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Who Invented The Care Package?
First up, Edgar learns about the first-ever care package – delivered 80 years ago – and discusses the state of global humanitarian aid with Michelle Nunn, CEO of CARE. Then, Edgar talks with music journalist Tim Reilly about what everyone gets wrong about Bob Dylan. Lastly... What’s the weirdest thing you can buy at the Oddities & Curiosities expo? Edgar gets a debrief from GBH Morning Edition producer Diego Lopez. -
Why Not Invite Everyone To Your Wedding?
First up we celebrate May Day. We are learning some essential Massachusetts labor history, from the 1912 Bread & Roses Strike in Lawrence up ’til our present moment, with Steve Striffler, director of the Labor Resource Center at UMass Boston.Next, Edgar explores the evolutionary link between dinosaurs of millennia past and our modern-day birds, with author & evolutionary biologist Steve Brusatte. Lastly, Would you show up for a public wedding on a park common? There’s one this weekend in Cambridge. We’ll talk with the bride and groom-to-be, Cambridge Vice Mayor Burhan Azeem & Vijeta Saini. -
Why Are Moroccan Farmers Planting Shrimp Seeds?
First, it’s B.U. misinformation researcher Joan Donovan on why so many people – on the left & right – were quick to cry conspiracy after the WHCA dinner shooting, and the impact of manifestos in our digital era.Then: As climate change creates harsher conditions for farmers, scientists are MIT are working to develop drought-resistant super-seeds. We’ll learn more with professor Benedetto Marelli & postdoc Giorgio Rizzo.And, inspired by some listener comments, Edgar learns about home brewing and the politics surrounding it. He’ll talk with Ash Corbett-Collins from the UK’s CAMRA movement & Northeastern professor & beer historian Malcolm Purinton. -
Will My Job Exist In 5 Years?
First up, It’s our AI news panel. We're talking about local and national job losses to AI, major security risks in Anthropic’s Mythos, and a few ethical questions around morality and artificial intelligence with Globe reporter Hiawatha Bray, who joins UMass Boston’s Nir Eisikovits and J. Hughes from the podcast "Prosthetic Gods.” Secondly, we’re tending to the public media garden that is the GBH archives, with Rebecca Fraimow & Lauren Jefferson. We’ll look back at some golden gardening moments from the days of ZOOM, Thalassa Cruso, and Victory Garden. Lastly, we’re answering a few listener-submitted Curiosity Questions! This week, we’re talking about the origins of Nantucket Red, if your bird feeder is having a negative impact on your backyard ecosystem, and why November is associated with the number nine. -
Why Do We Think We Hate Small Talk?
First, we learn about the inner workings of debt court, and a deluge of under-prepared, under-resourced coverage attorneys working on behalf of debt collection agencies, with GBH’s Liz Neisloss and former coverage attorney Sandy Patterson.Then, Merriam-Webster editor-at-large Peter Sokolowski returns to talk through the words that defined our April. Lastly, University of Michigan's Elizabeth Trinh breaks down her new research suggesting people enjoy small talk more than they let on.
