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Thursday, May 22
 

7:00pm EDT

PARTNER EVENT: The Social Network with Ben Mezrich and Tiziana Dearing (separate ticket required)
Thursday May 22, 2025 7:00pm - 10:00pm EDT
Join us as we kick off The WBUR Festival with a special screening of The Social Network followed by a post-film Q&A led by Morning Edition host Tiziana Dearing, with Ben Mezrich, bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires. Separate ticket required. 

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Speakers
avatar for Tiziana Dearing

Tiziana Dearing

Host, Morning Edition, WBUR
Tiziana Dearing is the host of WBUR’s Morning Edition. Prior to helping listeners start the morning with news from around the corner and around the world, Tiziana hosted Radio Boston, WBUR’s daily local magazine, for five years.Tiziana came to journalism after a career that... Read More →
Thursday May 22, 2025 7:00pm - 10:00pm EDT
 
Thursday, May 29
 

3:00pm EDT

Early badge pickup
Thursday May 29, 2025 3:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Festival Hub (808 Commonwealth Ave) @ 808 Commonwealth Avenue, 808 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
Skip the lines and grab your badge on Thursday!
Thursday May 29, 2025 3:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Festival Hub (808 Commonwealth Ave)

5:00pm EDT

A Perfect Pairing: Lessons in Leadership (separate ticket required)
Thursday May 29, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace (890 Commonwealth Ave) @ 890 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
A renowned chef and a world-class conductor share insights from their years leading creative talent. Refreshments to be served.

Doors at 4:00 p.m. Event at 5:00 p.m.

Separate ticket required. 
Speakers
avatar for Tiziana Dearing

Tiziana Dearing

Host, Morning Edition, WBUR
Tiziana Dearing is the host of WBUR’s Morning Edition. Prior to helping listeners start the morning with news from around the corner and around the world, Tiziana hosted Radio Boston, WBUR’s daily local magazine, for five years.Tiziana came to journalism after a career that... Read More →
avatar for Eric Ripert

Eric Ripert

Chef & Co-Owner, Le Bernardin
Eric Ripert is the Chef and Co-Owner of the acclaimed restaurant Le Bernardin. It has been ranked among the best restaurants in the world and in 2023 ranked No.1 on the annual list of "La Liste". It holds the maximum ratings of four stars from The New York Times for over three decades... Read More →
avatar for Keith Lockhart

Keith Lockhart

Conductor, The Boston Pops
On May 10, 1995, Keith Lockhart, the 20th Conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, opened his very first Boston Pops season, leading a concert featuring guests Sylvia McNair, Mandy Patinkin, and Doc Severinsen, and repertoire ranging from Wagner to “Charlie on the MTA.” He was... Read More →
Thursday May 29, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace (890 Commonwealth Ave)
  Arts & Culture, Food & Drink

7:30pm EDT

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! (separate ticket required)
Thursday May 29, 2025 7:30pm - 9:30pm EDT
Join a live taping of NPR's weekly quiz show.

Separate ticket required. 
Speakers
avatar for Peter Sagal

Peter Sagal

Host, Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
Peter Sagal is, has been, and perhaps someday will be again, a husband, father, playwright, screenwriter, author, journalist, columnist, marathoner, Jeopardy contestant, dramaturg, podcast host, documentary host, foreign correspondent, wedding officiant, and magician's assistant.In... Read More →
avatar for Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!

Podcast, NPR
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is NPR's weekly hour-long quiz program. Each week on the radio you can test your knowledge against some of the best and brightest in the news and entertainment world while figuring out what's real news and what's made up. On the Web, you can play along... Read More →
Thursday May 29, 2025 7:30pm - 9:30pm EDT
  Arts & Culture
 
Friday, May 30
 

8:30am EDT

FESTIVAL HUB: Check In & Badge Pickup
Friday May 30, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm EDT
Festival Hub (808 Commonwealth Ave) @ 808 Commonwealth Avenue, 808 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
All festival guests are required to check in and receive a badge before admission to any festival activities. Your badge is your ticket to entry for all sessions and events. We look forward to seeing you at the Festival Hub the start of your festival experience! 
Friday May 30, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm EDT
Festival Hub (808 Commonwealth Ave)

9:00am EDT

Endicott College Headshot Station
Friday May 30, 2025 9:00am - 5:00pm EDT
Festival Hub (808 Commonwealth Ave) @ 808 Commonwealth Avenue, 808 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
Get your headshot taken at Endicott College's Career Builder station featuring complimentary hair and makeup touch ups. 

Sponsored by: 

Friday May 30, 2025 9:00am - 5:00pm EDT
Festival Hub (808 Commonwealth Ave)

9:00am EDT

Boston Press Photographer's Association: Pictures of the Year Exhibit
Friday May 30, 2025 9:00am - Saturday May 31, 2025 11:30pm EDT
George Sherman Union Pavillion @ 775 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
The Boston Press Photographers Association is thrilled to announce that this year’s annual Pictures of the Year exhibit will be on display during the WBUR Festival in front of the George Sherman Union at 775 Commonwealth Avenue from May 23 - June 7, featuring the award-winning images from the 2024 Pictures of the Year Contest. This is the BPPA’s fifth year of giving their work back to the public, allowing people to explore the award-winning work of New England area photojournalists from 2024.
Friday May 30, 2025 9:00am - Saturday May 31, 2025 11:30pm EDT
George Sherman Union Pavillion
  Experience

9:30am EDT

The Future of Innovation in Massachusetts
Friday May 30, 2025 9:30am - 10:30am EDT
CFA Concert Hall (855 Commonwealth Ave) @ 855B Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
What’s ahead for the world’s most dynamic biotech, pharmaceutical and life science companies.
Speakers
avatar for Avak Kahvejian

Avak Kahvejian

General Partner, Flagship Pioneering
Avak Kahvejian, Ph.D. is a life sciences inventor, entrepreneur, and CEO whose work has led to the creation of multiple high-value public and private companies. Since 2011, he has been a partner at Flagship Pioneering, where he leads a team to invent and launch new therapeutic platforms... Read More →
avatar for Katie Rae

Katie Rae

CEO & Managing Partner, Engine Ventures
Katie Rae is the CEO & Managing Partner of Engine Ventures, a venture capital fund with over $1B AUM that invests in leading breakthrough technology companies. She serves as a Board Member for Engine Ventures’ portfolio companies Boston Metal, Commonwealth Fusion Systems, EVOLOH... Read More →
avatar for Julie Kim

Julie Kim

President, U.S. Business Unit & U.S. Country Head, Takeda
Julie Kim, president of Takeda’s U.S. Business Unit and U.S. country head, oversees a portfolio of gastroenterology, neuroscience, plasma-derived therapies and rare diseases. With 30 years in healthcare, she’s held leadership roles across therapeutic areas, market access, general... Read More →
avatar for Scott Kirsner

Scott Kirsner

Columnist, MassLive & Contributor, WBUR
Scott Kirsner has spent more than 25 years working as a business journalist and contributing editor at the Boston Globe, Wired Magazine, Fast Company, Variety, The New York Times, BusinessWeek, Boston magazine, and other publications. He has covered many Massachusetts companies on... Read More →
Friday May 30, 2025 9:30am - 10:30am EDT
CFA Concert Hall (855 Commonwealth Ave)
  Business

9:30am EDT

The Age of Anxiety
Friday May 30, 2025 9:30am - 10:30am EDT
Booth Theatre (820 Commonwealth Ave) @ 820 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
Learn why we’re all so anxious these days, how anxiety actually works, and what you can do about it.

Sponsored by



 

Speakers
avatar for Isabelle Rosso

Isabelle Rosso

Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Isabelle Rosso, PhD is a clinical psychologist and neuroscientist who runs a research laboratory and serves as co-director of the Center for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Disorders at McLean Hospital - Harvard Medical School.
avatar for Lisa Smith

Lisa Smith

Director, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders Clinical Professor, Boston University
Dr. Lisa Smith is the Director of the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CARD) at Boston University and the Founding Director of the Boston University Psychological Services Center (PSC).
avatar for Scott Tong

Scott Tong

CO-Host, Here & Now, WBUR
Scott Tong joined Here & Now as a co-host in July 2021.Before that, he spent 16 years at Marketplace as Shanghai bureau chief and senior correspondent. Scott has reported from more than a dozen countries, including Venezuela, Ethiopia, Burma and Japan.During COVID-19, he reported... Read More →
Friday May 30, 2025 9:30am - 10:30am EDT
Booth Theatre (820 Commonwealth Ave)
  Health

9:30am EDT

Signal and Noise
Friday May 30, 2025 9:30am - 10:30am EDT
FitRec Center (915 Commonwealth Ave) @ 905 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
LIVE PODCAST TAPING
The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg and Kara Swisher talk Trump and the media — in a live taping of her podcast On.



Speakers
avatar for Jeffrey Goldberg

Jeffrey Goldberg

Editor in chief, The Atlantic
Jeffrey Goldberg is the editor in chief of The Atlantic, and the moderator of Washington Week With The Atlantic on PBS. Goldberg is the 15th person to serve as editor in chief in The Atlantic's 167-year history. Under Goldberg’s leadership, The Atlantic has won the first three Pulitzer... Read More →
avatar for Kara Swisher

Kara Swisher

Journalist & Host, On with Kara Swisher
Kara Swisher is an American journalist. She has covered the business of the internet since 1994. As of 2023, Swisher was a contributing editor at New York Magazine, the host of the podcast On with Kara Swisher, and the co-host of the podcast Pivot. In 2014, she co-founded Vox Media's... Read More →
Friday May 30, 2025 9:30am - 10:30am EDT
FitRec Center (915 Commonwealth Ave)
  Live podcast taping, Politics

10:00am EDT

Amicus
Friday May 30, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
WBUR CitySpace (890 Commonwealth Ave) @ 890 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
LIVE PODCAST TAPING
 In this live taping of Amicus, co-host Mark Joseph Stern is joined by legal scholar Jed Handelsman Shugerman to unpack the escalating power struggle between the Supreme Court and Donald Trump. Much of the legal and political chaos of 2025 can be traced back to Chief Justice Roberts’ sweeping 2024 immunity ruling, a decision that expanded presidential power, limited accountability, and set the stage for everything we’re watching unfold now. With major SCOTUS opinions coming down this June, the question is: Will the justices push back against Trump, or protect their own power?

In partnership with


Speakers
avatar for Jed Shugerman

Jed Shugerman

Professor & Harry Elwood Warren Scholar, Boston University School of Law
Jed Handelsman Shugerman is a professor and Harry Elwood Warren Research Scholar at Boston University School of Law. He received his B.A., J.D., and Ph.D. (History) from Yale. He is currently working on a book “A Faithful President: The Founders v. the Originalists,” questioning... Read More →
avatar for Mark Joseph Stern

Mark Joseph Stern

Senior Writer, Slate
Mark Joseph Stern is a senior writer covering courts and the law for Slate Magazine. Based in Washington, DC, he has covered the U.S. Supreme Court, federal appellate and district courts, and state and local courts since 2013. He holds a JD from the Georgetown University... Read More →
Friday May 30, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
WBUR CitySpace (890 Commonwealth Ave)
  Live podcast taping, Politics

10:00am EDT

America and the World: A Conversation with Nicholas Burns
Friday May 30, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Tsai Performance Center (685 Commonwealth Ave) @ 685 US-20, Boston, MA 02215, USA
A former United States Ambassador to China and an NPR White House correspondent examine relations between the U.S., China, and the world.
Speakers
avatar for Asma Khalid

Asma Khalid

White House Correspondent, NPR
Asma Khalid is a White House correspondent for NPR. She also co-hosts The NPR Politics Podcast.Khalid is a bit of a campaign-trail addict, having reported on the 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020 elections. She joined NPR's Washington team in 2016 to focus on the intersection of demographics and politics. During the 2020 presidential campaign, she covered the crowded Democratic pri... Read More →
avatar for Nicholas Burns

Nicholas Burns

Fmr. U.S. Ambassador to China
Nicholas Burns is an American diplomat and international relations scholar. He served as the United States ambassador to China from 2022 to 2025.Burns has had a 25-year career in the State Department and has served as under secretary of state for political affairs. Appointed by President... Read More →
Friday May 30, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Tsai Performance Center (685 Commonwealth Ave)
  Politics

11:00am EDT

The Color of Capital
Friday May 30, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Booth Theatre (820 Commonwealth Ave) @ 820 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
Meet the changemakers working to ensure that BIPOC entrepreneurs in Massachusetts have the resources to build thriving businesses and lasting legacies.
Speakers
avatar for Glynn Lloyd

Glynn Lloyd

Executive Director, Nectar Community Investments
Glynn Lloyd has been an innovator in transformative urban economic development for more than 30 years. As Nectar’s Executive Director, he leads our efforts to invest in small businesses and create innovative residential programs that advance environmental justice and stable housing... Read More →
avatar for Darryl C. Murphy

Darryl C. Murphy

Host, The Common, WBUR
Darryl C. Murphy is the host of WBUR's daily news and culture podcast, The Common.Before moving to the host’s chair, he was a reporter in the newsroom covering business and transportation. Darryl comes to WBUR from Philadelphia where he covered transportation and mobility for... Read More →
avatar for Betty Francisco

Betty Francisco

CEO, BII
Betty Francisco is a business executive, impact investor and community leader with more than 24 years of experience. She is known as a powerful convener and changemaker. In 2022, Boston Magazine named Betty as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Boston and the Boston Business... Read More →
avatar for Nicole Obi

Nicole Obi

President & CEO, Black Economic Council of Massachusetts
Nicole Obi is the President & CEO of the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts (BECMA)whose mission is to drive economic equity and prosperity for Massachusetts to achieve inclusive growth through advocacy, programming, and strategic partnerships that enable Black-owned businesses... Read More →
Friday May 30, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Booth Theatre (820 Commonwealth Ave)
  Business

11:00am EDT

How to Be a Better Parent: A Conversation with Emily Oster
Friday May 30, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
CFA Concert Hall (855 Commonwealth Ave) @ 855B Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
A leading parenting researcher and an award-winning journalist on what really matters for children (and what doesn’t).

