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Friday, May 29
 

10:00am EDT

Punk for the People: A Conversation with Ken Casey
Friday May 29, 2026 10:00am - 10:45am EDT
WBUR CitySpace @ 890 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
The Dropkick Murphys frontman shares why he’s an outspoken critic of the Trump administration, channeling punk rock's protest roots to deliver a pro-democracy message.

Speakers
avatar for Robin Young

Robin Young

Co-Host, Here & Now, WBUR
Robin Young brings more than 25 years of broadcast experience to her role as host of Here & Now. She is a Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker who has also reported for NBC, CBS and ABC television and for several years was substitute host and correspondent for "The Today S... Read More →
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Ken Casey

Founder, Dropkick Murphys & Pro-Democracy Champion
Ken Casey is the founding member of Boston's Dropkick Murphys, who've generated half-a-billion streams and 8 million-plus album sales worldwide.

Perennially outspoken, the band’s music champions the working class and downtrodden, while carrying hope through powerful melodies and... Read More →
Friday May 29, 2026 10:00am - 10:45am EDT
WBUR CitySpace
  Politics

10:30am EDT

The Ultimate Insider: A Conversation with Rahm Emanuel
Friday May 29, 2026 10:30am - 11:15am EDT
Tsai Performance Center @ 685 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
The former White House chief of staff, Chicago mayor, and ambassador reflects on his journey to politics’ biggest stages. He’ll offer candid insights on the Democratic Party’s future and the stakes of the upcoming elections.
Speakers
avatar for Evan Smith

Evan Smith

Managing Director for Events, The Atlantic
Evan Smith is the former CEO of The Texas Tribune and host of the weekly interview program Overheard with Evan Smith. He is currently the Managing Director of Events for The Atlantic. 
avatar for Amb. Rahm Emanuel

Amb. Rahm Emanuel

Former Ambassador to Japan & Former Chief of Staff, Obama Administration
Rahm I. Emanuel most recently served as the United States Ambassador to Japan. Previously, he was the 55th Mayor of the City of Chicago, a position he held until May 2019. Prior to becoming Mayor, from November 2008 until October 2010, Emanuel served as President Barack Obama’s Chief of... Read More →
Friday May 29, 2026 10:30am - 11:15am EDT
Tsai Performance Center
  Politics

11:15am EDT

Safety First: A Conversation with Jake Sullivan
Friday May 29, 2026 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT
College of General Studies Auditorium @ 871 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
The former national security advisor sits with a host of NPR’s All Things Considered to discuss conflicts in the Middle East, how technology is transforming warfare and the path to a more peaceful world.

Speakers
avatar for Mary Louise Kelly

Mary Louise Kelly

Host, NPR's All Things Considered & Sources & Methods
Mary Louise Kelly is host of NPR’s All Things Considered and the national security podcast Sources & Methods. Her assignments have included North Korea, Russia, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Israel, Iran and beyond. Kelly’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Str... Read More →
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Jake Sullivan

Professor, Harvard Kennedy School & Co-Host, The Long Game Podcast
Jake Sullivan is the Kissinger Professor of the Practice of Statecraft and World Order at the Harvard Kennedy School and a Senior Fellow at the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire. He is also the co-host of The Long Game podcast. From January 2021 to January 2025... Read More →
Friday May 29, 2026 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT
College of General Studies Auditorium
  Politics

11:45am EDT

Blue and Red and What's Left Unsaid in a Polarized America
Friday May 29, 2026 11:45am - 12:30pm EDT
CFA Concert Hall @ 855B Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Is there anything we can do to bridge the gap between left and right America? Three social and political observers offer their ideas on how we all got so polarized, and what we can do to change things.
Speakers
avatar for Joshua Greene

Joshua Greene

Alfred and Rebecca Lin Professor of Civil Discourse, Harvard University
Joshua D. Greene is the Alfred and Rebecca Lin Professor of Civil Discourse, Professor of Psychology, and a member of the Center for Brain Science faculty at Harvard University. He’s the co-creator of Tango, a cooperative quiz game that builds trust respect across lines of division, and the co-fo... Read More →
avatar for Anthony Brooks

Anthony Brooks

Senior Political Reporter, WBUR
Anthony Brooks is WBUR's senior political reporter, who brings decades of experience as a broadcast producer, editor, reporter and host for WBUR and NPR.

