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Beacon Circle Newsletter

  • The new film from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal tells the dramatic story of the ordinary women who fought against overwhelming odds for the health and safety of their families. Meet the filmmaker who uncovered their stories of challenging those in power, forcing America to reckon with the human cost of unregulated industry, and creating a grassroots movement that galvanized the landmark Superfund Bill.
  • The podcast audience is exploding — with a predicted half billion listeners this year — and GBH is creating a collection that is attracting listeners around the world. “The Big Dig,” “What Is Owed?”, and “College Uncovered” have all caught the public’s attention. Managing Producer Devin Maverick Robins, a long-time NPR producer and editor before she joined GBH three years ago, has been leading the expansion of GBH’s podcast portfolio. Learn more about her and about what’s next.
  • The ANTIQUES ROADSHOW team is packing the truck to hit the road for a new season of tapings. Executive Producer Marsha Bemko filled us in on the back story — where they are going, what’s involved, and what’s new with America’s most watched ongoing PBS series.
  • In a novel program during Women’s History Month, CRB Classical 99.5 created a seamless broadcast that featured two sublime, female-led performances from last year’s Boston Early Music Festival. Learn about the GBH women behind the program and how it connects the threads of women in music through history.
  • As an exciting new lineup of programs rolls out from MASTERPIECE — the latest seasons of All Creatures Great and Small and Miss Scarlet and The Duke have recently wrapped up — MASTERPIECE Executive Producer Susanne Simpson gives us a glimpse of what else we can expect this year. She also shares some recent high points, including the day MASTERPIECE “broke the internet.”
  • GBH’s accessibility teams are where the action is — at the Academy Awards and at the polls. They are using their expertise and tools to improve experiences for moviegoers and voters who have disabilities — about 26% or 1 in 4 adults in the United States. From instructional videos to closed captioning, GBH continues to be a public media leader in championing accessibility and creating a culture where disability is normalized.
  • What could reparations look like in America’s leading cities? The new GBH News podcast “What Is Owed?” will investigate the historical record and the discussions underway now across the nation about reparations, starting in Boston, the capital of the first state to legalize slavery. Hosted by political reporter Saraya Wintersmith, the series premiered on Feb. 15. Wintersmith and Lee Hill, executive editor for GBH News, told us more about the podcast’s inception and meaning.
  • Ed Wilson, GBH’s new chief development officer, comes from global experience in environmental and conservation nonprofits and a passion for working with organizations that are transforming themselves. He told us about his love of GBH, how he came to be a fundraiser, and the importance of public media today.
  • As NOVA celebrates its 50th anniversary, its co-executive producers, Chris Schmidt and Julia Cort, selected these 10 episodes to represent what makes NOVA unique: stories with tension, mystery, and groundbreaking discoveries.
  • A new AMERICAN EXPERIENCE film tells the largely unknown story of the German American Bund, a pro-Nazi group that was active across the United States in the 1930s, promulgating virulent antisemitism alongside patriotic values. In 1939, the group drew 20,000 to an “Pro-America Rally” at Madison Square Garden, the same year that Hitler was building his sixth concentration camp. How broad was American support of these beliefs? How did this movement arise?