Sponsored by:
 
Speakers
avatar for Emily Oster

Emily Oster

CEO & Founder, ParentData
Emily Oster is on a mission to empower parents by providing the data and tools they need to make confident decisions. Emily is a Professor of Economics at Brown University, and the founder and CEO of ParentData, a data-driven guide to pregnancy, parenting, and beyond. ParentData’s... Read More →
avatar for Alyssa Rosenberg

Alyssa Rosenberg

Letters & Community Editor, The Washington Post
Alyssa Rosenberg is the Letters and Community Editor at The Washington Post. Previously, she spent ten years at The Post as a columnist and op-ed editor, and she won the 2023 Gerald Loeb Award for Commentary for her coverage of the 2022 infant formula shortage. She lives in Washington... Read More →
Friday May 30, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
CFA Concert Hall (855 Commonwealth Ave)
  Health

11:30am EDT

Local News at a Crossroads
Friday May 30, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT
Dance Theatre (915 Commonwealth Ave) @ 915 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Boston newsroom leaders on how they’re producing high-quality journalism, while dealing with shrinking resources, declining trust and growing coverage gaps.
Speakers
avatar for Victor Hernandez

Victor Hernandez

Chief Content Officer, WBUR
Victor Hernandez is responsible for overseeing all aspects of editorial at WBUR including local news and programming, national programs, podcasting and CitySpace.As the organization's first-ever chief content officer, Hernandez is charged with helping to identify how to grow WBUR's... Read More →
avatar for Margaret Cronan

Margaret Cronan

News Director, WCVB Channel 5
Margaret Cronan is News Director for WCVB Channel 5, Boston’s News and Community Leader. A communications executive with more than twenty years of leadership experience, Margaret returned to Hearst Television to head NewsCenter 5 in August 2021. She is just the eighth News Director... Read More →
avatar for Bill Forry

Bill Forry

Executive Editor/ Publisher, The Dorchester Reporter
Bill Forry is the managing editor of the Dorchester Reporter.
avatar for Javier Marin

Javier Marin

Media Entrepeneur
Javier Marin is a media entrepreneur. He founded Tiempo, a family-owned Spanish-language media company that runs several brands, including El Planeta in Boston. He is the author of America Despierta: How Latino TV Conquered the U.S., to be published in October 2025. Marin is a OPM... Read More →
Friday May 30, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT
Dance Theatre (915 Commonwealth Ave)

11:30am EDT

Behind-the-Scenes of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Friday May 30, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT
Tsai Performance Center (685 Commonwealth Ave) @ 685 US-20, Boston, MA 02215, USA
The making of NPR’s weekly quiz show.

Sponsored by:

Speakers
avatar for Ophira Eisenberg

Ophira Eisenberg

Standup Comic
Ophira Eisenberg is a standup comedian, writer, and host of the award-winning (2024) comedy podcast Parenting Is A Joke. She also hosted NPR’s Ask Me Another where she interviewed and played silly games with hundreds of celebrities including Sir Patrick Stewart, Rosie Perez, Yo-Yo... Read More →
avatar for Jennifer Mills

Jennifer Mills

Senior Producer, Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
Jennifer Mills is a writer and producer for Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
avatar for Doug Berman

Doug Berman

Producer, Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! & Car Talk
Two-time Peabody Award-winning producer Doug Berman is responsible for NPR's most successful entertainment programs, the hit comedies Car Talk and Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
avatar for Peter Sagal

Peter Sagal

Host, Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
Peter Sagal is, has been, and perhaps someday will be again, a husband, father, playwright, screenwriter, author, journalist, columnist, marathoner, Jeopardy contestant, dramaturg, podcast host, documentary host, foreign correspondent, wedding officiant, and magician's assistant.In... Read More →
Friday May 30, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT
Tsai Performance Center (685 Commonwealth Ave)
  Arts & Culture

11:30am EDT

Is Business Broken?
Friday May 30, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace (890 Commonwealth Ave) @ 890 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
LIVE PODCAST TAPING

AI promises to boost productivity—but at what cost to innovation? Who’s winning in this new economy, and who’s being left behind? Can we regulate AI without choking progress? Or are we already too late? A live recording of the podcast Is Business Broken?, uncovers what’s really at stake.

The Is Business Broken? podcast, produced by the Ravi K. Mehrotra Institute for Business, Markets & Society at BU Questrom School of Business, features conversations about the role of business in society with perspectives from academia, industry and the public sector.

This is a special session produced by our sponsor, The Mehrotra Institute. 

Sponsored by: 

Speakers
avatar for Divya Sridhar

Divya Sridhar

Vice President, Global Privacy Division & Privacy Operations, BBB National Programs
Dr. Divya Sridhar is the Vice President, Global Privacy Initiatives & Operations at BBB National Programs. Her portfolio encompasses the design, development, and launch of multiple, global industry self-regulation programs. Sridhar is a seasoned leader focused on data privacy and... Read More →
avatar for Asu Ozdaglar

Asu Ozdaglar

Department Head, MIT Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Deputy Dean, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
Asu Ozdaglar is the Mathworks Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She is the department head of EECS and deputy dean of academics of the Schwarzman College of Computing at MIT. Her research expertise... Read More →
avatar for Andrei Hagiu

Andrei Hagiu

Associate Professor of Information Systems, Boston University Questrom School of Business
Andrei Hagiu is an Associate Professor of Information Systems at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. Previously, he was an Associate Professor in the Strategy group at Harvard Business School and in the Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management... Read More →
avatar for Sen. Barry Finegold

Sen. Barry Finegold

State Senator, Essex and Middlesex Counties, MA
Barry R. Finegold currently serves as a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate representing the Second Essex and Middlesex district since 2019. He previously served from January 2011 to January 2015. He is a former state representative of the 17th Essex district in Massac... Read More →
avatar for Curt Nickisch

Curt Nickisch

Senior Editor, The Harvard Business Review
Curt Nickisch is the host of Is Business Broken? and former host of HBR IdeaCast. He’s a senior editor at Harvard Business Review and previously reported on business and technology for WBUR. He lives in Cambridge.
Friday May 30, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace (890 Commonwealth Ave)
  Business, Business

12:00pm EDT

FESTIVAL HUB: Otto Pizza Pop-Up
Friday May 30, 2025 12:00pm - 1:30pm EDT
Join us in the Howard Thurman Center from 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (or while supplies last!) for complimentary pizza, provided by our sponsor Otto Pizza!

Friday May 30, 2025 12:00pm - 1:30pm EDT
  Experience

12:30pm EDT

Otherness and Solidarity: A Conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyen
Friday May 30, 2025 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
CFA Concert Hall (855 Commonwealth Ave) @ 855B Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Sympathizer” and the All Things Considered host reflect on living and writing as an “other.”

In partnership with
 
Speakers
avatar for Ailsa Chang

Ailsa Chang

Host, All Things Considered, NPR
Ailsa Chang is an award-winning journalist who hosts All Things Considered along with Ari Shapiro, Mary Louise Kelly and Juana Summers. She landed in public radio after practicing law for a few years.Previously, she was a congressional correspondent with NPR's Washington Desk. She... Read More →
avatar for Viet Thanh Nguyen

Viet Thanh Nguyen

Author, Pulitzer Prize Winner & Professor
Viet Thanh Nguyen is the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Sympathizer and of Nothing Ever Dies, a finalist for the National Book Award. A recipient of the MacArthur Foundation and Guggenheim fellowships and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Nguyen... Read More →
Friday May 30, 2025 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
CFA Concert Hall (855 Commonwealth Ave)

12:30pm EDT

Frontiers of Medicine
Friday May 30, 2025 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
Booth Theatre (820 Commonwealth Ave) @ 820 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
Scientists and members of the sickle cell community share how new gene therapies developed in Massachusetts are transforming lives — and what these breakthroughs could mean for other diseases.

Sponsored by

Speakers
avatar for Dr. Maureen M. Achebe

Dr. Maureen M. Achebe

Associate Professor, Hematology, Harvard Medical School
Maureen Okam Achebe, MD, MPH is Clinical Director of Hematology Services at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) and an Associate Professor of Medicine and Global Health Equity at Harvard Medical School (HMS). Her area of excellence is Clinical Expertise... Read More →
avatar for Jonathan Gruber

Jonathan Gruber

Ford Professor of Economics; Department Head, MIT
Dr. Jonathan Gruber is the Ford Professor of Economics and the Chairman of the Economics Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he has taught since 1992. He is also the former Director of the Health Care Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research... Read More →
avatar for Ravi Singh

Ravi Singh

VP, Market Access, Advocacy & Policy, bluebird bio.
Ravi Singh is the VP, Market Access, Advocacy & Policy for bluebird bio.
avatar for Deborah Becker

Deborah Becker

Host/Reporter, WBUR
Deborah Becker is a senior correspondent and host at WBUR. Her reporting focuses on mental health, criminal justice and education.Deb is also a substitute host on several WBUR programs and helps produce and report for various WBUR special projects. Deb also worked on the launch of... Read More →
Friday May 30, 2025 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
Booth Theatre (820 Commonwealth Ave)
  Health

1:00pm EDT

Harvard Business Review in Conversation
Friday May 30, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Dance Theatre (915 Commonwealth Ave) @ 915 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
The former head of Lincoln Center, now Brunswick Group CEO, in conversation with HBR’s Editor at Large on today’s business climate and how to communicate about what matters.

Speakers
avatar for Henry Timms

Henry Timms

CEO, Brunswick Group
Henry Timms is Chief Executive Officer of Brunswick Group, the world’s leading critical issues advisory firm.Henry has a proven track-record leading and transforming major organizations, as well as advising CEOs and Boards on the complex issues emerging today. He is a bestselling... Read More →
avatar for Adi Ignatius

Adi Ignatius

Editor-in-Chief, Harvard Business Review
Adi Ignatius is editor-in-chief of Harvard Business Review.
Friday May 30, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Dance Theatre (915 Commonwealth Ave)
  Business

1:00pm EDT

The NY Times Spelling Bee Buzzes Into Boston
Friday May 30, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace (890 Commonwealth Ave) @ 890 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Join us for a live puzzle solve with The New York Times' Games.

In partnership with

Speakers
avatar for Everdeen Mason

Everdeen Mason

Editorial Director, NY Times Games
Everdeen Mason is the editorial director of the New York Times Games team, overseeing the editorial direction and strategy of games such as The Crossword and Connections. Before working on games, Everdeen worked in Audience for nearly a decade, most recently conducting editorial... Read More →
Friday May 30, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace (890 Commonwealth Ave)
  Experience

1:00pm EDT

Misinformation and Disinformation, Deconstructed
Friday May 30, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Tsai Performance Center (685 Commonwealth Ave) @ 685 US-20, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Tech leaders in the fight for truth online share what’s working, what’s not, and what needs to be done.
Speakers
avatar for David Rand

David Rand

Erwin H. Schell Professor and Professor of Management Science and Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT
David Rand is the Erwin H. Schell Professor and Professor of Management Science and Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT, an affiliate of the MIT Institute of Data, Systems, and Society, and the director of the Human Cooperation Laboratory and the Applied Cooperation Initiative. Applying... Read More →
avatar for Deb Roy

Deb Roy

Professor, Media Arts and Sciences, MIT
Deb Roy is professor of Media Arts and Sciences at MIT, where he directs the MIT Center for Constructive Communication (CCC). He leads research in designing human-AI systems that foster dialogue, listening, and deliberation in ways that build civic muscle. Roy is also co-founder... Read More →
avatar for Jennifer Grygiel

Jennifer Grygiel

Assistant Professor, Communications, Syracuse University
Jennifer Grygiel is a social media professional who most recently served as social business and emerging media manager and assistant vice president at State Street Corporation in Boston. There, they developed a social listening and marketing data and analytics program and was the... Read More →
avatar for Costanza Sciubba Caniglia

Costanza Sciubba Caniglia

Global Strategy Lead, Anti-disinformation
Costanza Sciubba Caniglia is a public policy expert and a researcher working on disinformation studies. Her research focuses on state-sponsored coordinated information operations and propaganda.She is the founder and Director of Istituto di Geopolitica Digitale, a think tank working... Read More →
Friday May 30, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Tsai Performance Center (685 Commonwealth Ave)
  Politics

2:00pm EDT

Climate and Clean Energy in an Age of Uncertainty
Friday May 30, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Booth Theatre (820 Commonwealth Ave) @ 820 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
As the new administration works to dismantle environmental protections, is it still possible for Massachusetts to meet its climate goals?

