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The Culture Show Podcast
A Boston-based podcast that thrives in how we live. What we like to see, watch, taste, hear, feel and talk about. It’s an expansive look at our society through art, culture and entertainment. It’s a conversation about the seminal moments and sizable shocks that are driving the daily discourse. We’ll amplify local creatives and explore the homegrown arts and culture landscape and tap into the big talent that tours Boston along the way.
Episodes
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October 7, 2024 - BACHtoberfest, Van Leeuwen, and Be the Change
Music Worcester’s THE COMPLETE BACH is an audacious 11 year project, which Music Worcester has launched to present all of the known works of J. S. Bach. Every…
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October 4, 2024 - Week in Review: Gen-Z slang, Kris Kristofferson, and John Amos
Today The Culture Show’s co-hosts Edgar B Herwick III, Callie Crossley and James Bennett II go over the latest headlines on our arts and culture…
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October 3, 2024 - Barron Ryan, Guillaume Lethiere exhibition, and Boston's Blessing of the Animals
Pianist and composer Barron Ryan joins The Culture Show ahead of his performance tonight at Mechanics Hall. As part of their “Beyond the Frames: A Series in…
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October 2, 2024 - Reynaliz Herrera, Urinetown: The Musical, and The Importance of Being Furnished
Reynaliz Herrera is a classically trained percussionist who found her voice when she realized that a bicycle is a wildly versatile percussive instrument. She…
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October 1, 2024 - HONK! Festival with The Good Trouble Brass Band, the Provincetown Town Crier Competition, and Laughs in Spanish
The HONK! Festival of Activist Street Bands is back with its 19th annual multi-day music extravaganza. It is outrageous and inclusive, brass and brash…
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September 30, 2024 - Sarah Ganz Blythe, the Donna Summer mural, and Shlock and Awe: The William Castle Experience
Sarah Ganz Blythe is the newly appointed Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director of the Harvard Art Museums. She joins The Culture Show to talk about starting…
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September 27, 2024 - Week in Review: Maggie Smith, a New England treasure hunt, and SNL at 50
Today Edgar B. Herwick III, Jared Bowen and Culture Show contributor Lisa Simmons go over the latest headlines on our arts and culture week-in-review. First…
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September 26, 2024 - Liz Cheney, Poetry Downtown Festival, and Joyce Kulhawik on Boston theatre
Former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney. She has become an astute observer of the ever widening cultural divide in American politics. Now in her memoir…
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September 25, 2024 - Uzo Aduba, Fall Into Dance, and Pedro Alonzo
Uzo Aduba, the award-winning actress spans television, film, and theater. Her road to success is explained in her debut memoir “The Road is Good: How a…
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September 24, 2024 - Mamma Mia!, The Chinese Way cookbook, and Paul Revere's copper legacy
“Mamma Mia!” The musical’s 25th anniversary tour has arrived at the Citizen’s Opera House by way of Broadway in Boston. “Mamma Mia!” is full of surprise…
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September 23, 2024 - Amor Towles, CineFest Latino Boston, and the Countdown to 2026
Writer Amor Towles is the bestselling author of “Rules of Civility,” “A Gentleman in Moscow,” and “The Lincoln Highway.” Now he has another bestseller, “Table…
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September 20, 2024 - Week in Review: Tito Jackson, Jane's Addiction, and Sean Combs
Today Culture Show co-hosts Callie Crossley, Edgar B. Herwick III and Jared Bowen go over the latest headlines on our arts and culture week in review. First…
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TCS Bonus Episode - Talk Like A Pirate Day with Dave Barry
Culture Show co-host Edgar B. Herwick III sits down for a chat with Dave Barry, the acclaimed humor columnist who popularized Talk Like A Pirate Day.
