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Thursday
, May 28
The Hub
3:00pm •
FESTIVAL HUB: Early Badge Pickup
Friday
, May 29
Booth Theatre
11:45am •
Work Rewired: How AI is Changing Jobs and Business
1:00pm •
From the Lab to Low-Carbon: Is Climate Tech the Next Mass. Boom?
2:15pm •
Powering A.I.: The True Cost of the Data Center Boom
3:30pm •
Spark or Slowdown?: Creativity in the Age of AI
4:45pm •
Profit & Planet: Making Green and Going Greener
CFA Concert Hall
10:30am •
How Deep Friendships Build Resilience: A Conversation with Demond Martin
11:45am •
Blue and Red and What's Left Unsaid in a Polarized America
1:00pm •
Mission, Margin, Momentum: A Conversation with Neil Blumenthal
2:15pm •
Dr. Vivek Murthy’s Staying Human - Live Taping
3:30pm •
Next Stop: The Future of the T
College of General Studies Auditorium
11:15am •
Safety First: A Conversation with Jake Sullivan
12:30pm •
State Terror and Family Fear: A Conversation with M. Gessen
1:45pm •
Reimagining Public Media’s Future: A Conversation with Katherine Maher
George Sherman Union - Metcalf Ballroom
5:30pm •
The Game Show (Members & VIPs Only)
Marsh Chapel
12:30pm •
Why Facts Matter: A Conversation with Yvonne Rolzhausen
1:45pm •
Craft, Commerce and Community: A Conversation with Tristan Walker
3:00pm •
Sweet Success: How Jeni Britton Built a Food Empire
4:15pm •
Growing Up Underground: A Conversation with Zayd Ayers Dohrn
Student Lounge
11:30am •
Visioning a Better Climate: An Interactive Session with Grist
3:00pm •
Networking Reception Presented by Takeda
The Hub
9:00am •
FESTIVAL HUB: Check In & Badge Pickup
9:00am •
FESTIVAL HUB: Live Screenprinting
9:00am •
FESTIVAL HUB: Pop-up Bookstore
9:00am •
FESTIVAL HUB: Pop-up Merch Store
12:00pm •
FESTIVAL HUB: La QChara Food Truck Pop-up
1:00pm •
Performance by Nadia Washington
2:30pm •
FESTIVAL HUB: Have a Beer with Mary Louise Kelly
4:00pm •
The Buzz About NA Beer
4:00pm •
FESTIVAL HUB: Mix & Mingle
Tsai Performance Center
10:30am •
The Ultimate Insider: A Conversation with Rahm Emanuel
11:45am •
Leading Through Crisis: A Conversation with Dr. Rochelle Walensky
2:15pm •
Foreign Policy and the Use of Force: A Conversation with John Bolton
3:30pm •
It’s the Economy, Stupid: How Seismic Shifts Hit Wallets
4:45pm •
Spain José’s Way: A Culinary Conversation with José Andrés
WBUR CitySpace
10:00am •
Punk for the People: A Conversation with Ken Casey
11:15am •
Fantasy and Fact: Inside the Emotional Marketplace of OnlyFans
12:30pm •
After the NEA: Rethinking Public Support for the Arts
1:45pm •
Creative Climate: Art That Makes the Crisis Visible
3:00pm •
Left, Right & Center - Live
4:15pm •
Reverse Course! Solutions for the Climate Crisis
Saturday
, May 30
Booth Theatre
11:45am •
Joy, Creativity and New Beginnings in Midlife: A Conversation with Allison Aubrey
1:30pm •
Meating Demand: The Future of Protein
4:00pm •
Hope Takes Flight: Saving Birds and Ourselves
BU Beach
12:00pm •
Street Fair
12:00pm •
STREET FAIR: The WBUR Festival Community Mural
12:00pm •
STREET FAIR STAGE: Jake Blount
12:00pm •
STREET FAIR: FOUND Market Pop-up
12:00pm •
STREET FAIR: Ask a Scientist with The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
1:00pm •
STREET FAIR STAGE: Line Dancing Queens
2:00pm •
STREET FAIR STAGE: Kimaya Diggs
3:00pm •
STREET FAIR STAGE: Jonathan Suazo
4:00pm •
STREET FAIR STAGE: Salsa y Control
CFA Concert Hall
11:00am •
The Price of Power: Why Your Energy Bills Keep Rising
12:15pm •
Judges, Law and the New Era of Immigration Enforcement
1:30pm •
Rising Tides, Changing Seas: Oceans in a Warming World
4:00pm •
Iron Songwriter with Wolves of Glendale
5:15pm •
On the Front Lines: Covering Mass Deportations
College of General Studies Auditorium
2:15pm •
Stories of Justice: A Conversation with Bryan Stevenson
3:30pm •
Stories That Stay: A Conversation with Celeste Ng
Marsh Chapel
11:45am •
The New American Dream: Is Upward Mobility Still Possible?
1:00pm •
Driving Herself Sane: A Conversation with Lindy West
2:15pm •
Bloodlines & Bylines: Robin Young & Zolan Kanno-Youngs in Conversation
3:30pm •
How to be Healthier: A Conversation with Dr. John Whyte
4:45pm •
Longevity Myths and Medicine: A Conversation with Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel
Sunset Cantina
5:30pm •
After Party at Sunset Cantina
The Hub
9:00am •
FESTIVAL HUB: Check In & Badge Pickup
9:00am •
FESTIVAL HUB: Live Screenprinting
9:00am •
FESTIVAL HUB: Pop-up Bookstore
9:00am •
FESTIVAL HUB: Pop-up Merch Store
9:00am •
FESTIVAL HUB: Union Square Donuts Pop-up
12:30pm •
FESTIVAL HUB: Otto Pizza Pop-Up
3:00pm •
Cheese and Wine, Considered: A Guided Tasting (VIP Pass Holders Only)
4:00pm •
FESTIVAL HUB: Last Call
5:00pm •
FESTIVAL HUB: Word Play: Scrabble Frenzy
Tsai Performance Center
10:30am •
Leading in an Unstable World: A Conversation with Samantha Power
11:15am •
BOOK SIGNING: Amb. Samantha Power
12:15pm •
The Room Where It Happens: Covering the White House in Real Time
1:30pm •
Truth Across Borders
2:45pm •
No Laughing Matter: Satire in the Age of the Political Absurd
5:15pm •
The Uncensored Mic: A Conversation with David Cross
WBUR CitySpace
11:00am •
Is Business Broken? Live Podcast Taping on the Innovation Economy
1:00pm •
Sound as Catalyst: A Conversation with Jad Abumrad
2:15pm •
Life Kit - Live Taping
3:30pm •
Solitary Confinement on Film: A Conversation with David Oyelowo
5:00pm •
Spring Green: A Better World is Possible
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