In partnership with

Speakers
avatar for Secretary Rebecca Tepper

Secretary Rebecca Tepper

Secretary, Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
Rebecca Tepper has served as the Secretary of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs since her appointment by Governor Maura Healey in 2023. Secretary Tepper oversees the agencies charged with facilitating the clean energy transition, improving resilience to climate... Read More →
avatar for Mireille Bejjani

Mireille Bejjani

Co-Executive Director, Slingshot
Mireille Bejjani works with community groups fighting fossil fuel infrastructure and waste facilities across Massachusetts, facilitates the Fix the Grid campaign to overhaul the regional electric grid, and helps manage the overall operations of Slingshot. Before Slingshot, Mireille... Read More →
avatar for Dan Dolan

Dan Dolan

President, New England Power Generators Association
Dan Dolan has served as President of the New England Power Generators Association (NEPGA) since the fall of 2011. NEPGA is the trade association representing roughly 95% of the installed generation capacity in New England. As President he is the principal spokesperson and oversees... Read More →
avatar for Miriam Wasser

Miriam Wasser

Senior Reporter, Climate & Environment, WBUR
Miriam Wasser is a senior reporter with WBUR's climate and environment team. Before coming to WBUR, she was a staff writer for the Phoenix New Times in Arizona. Her work has also appeared in Boston Magazine, The Atlantic, Narratively, DigBoston and The Big Roundtable.
Friday May 30, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Booth Theatre (820 Commonwealth Ave)
  Climate & Environment

2:00pm EDT

A Conversation with Mayor Wu
Friday May 30, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
CFA Concert Hall (855 Commonwealth Ave) @ 855B Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Boston’s mayor on governing in the age of Trump, what’s ahead for the Commonwealth, and her own leadership experience.
Speakers
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Mayor Michelle Wu

Mayor, City of Boston
Mayor Michelle Wu is working to make Boston a home for everyone.Since taking office, she has invested more in making housing affordable than any other administration in Boston’s history. In her first full year as mayor, gun violence fell to the lowest level on record—and has continued... Read More →
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Tiziana Dearing

Host, Morning Edition, WBUR
Tiziana Dearing is the host of WBUR’s Morning Edition. Prior to helping listeners start the morning with news from around the corner and around the world, Tiziana hosted Radio Boston, WBUR’s daily local magazine, for five years.Tiziana came to journalism after a career that... Read More →
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Sharman Sacchetti

Political Reporter & Co-host, On The Record, WCVB
Emmy award-winning journalist Sharman Sacchetti is WCVB NewsCenter 5’s political reporter and co-host of WCVB’s “On The Record” since January 2023, along with Ed Harding. OTR is a weekly roundtable discussion of Massachusetts politics which airs on Sunday mornings at 11AM... Read More →
Friday May 30, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
CFA Concert Hall (855 Commonwealth Ave)
  Politics

2:30pm EDT

FESTIVAL HUB: Have a Beer with Joe Castiglione
Friday May 30, 2025 2:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Festival Hub (808 Commonwealth Ave) @ 808 Commonwealth Avenue, 808 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
Join us in the festival Hub for a Q+A with the former announcer for The Boston Red Sox.

One complimentary beer (or non-alcoholic drink) per person, first come, first served.

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Joe Castiglione

Fmr. Announcer, The Boston Red Sox
The 2015 season marked Joe Castiglione’s 33rd season broadcasting the play-by-play on the Red Sox Radio Network and his 36th season broadcasting Major League Baseball. Joe previously called games on TV for the Cleveland Indians (1979, 1982) and the Milwaukee Brewers (1981). Joe... Read More →
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Anthony Brooks

Senior Political Reporter, WBUR
Anthony Brooks brings more than 30 years of experience in public radio, working as a 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... Read More →
Friday May 30, 2025 2:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Festival Hub (808 Commonwealth Ave)
  Experience

2:30pm EDT

Hunger, Anger, Joy: A Conversation with Roxane Gay
Friday May 30, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Tsai Performance Center (685 Commonwealth Ave) @ 685 US-20, Boston, MA 02215, USA
The bestselling writer, editor and social commentator reflects on American life today.

The first 100 attendees will receive a complimentary copy of "The Feminist Reader".

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Speakers
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Sam Sanders

Journalist & Podcast Host
Sam Sanders is an American journalist and podcast host. He is one of the co-hosts of the Stitcher/Sirius XM podcast Vibe Check, and the host and executive producer of The Sam Sanders Show, a podcast and radio show on NPR member station KCRW. He launched and previously hosted NPR's... Read More →
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Roxane Gay

Writer, Editor & Professor
Roxane Gay is a widely published writer, editor and professor who works across many genres. She is a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times and the editor of an eponymous imprint at Grove Atlantic. She splits her time between New York and Los Angeles.
Friday May 30, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Tsai Performance Center (685 Commonwealth Ave)
  Arts & Culture

2:30pm EDT

Health on a Warming Planet
Friday May 30, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Dance Theatre (915 Commonwealth Ave) @ 915 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
It’s estimated that by 2050, more than 14 million people will die as a result of climate change.. From tick-borne disease to high heat exposure and avian influenza, hear how physicians, researchers, and policy-makers are tackling all the new risks.

Sponsored by


In partnership with

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Dr. Gaurab Basu

Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Gaurab Basu is a physician and assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and assistant professor of global health & social medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is core faculty at the Harvard Chan Center for Climate... Read More →
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Zoya Teirstein

Staff Writer, Grist
Zoya Teirstein is a staff writer covering the impacts of climate change on human health. Her work can also be found in Rolling Stone, Wired, and the Associated Press. She has received awards from the Indigenous Journalists Association, the SEAL Awards, and the Society of Environmental... Read More →
Friday May 30, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Dance Theatre (915 Commonwealth Ave)
  Climate & Environment

2:30pm EDT

On Point
Friday May 30, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace (890 Commonwealth Ave) @ 890 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
LIVE PODCAST TAPING
This will be a bonus episode of On Point’s landmark series, “Falling Behind: The Miseducation of America’s Boys.” Boston’s first Chief Behavioral Health Officer shares his insights on why boys behave the way they do and what they need.

Speakers
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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... Read More →
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Dr. Kevin Simon

Chief Behavioral Health Officer, City of Boston & Pediatric Addiction Medicine Psychiatrist, Boston Children's Hospital
Dr. Kevin M. Simon is the City of Boston’s inaugural Chief Behavioral Health Officer, leading and advising on mental health strategies through the Boston Public Health Commission. A triple board-certified psychiatrist and physician-scientist at Boston Children’s Hospital, he is... Read More →
Friday May 30, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace (890 Commonwealth Ave)
  Live podcast taping, Health

3:30pm EDT

Higher Ed Today
Friday May 30, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
CFA Concert Hall (855 Commonwealth Ave) @ 855B Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Two college presidents discuss how they’re navigating this turbulent moment in higher ed.

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Speakers
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Evan Smith

Senior Advisor, Emerson Collective
Evan Smith is a senior advisor at Emerson Collective, working closely with journalists and funders around the country to support the local news ecosystem. He’s also a Professor of Practice at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, where he teaches... Read More →
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Danielle Holley

President, Mount Holyoke College
Danielle R. Holley is the twentieth president of Mount Holyoke College. A noted legal scholar and educator, Holley served as Dean of the School of Law at Howard University (2014 - 2023) prior to joining Mount Holyoke. She holds a B.A. from Yale University and a J.D. from Harvard Law... Read More →
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Dr. Melissa Gilliam

President, Boston University
Dr. Melissa Gilliam is Boston University’s eleventh president. She is a physician and interdisciplinary researcher focused on adolescent health and well-being. She joined Boston University from The Ohio State University, where she served as executive vice president and provost... Read More →
Friday May 30, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
CFA Concert Hall (855 Commonwealth Ave)
  Business

3:30pm EDT

Dying Well
Friday May 30, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
Booth Theatre (820 Commonwealth Ave) @ 820 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
A bestselling author and a death educator talk about how we reckon with the end of life and what happens when we die.

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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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Sebastian Junger

Author
Sebastian Junger is the New York Times bestselling author of Tribe, War, Freedom, A Death in Belmont, Fire, and The Perfect Storm, and codirector of the documentary film Restrepo, which was nominated for an Academy Award. He is also the winner of a Peabody Award and the National... Read More →
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Suzanne O'Brien

Founder & CEO, DoulaGivers Institute
Suzanne B. O’Brien, RN is considered a pioneer in the global Death Doula movement and is the author of the international bestselling book The Good Death. She is the founder of Doulagivers Institute, has over two decades of end-of-life experience, and has personally served at the... Read More →
Friday May 30, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
Booth Theatre (820 Commonwealth Ave)
  Health

4:00pm EDT

FESTIVAL HUB: Greening Your Life
Friday May 30, 2025 4:00pm - 4:30pm EDT
Festival Hub (808 Commonwealth Ave) @ 808 Commonwealth Avenue, 808 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
A climate writer and a “Right to Repair” advocate share their stories about small shifts that can make a big difference in the fight against climate change.

In partnership with
Speakers
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Nathan Proctor

Senior Director, Right to Repair Campaign, PIRG
Nathan Proctor is the Senior Director for PIRG's Right to Repair campaigns, which stretch across dozens of states and includes shareholder, Congressional and federal advocacy to protect people's ability to repair modern electronics. He has authored more than a dozen reports on Right... Read More →
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Tik Root

Senior 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... Read More →
Friday May 30, 2025 4:00pm - 4:30pm EDT
Festival Hub (808 Commonwealth Ave)
  Climate & Environment

4:00pm EDT

How Easy is That? A Conversation with Ina Garten
Friday May 30, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Tsai Performance Center (685 Commonwealth Ave) @ 685 US-20, Boston, MA 02215, USA
The legendary cookbook author and television host swaps stories with the co-host of The Daily from The New York Times.

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Michael Barbaro

Host, The Daily, The NY Times
Michael Barbaro is an American journalist and co-host of The New York Times news podcast The Daily, one of the most popular podcasts in the United States.  
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Ina Garten

Cookbook Author & Television Host
Ina Garten, the celebrated specialty food store maven and bestselling cookbook author, was once a nuclear budget analyst at President Carter’s White House.  Garten left Washington, DC in 1978 to buy a 400 sq. ft. store called Barefoot Contessa in the Hamptons – eighteen years... Read More →
Friday May 30, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Tsai Performance Center (685 Commonwealth Ave)
  Arts & Culture, Food & Drink

4:00pm EDT

A Vision for Powering New England with Bill McKibben
Friday May 30, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Dance Theatre (915 Commonwealth Ave) @ 915 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Explore New England’s renewable energy and climate tech possibilities from solar to wind to geothermal networks.

In partnership with

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Jamie Beard

Founder & Executive Director, Project InnerSpace
Jamie Beard is the founder and executive director of Project InnerSpace, a non-profit working for the global growth and development of geothermal energy. An energy and regulatory attorney by training but a creative at heart, Beard is principal investigator of a U.S. Department of... Read More →
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Asegun Henry

Founder & Chief Technologist, Fourth Power
Asegun Henry, founder of Fourth Power and MIT professor, is advancing renewable energy with breakthrough thermal battery technology. His innovations, including pumping liquid tin at 2400°C and record-setting thermophotovoltaic efficiency, are integral components of Fourth Power’s... Read More →
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Kat Bagley

Editor-in-Chief, Grist
Katherine (Kat) Bagley is the editor-in-chief of Grist, a nonprofit media organization covering climate, environmental justice, and solutions. She is a journalism leader with more than 18 years of experience covering climate change and the environment, and more than a decade working... Read More →
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Emily Reichert

CEO, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
As Chief Executive Officer of the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, Dr. Emily Reichert leads MassCEC’s efforts to build a robust, internationally competitive clean energy and climatetech economy in Massachusetts.Before joining MassCEC in 2023, Emily served as CEO of Greentown... Read More →
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Bill McKibben

Environmentalist & Author
Bill McKibben is founder of Third Act, which organizes people over the age of 60 for action on climate and justice.His 1989 book The End of Nature is regarded as the first book for a general audience about climate change, and has appeared in 24 languages. He’s gone on to write... Read More →
Friday May 30, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Dance Theatre (915 Commonwealth Ave)
  Climate & Environment

4:00pm EDT

Design Matters
Friday May 30, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace (890 Commonwealth Ave) @ 890 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
LIVE PODCAST TAPING
A deep dive into how a leading scholar, poet, and advocate for AI justice designs her life.

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Speakers
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Joy Buolamwini

Founder, Algorithmic Justice League & Poet of Code
Dr. Joy Buolamwini is a computer scientist and poet of code who uses art and research to illuminate the social implications of artificial intelligence. She founded the Algorithmic Justice League to create a world with more equitable and accountable technology. Her TED Featured... Read More →
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Debbie Millman

Host, Design Matters
Debbie Millman is the host of Design Matters, one of the first and longest running podcasts in the world. She is also Chair of the first-ever Masters in Branding Program at the School of Visual Arts, Editorial Director of PrintMag.com, an Executive Fellow at the Harvard Business School... Read More →
Friday May 30, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace (890 Commonwealth Ave)
  Live podcast taping, Arts & Culture

5:00pm EDT

What Smart Businesses Know About A.I.
Friday May 30, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Booth Theatre (820 Commonwealth Ave) @ 820 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
Join this interactive session with a leading Harvard Business School authority on Artificial Intelligence to understand how business is evolving as A.I. brings expertise to our fingertips.
Attendees will receive complimentary access to “Future Proof with AI” learning modules from the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard.
Speakers
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Scott Tong

CO-Host, Here & Now, WBUR
Scott Tong joined Here & Now as a co-host in July 2021.Before that, he spent 16 years at Marketplace as Shanghai bureau chief and senior correspondent. Scott has reported from more than a dozen countries, including Venezuela, Ethiopia, Burma and Japan.During COVID-19, he reported... Read More →
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Karim Lakhani

Professor, Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Karim R. Lakhani is the Dorothy & Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He specializes in technology management, innovation, digital transformation and artificial intelligence (AI). His innovation-related research is centered around his... Read More →
Friday May 30, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Booth Theatre (820 Commonwealth Ave)
  Business

5:00pm EDT

FESTIVAL HUB: Happy Hour with WBUR's Newsletters Team & Grist
Friday May 30, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Festival Hub (808 Commonwealth Ave) @ 808 Commonwealth Avenue, 808 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
Join us in the festival Hub for a happy hour with the WBUR Newsletters team and Grist.