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September 19, 2024 - The Hebridean Baker, Talk Like a Pirate Day, and James Carter
Coinneach MacLeod is better known as The Hebridean Baker. His simple living, Scottish accent, and photographs of Soctland’s rugged landscape have made him an…
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September 18, 2024 - Kneecap, Shrek: The Musical, and Carlos Simon
Kneecap. The Belfast-based rap group join The Culture Show ahead of their sold-out show at Paradise to talk about their debut album and biopic, “Kneecap.” From…
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September 17, 2024 - Hannah Gadsby, Library Lion, and Secret Boston
In 2018 Hannah Gadsby experienced seismic success with Nanette, a Nextflix special that upended standup comedy. Since then Gadsby has had other solo shows…
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September 16, 2024 - Zadie Smith, the Boston Film Festival, and the Gun Violence Memorial Project
Writer Zadie Smith’s latest novel, “The Fraud” is historical fiction, set in Victorian England. Based on real events in 19th century Jamaica and England, her…
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September 13, 2024 - Week in Review: A Taylor Swift endorsement, the Emmys, and James Earl Jones
On today’s arts and culture week-in-review Jared Bowen, Edgar B. Herwick III and Culture Show contributor Lisa Simmons, the artistic and executive director of…
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September 12, 2024 - The Embrace Massó "¡Con Salsa!”, Silver Scream Con with Ice Nine Kills, and Mary Grant
Imari Paris Jeffries, President and CEO of Embrace Boston and José C. Massó III, the longtime host of WBUR’s “¡Con Salsa!,” join The Culture Show to preview…
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September 11, 2024 - Romeo and Juliet at the A.R.T., Veronica Robles, and Alex Buchanan
The Tony winning Artistic Director of the American Repertory Theater Diane Paulus. She is a master revivalist. If you thought you knew the story of “Porgy and…
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September 10, 2024 - Eugene Mirman, the Wurlitzer pipe organ, and JM Varese
Actor and Comedian Eugene Mirman was born in Moscow, raised in Lexington, and he honed his craft working the stages of Boston's comedy circuit. Today he is…
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September 9, 2024 - The Kodály method, Boston Rum Week, and The Black Gold Tapestry
Today on The Culture Show Katie Bach, acting director of the Kodály Music Institute and music teacher at the Peabody School, talks about bringing the Kodály…
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September 6, 2024 - Week in Review: A boozier Boston, West Newton Cinema, and Adele
On this Friday’s arts and culture week-in-review, Jared Bowen, Callie Crossley and Edgar B Herwick III go over the latest headlines. First up, it looked like…
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September 5, 2024 - Eric Vloeimans and Will Holshouser, "...and I approve this message," and Dali at the MFA
Eric Vloeimans is a Dutch trumpet sensation, Cambridge native Will Holshouser is an accordion master. Together they create original, evocative compositions…
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September 4, 2024 - Marianne Leone, The Hip Hop Transformation, and the JFK library
Actor and author Marianne Leone joins The Culture Show to talk about her latest book, “Five-Dog Epiphany: How a Quintet of Badass Bichons Retrieved Our Joy,”…
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September 3, 2024 - Sebastian Smee, The Hombres, and art on the MBTA's Red Line
Pulitzer Prize-winner Sebastian Smee, art critic for The Washington Post, and author of “The Art of Rivalry” joins The Culture Show for a discussion of his new…
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September 2, 2024 - Toni Stone, baseball in the movies, and foul balls
Today we bring you three very different takes on Baseball. First up. from a diamond in the rough to the baseball diamond. Toni Stone made history as the first…
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August 30, 2024 - Raj Tawney, Joanne Chang, and Marsha Lindsey
Writer Raj Tawney. Growing up in a multicultural household, his coming of age story happened in the kitchen, helping his mother and grandmother cook recipes…
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August 29, 2024 - Girl From the North Country, Janie Barnett, and Already Dead
Turn up the volume because we have three takes on music, from Bob Dylan to Cole Porter to populist punk. First up, the Irish dramatist Conor McPherson wrote…
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August 28, 2024 - Audra McDonald and Leslie Odom Jr.
Summertime, and the living is easy. Or, if you’re Audra McDonald, you make it look and sound easy. The award winning singer and actor earned her fifth – of a…
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August 27, 2024 - P. Carl, Miranda July, and Lorraine O'Grady
Today on The Culture Show, P Carl. He built a life as a queer woman. But all the while he had a yearning to become more fully realized. For him that meant…
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August 26, 2024 - Matt Farley, Adam Gardner, and Charles Ives
Today on The Culture Show, the one-man media conglomerate: Matt Farley. For him quality IS quantity. The Danvers based singer-songwriter is prolific. He’s…
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August 23, 2024 - Week in Review: Bennifer, Phil Donahue, and The Onion
First up, after months of speculation about divorce, Bennifer is over, again. The highly publicized rollercoaster of a romance that’s spanned decades has its…
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August 22, 2024 - Judy Collins, Jamie Wyeth, and arts at the DNC
Judy Collins, the Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter is bringing her unmistakable, ethereal voice, and her legendary repertoire to Tanglewood.. Ahead of…
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August 21, 2024 - Jack Lueders-Booth, Artists for Humanity, and King Richard's Faire
In the 1970’s photographer Jack Lueders-Booth went to MCI Framingham, the women’s prison, to teach the incarcerated photography. He transformed a vacant wing…
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August 20, 2024 - ODB: A Tale of Two Dirtys, the Nantucket Looms, and Perry T. Rathbone
Filmmaker Jason Pollard joins The Culture Show to talk about his latest documentary. “Old Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys,” which premieres on A&E on…
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August 19, 2024 - Cakeswagg, Richard III, and the Bellforge Arts Center
