The Culture Show Podcast

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 show to talk about works in their collection tha...

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 Tony nominations and a listen to the Rock and Roll...

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 Tesori and  lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire. To le...

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 Rooster and his Barnyard Band” a one-hour specia...

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 Culture Show to talk about his debut feature film...

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 open to the public and it's free. To learn more, go...

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 he convened over 100 comedians to share a communa...

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 III, joins The Culture Show ahead of his show in...

Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale, the cofounders of the new wave band Devo join T he 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-evolution...continued!” comes to MGM Music Hall at Fe...

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 24th. Oboist Jennifer Montbach, Radius Ensembl...

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 recent exhibition that focussed on the histo...

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 Revolutionary war, the surplus of events in Massachuse...

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 Faison join The Culture Show for a preview. To...

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 Massachusetts 250 campaign. David Wood is the Curator at...

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 Bandstand. To learn more about the event, go here . From...

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 Boston Public Library's 35th annual Literary Light...

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 his vision for the MFA. From there it’s “A Minecraf...

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 take place on Friday. To learn more go here . From th...

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 “Table for Two” is out in paperback to continue the...

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 T he 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 learn more, go here . From there James Poniewozik j...

“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 9th  through April 20th. Daniel and Patrick Lazo...

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 “Adolescence,” which has provoked a conversation...

Artist Cicely Carew joins  The Culture Show to talk about her solo exhibition at the Fuller Craft Museum, Be LOVE d, 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 of FlawBored , a multi award winning disabili...

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 overview. To learn about upcoming performances...

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 extension of Museums 250 . From there Culture Show co...