Complimentary refreshments provided. 
Speakers
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Nikhil Swaminathan

CEO, Grist
Nikhil Swaminathan is the CEO of Grist. Previously, he led the newsroom for five years. Prior to that, he was a digital producer for “Fault Lines,” a current affairs documentary film program that airs on Al Jazeera America and Al Jazeera English. Prior to that, he was a senior... Read More →
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Rachel Bouton

Senior Manager, Grist
Rachel Bouton (she/her) is the Senior Manager for Networks and Events at Grist, a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. At Grist Rachel leads strategy, design and production for a robust lineup of events focused... Read More →
avatar for Tik Root

Tik Root

Senior 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... Read More →
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Zoya Teirstein

Staff Writer, Grist
Zoya Teirstein is a staff writer covering the impacts of climate change on human health. Her work can also be found in Rolling Stone, Wired, and the Associated Press. She has received awards from the Indigenous Journalists Association, the SEAL Awards, and the Society of Environmental... Read More →
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Kat Bagley

Editor-in-Chief, Grist
Katherine (Kat) Bagley is the editor-in-chief of Grist, a nonprofit media organization covering climate, environmental justice, and solutions. She is a journalism leader with more than 18 years of experience covering climate change and the environment, and more than a decade working... Read More →
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Frida Garza

Staff Writer, Food and Agriculture, Grist
Frida Garza is a staff writer covering food and agriculture at Grist. Previously, she has worked as an editor at the Guardian US where she launched America's Dirty Divide, a series on environmental and climate justice, and as a senior staff writer at Jezebel. She lives in Brooklyn... Read More →
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Meagan McGinnes-Bessey

Managing Editor, Digital Audience & Community Engagement, WBUR
Meagan is the managing editor of digital audience & community engagement at WBUR, Boston's largest NPR newsroom. She oversees the newsletter and social media teams.Her mouthful of a title really means thinking about the ways and places WBUR can bring its local journalism to more communities... Read More →
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Nik DeCosta-Klipa

Senior Editor, Newsletters
Nik wakes up early each morning to write WBUR's flagship newsletter, WBUR Today. He runs the day-to-day of all things email. He joined WBUR in 2022 from Boston.com, where he was a staff writer covering local news, politics, and transportation. Nik holds bachelor's degrees in journalism... Read More →
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Hanna Ali

Associate Producer, Newsletters, WBUR
Hanna Ali is an associate producer for newsletters at WBUR, and is the host of WBUR's Weekender newsletter.Before joining WBUR, Hanna worked as a digital editor at the PBS science documentary series NOVA, writing articles for NOVA Next and managing the show’s newsletters and social... Read More →
Friday May 30, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Festival Hub (808 Commonwealth Ave)
  Experience

5:00pm EDT

Our Homeless Neighbors
Friday May 30, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
CFA Concert Hall (855 Commonwealth Ave) @ 855B Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
A devoted street doctor and the subject of Tracy Kidder’s “Rough Sleepers” shares his experience with a journalist who publishes the work of homeless writers.

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The Avatar

Poet
Avi Manning (The Avatar) is a Boston poet with huge ambitions and an interest in social justice.
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Dr. Jim O'Connell

President, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program
Dr. O’Connell graduated summa cum laude from the University of Notre Dame in 1970 and received his master’s degree in theology from Cambridge University in 1972. After graduating from Harvard Medical School in 1982, he completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts... Read More →
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James Parker

Staff Writer, The Atlantic
James Parker is a staff writer at The Atlantic. Turned On, his 1998 biography of the punk-rock performer Henry Rollins, has been described as “breathlessly brilliant” (New Musical Express) and “a modern-day Pilgrim’s Progress” (Feed.com). He was previously a staff writer for the Boston Phoenix, where he won New England Newspap... Read More →
Friday May 30, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
CFA Concert Hall (855 Commonwealth Ave)
  Health

5:30pm EDT

Common Wealth
Friday May 30, 2025 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Dance Theatre (915 Commonwealth Ave) @ 915 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
The interim secretary of economic development on the outlook for the Massachusetts economy.

Speakers
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Scott Kirsner

Columnist, MassLive & Contributor, WBUR
Scott Kirsner has spent more than 25 years working as a business journalist and contributing editor at the Boston Globe, Wired Magazine, Fast Company, Variety, The New York Times, BusinessWeek, Boston magazine, and other publications. He has covered many Massachusetts companies on... Read More →
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Ashley Stolba

Undersecretary of Economic Foundations, Executive Office of Economic Development
Ashley Stolba is the Undersecretary of Economic Foundations, Executive Office of Economic Development.
Friday May 30, 2025 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Dance Theatre (915 Commonwealth Ave)

5:30pm EDT

The Future of Reproductive Rights
Friday May 30, 2025 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Tsai Performance Center (685 Commonwealth Ave) @ 685 US-20, Boston, MA 02215, USA
An actress (Freaks and Geeks, Dawson’s Creek, Girls5eva) who testified to Congress about her abortion and a pro-choice advocate get personal about the state of reproductive rights in this country.

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Amory Sivertson

Host & 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... Read More →
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Busy Philipps

Actress & ACLU Ambassador
Busy Philipps is a New York Times Best-Selling author, actor, activist, writer and previous late-night talk show host of Busy Tonight. Philipps served as executive producer on the show, alongside Tina Fey. In 2018, Philipps released a collection of humorous autobiographical essays... Read More →
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Jessica Weitz

Nationwide Director of Artist & Entertainment Engagement, ACLU
Jessica Herman Weitz is the Director of Artist & Entertainment Engagement at the ACLU. Jessica educates, inspires, and activates artists + entertainment companies to speak up for the ACLU and the issues we fight for - which means working across the country with artists to fight for... Read More →
Friday May 30, 2025 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Tsai Performance Center (685 Commonwealth Ave)
  Health

6:00pm EDT

The WBUR Festival Anniversary Bash (separate ticket required)
Friday May 30, 2025 6:00pm - 9:30pm EDT
FitRec Center (915 Commonwealth Ave) @ 905 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
WBUR has hosted an annual gala — our premier fundraising event — for 23 years. In 2025, we’re mixing things up!
​The WBUR Anniversary Bash: 75 Years of Life Out Loud celebrates 75 years of local journalism in Boston and those who have made it possible. A capstone dinner celebration and program within The WBUR Festival weekend, the Anniversary Bash will raise critical funds to support WBUR throughout the year.

​The WBUR Medal of Honor will be presented to William and Lia Poorvu and Howard and Fredericka Stevenson in recognition of their service and leadership in public media

​This year’s program will include a conversation with Nobel laureate and economist Paul Krugman.

Speakers
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Paul Krugman

Nobel Prize-winning Economist
Paul Krugman is a Nobel Prize-winning economist. He was a columnist for The New York Times for nearly 25 years, writing about the intersection of economics and government. He now writes a popular newsletter on Substack.
Friday May 30, 2025 6:00pm - 9:30pm EDT
FitRec Center (915 Commonwealth Ave)
 
Saturday, May 31
 

8:30am EDT

Check In & Badge Pickup
Saturday May 31, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm EDT
Festival Hub (808 Commonwealth Ave) @ 808 Commonwealth Avenue, 808 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
All festival guests are required to check in and receive a badge before admission to any festival activities. Your badge is your ticket to entry for all sessions and events. We look forward to seeing you at the Festival Hub the start of your festival experience! 
Saturday May 31, 2025 8:30am - 5:00pm EDT
Festival Hub (808 Commonwealth Ave)

9:00am EDT

Endicott College Headshot Station
Saturday May 31, 2025 9:00am - 5:00pm EDT
Festival Hub (808 Commonwealth Ave) @ 808 Commonwealth Avenue, 808 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
Get your headshot taken at Endicott College's Career Builder station featuring complimentary hair and makeup touch ups. 

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Saturday May 31, 2025 9:00am - 5:00pm EDT
Festival Hub (808 Commonwealth Ave)

10:00am EDT

KIDSTAGE: Stacey Peasley
Saturday May 31, 2025 10:00am - 10:30am EDT
KidStage (775 Commonwealth Ave) @ George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Join us at The Boston Children's Hospital KidStage for a performance by Stacey Peasley.

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avatar for Stacey Peasley

Stacey Peasley

Grammy Award-Winning Children's Musician
2024 marks Stacey Peasley’s 32nd year of singing and performing for audiences! Launching her music career as a member of the New York-based girl group “The Chiclettes” at the tender age of 18, Peasley developed a deep love and appreciation for the innocent, yet catchy songs... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 10:00am - 10:30am EDT
KidStage (775 Commonwealth Ave)
  KidStage

10:00am EDT

A Conversation with Mayoral Candidate Josh Kraft
Saturday May 31, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
CFA Concert Hall (855 Commonwealth Ave) @ 855B Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
The mayoral candidate shares his vision for Boston and why he wants the city’s top job.
Speakers
avatar for Josh Kraft

Josh Kraft

President, New England Patriots Foundation
Josh Kraft has spent 35 years working in the communities of Boston. Most recently, Josh was President of the New England Patriots Foundation, and for three decades worked with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston, including 12 years as its President and CEO.Josh’s commitment to service... Read More →
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Tiziana Dearing

Host, Morning Edition, WBUR
Tiziana Dearing is the host of WBUR’s Morning Edition. Prior to helping listeners start the morning with news from around the corner and around the world, Tiziana hosted Radio Boston, WBUR’s daily local magazine, for five years.Tiziana came to journalism after a career that... Read More →
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Sharman Sacchetti

Political Reporter & Co-host, On The Record, WCVB
Emmy award-winning journalist Sharman Sacchetti is WCVB NewsCenter 5’s political reporter and co-host of WCVB’s “On The Record” since January 2023, along with Ed Harding. OTR is a weekly roundtable discussion of Massachusetts politics which airs on Sunday mornings at 11AM... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
CFA Concert Hall (855 Commonwealth Ave)
  Politics

10:00am EDT

Trans Lives, Human Rights
Saturday May 31, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Booth Theatre (820 Commonwealth Ave) @ 820 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
From the playing field to congressional bathrooms, transgender leaders talk about their rapidly-changing reality.
Speakers
avatar for Giselle Byrd

Giselle Byrd

Executive Director, The Theater Offensive & State Commissioner, Mass Commission on The Status of Women
Giselle Byrd is the Executive Director of The Theater Offensive, located in Boston, MA, making her the first Black trans woman to lead a regional theatre company in the United States, where she is passionately continuing and amplifying the theater’s mission for uplifting and elevating... Read More →
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Kate Sosin

LGBTQ+ Reporter, The 19th News
Kate Sosin is an LGBTQ+ reporter at The 19th, a nonprofit newsroom covering the intersection of gender, race, politics, and policy. They focus on transgender rights, national policy and incarceration. Kate has conducted deep-dive investigations into transgender prison abuse and homicides... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Booth Theatre (820 Commonwealth Ave)
  Politics

10:30am EDT

KIDSTAGE: Janet Costa Bates
Saturday May 31, 2025 10:30am - 11:00am EDT
KidStage (775 Commonwealth Ave) @ George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Join us at The Boston Children's Hospital KidStage for a reading by Janet Costa Bates.

Sponsored by: 
Speakers
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Janet Costa Bates

Children's Book Author
Janet Costa Bates started writing poems and stories in the third grade, but it wasn't until she had her own children that she finally realized what she wanted to do with her writing skills. She developed a passion for writing children's literature. Her first book, Seaside Dream... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 10:30am - 11:00am EDT
KidStage (775 Commonwealth Ave)
  KidStage

10:30am EDT

Art in Public
Saturday May 31, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Dance Theatre (915 Commonwealth Ave) @ 915 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
The head of the new Boston Triennial, a new media artist and WBUR Maker and a designer focused on social justice share their perspectives on the power of public art.

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Amelia Mason

Senior Arts & Culture Reporter, WBUR
Amelia Mason is a senior arts and culture reporter and critic for WBUR, where she covers everything from fine art to television to the inner workings of the Boston music scene.Her work has been broadcast on NPR’s Here & Now and published on NPR Music, where she is proud to have... Read More →
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Kenneth Bailey

Founder, Methodology & Strategy Director, DS4SI
Kenneth Bailey is the co-founder of the Design Studio for Social Intervention. His interests focus on the research and development of design tools for marginalized communities to address complex social issues. With over three decades of experience in community practice, Bailey brings... Read More →
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Kate Gilbert

Executive Director, Boston Public Art Triennial
Kate Gilbert is a Boston-based artist, curator, and cultural producer dedicated to transforming public spaces through contemporary art. She is the founder and Executive Director of the Boston Public Art Triennial, the city's first large-scale public art festival, which evolved from... Read More →
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Caleb Hawkins

Design Director, MASARY Studios
Caleb Hawkins is an interdisciplinary designer and creative leader at the intersection of art, technology, and architecture. As Design Director at MASARY Studios, he synthesizes cutting-edge technologies, architectural principles, and artistic vision to create immersive public art... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Dance Theatre (915 Commonwealth Ave)
  Arts & Culture

11:00am EDT

KIDSTAGE: Comics and Adventure Draw-Off!
Saturday May 31, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am EDT
KidStage (775 Commonwealth Ave) @ George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Local cartoonists Jannie Ho (The Lost Mitten), Shaina Lu (Noodle and Bao), and Raul the Third (The Snips) are grabbing their markers and making the magic of comics art happen right in front of you! This draw-off will challenge their inventiveness and fun -- get a glimpse of the creative process happening right in front of you! Hosted by Meena Jain, Ashland Public Library.

