Latest Episodes
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What's Real About Reality Show Cooking?
It’s our Friday menagerie of misfit news. GBH’s Paris Alston & Jeremy Siegel join us to talk about the Nantucket school committee meeting gone awry, the enduring Allston snow pile, and if we’re being wimps about a little weekend rain.Then: Next week, the world will learn whether Rubato Chef Laurence Louie wins season 23 of Bravo’s Top Chef. He knows, of course, because filming wrapped month ago. We’ll ask: what’s it like behind the scenes of a major reality TV cooking competition? And finally, Milton resident Maritta Cronin was recently recognized for a staggering 65 years of perfect town meeting attendance. She joins to talk about her town, alongside Milton Town Clerk Susan Galvin. -
How Tiny Can A Robot Get?
It's The Glitch Report, with Joan Donovan from the Critical Internet Studies Institute. We cover former reality star Spencer Pratt using Trump’s social media playbook in his L.A. mayoral bid, Europe’s push to become less reliant on U.S. tech, and more. Then: With a swipe of a magnet, microscopic “magno-bots” can perform complex maneuvers. Edgar meets MIT researchers Rachel Sun and Andrew Chento talk about their research and where this futuristic tech can take us. And we end the show answering a couple listener-submitted curiosity questions about the origins of the alphabet, why barns are red, and whether dogs can get Alpha-Gal. -
Who's Got The Best Ice Cream in New England?
250 years ago, Americans weren’t just fighting the British – they also had smallpox to contend with. Edgar talks with GBH’s Jennifer Moore and Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai from the Mass. Historical Society to talk smallpox in the time of the American revolution.Then: What makes New England ice cream stands the cream of the crop? (Sorry.) Edgar meets Elijah & Kendra Richards, co-creators of the TikTok ice cream review channel MooEngland Diaries & fields calls from listeners. And Mass Audubon director of bird conservation John Herbert takes us on a tour of Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary. -
Will A.I. Cyborgs Outlast Us All?
Edgar kicks us off with another round of our A.I. news & ethics panel with Nir Eisikovits & J Hughes from the podcast Prosthetic Gods, and Harvard A.I. researcher Elena Glassman. Then, GBH’s Gal Tziperman-Lotan returns with Four Things To Know for June 2nd, 2026.And ending our show, it’s the June edition of Stargazer’s Guide with astrophysicist Anjali Tripathi. -
How Do I Start A Start-Up?
On Saturday, a meteor crashed into the ocean off the coast of Cape Cod. Sky & Telescope senior editor Kelly Beatty joins to explain what we know (and don’t) about what exactly happened, how rare this is, and other pressing meteor questions. Then: Whoop has become a darling in the landscape of Boston tech startups, with a pre-IPO valuation of over 10 billion. How rare is their story, and how does a tech startup make it to the big-leagues? We’ll talk with Boston Globe tech business reporter Aaron Pressman, and Jeffrey Bussgang from Harvard Business School. And we end by exploring the so-called “gamification" of sleep, with apps that track & measure health data. Are these apps & tools making us any healthier? Edgar talks with Tony Cunningham, who directs the Center for Sleep and Cognition at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. -
What's It Take To Bee A Spelling S-T-A-R?
First up, It’s ICYMI, our menagerie of misfit news week-in-review panel. We’ll talk with Axios’ Mike Deehan and freelance journalist Megan Johnson about the Enhanced Games in Vegas, a Bangladeshi buffalo that looks eerily like our 47th president, and if “you can’t beat Boston” is in fact the best promotional slogan for the city.Then, we talk about the new podcast Fighting Crime. The podcast details the social and economic impact of our obsession with true crime. It's hosted by former GBH’er and former host of Try This at the Washington Post, Cristina Quinn. We'll talk with her about the launch and what we can look forward to. Lastly, this week was the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Three Massachusetts kids joined the competition, Edgar will meet two of them. Twelve year-olds Adarsh Venkannagari and Sanjay Malhotra Zoom in together from their hotel in D.C. -
Does History Have A Lesson For Today's College Grads?
First up, BU Misinformation Researcher Joan Donovan walks us through a few stories that've made headlines this week. Then, Edgar chats with UMass Boston labor historian Nick Juravich and economist Elise Gould about how this current job market stacks up against others throughout history. Lastly, we're peeking into the fitness programming of GBH past, with Sammy Driscoll & Peter Higgins from the GBH Archives. -
Why Does My Cat Meow So Loudly?
First up, GBH’s Meghan Smith joins to talk about her reporting on why Malden has so many Chinese restaurants. She’ll join alongside Diana Jeong, a lifelong Malden resident and co-founder of the Greater Malden Asian American Community Coalition. Then... ahead of The 98th Scripps National Spelling Bee is underway in Washington, D.C. Merriam Webster editor-at-large Peter Sokolowski is a judge. He’ll join to talk about what goes into choosing the words, shaping the competition, encouraging hopefuls, and – yes – judging the actual event. Lastly, it’s our first “Ask the Animal Behaviorist.” Edgar talks with cat behavioralist Rachel Geller & dog behavioralist Terri Bright. -
Are Doctors Embracing The AI Era?
First up, we begin with an AI panel focused on AI in medicine. Guests are Dr. Leo Celi and Dr. Adam Rodman from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and STAT News Health Technology correspondent Katie Palmer. Then, Gal Tziperman-Lotan returns with Four Things To Know for May 26th, 2026.Lastly, Champion cheese wheel racer Abby Lampe recaps yesterday's Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake. -
Which Type of Vanilla Should I Use?
First up, it’s the inaugural edition of our segment “ICYMI,” where we talk about some lighter news of the week you might’ve missed. Joining today is GBH’s Adam Reilly and Globe reporter / TikTok darling Emily Sweeney. Then, Edgar responds to a listener question about cooking with vanilla, and why some people make the case that the imitation stuff is better than pure vanilla extract. Helping us out, we’ve got Dan Souza from America’s Test Kitchen. Lastly, ahead of America’s 250th, GBH is airing a series of shorts to highlight some awesome kids from around the country, including 11 year-old Tessa from Winthrop. Edgar will talk with Dorothea Gillim, Executive Producer and Creative Director of GBH Kids, Tessa, and Tessa’s mom.