By day Roxbury rapper Cakeswagg is a theater teacher working with youth, by night, she puts her theatrical skills to use, assuming the larger-than-life alter…
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August 16, 2024: Week in Review
Today on The Culture Show co-hosts Jared Bowen, Callie Crossley and Edgar B Herwick III go over the latest headlines. First up, a rallying cry for political…
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August 15, 2024 - Kate Pierson, the Gifford House, and the 2024 summer blockbusters
Kate Pierson, an original member of the B-52’s, also has a solo career, which includes an upcoming album, “Radios and Rainbows.” Though it will be released…
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August 14, 2024 - A Light Under the Dome, the Fisherman's Feast Meatball Competition, and summer cocktails
In 1838 Angelina Grimké made delivered a groundbreaking speech to the Massachusetts Legislature demanding the immediate end of the slave trade. This was the…
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August 13, 2024 - Imari Paris Jeffries, the Art Gym in Somerville, and MAGIA
Fifty years ago a federal court forced Boston to desegregate its schools with busing. Known as the Boston busing crisis, it was fraught with racism and…
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August 12, 2024 - Ken Leung, the BPL's writer-in-residence, and the Cape Ann Museum
At The London offices of Pierpoint & Company there is still the residue of the old boys' network on the trading floor where backs are stabbed, fortunes are…
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August 9, 2024 - Week in Review: Aerosmith, Pitbull Stadium, and Good Will Hunting
Today on the Culture Show co-hosts Jared Bowen, Callie Crossley and Edgar B. Herwick III take on the latest headlines on out arts and culture week-in-review…
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August 8, 2024 - Mission Hill Arts Festival, the 1904 Olympic Marathon, and the Hood Milk Bottle
Today on The Culture Show we preview The Mission Hill Arts Festival Saturday event. Executive Curator and organizer Luisa Harris joins us for an overview…
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August 7, 2024 - Reginald Dwayne Betts, Dungeons and Dragons, and Olympics art
Reginald Dwayne Betts, who was incarcerated when he was 16, is an award-winning poet, a lawyer and founder of Freedom Reads, a first-of-its kind organization…
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August 6, 2024 - Rooted, the Pentathlon, and J. Courtney Sullivan
Germaine Jenkins has made it her mission to do something about the food deserts in her native South Carolina. In 2014, she co-founded Fresh Future Farm on a…
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August 5, 2024 - Morton the Sea Monster, The Indigo Girls, and HOOPS
Today on the Culture Show, after nearly 90 years, the giant sea monster, known as Morton, returns to Nantucket. Edgar B. Herwick III joins us live from the…
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August 2, 2024 - Week in Review: The Olympics, Great Scott, and UNESCO
The Olympics - Should Snoop Dogg get a gold for bringing the party to Paris? If anyone has Joie De Vivre, it is he! From dancing with the gymnastics team to…
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August 1, 2024 - Sean Wang, the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, and the Nantucket sea monster
In his debut feature film, Sean Wang depicts the agonies of adolescence: alienation, awkwardness and angst. You know, all the things we try to bury and never…
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July 31, 2024 - An American in Paris, Lindsay Deutsch, and Synchronicity
With so much attention on Paris for the Olympics, many of us have a longing to be in The City of Light. But there is another way to make that French connection…
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July 30, 2024 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Adam Gardner, and Keefer Glenshaw
Kamala Harris is on the verge of making history –again–by becoming the first Black woman to serve as a major party's presidential candidate. And she will be…
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July 29, 2024 - Kristin Chenoweth, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Future Fest
The documentary film, “The Queen of Versailles,” is a rags to riches to rags story about one of America’s most opulent couples – David Siegel and his wife…
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July 26, 2024 - Week in Review: The Olympics, Veep, and Celine Dion
Today Jared Bowen, Edgar B. Herwick III and Culture Show contributor Joyce Kulhawik go over the latest headlines on our arts and culture week-in-review. First…
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July 25, 2024 - 46 Plays for America's First Ladies, Keith Haring, and Yoni Battat
A two hour romp through history considers all of America’s first ladies and their varied roles over the decades. Titled “46 Plays for America’s First Ladies,”…
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July 24, 2024 - Michael C. Thorpe, swimming in the Charles, and Mary Grant
Michael C. Thorpe is a storyteller. Using bright colors, textures and geometric shapes, he literally stitches them together to figuratively stitch together…
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July 23, 2024 - British Consul General Peter Abbott, the New Bedford rooster, and Revolution's Edge
Over the last four years, British Consul General of New England Peter Abbott OBE has represented the UK in a number of incredible moments –from the Prince and…
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July 22, 2024 - NALEDI, Morgan Peterson, and Flora in Flight
NALEDI is a vocalist, composer and educator from Johannesburg, South Africa. Her music is grounded in Jazz, the church, and her heritage. Her dreams of…
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July 19, 2024 - Week in Review: Bob Newhart, Richard Simmons, and Andre 3000
Today Edgar B. Herwick III, Henry Santoro and Lisa Simmons go over the latest headlines on our arts and culture week-in-review. First up, the Emmy nominations…
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July 18, 2024 - LaToya Hobbs, Raqib Shaw, and bonsais
LaToya Hobbs is a painter and a printmaker whose themes are expressions of motherhood, home and cultural identity. While she often reveals her experiences as…
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July 17, 2024 - Vijay Iyer, Baseball: The Movie, and Zola Simone
The Grammy Award-winning Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) led by conductor Gil Rose releases Vijay Iyer: Trouble on its eponymous label. Marking his…