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Speakers
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Shaina Lu

Artist, Author & Illustrator
Shaina Lu 呂明穎 (she/her) is a queer Taiwanese-American artist interested in the intersection of art, education, and activism. She creates community art for social change through dialogue and conversation with local youth, residents, and grassroots organizers. She is the creator... Read More →
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Jannie Ho

Author & Illustrator
Jannie Ho is an illustrator, author, and cartoonist. Born in Hong Kong and raised in Philadelphia, Jannie Ho is the author/illustrator of The Lost Mitten, Happy Chinese New Year, Bear and Chicken, and the upcoming graphic novel series, Pumpkin and Beetle: Two Vampire Cats. She is... Read More →
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Raúl The Third

Illustrator, Author & Artist
Raúl The Third is a four-time Pura Belpre award-winning illustrator, author, and artist living in the Boston area with his wife, colorist Elaine Bay. He is the illustrator of the critically acclaimed Low Riders in Space series and the World of ¡Vamos! books. His work centers around... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am EDT
KidStage (775 Commonwealth Ave)
  KidStage

11:30am EDT

Truth, Trust and the State of Independent Journalism
Saturday May 31, 2025 11:30am - 12:00pm EDT
CFA Concert Hall (855 Commonwealth Ave) @ 855B Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Four veteran news leaders talk about what’s gone wrong for journalism and why there’s reason for hope.
Speakers
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Evan Smith

Senior Advisor, Emerson Collective
Evan Smith is a senior advisor at Emerson Collective, working closely with journalists and funders around the country to support the local news ecosystem. He’s also a Professor of Practice at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, where he teaches... Read More →
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Marty Baron

Former Editor, The Boston Globe & The Washington Post
Martin Baron is an American journalist who was editor of The Washington Post from December 31, 2012, until his retirement on February 28, 2021. He was previously editor of The Boston Globe from 2001 to 2012; during that period, the Globe's coverage of the Boston Catholic sexual abuse... Read More →
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Nancy Barnes

Editor, The Boston Globe
Nancy Barnes is the editor of The Boston Globe. A veteran journalist who has held the top job at news organizations across the country, Barnes has produced journalism of the highest caliber. Prior to joining the Globe, she was the SVP/News & Editorial Director of NPR from 2018 through... Read More →
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Kevin Merida

Fmr. Executive Editor, The LA Times
Kevin Merida is an American journalist and author. He formerly served as executive editor at the Los Angeles Times, where he oversaw and coordinated all news gathering operations, including city and national desks, Sports and Features departments, Times Community News and Los Angeles... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 11:30am - 12:00pm EDT
CFA Concert Hall (855 Commonwealth Ave)

11:30am EDT

Backing Black Arts in Boston
Saturday May 31, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT
Booth Theatre (820 Commonwealth Ave) @ 820 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
Local arts and culture luminaries discuss moving Black arts from the margins to the center in Boston.

Sponsored by: 



Speakers
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... Read More →
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Dawn Simmons

Co-Producing Artistic Director, The Front Porch Arts Collective
Dawn Simmons is the Co-Producing Artistic Director of The Front Porch Arts Collective and an award-winning director, producer, playwright, administrator, cultural consultant, and educator. Over the last decade Dawn has used her own artistic practice to push the New England theatre... Read More →
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Catherine Morris

Director, Arts & Cultue, The Boston Foundation
Over the last 20 years, Catherine Morris has spent her career supporting BIPOC artists by producing shows, creating platforms as well as mobilizing and engaging local audiences to experience the arts from a Black perspective. In her new role, she will oversee the Foundation’s multifaceted... Read More →
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Ty-Juana L. Flores

Arts Administrator
Ty-Juana L. Flores is an arts administrator and impact driven leader who is passionate about building an equitable arts and culture ecosystem for her hometown Boston. As a thought partner and change agent, she has held various roles in fashion manufacturing, design, higher education... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT
Booth Theatre (820 Commonwealth Ave)
  Arts & Culture

12:00pm EDT

STREET FAIR STAGE: The Light in the Piazza
Saturday May 31, 2025 12:00pm - 12:30pm EDT
Street Fair (270 Bay State Rd) @ BU Beach, 270 Bay State Rd, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Kate Fitzgerald and Daniel A. Lopez, cast members from The Huntington’s musical The Light in the Piazza, perform selections from the gorgeous Tony Award-winning score at 12:30pm on the BU Beach.
Saturday May 31, 2025 12:00pm - 12:30pm EDT
Street Fair (270 Bay State Rd)
  Live performance

12:00pm EDT

Behind-the-Scenes of Car Talk
Saturday May 31, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
Tsai Performance Center (685 Commonwealth Ave) @ 685 US-20, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Talking shop with America’s funniest mechanic and the geniuses who made this iconic NPR show happen.

Sponsored by

Speakers
avatar for Doug Berman

Doug Berman

Producer, Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! & Car Talk
Two-time Peabody Award-winning producer Doug Berman is responsible for NPR's most successful entertainment programs, the hit comedies Car Talk and Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
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Ray Magliozzi

Fmr. Host, Car Talk, WBUR
“Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers”, Tom and Ray Magliozzi brought personality and humor to public broadcasting through their award-winning NPR radio show Car Talk. They grew up in East Cambridge, Massachusetts, where Ray would often watch Tom take dilapidated cars apart and... Read More →
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Robert Siegel

Former Co-Host, All Things Considered, NPR
Prior to his retirement, Robert Siegel was the senior host of NPR's award-winning evening newsmagazine All Things Considered. With 40 years of experience working in radio news, Siegel hosted the country's most-listened-to, afternoon-drive-time news radio program and reported on stories... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
Tsai Performance Center (685 Commonwealth Ave)
  Arts & Culture

12:00pm EDT

Mind Your Money: A Conversation with Katie Gatti Tassin
Saturday May 31, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
Dance Theatre (915 Commonwealth Ave) @ 915 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
The personal finance expert and host of “Money with Katie” shares her best advice on how to earn, save, and invest.

The first 200 attendees will receive a copy of Gatti Tassin's book "Rich Girl Nation." 
Speakers
avatar for Deborah Becker

Deborah Becker

Host/Reporter, WBUR
Deborah Becker is a senior correspondent and host at WBUR. Her reporting focuses on mental health, criminal justice and education.Deb is also a substitute host on several WBUR programs and helps produce and report for various WBUR special projects. Deb also worked on the launch of... Read More →
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Katie Gatti Tassin

Founder, Money with Katie
Katie Gatti Tassin is the host of the Money with Katie podcast and author of the newsletter of the same name. Her fresh personal finance advice tackles the subject at hand with a unique outlook, and her casual approach and deep, self-taught knowledge speaks directly to followers who... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
Dance Theatre (915 Commonwealth Ave)
  Business

12:00pm EDT

Atlas Obscura
Saturday May 31, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace (890 Commonwealth Ave) @ 890 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
LIVE PODCAST TAPING
Explore hidden wonders and extraordinary places — from the other side of the world to the forgotten corners of your own backyard. Curiosity required, passport optional.

In partnership with 

Speakers
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Susan Wilson

House Historian, Omni Parker House
Susan Wilson is a professional writer, photographer, and public historian. She is the official House Historian of the Omni Parker House, an Alumna Scholar at the Women’s Studies Research Center, Brandeis University, and an Honorary Fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society... Read More →
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Dylan Thuras

Co-founder, Atlas Obscura
Dylan Thuras is the Co-Founder of Atlas Obscura, the co-author of the Atlas Obscura book, and the host of the AO Youtube series 100 Wonders.
Saturday May 31, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace (890 Commonwealth Ave)
  Live podcast taping

12:00pm EDT

KIDSTAGE: Wee the People Pop-Up
Saturday May 31, 2025 12:00pm - 1:30pm EDT
KidStage (775 Commonwealth Ave) @ George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
From the raised fist to the peace sign to the simple word "NO," symbols of protest have played a big role in resisting injustice and ushering in change. Learn about different symbols of protest movements then choose one to make a t-shirt of your own!


Saturday May 31, 2025 12:00pm - 1:30pm EDT
KidStage (775 Commonwealth Ave)
  KidStage

12:00pm EDT

FESTIVAL HUB: Nan's Kitchen Pop-Up
Saturday May 31, 2025 12:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Festival Hub (808 Commonwealth Ave) @ 808 Commonwealth Avenue, 808 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
Join us in the Howard Thurman Center from 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM (or while supplies last!) for complimentary fried chicken and lemonade, provided by our partner Nan's Kitchen!

Saturday May 31, 2025 12:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Festival Hub (808 Commonwealth Ave)
  Experience, Sponsored

12:00pm EDT

STREET FAIR: Fluff Festival Pop-Up
Saturday May 31, 2025 12:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Street Fair (270 Bay State Rd) @ BU Beach, 270 Bay State Rd, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Get a sweet preview of the What the Fluff? Festival, Greater Boston’s zaniest (and stickiest!) celebration of innovation! Try your hand at flufftastic midway games, stock up on Fluff merch, snap a pic with the inventor of Fluff, and more! #ForeverFluff
Saturday May 31, 2025 12:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Street Fair (270 Bay State Rd)

12:00pm EDT

STREET FAIR (food trucks, games, music and more!)
Saturday May 31, 2025 12:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Street Fair (270 Bay State Rd) @ BU Beach, 270 Bay State Rd, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Join us throughout the day at the street fair for food trucks, music, games, and much more!
Saturday May 31, 2025 12:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Street Fair (270 Bay State Rd)
  Experience

12:00pm EDT

STREET FAIR: FOUND Market Pop-Up
Saturday May 31, 2025 12:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Street Fair (270 Bay State Rd) @ BU Beach, 270 Bay State Rd, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Launched in 2023 by husband and wife team of Megan Fehling-Singh and Rob Singh, FOUND is a creative and marketing studio working primarily in the fields of vintage and sustainable fashion. FOUND Vintage Markets pop up monthly at some of the coolest locations in Boston. FOUND also operates two vintage clothing stores in Central Square Cambridge.
Saturday May 31, 2025 12:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Street Fair (270 Bay State Rd)
  Experience

12:15pm EDT

KIDSTAGE: Magnificent Monster Circus
Saturday May 31, 2025 12:15pm - 1:00pm EDT
KidStage (775 Commonwealth Ave) @ George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Join us at The Boston Children's Hospital KidStage for a performance of Magnificent Monster Circus by CactusHead Puppets in partnership with Puppet Showplace Theater.

Sponsored by

Saturday May 31, 2025 12:15pm - 1:00pm EDT
KidStage (775 Commonwealth Ave)
  KidStage

12:30pm EDT

Street Fair: Middlesex County Volunteers Fifes & Drums
Saturday May 31, 2025 12:30pm - 1:00pm EDT
Street Fair (270 Bay State Rd) @ BU Beach, 270 Bay State Rd, Boston, MA 02215, USA
The Middlesex County Volunteers Fifes & Drums (MCV) is Boston's premier fife and drum ensemble, performing music from the 19th century to modern compositions.
Speakers
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The Middlesex County Volunteers Fifes & Drums

The Middlesex County Volunteers Fifes & Drums (MCV) is Boston's premier fife and drum ensemble, performing music from the 19th century to modern compositions.
Saturday May 31, 2025 12:30pm - 1:00pm EDT
Street Fair (270 Bay State Rd)
  Experience

12:30pm EDT

Who's Your Founding Father with ESPN Senior Writer David Fleming
Saturday May 31, 2025 12:30pm - 1:00pm EDT
Festival Hub (808 Commonwealth Ave) @ 808 Commonwealth Avenue, 808 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
In 1819, just down the road, John Adams did the unthinkable: formally accusing his old frenemy Thomas Jefferson of plagiarizing North Carolina’s declaration of independence from May 20, 1775 (a date still emblazoned on the NC state flag) when crafting his own, slightly more famous document a year later in Philadelphia. Adams had receipts, and he begged historians to “investigate further.” Two centuries later, with the support of David McCullough, Ken Burns, Andrew Roberts, Sharon McMahon and others, author and former longtime ESPN senior writer David Fleming answered Adam’s call, embarking on a global (and often hilarious) quest to uncover a secret document that unravels the origin story of America and reveals the intellectual crime of the millennia.

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Speakers
avatar for David Fleming

David Fleming

Author, Who's Your Founding Father?
David Fleming is the author of four books and a Meadowlark Media correspondent. During the last three decades at Sports Illustrated, ESPN and Meadowlark, Fleming has been one of the industry’s most prolific, versatile, and imaginative longform storytellers, traveling the globe while... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 12:30pm - 1:00pm EDT
Festival Hub (808 Commonwealth Ave)
  History/MA250

12:30pm EDT

Our Racial Reckoning: Kimberlé Crenshaw and Jamelle Bouie in Conversation
Saturday May 31, 2025 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
FitRec Center (915 Commonwealth Ave) @ 905 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
The pioneering scholar and writer who coined the term “intersectionality” and a leading New York Times columnist try to make sense of race and politics today.
Speakers
avatar for Kimberlé Crenshaw

Kimberlé Crenshaw

Civil Rights Advocate & Professor
Kimberlé Crenshaw is a pioneering scholar and writer on civil rights, critical race theory, Black feminist legal theory, and race, racism and the law. In addition to her position at Columbia Law School, she is a Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California, Los... Read More →
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Jamelle Bouie

Opinion Columnist, The New York Times
Based in Charlottesville, Virginia, Jamelle Bouie is a columnist for the New York Times. He covers history and politics. In addition, he co-hosts the Unclear and Present Danger podcast on the political and military thrillers of the 1990s.Before the Times, Jamelle was chief political... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
FitRec Center (915 Commonwealth Ave)
  Politics

1:00pm EDT

Sandwiches of History with Eugene Mirman
Saturday May 31, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Booth Theatre (820 Commonwealth Ave) @ 820 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
Motorcycles! Rockets! Boxing monkeys!