Before becoming WBUR’s senior political reporter, Brooks was co-host of Radio Boston, WBUR’s local news and talk show. For many years, Brooks worked as a Boston-based reporter for NPR, covering regional issues across New England, including politics, the economy, education, criminal... Read More →
avatar for Colin Woodard

Colin Woodard

Director, Nationhood Lab, Salve Regina University
Colin Woodard is director of Nationhood Lab at Salve Regina University, where he studies U.S. regionalism and nationhood. The author of seven books including American Nations and Nations Apart: How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America, as a journalist he won a George Polk Award and was a... Read More →
avatar for Lilliana Mason

Lilliana Mason

Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University & SNF Agora Institute
Lilliana Mason is SNF Agora Institute Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University.

She is the author of Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity and co-author, with Nathan P. Kalmoe, of Radical American Partisanship: Mapping Violent Hostility, Its Causes... Read More →
Friday May 29, 2026 11:45am - 12:30pm EDT
CFA Concert Hall
  Politics

12:30pm EDT

State Terror and Family Fear: A Conversation with M. Gessen
Friday May 29, 2026 12:30pm - 1:15pm EDT
College of General Studies Auditorium @ 871 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Join the New York Times opinion columnist, award-winning author and host of the new podcast “The Idiot” from Serial Productions for a wide-ranging conversation on Russia, Ukraine and the rise of global totalitarianism. Plus, what happens when a reporter turns the lens inward to confront family history and personal memory.
Speakers
avatar for Indira Lakshmanan

Indira Lakshmanan

Co-Host, Here & Now, WBUR
Indira Lakshmanan is a co-host of Here & Now.

avatar for M. Gessen

M. Gessen

Columnist, The New York Times & Author, The Idiot
M. Gessen is an opinion columnist at The New York Times and the author of Serial's 2026 show "The Idiot," which marked a departure from writing about autocracy and wars.
Friday May 29, 2026 12:30pm - 1:15pm EDT
College of General Studies Auditorium
  Politics

2:15pm EDT

Foreign Policy and the Use of Force: A Conversation with John Bolton
Friday May 29, 2026 2:15pm - 3:00pm EDT
Tsai Performance Center @ 685 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
The former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and national security advisor in the first Trump administration opines on foreign policy.
Speakers
avatar for Amb. John Bolton

Amb. John Bolton

Former US National Security Advisor & Former US Ambassador to the U.N.
John R. Bolton served as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from April 8, 2018 until his resignation on September 10, 2019. From January 2007 until April 2018, he served as a Senior Fellow at American Enterprise Institute in Washington. John R. Bolton was appointed as United... Read More →
avatar for Meghna Chakrabarti

Meghna Chakrabarti

Host, On Point, WBUR
Meghna Chakrabarti is the award-winning host and editor of On Point. Based in Boston, she is on the air Monday through Friday.

On Point has been frequently recognized for excellence in journalism under Meghna's leadership. Chakrabarti is the former host of Radio Boston, WBUR’s acclaimed weekday local show. She's the former host of Modern Love: The Podcast, a collaboration of WBUR and The New York Times... Read More →
Friday May 29, 2026 2:15pm - 3:00pm EDT
Tsai Performance Center
  Politics

3:00pm EDT

Left, Right & Center - Live
Friday May 29, 2026 3:00pm - 3:45pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace @ 890 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Left, Right & Center is where listeners come to understand people on the other side of the political divide. The show host will be joined by political commentators on the right and left to look at the debates driving the midterm elections and how each side sees them shaping up.
Speakers
avatar for Sarah Isgur

Sarah Isgur

Editor, SCOTUSblog, Host, Advisory Opinions & Legal Analyst, ABC News
Sarah Isgur is the editor of SCOTUSblog, host of the legal podcast Advisory Opinions, and a legal analyst for ABC News. Isgur has previously worked on multiple presidential campaigns and in all three branches of the federal government. During the first Trump administration, she served in the Departmen... Read More →
avatar for Mo Elleithee

