 5, 2025 - James Parker, Pixels + Petals at the New England Botanic Garden, and Paul Daigneault 55:29

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James Parker, a staff writer at “The Atlantic,” joins The Culture Show to talk about his latest piece “When Robert Frost was Bad.” James Parker runs the Black Seed Writers Group—a weekly writing workshop for homeless, transitional, and recently housed writers–and he edits “The Pilgrim,” a literary magazine from the homeless community of downtown Bo…

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March 4, 2025 - Reginald Dwayne Betts, Margaret Cho, and the Vinfen Film Festival 55:29

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Reginald Dwayne Betts is an award-winning poet, a lawyer and founder of Freedom Reads, a first of its kind organization working to transform access to books in prisons. He joins The Culture Show to talk about his latest book “Doggerel: Poems.” From there comedian, actress and singer-songwriter Margaret Cho joins The Culture Show to talk about her n…

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