Just kidding, In celebration of the brand new “Sandwiches of History: The Cookbook” Barry is hitting the road to share the history of Sandwiches of History in a new multimedia show that is part TED-Talk, part comedy, part trivia battle and part sandwich-making extravaganza!

This WBUR Fest edition will feature live sandwich making with Eugene Mirman (Bob's Burgers) and tasting with audience-suggested plus ups, audience Q&A and more surprises!

As Seen on CBS Sunday Morning

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Eugene Mirman

Comedian & Actor
Eugene Mirman is a comedian, actor and hero who lives somewhere in Massachusetts. He voices “Gene” on Fox’s Emmy Award winning animated series Bob’s Burgers. He appeared regularly on HBO’s Flight of the Conchords, Adult Swim’s Delocated, Archer and a bunch of other TV... Read More →
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Barry Enderwick

Host, Sandwiches of History
Barry W. Enderwick has passion for food, cooking, culture, and of course, eating. In 2018, he came across The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book published in 1909 and decided to try some of the recipes on social media. Today, Barry makes sandwiches from old recipes as written, then plusses... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Booth Theatre (820 Commonwealth Ave)
  Arts & Culture, Food & Drink

1:00pm EDT

Casuals with Katie Nolan
Saturday May 31, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
CFA Concert Hall (855 Commonwealth Ave) @ 855B Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
LIVE PODCAST TAPING
A sports podcast for everyone, from the sports-curious to the sports-obsessed.
Speakers
avatar for Jared Carrabis

Jared Carrabis

Baseball Content Creator
Jared Carrabis is a baseball content creator and Boston Red Sox fan known for his in-depth commentary. He started a Red Sox blog on MySpace in 2006, moved to Twitter, and was eventually syndicated by Barstool Sports. He later left Barstool for DraftKings, where he hosts the Baseball... Read More →
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Katie Nolan

Podcast, SiriusXM
A sports podcast for everyone from the sports-curious to the sports-obsessed, Casuals covers the wide world of sports and everything it touches — especially the stories that bridge sports and pop culture — without getting into the analytics and X’s and O’s talk that can feel... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
CFA Concert Hall (855 Commonwealth Ave)
  Live podcast taping

1:15pm EDT

STREET FAIR STAGE: Pranav Swaroop
Saturday May 31, 2025 1:15pm - 1:45pm EDT
Street Fair (270 Bay State Rd) @ BU Beach, 270 Bay State Rd, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Join us at the street fair stage for a performance by Pranav Swaroop.
Speakers
avatar for Pranav Swaroop

Pranav Swaroop

Violinist
Indian Classical violinist, Pranav Swaroop brings a fresh perspective, pushing the boundaries through innovative collaborations. Having played over a thousand concerts across the globe- as an independent artist, as well as with his Carnatic progressive fusion band - 'Project Mishram... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 1:15pm - 1:45pm EDT
Street Fair (270 Bay State Rd)
  Live performance, Music

1:30pm EDT

FESTIVAL HUB: Have a Beer with Boston Legacy's Domènec Guasch
Saturday May 31, 2025 1:30pm - 2:00pm EDT
Festival Hub (808 Commonwealth Ave) @ 808 Commonwealth Avenue, 808 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
Grab your game face and a beer in the festival Hub as the General Manager of Boston Legacy FC, takes you behind the scenes of Boston’s new National Women’s Soccer League team.

One complimentary beer (or non-alcoholic drink) per person, first come, first served. 

Sponsored by
Speakers
avatar for Cloe Axelson

Cloe Axelson

Senior Editor, Cognoscenti, WBUR
Cloe Axelson is the senior editor of WBUR’s opinion page, Cognoscenti.Cloe first came to WBUR in 2015, as a contributor — her very first piece for Cog was an essay about women’s soccer. Two years later, in 2017, she joined Cog’s staff as an editor. Since then, she’s wo... Read More →
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Domènec Guasch

GM, Boston Legacy Football Club
Domènec Guasch is the former head of management for Barcelona women's football, where he was in charge of the women’s first team and academy, player negotiations, and relationships with UEFA, Liga F and the Spanish Federation. He has also overseen youth projects for Barça Academy... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 1:30pm - 2:00pm EDT
Festival Hub (808 Commonwealth Ave)
  Experience

1:30pm EDT

KIDSTAGE: Amy Schneider
Saturday May 31, 2025 1:30pm - 2:00pm EDT
KidStage (775 Commonwealth Ave) @ George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Join us at The Boston Children's Hospital KidStage for a reading by Jeopardy chamption Amy Schneider from her new book "Who is Amy Schneider?"

Sponsored by

Speakers
avatar for Amy Schneider

Amy Schneider

Jeopardy Champion & Author
Like Kim Deal, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and one of the two Wright Brothers, Amy Schneider was born in Dayton, Ohio. In 2021, she made her first appearance on the syndicated quiz show "Jeopardy!", where she would go on to win 40 consecutive games, the second most in the show's history... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 1:30pm - 2:00pm EDT
KidStage (775 Commonwealth Ave)
  KidStage

1:30pm EDT

The Future of Dinner
Saturday May 31, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT
Dance Theatre (915 Commonwealth Ave) @ 915 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Global warming is shaping what’s on our plates. Join these culinary changemakers as they explore how a warming world is transforming what we eat — and talk about how we can build a more just and sustainable food system.

In partnership with 

Speakers
avatar for Barbara Moran

Barbara Moran

Correspondent, Climate and Environment, WBUR
Barbara Moran is a correspondent on WBUR’s climate and environmental team.Moran grew up in Hudson, Mass., attended the University of Notre Dame, then got her master's in science journalism from BU. For 25 years, she has worked as a science journalist covering public health, environmental... Read More →
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Irene Shiang Li

Co-founder, Mei Mei Dumplings & Prepshift
Irene Shiang Li (she/her) co-founded Mei Mei in Boston in 2013 and built the brand around sustainable sourcing and fair and transparent employment practices, including open book management. Mei Mei is now a dumpling company and Irene’s focus is on building Prepshift, a tech-enabled... Read More →
avatar for Alex Pogany

Alex Pogany

Organics Management Specialist
Alex Pogany got his start as an organic vegetable farmer who created an on-site compost operation as part of a soil fertility plan. Once he noticed the power of compost as a mechanism to divert organics from the landfill, while enhancing soils and recycling nutrients, he switched... Read More →
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Neftalí Duran

Co-founder, I-Collective
Neftali Duran is a cook, advocate, educator, and organizer working towards an equitable food system and building a network of indigenous food leaders.He is a Salzburg Global Fellow and cofounder of the I-Collective, an indigenous collective that promotes a healthy food system that... Read More →
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Kannan Thiruvengadam

Director, Eastie Farm
Kannan Thiruvengadam grew up in a farming family in southern India where life was inextricably linked with land and agricultural adages were part of everyday parlance. After an early career in technology, he responded to his calling and returned to his agrarian roots.In response to... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT
Dance Theatre (915 Commonwealth Ave)
  Climate & Environment, Food & Drink

1:30pm EDT

Sing for Science with Josh Ritter & Avi Loeb
Saturday May 31, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace (890 Commonwealth Ave) @ 890 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
LIVE PODCAST TAPING
The singer-songwriter and a Harvard astrophysicist will join Sing for Science host Matt Whyte for a live recording that blends music, storytelling and cosmic curiosity.

Sponsored by 


Speakers
avatar for Avi Loeb

Avi Loeb

Astrophysicist, Harvard University
Abraham (Avi) Loeb is the Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science at Harvard University and a bestselling author (in lists of the New York Times,Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, Die Zeit, Der Spiegel, L'Express and more). He received a PhD in Physics from the Hebrew University... Read More →
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Josh Ritter

Musician & Author
One of today’s most thoughtful and prolific voices, Josh Ritter has released ten studio albums including 2019’s widely acclaimed, Fever Breaks, of which NPR Music praised, “He remains a hydrant of ideas while embodying an endless capacity for empathy and indignation, often within... Read More →
avatar for Matt Whyte

Matt Whyte

Host, Sing for Science
Sing for Science is an award winning, Top 10 Music Interview Podcast on Apple’s charts where musicians talk about science with scientists, scholars, and science journalists. Past episodes include Korn front man Jonathan Davis and science writer Mary Roach on mortuary science, SIA... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace (890 Commonwealth Ave)
  Live podcast taping, Arts & Culture

1:30pm EDT

A New Era for Immigrants and Immigration
Saturday May 31, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT
Tsai Performance Center (685 Commonwealth Ave) @ 685 US-20, Boston, MA 02215, USA
In this new era for migrants, a national immigration advocate, a Latinx community leader, and a local immigration attorney tackle headline-making deportations and court battles. 
Speakers
avatar for Andrea Flores

Andrea Flores

Vice President, Immigration Policy and Campaigns, FWD.us
Andrea R. Flores serves as Vice President of Immigration Policy & Campaigns at FWD.us. She grew up on the U.S.-Mexico border and experienced the failures of our nation’s approach firsthand. She is an attorney and policy expert who has spent her career advising lawmakers on meaningful... Read More →
avatar for Simón Rios

Simón Rios

Reporter, WBUR
Born in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood, Simón Rios is an award-winning bilingual reporter in WBUR's newsroom. The son of an Uruguayan father and an American mother, he is a proud father and currently lives in Milton.Simón joined the station after two years at The Standard-Times... Read More →
avatar for Matt Cameron

Matt Cameron

Boston Immigration Attorney & Co-host, Opening Arguments
Matt Cameron has been practicing immigration law--especially deportation defense and "crimmigration" matters--since 2006 and now serves as the managing partner of Boston immigration law firm Cameron, Micheroni & Silvia. He is also the co-host of the legal podcast Opening Arguments... Read More →
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Gladys Vega

President, La Colaborativa
Gladys Vega is a nationally recognized leader in immigrant rights, economic justice, and community-led transformation. For over 30 years, she has fought to dismantle systemic barriers and create sustainable pathways for historically excluded communities, growing La Colaborativa from... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT
Tsai Performance Center (685 Commonwealth Ave)
  Politics

2:00pm EDT

KIDSTAGE: Jamie Michalak
Saturday May 31, 2025 2:00pm - 2:15pm EDT
KidStage (775 Commonwealth Ave) @ George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Join us at The Boston Children's Hospital KidStage for a reading by Jamie Michalak from "Frank & Bean."

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Jamie Michalak

Children's Book Author
Jamie Michalak is the author of the Dakota Crumb books, illustrated by Kelly Murphy; the Frank and Bean books, illustrated by Bob Kolar; the Joe and Sparky series, illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz; and many other acclaimed titles for young readers. Hazel the Handful, illustrated by... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 2:00pm - 2:15pm EDT
KidStage (775 Commonwealth Ave)
  KidStage

2:00pm EDT

A Conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci
Saturday May 31, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
FitRec Center (915 Commonwealth Ave) @ 905 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
America’s leading infectious disease expert joins On Point’s host and editor to discuss the state of public health.

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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... Read More →
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Dr. Anthony Fauci

Fmr. Director, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
Dr. Anthony Fauci is an American physician-scientist and immunologist who served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1984 to 2022, and the chief medical advisor to the president from 2021 to 2022.
Saturday May 31, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
FitRec Center (915 Commonwealth Ave)
  Health

2:15pm EDT

STREET FAIR STAGE: Hush Club
Saturday May 31, 2025 2:15pm - 2:45pm EDT
Street Fair (270 Bay State Rd) @ BU Beach, 270 Bay State Rd, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Join us at the street fair stage for a performance by Hush Club.  
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Hush Club

Band
WBUR calls Hush Club’s music “groovy, swaying tunes with catchy guitar riffs and melodies about falling in and out of love.” In 2024, Hush Club headlined sold-out shows at the Sinclair and Brighton Music Hall and toured the northeastern US. The band has been featured twice... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 2:15pm - 2:45pm EDT
Street Fair (270 Bay State Rd)
  Live performance

2:15pm EDT

KIDSTAGE: Frank & Bean: The Musical
Saturday May 31, 2025 2:15pm - 3:00pm EDT
KidStage (775 Commonwealth Ave) @ George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Join us at The Boston Children's Hospital KidStage for a special performance of Frank & Bean: The Musical.

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Jamie Michalak

Children's Book Author
Jamie Michalak is the author of the Dakota Crumb books, illustrated by Kelly Murphy; the Frank and Bean books, illustrated by Bob Kolar; the Joe and Sparky series, illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz; and many other acclaimed titles for young readers. Hazel the Handful, illustrated by... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 2:15pm - 3:00pm EDT
KidStage (775 Commonwealth Ave)
  KidStage

2:30pm EDT

FESTIVAL HUB: Have a Beer with Host Bob Oakes
Saturday May 31, 2025 2:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Festival Hub (808 Commonwealth Ave) @ 808 Commonwealth Avenue, 808 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
Join us in the festival Hub for a Q+A with the beloved former host of WBUR’s Morning Edition.

One complimentary beer (or non-alcoholic drink) per person, first come, first served.