Mo Elleithee

Executive Director, Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service
Mo Elleithee is a dynamic force in politics, higher education, and media, with a career spanning over three decades of shaping political discourse and inspiring future leaders. As the founding Executive Director of Georgetown University’s Institute of Politics and Public Service since 2015, h... Read More →
avatar for David Greene

David Greene

Host, Left, Right & Center, KCRW
David Greene is the host of KCRW's Left, Right & Center, as well as Sports in America from PRX and WHYY and the podcast David Greene is Obsessed. Greene hosted NPR's Morning Edition for more than a decade and helped launch the popular morning news podcast UpFirst. He's a New York Times best-s... Read More →
Friday May 29, 2026 3:00pm - 3:45pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace
  Politics

3:30pm EDT

Next Stop: The Future of the T
Friday May 29, 2026 3:30pm - 4:15pm EDT
CFA Concert Hall @ 855B Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Transit leaders and advocates take stock of the MBTA’s recent struggles and map out the investments, policies and innovations needed to build a more reliable, equitable future for the Boston area’s public transit system.
Speakers
avatar for Andrea Perdomo-Hernandez

Andrea Perdomo-Hernandez

Transportation Reporter, WBUR
Andrea Perdomo-Hernandez is a transportation reporter for WBUR.

Previously, she was a freelance producer for WBUR’s Radio Boston.

Perdomo-Hernandez is from South Florida, where she was a reporter for public radio stations in Miami and Fort Myers. She also produced for regional and statewide public affairs programs. She has won regional and national awards for her reporting on the environment and migrant commun... Read More →
avatar for Lynsey M. Heffernan

Lynsey M. Heffernan

Chief of Policy and Strategic Planning, MBTA
As an unabashed change agent, Lynsey Heffernan has spent her career working to improve life outcomes for people of the Massachusetts. Lynsey is the Chief of Policy and Strategic Planning for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) working to help the agency create a plan forward after years of crisis and decades... Read More →
avatar for Brian Kane

Brian Kane

Executive Director, MBTA Advisory Board
Brian Kane is the Executive Director of the MBTA Advisory Board, a Massachusetts quasi-state agency representing the 178 cities and towns comprising the MBTA service district. In this role, he provides municipal oversight of the MBTA’s capital, operating, and policy decisions on behalf of... Read More →
avatar for Kate Dineen

Kate Dineen

President & CEO, A Better City
Kate Dineen is President & CEO of A Better City, a nonprofit organization convening business and civic leaders to advance transportation, land use, and climate solutions. She previously held several roles in the New York State Governor’s Office and served as Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s Polic... Read More →
Friday May 29, 2026 3:30pm - 4:15pm EDT
CFA Concert Hall
  Politics

4:15pm EDT

Growing Up Underground: A Conversation with Zayd Ayers Dohrn
Friday May 29, 2026 4:15pm - 5:00pm EDT
Marsh Chapel @ 735 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
The son of Weather Underground leaders and author of the new memoir “Dangerous, Dirty, Violent & Young” recounts his childhood on the run in the radical ’60s and ’70s, tracing how secrecy, extremist ideology and trauma shaped his family life.
Speakers
avatar for Robin Young

Robin Young

Co-Host, Here & Now, WBUR
Robin Young brings more than 25 years of broadcast experience to her role as host of Here & Now. She is a Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker who has also reported for NBC, CBS and ABC television and for several years was substitute host and correspondent for "The Today S... Read More →
avatar for Zayd Ayers Dohrn

Zayd Ayers Dohrn

Author, Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young
Zayd Ayers Dohrn was born underground and raised in New York City. He is the author of the book Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young; creator of the hit Crooked Media podcast Mother Country Radicals, and writer (with Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Tom Morello) of the punk rock protest musical Revolut... Read More →
Friday May 29, 2026 4:15pm - 5:00pm EDT
Marsh Chapel
  Politics
 

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