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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 →
avatar for Ken Casey

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

11:15am EDT

Fantasy and Fact: Inside the Emotional Marketplace of OnlyFans
Friday May 29, 2026 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace @ 890 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
The creator of the podcasts Slow Burn and Fiasco dives into the making of OnlyFantasy, his new series on digital intimacy, along with the show’s co-host.
Speakers
avatar for Gracie Canaan

Gracie Canaan

Co-Host, Only Fantasy, Audible
Gracie Canaan is a writer and comedian based in New York. She is the writer and lead actor in the Oscar-qualifying short film BOOTIE'S. She is an alumnus of the NBC's Late Night Writer's Workshop and wrote for Season 1 of the talk show The Green Room with Nadia Brown on Ovation TV... Read More →
avatar for Amory Sivertson

Amory Sivertson

Host and Senior Producer, WBUR Podcasts
Amory Sivertson is the host/reporter of Beyond All Repair and the co-host and senior producer of Endless Thread. She's one of the founding producers of Modern Love: The Podcast and the former producer of Dear Sugar Radio (now called Dear Sugars).

Previously, Amory was the studio d... Read More →
avatar for Ben Brock Johnson

Ben Brock Johnson

Director, Digital Audio, WBUR
Ben Brock Johnson is the director of digital audio at WBUR, where he helps direct strategic and editorial initiatives involving digital audio across the organization. Ben also co-hosts the podcast Endless Thread, serves as a tech correspondent for Here & Now, and is a guest host for WBUR programs... Read More →
avatar for Leon Neyfakh

Leon Neyfakh

Co-founder, Prologue Projects & Co-host, OnlyFantasy
Leon Neyfakh is a journalist best known as the co-creator of Slow Burn, the host of Fiasco, and the co-host of Think Twice: Michael Jackson and Backfired. Before starting Prologue Projects, a podcast production company based in New York, he was a reporter for Slate, The Boston Globe, and The Ne... Read More →
Friday May 29, 2026 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace
  Media

12:30pm EDT

After the NEA: Rethinking Public Support for the Arts
Friday May 29, 2026 12:30pm - 1:15pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace @ 890 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Former National Endowment for the Arts leaders discuss the future of arts funding amid efforts to defund the agency, exploring bold new models to sustain artists and cultural institutions. The session will feature a performance from the Asian American Ballet Project, whose NEA support was recently revoked.

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Speakers
avatar for Asian American Ballet Project

Asian American Ballet Project

Ballet Company
Founded in 2022, the Asian American Ballet Project is the very first Asian American ballet company, ever. Our mission is to present Asian American dancers on stage together in all Asian American productions. We aim to tell stories from our unique perspectives and transform how audiences see Asian Americans in performance, from unexpected... Read More →
avatar for Jen Hughes

Jen Hughes

Harvard Loeb Fellow
Jen Hughes believes in the power of the arts to build thriving places, strengthen civic engagement, and foster meaningful connection; a topic she is exploring as a Harvard Loeb Fellow at the Graduate School of Design. Previously, she held multiple senior roles at the National Endowment for... Read More →
avatar for Jenn Chang

Jenn Chang

Program Director, Culture & Civil Society Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School
Jenn Chang directs the Culture and Civil Society Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School and teaches at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. At the National Endowment for the Arts in the Biden administration, she helped design the agency's $135 million American Rescue Plan program and par... Read More →
avatar for Tania Ralli

Tania Ralli

Managing Editor, Arts & Culture
Tania Ralli is the managing editor of arts and culture at WBUR.

Friday May 29, 2026 12:30pm - 1:15pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace
  Arts & Culture (Sponsored by the BSO)

1:45pm EDT

Creative Climate: Art That Makes the Crisis Visible
Friday May 29, 2026 1:45pm - 2:30pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace @ 890 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Artists and storytellers share inventive ways to render climate change tangible and cut through despair, spark empathy and inspire action for the planet’s future.