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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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Bob Oakes

Former Host, Morning Edition, WBUR
Bob Oakes was a senior correspondent in the WBUR newsroom, a role he took on in 2021 after nearly three decades hosting WBUR's Morning Edition. He is one of the most well-known and respected news people in New England, with a long career in radio broadcasting, including 10 years... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 2:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Festival Hub (808 Commonwealth Ave)
  Experience

2:30pm EDT

Reimagining Boston
Saturday May 31, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
CFA Concert Hall (855 Commonwealth Ave) @ 855B Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
What will it take to create a better Boston for all? Join architect, urban planner and the author of “Idea City,” along with the book’s contributors, for a conversation on shaping Boston’s future. From housing to equity to climate resilience, this trio will explore ways to transform the city.

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Imari Paris Jeffries

President and CEO, Embrace Boston
Imari K. Paris Jeffries, Ph.D., is the President and CEO of Embrace Boston, where he is leading a citywide racial equity transformation through The Embrace monument, the Embrace Center, and ongoing community organizing efforts. Imari brings a wealth of experience from the nonprofit... Read More →
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Theodore Landsmark

Professor & Civil Rights Advocate
Ted Landsmark has been a civic planner, civil rights and equity advocate, higher education administrator, arts and culture researcher, and community-engaged social activist in Boston and nationally. He serves on the leadership committee of the Northeastern University Faculty Sen... Read More →
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Marie-Frances Rivera

Founder + Principal, Adoro Consulting
Marie-Frances Rivera (she/ella) is a queer, Afro-Boricua mother, dedicated community-builder, non-profit and public policy leader, and a practicing artist. She is the founder and principal of adoro consulting, a Boston-based firm that collaborates with creatives and artists focused... Read More →
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David Gamble

Principal, Gamble Associates & Lecturer in Urban Design, MIT
David Gamble, AIA AICP LEED AP is an architect and urban planner and principal of Gamble Associates, based in Cambridge, MA. He is a Lecturer in Urban Design in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT. David is editor of Idea City (UMass Press, 2022), a collection of essays... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
CFA Concert Hall (855 Commonwealth Ave)

2:30pm EDT

Ending Gun Violence: The Boston Blueprint
Saturday May 31, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Booth Theatre (820 Commonwealth Ave) @ 820 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
Could Boston be a national model for creating safe neighborhoods? Learn what’s working from the city’s senior advisor for community safety and gun violence reduction advocates in conversation with a leading journalist in the field.

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James Burnett

Managing Director, The Trace
James Burnett is the founding editor and managing director of The Trace (thetrace.org), a nonprofit media organization dedicated to reporting on gun violence, and a journalism fellow with the University of Virginia’s Gun Violence Solutions Project. His newsroom experience includes... Read More →
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Isaac Yablo

Senior Advisor for Community Safety, Office of Mayor Wu
Isaac Yablo is the Senior Advisor for Community Safety for the Office of Mayor Wu, with many years of experience in Government. Skilled in providing assistance to local government, social service agencies, and law enforcement officials in the areas of gun violence reduction, CVI Ecosystem... Read More →
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Michelle Caldeira

Co-founder & Co-CEO, Uncornered
Michelle Caldeira is the co-founder of Boston Uncornered, an organization that engages and supports active gang-involved individuals to end violence and generational urban poverty. Born in Guyana, Michelle was raised in Brooklyn, New York, earned her BA in Sociology from Binghamton... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Booth Theatre (820 Commonwealth Ave)
  Politics

3:00pm EDT

Please Pack Your Knives and Go: A Conversation with Kristen Kish
Saturday May 31, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Tsai Performance Center (685 Commonwealth Ave) @ 685 US-20, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Enter the kitchen as the Top Chef winner and host talks with a fellow James Beard award-winning chef about growing up, her time in Boston, and building an empire in the cutthroat culinary industry.

Attendees of this session will receive a copy of “Accidentally On Purpose.” 

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Karen Akunowicz

James Beard Award Winner, TV Personality & Host, Best-Selling Author
Chef Karen Akunowicz is a best-selling author & James Beard Award winner (Best Chef: Northeast) of Top Chef S13 fame. The Chef/Owner of Fox & the Knife Enoteca, Bar Volpe Ristorante, Fox & Flight, and Fox Pasta Company, Chef Karen has been touted as “Boston’s Queen of Pasta... Read More →
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Kristen Kish

Author & Host, Top Chef
Kristen Kish is the chef/partner of Arlo Grey in Austin, Texas, the host of Bravo's Emmy Award-winning "Top Chef" and the host/producer of "Restaurants at the End of the World" on National Geographic/Disney+. She has recently been named to TIME 100's Next, AdWeek's Creative 100 and... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Tsai Performance Center (685 Commonwealth Ave)
  Arts & Culture, Food & Drink

3:00pm EDT

Freedom School: Black Resistance, Past and Present
Saturday May 31, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Dance Theatre (915 Commonwealth Ave) @ 915 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
How have black women imagined and fought for freedom, and how do their legacies help us imagine our future as the United States turns 250?

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Kerri Greenidge

Associate Professor, Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism & Diaspora, Tufts University
Kerri Greenidge is Mellon Associate Professor in the Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora at Tufts University, where she also co-directs the African American Trail Project. She is also co-director of Tufts' Slavery, Colonialism, and Their Legacies Project. Greenidge... Read More →
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Kellie Carter Jackson

Chair, Africana Studies Department, Wellesley College
Kellie Carter Jackson is the Michael and Denise Kellen ‘68 Associate Professor of Africana Studies and the Chair of the Africana Studies Department Wellesley College. She is the award winning author of We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance and the award winning book... Read More →
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Kyera Singleton

Executive Director, Royall House and Slave Quarters.
Kyera Singleton is the Executive Director of the Royall House and Slave Quarters. She holds a PhD from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the Department of American Culture. She is a Postdoctoral Fellow for the Slavery, Colonialism, and their Legacies Project at Tufts University... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Dance Theatre (915 Commonwealth Ave)
  History/MA250

3:00pm EDT

Decoder Ring
Saturday May 31, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace (890 Commonwealth Ave) @ 890 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
LIVE PODCAST TAPING
Boston may not be one of the biggest U.S. cities, but in Hollywood, it looms large. How did a city significantly smaller than El Paso and Fort Worth—to say nothing of Phoenix and Houston—become the backdrop for a whole subgenre of films? Decoder Ring host Willa Paskin goes live with Ty Burr, Lisa Simmons, and more to unpack how the Boston Movie became a thing...and why can’t we stop making them.

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Willa Paskin

Host, Decoder Ring, Slate
Willa Paskin is the host of the Decoder Ring podcast. She previously worked at Salon and Vulture. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago.
Saturday May 31, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace (890 Commonwealth Ave)
  Live podcast taping

3:15pm EDT

KIDSTAGE: Frederick Joseph
Saturday May 31, 2025 3:15pm - 3:45pm EDT
KidStage (775 Commonwealth Ave) @ George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Join us at The Boston Children's Hospital KidStage for a reading from Frederick Joseph from his book "This Thing of Ours."
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Frederick Joseph

Author
Frederick Joseph is an author, activist, philanthropist, and marketing professional. Two of his nonfiction titles, The Black Friend and Patriarchy Blues, were instant New York Times bestsellers. He is the coauthor, with Porsche Joseph, of Better Than We Found It and the author of... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 3:15pm - 3:45pm EDT
KidStage (775 Commonwealth Ave)
  KidStage

3:15pm EDT

STREET FAIR STAGE: Neta Weiner
Saturday May 31, 2025 3:15pm - 3:45pm EDT
Street Fair (270 Bay State Rd) @ BU Beach, 270 Bay State Rd, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Join us at the street fair stage for a performance by Neta Weiner.  
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Neta Weiner

Musician, Actor & Director
Neta Weiner is a musician, actor, director, and activist from Jaffa. He leads System Ali, a multilingual Jewish-Palestinain hip-hop band, and is the artistic director of Beit System Ali, a social-educational movement. His second solo album, Pinui Binui, includes lyrics in Hebrew... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 3:15pm - 3:45pm EDT
Street Fair (270 Bay State Rd)
  Live performance, Music

3:30pm EDT

FESTIVAL HUB: Have a Beer with Jeopardy Champ Amy Schneider
Saturday May 31, 2025 3:30pm - 4:00pm EDT
Festival Hub (808 Commonwealth Ave) @ 808 Commonwealth Avenue, 808 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
Grab a beer in the festival Hub and get ready to “answer in the form of a question” with the woman who holds the second-longest winning streak in “Jeopardy” history!

One complimentary beer (or non-alcoholic drink) per person, first come, first served.

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Lisa Mullins

Host, All Things Considered, WBUR
Lisa Mullins is the voice of WBUR’s All Things Considered. She anchors the program, conducts interviews, and reports from the field. Mullins is also guest anchor of the WBUR and NPR midday show Here & Now.
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Amy Schneider

Jeopardy Champion & Author
Like Kim Deal, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and one of the two Wright Brothers, Amy Schneider was born in Dayton, Ohio. In 2021, she made her first appearance on the syndicated quiz show "Jeopardy!", where she would go on to win 40 consecutive games, the second most in the show's history... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 3:30pm - 4:00pm EDT
Festival Hub (808 Commonwealth Ave)
  Experience

3:45pm EDT

KIDSTAGE: Circle Round
Saturday May 31, 2025 3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT
KidStage (775 Commonwealth Ave) @ George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Join us at The WBUR Festival KidStage for two live episodes of Circle Round.

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Circle Round

Podcast, WBUR
Created and produced by parents of young children, WBUR's Circle Round adapts carefully-selected folktales from around the world into sound- and music-rich radio plays for kids ages 3-103. Each 15 to 25-minute episode explores important issues like kindness, persistence and generosity... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT
KidStage (775 Commonwealth Ave)
  KidStage

4:00pm EDT

Inside the Creative Process
Saturday May 31, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
CFA Concert Hall (855 Commonwealth Ave) @ 855B Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Three Boston creatives —  an NPR Tiny Desk winner, the former Boston Poet Laureate, and a hit making WBUR podcast host — circle up to unpack the creative process, ending with live performances from Amador and Olayiwola.

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avatar for Amory Sivertson

Amory Sivertson

Host & 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... Read More →
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Alisa Amador

Singer & Songwriter
Praised by NPR’s Bob Boilen as a “powerful voice whose tender performance commands attention and fosters connection,” Alisa Amador made history in 2022 with the first-ever Spanish language song to win the prestigious Tiny Desk Contest. Now, two years later, the bilingual singer/songwriter... Read More →
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Porsha Olayiwola

Fmr. Poet Laureate, City of Boston
Porsha Olayiwola is a native of Chicago who writes, lives and loves in Boston. Olayiwola is a writer, performer, educator and curator who uses afro-futurism and surrealism to examine historical and current issues in the Black, woman, and queer diasporas. She is an Individual World... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
CFA Concert Hall (855 Commonwealth Ave)
  Arts & Culture, Live performance

4:00pm EDT

Why Museums Matter
Saturday May 31, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Booth Theatre (820 Commonwealth Ave) @ 820 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
The heads of the Peabody Essex Museum, MassArt Art Museum and ReMuseum, reflect on why museums matter and what they can offer their communities.

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Ailsa Chang

Host, All Things Considered, NPR
Ailsa Chang is an award-winning journalist who hosts All Things Considered along with Ari Shapiro, Mary Louise Kelly and Juana Summers. She landed in public radio after practicing law for a few years.Previously, she was a congressional correspondent with NPR's Washington Desk. She... Read More →
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Lisa Tung

Executive Director, MassArt Art Museum
Lisa Tung is the Founding Executive and Artistic Director of the MassArt Art Museum (MAAM). MAAM is Boston’s only free contemporary art museum, and a space to experience works by extraordinary artists at the forefront of contemporary art. Located on the vibrant Avenue of the Arts... Read More →
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Stephen Reily

Founding Director, Remuseum
An art collector and arts patron, Stephen Riley answered a call in 2017 to serve as Director of the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, and for more than four years he led the institution under a new mission to “invite everyone to celebrate art forever.” Under Reily’s leadership... Read More →
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Lynda Roscoe Hartigan

Director & CEO, Peabody Essex Museum
As a curator, scholar and museum executive, Lynda Roscoe Hartigan brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to PEM. During her time as Chief Curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, she led an internationally recognized acquisition initiative to build collections of works... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Booth Theatre (820 Commonwealth Ave)
  Arts & Culture

4:15pm EDT

STREET FAIR STAGE: Naomi Westwater
Saturday May 31, 2025 4:15pm - 4:45pm EDT
Street Fair (270 Bay State Rd) @ BU Beach, 270 Bay State Rd, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Join us at the street fair stage for a performance by Naomi Westwater.  
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Naomi Westwater

Musician
Naomi Westwater (they/she) is a queer, Black-multiracial singer-songwriter from Massachusetts. Their work combines folk-rock music, poetry, and spirituality. Their hope is that through ritual and storytelling they can aid nature in the end of capitalism and the return to community... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 4:15pm - 4:45pm EDT
Street Fair (270 Bay State Rd)
  Live performance, Music

4:30pm EDT

FESTIVAL HUB: Have a Beer with Author Hannah Selinger
Saturday May 31, 2025 4:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Festival Hub (808 Commonwealth Ave) @ 808 Commonwealth Avenue, 808 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
Have a beer with the author of "Cellar Rat: My Life in the Restaurant Underbelly."

One complimentary beer per person, first come, first served. Must be 21+ to attend. 

