Photographic artist Marsha Wilcox, astrophysicist Sara Seager, and moderator Jennifer Roberts explore light and darkness from strikingly different perspectives.

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This year, Congress is proposing the Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-Term Development for America’s 250th Act, or BUILD Act, which would cut the already disproportionately dwarfed (compared to roads and highways) funding for transit across the country. Massachusetts stands to lose about 18% of its current funding level. Jeremy Siegel, host of In Common, moderates a discussion offering a breakdown of federal funding for transportation, its current constraints, what it takes for us to build world-class transit,

According to research, public trust in the Supreme Court is near a three-decade low. Most Americans, across party lines, still say justices shouldn't let politics shape their rulings, and most also believe, increasingly, that they do. Rachel A. Shelden, author of “The Political Supreme Court: A Forgotten History,” speaks at the Cambridge Forum.

Rachel A. Shelden is a historian of nineteenth-century America and Associate Professor of History at Penn State University, where she also directs the George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center. Her research explores the intersections of politics, constitutionalism, law, and slavery, with a particular focus on the role of personal relationships and political networks.

Nina Zannieri, Executive Director of the Paul Revere House, hosts two noted silver experts for a thoughtful discussion of Revere as perhaps America’s best-known silversmith.

Janinehas curated exhibitions, lectured, and written widely on the topics of silver, ceramics, and dining in England and America.

Jeannine is an independent curator working in craft, design, and American culture.

Journalist Jon Gertner explains the origins and unique capabilities of Bell Laboratories, AT&T’s vaunted R&D organization. The work at the labs led to many of the most revolutionary technologies of the 20th Century, including the transistor, the laser, digital communications, the solar cell, and communications satellites.

Jon is a writer for the New York Times Magazine and is an editor at Fast Company magazine.