Sponsored by: 


Speakers
avatar for Ryan Edwards

Ryan Edwards

Principal & Co-Founder, MASARY Studios
Ryan Edwards is a Boston-based sound and installation artist and co-founder of MASARY Studios. MASARY is a Boston-based collective founded in 2015 exercising a collaborative studio practice reimagining environments through sound, light and the built world, blurring the lines between habitat an... Read More →
avatar for Erin Genia

Erin Genia

Artist
Erin Genia is a citizen of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate and a multidisciplinary artist, educator and cultural organizer working at the intersection of public service and creative practice. She is a former Boston AIR, and is a lecturer at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. She currently s... Read More →
avatar for Lani Asunción

Lani Asunción

Artist
Lani Asunción has a working studio at Midway Artist Studios in the Fort Point Arts Neighborhood in Boston. They were the Curator & Public Art Manager of the 2024-2025 Un-monument initiative for Pao Arts Center (Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center) in partnership with the City of Boston Mayor... Read More →
avatar for Arielle Gray

Arielle Gray

Reporter, WBUR
Arielle Gray is a storyteller and artist currently based in Boston. She is a reporter at WBUR, where she reports on Black and brown communities through the lens of art and culture. She joined WBUR in 2018 as a reporting fellow before being hired full-time. Her work examines the liminal spaces... Read More →
Friday May 29, 2026 1:45pm - 2:30pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace
  Climate & Environment (Sponsored by WHOI)

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

4:15pm EDT

Reverse Course! Solutions for the Climate Crisis
Friday May 29, 2026 4:15pm - 5:00pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace @ 890 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Here & Now has been traveling the country to meet people trying to reverse the impacts of climate change. The show’s host and correspondent will take a closer look at innovative solutions and explore how individuals are making a difference in their communities.

Sponsored by: 



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Speakers
avatar for Tik Root

Tik Root

Staff Writer, Grist
Tik Root covers the economics of climate change at Grist. He started his career as a freelance journalist in Yemen, and has since covered everything from Al Qaeda to the Olympics for outlets such as National Geographic, The New York Times, and The Atlantic, among others. He previously wor... Read More →
avatar for Leah Bamberger

Leah Bamberger

Senior Sustainability Manager, Textron
Leah Bamberger is a global sustainability leader with over 15 years of experience driving impact across government, higher education, and the corporate sector. Currently serving as Senior Sustainability Manager at Textron, she leads sustainability strategy, performance, and ESG integration. Leah’s c... Read More →
avatar for Chris Bentley

Chris Bentley

Podcast Host, Producer, Reporter, Here & Now, WBUR
Chris Bentley has been producing and reporting for Here & Now since 2015. He hosts the daily podcast Here & Now Anytime and covers climate change and the environment for Here & Now’s series Reverse Course. He has a masters degree in journalism from Northwestern University and a bachelors deg... Read More →
avatar for Peter O'Dowd

Peter O'Dowd

Host-correspondent, Here & Now, WBUR
Peter O'Dowd is Here & Now’s host-correspondent. When the full-time hosts are off air, Peter steps in to cover the day’s most important stories.

Otherwise, from his base in Arizona, Peter is out covering issues critical to the Southwestern United States. His environmental reporting includes the ongoing drought on the Colorado River and the impact of rising temperatures in the region. He also covers the battle over immigration... Read More →
Friday May 29, 2026 4:15pm - 5:00pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace
  Climate & Environment (Sponsored by WHOI)
 
Saturday, May 30
 

11:00am EDT

Is Business Broken? Live Podcast Taping on the Innovation Economy
Saturday May 30, 2026 11:00am - 11:45am EDT
WBUR CitySpace @ 890 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
What transforms a scientific idea into a technology, a company, a job or even an entire economy?  A century and a half after Boston University Professor Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone, that question is more urgent than ever. Join us as we dig into the forces driving innovation today — and what's at stake if they falter.

Sponsored by: 
Speakers
avatar for Kendalle Burlin O'Connell

Kendalle Burlin O'Connell

CEO & President, MassBio
Kendalle Burlin O'Connell is CEO and President of MassBio, the world's largest and oldest biopharma membership organization, representing 1,700+ companies advancing breakthrough science. A leading voice on healthcare innovation and a champion for the biotech founders and emerging companies driving it, she adv... Read More →
avatar for Curt Nickisch

Curt Nickisch

Host, Is Business Broken?
Curt Nickisch is the host of the Is Business Broken? podcast which features conversations with academics, industry leaders, and politicians that ask the thorny questions necessary for this moment, and help us navigate real world solutions.

avatar for Dr. Melissa Gilliam

Dr. Melissa Gilliam

President, Boston University
Dr. Melissa L. Gilliam became Boston University’s eleventh president on July 1, 2024. Dr. Gilliam is an esteemed and award-winning interdisciplinary researcher in medicine, public health, and the humanities. Dr. Gilliam joined Boston University from The Ohio State University, where she held the Engie-A... Read More →
Saturday May 30, 2026 11:00am - 11:45am EDT
WBUR CitySpace
  Business, Live podcast taping

1:00pm EDT

Sound as Catalyst: A Conversation with Jad Abumrad
Saturday May 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:45pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace @ 890 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
The Radiolab creator on the art of sonic storytelling, science of wonder and the creative rules that turn complex ideas into unforgettable audio experiences. 