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Tania Ralli

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

Author, "Cellar Rat - My Life in the Restaurant Underbelly"
Hannah Selinger is a James Beard Award-nominated lifestyle writer and mother of two based in Boxford, MA. Her print and digital work has appeared in the New YorkTimes Magazine, the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, Eater, Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine, the Wall Street Journal, the... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 4:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Festival Hub (808 Commonwealth Ave)
  Experience, Have a beer with

4:30pm EDT

How to Save the Planet: A Conversation with Gina McCarthy
Saturday May 31, 2025 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
Tsai Performance Center (685 Commonwealth Ave) @ 685 US-20, Boston, MA 02215, USA
The former EPA chief chats with a leading environmental researcher about making progress on climate change as the U.S. withdraws from the Paris Accords. Again.

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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

Author & Host, What If We Get It Right?
Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a marine biologist, policy expert, and writer. She is co-founder of the non-profit think tank Urban Ocean Lab, distinguished scholar at Bowdoin College, and author of The New York Times bestseller What If We Get it Right?: Visions of Climate Futures... Read More →
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Gina McCarthy

Former White House National Climate Advisor, 13th U.S. EPA Administrator
The first White House National Climate Advisor and former U.S. EPA Administrator, Gina McCarthy is one of the nation’s most respected voices on climate change, the environment, and public health. As head of the Climate Policy Office under President Biden, McCarthy’s leadership... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
Tsai Performance Center (685 Commonwealth Ave)
  Climate & Environment

4:30pm EDT

Whose Woods are These?
Saturday May 31, 2025 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
Dance Theatre (915 Commonwealth Ave) @ 915 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Join passionate land stewards for a conversation about the future of our public and private lands, from conservation efforts to outdoor recreation and land ownership.

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avatar for Frida Garza

Frida Garza

Staff Writer, Food and Agriculture, Grist
Frida Garza is a staff writer covering food and agriculture at Grist. Previously, she has worked as an editor at the Guardian US where she launched America's Dirty Divide, a series on environmental and climate justice, and as a senior staff writer at Jezebel. She lives in Brooklyn... Read More →
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Janelle Woods-McNish

Chief Marketing and Diversity Officer, The Trustees
Janelle Woods-McNish currently serves as the Chief Marketing & Diversity Officer for The Trustees. In this role, she oversees marketing and communications, membership, and customer relationship management, while continuing to focus on The Trustees’ diversity, belonging, equity... Read More →
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Ramona Peters

President & Founder, Native Land Conservancy
Ramona Peters is a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and NLC founder. She has served her tribe as: Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) Director, and researcher. She formed the NLC as a collective group of indigenous... Read More →
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Diana Ruiz

Executive Director, Native Land Conservancy
Diana Ruiz is a conservation scientist who has researched humpback whales in Madagascar and endangered apes in Cameroon through community-driven projects. She holds a Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, specializing in reducing the risk of extinction for threatened species... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
Dance Theatre (915 Commonwealth Ave)
  Climate & Environment

4:30pm EDT

Vibe Check
Saturday May 31, 2025 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace (890 Commonwealth Ave) @ 890 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
LIVE PODCAST TAPING
This experience will feel like your favorite group chat come to life, as the hosts explore what’s going on in news and culture and how it all feels.

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Vibe Check

Podcast, SiriusXM
A weekly podcast where Sam Sanders, Saeed Jones, and Zach Stafford make sense of what’s going on in news and culture – and how it all feels. Vibe Check is your favorite group chat, come to life.
Saturday May 31, 2025 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace (890 Commonwealth Ave)
  Live podcast taping

5:00pm EDT

Story Time: A Conversation with Ira Glass
Saturday May 31, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
FitRec Center (915 Commonwealth Ave) @ 905 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
As This American Life celebrates its 30th anniversary, the show’s host and producer reflects on his career and the evolution of public radio.

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Asma Khalid

White House Correspondent, NPR
Asma Khalid is a White House correspondent for NPR. She also co-hosts The NPR Politics Podcast.Khalid is a bit of a campaign-trail addict, having reported on the 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020 elections. She joined NPR's Washington team in 2016 to focus on the intersection of demographics and politics. During the 2020 presidential campaign, she covered the crowded Democratic pri... Read More →
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Ira Glass

Host, This American Life, PRX
Ira Glass is the host and creator of the public radio program This American Life. The show is heard each week by over 3 million listeners on public radio stations and as a podcast.Glass began his career as an intern at National Public Radio’s network headquarters in Washington... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
FitRec Center (915 Commonwealth Ave)
  Arts & Culture

5:00pm EDT

Happy Hour/Dance Party with Con Salsa
Saturday May 31, 2025 5:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Sunset Cantina (916 Commonwealth Ave) @ 916 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Join José Massó to celebrate 50 years of Con Salsa on WBUR with a Con Salsa dance party at The Sunset Cantina including complimentary snacks and music provided by José Massó himself.

The first 75 guests will receive a ticket for a complimentary drink. 
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avatar for José Massó

José Massó

Host, WBUR's Con Salsa
Hosted by José C. Massó III for nearly five decades, the weekly program features the very best in Afro-Latin music, spoken word, history and commentary. In 1999, Boston Globe Magazine described the show as, “Part music show, part party, part community center, the program is a... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 5:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Sunset Cantina (916 Commonwealth Ave)
  Experience

5:15pm EDT

STREET FAIR STAGE: Beeef
Saturday May 31, 2025 5:15pm - 5:45pm EDT
Street Fair (270 Bay State Rd) @ BU Beach, 270 Bay State Rd, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Join us at the street fair stage for a performance by Beeef.  
Speakers
avatar for Beeef

Beeef

Band
Beeef is a four-piece indie rock band from Boston that recently released its third album, Somebody's Favorite, in the fall of 2024. 
Saturday May 31, 2025 5:15pm - 5:45pm EDT
Street Fair (270 Bay State Rd)
  Live performance, Music

5:30pm EDT

FESTIVAL HUB: Have a Beer with Screenwriter Chuck Hogan
Saturday May 31, 2025 5:30pm - 6:00pm EDT
Festival Hub (808 Commonwealth Ave) @ 808 Commonwealth Avenue, 808 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
Calling all fans of The Town – this one’s for you. Join us in the festival Hub for a conversation with the man who wrote Boston’s most iconic heist film. We’ll even debate the very best scenes (Fenway finale, anyone?).

One complimentary beer (or non-alcoholic drink) per person, first come, first served.

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avatar for Amory Sivertson

Amory Sivertson

Host & 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... Read More →
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Chuck Hogan

Novelist & Screenwriter
Chuck Hogan is a New York Times bestselling novelist, screenwriter, and television producer. His best-known novel THE TOWN was awarded the Hammett Prize for "literary excellence in the field of crime writing," and was adapted into the hit feature film starring Ben Affleck, Jeremy... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 5:30pm - 6:00pm EDT
Festival Hub (808 Commonwealth Ave)
  Experience

5:30pm EDT

Have the Last Laugh: A Boston Comedy Showcase
Saturday May 31, 2025 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
CFA Concert Hall (855 Commonwealth Ave) @ 855B Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Discover the next Mindy Kaling or Bill Burr at this must-see showcase of local stand-up talent.

Featuring:
Bethany Van Delft (host)
Emily Ruskowski
Alex Giampapa
Tooky Kavanagh
Dan Boulger
Orlando Baxter

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Bethany Van Delft

Comedian
Bethany Van Delft is an award winning stand up comedian, and regular host and storyteller for The Moth, the critically acclaimed storytelling show. When she is not on stage, or tending to her family, you can find her incessantly decluttering.
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Orlando Baxter

Comedian
Orlando Baxter burst onto the Boston comedy scene in 2005, quickly establishing himself as one of the area's most sought-after young comics. With a fresh perspective and a unique ability to connect with audiences, this former high school teacher became a fan favorite and a frequent... Read More →
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Dan Boulger

Comedian
Dan Boulger is a comedian based in Boston, MA. ​​​​
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Alex Giampapa

Comedian & Host, The Actual News
Alex Giampapa began performing stand-up comedy in Boston at the age of 19 and soon became a popular act all across New England. He’s performed with comedians like Bill Burr, Hannibal Buress, Luis J Gomez, Ilana Glaser, Sarah Cooper, Judah Friedlander, Gary Gulman, Matt Braunger... Read More →
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Tooky Kavanagh

Comedian, Actor & Podcaster
With razor sharp wit and a charm once described as "ineffable," Tooky (rhymes with cookie) Kavanagh speaks her mind with honesty, charisma, and edge. After just a few years on the scene, Tooky has performed coast-to-coast, headlined shows across New England, graced the stage of Boston's... Read More →
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Emily Ruskowski

Comedian
Emily Ruskowski is a Boston-based stand up comedian. She has performed across the country and participated in several comedy festivals. In 2015, she was named of one the Comedy Studio's Comics in Residence and opened for Maria Bamford a the Wilbur
Saturday May 31, 2025 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
CFA Concert Hall (855 Commonwealth Ave)
  Arts & Culture, Live performance

5:30pm EDT

Disappearing Coastlines
Saturday May 31, 2025 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Booth Theatre (820 Commonwealth Ave) @ 820 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
What does sea level rise mean for shifting coastlines, and how are Boston and other oceanside communities preparing?

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Cindy Fitzgibbon

Chief Meteorologist, WCVB Channel 5
Cindy Fitzgibbon is chief meteorologist for WCVB StormTeam 5, overseeing the station’s weather coverage and leading Channel 5’s talented team of meteorologists. An expert and award-winning meteorologist with more than 25 years of experience, 20 of them reporting weather in the... Read More →
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Elizabeth Etrie

Director of Ocean Policy, Conservation Law Foundation
Elizabeth “Libby” Etrie is the Director of Ocean Policy in our Oceans program. Libby joins CLF with over a decade of experience working on a variety of fisheries and ocean conservation initiatives, including holding three consecutive terms as an At-Large Member of the New England... Read More →
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Jeremy Pochman

Co-founder & CEO, 11th Hour Racing & Ocean Hour Farm
Jeremy Pochman is a co-founder and the CEO of 11th Hour Racing and Ocean Hour Farm. Working across both organizations, Jeremy seeks to underscore the intersection of ocean and land, and us humans, who are in the middle, and how we can push each other to find better solutions for the... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Booth Theatre (820 Commonwealth Ave)
  Climate & Environment

6:00pm EDT

Wild Card with Kathleen Hanna
Saturday May 31, 2025 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Tsai Performance Center (685 Commonwealth Ave) @ 685 US-20, Boston, MA 02215, USA
LIVE PODCAST TAPING
Actors, writers and musicians open up about their fears, their joys and how they've built meaning from experience – all with the help of a very special deck of cards.

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Kathleen Hanna

Musician, Writer, Artist & Frontwoman, Bikini Kill & Le Tigre
Kathleen Hanna is a punk singer, writer, artist, and the front-woman of the influential bands Bikini Kill and Le Tigre. Her memoir Rebel Girl was an instant New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller. Hanna is a staple in feminist publications, from college curriculums to bestselling... Read More →
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Rachel Martin

Host, Wild Card, NPR
Part-interview, part-existential game show – this is Wild Card from NPR. Host Rachel Martin rips up the typical interview script and invites guests to play a game about life's biggest questions. Rachel takes actors, artists and thinkers on a choose-your-own-adventure conversation... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Tsai Performance Center (685 Commonwealth Ave)
  Live podcast taping, Arts & Culture

6:30pm EDT

The Crossword Show
Saturday May 31, 2025 6:30pm - 7:30pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace (890 Commonwealth Ave) @ 890 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
While the guest solves a crossword live on stage, you’ll follow Sherwin down rabbit holes of comedy, music, wordplay and trivia. Be ready for a grand finale that promises to be astonishing. No crossword expertise required!

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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... Read More →
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Zach Sherwin

Host, The Crossword Show
Zach Sherwin is a Los Angeles-based comedian and the creator and host of The Crossword Show, in which a panel of comedians and other luminaries solves a crossword puzzle live onstage. His writing for the web series “Epic Rap Battles of History” has received numerous Emmy and Streamy... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 6:30pm - 7:30pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace (890 Commonwealth Ave)
  Experience

6:30pm EDT

Massachusetts: A Song of Itself
Saturday May 31, 2025 6:30pm - 7:30pm EDT
Dance Theatre (915 Commonwealth Ave) @ 915 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
In being rich in American history, especially when it comes to the fight for independence, our state takes a back seat to no one. It is the same with our historic ability to endure historic hardship, turmoil and change--and emerge stronger as a result!

In this original, multi-part, literary and musical premier presentation, award winning literary performer and educator, Regie Gibson-- along with an ensemble of creative Massachusetts musicians and composers--- use music, poetry, storytelling and song to explore some of the most important historical events, ideals, inspirations, aspirations, and unsung persons that have shaped and challenged "we the people of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts" to live up to the better angels of our nature (in both welcomed and unwelcome ways). This will be a humorous, touching, reflective, and at times harrowing artistic experience that will take you from Massachusetts prehistory to our envisioned future. Come, hear the "Song of Massachusetts (after all, YOU helped create it).

Ensemble:
Regie Gibson: Literary Performance and Creator
Composer, Guy Medilow: Piano
Composer, Todd Brunel: Clarinets
Composer, Bithyah Israel and Rhea Gibson: Cellos
Curt Newton: Drums and Percussion
Rick McLaughlin: Double Bass

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Regie Gibson

Literary Performer & Educator
Literary performer & educator, Regie Gibson, has lectured & performed in the U.S., Cuba & Europe. Representing the U.S., Regie competed for & received both the Absolute Poetry Award in Monfalcone, Italy & the Europa en Versi Award for performance poetry in LaGuardia di Como, Italy... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 6:30pm - 7:30pm EDT
Dance Theatre (915 Commonwealth Ave)
  History/MA250, Live performance
 
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