Sponsored by:

Speakers
avatar for Sam Sanders

Sam Sanders

Host & Executive Producer, The Sam Sanders Show
Sam Sanders is an award-winning reporter, radio host and podcaster. He currently hosts and is executive producer of the The Sam Sanders Show, made in conjunction with KCRW and distributed nationally by PRX. Sanders has been named podcaster of the year by both The Ambies and The iHeart Podca... Read More →
avatar for Jad Abumrad

Jad Abumrad

Creator of Radiolab, Dolly Parton's America & Fela Kuti: Fear No Man
Jad Abumrad is a composer, artist and journalist and the creator of Radiolab (http://radiolab.org), Dolly Parton’s America (http://dollypartonsamerica.org), Fela Kuti: Fear No Man (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fela-kuti-fear-no-man/id1835735529) and many other podcasts which collectively... Read More →
Saturday May 30, 2026 1:00pm - 1:45pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace
  Arts & Culture (Sponsored by the BSO)

2:15pm EDT

Life Kit - Live Taping
Saturday May 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:00pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace @ 890 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
This edition of the NPR podcast will focus on what it takes to lead a good life.

Sponsored by:
Speakers
avatar for Marielle Segarra

Marielle Segarra

Host, Life Kit, NPR
Marielle Segarra is the host of NPR's Life Kit, the award-winning podcast and radio show that shares trustworthy, nonjudgmental tips that help listeners navigate their lives. She's guided listeners on how to: do CPR, start a new habit, get out of credit card debt, build a village, support a loved... Read More →
avatar for Rachel Wilkerson Miller

Rachel Wilkerson Miller

​Author of The Art of Showing Up: How to Be There for Yourself and Your People & The Nice Life: How to Elevate the Everyday and Find Joy in What You Have
Rachel Wilkerson Miller is the author of The Art of Showing Up: How to Be There for Yourself and Your People and Dot Journaling—A Practical Guide. Her third book, The Nice Life: How to Elevate the Everyday and Find Joy in What You Have comes out in October. Rachel is the former editor-in-chief of SELF M... Read More →
Saturday May 30, 2026 2:15pm - 3:00pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace
  Health & Wellness (Sponsored by Takeda), Live podcast taping

3:30pm EDT

Solitary Confinement on Film: A Conversation with David Oyelowo
Saturday May 30, 2026 3:30pm - 4:15pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace @ 890 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
The award-winning actor discusses his starring role in the film “Newborn,” which explores the devastating impacts of solitary confinement.

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Speakers
avatar for David Oyelowo

David Oyelowo

Actor, Producer & Director
David Oyelowo is a multiple Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Emmy-nominated actor and producer. Oyelowo made his directorial debut with the critically-acclaimed film, THE WATER MAN, which he produced under his Yoruba Saxon production banner.  Current and upcoming film and television projects include BA... Read More →
Saturday May 30, 2026 3:30pm - 4:15pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace
  Arts & Culture (Sponsored by the BSO)

5:00pm EDT

Spring Green: A Better World is Possible
Saturday May 30, 2026 5:00pm - 5:45pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace @ 890 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Join a beloved local songwriter and an award-winning environmental journalist for a performance, reading and conversation on how music and storytelling help us slow down and reconnect with ourselves and the natural world.

Sponsored by: 

Speakers
avatar for Dianna Bell

Dianna Bell

Senior Editor, Arts & Culture, WBUR
Dianna Bell is senior editor of arts and culture for WBUR.

She graduated from High Point University with a bachelor's degree in media and pop culture studies, and with a master's in arts journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University... Read More →
avatar for Mark Erelli

Mark Erelli

Musician & Songwriter
Mark Erelli is a critically acclaimed American singer-songwriter, producer, and guitarist known for his distinctive blend of rock, folk, and Americana. His music is known for its lyrical depth and intricate instrumentation, drawing influence from classic rock icons. Mark has collaborated with a... Read More →
avatar for Meera Subramanian

Meera Subramanian

Author & Journalist
Meera Subramanian is a journalist whose award-winning work has appeared in Nature, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, Orion and beyond. A National Geographic Explorer, she is the author of two books, the latest A Better World Is Possible: Global Youth Confront the Climate Crisis, a graphic novel about you... Read More →
Saturday May 30, 2026 5:00pm - 5:45pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace
  Arts & Culture (Sponsored by the BSO)
 

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