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Foundation Highlights

  • More than 70 high school students were the beneficiaries of the media-making wisdom of NOVA in a new program that aims to empower youth in science journalism and filmmaking about local issues. The teens ultimately made their own films that NOVA has just posted online .
  • Part mystery, history, with hip-hop flair, the new GBH Kids' podcast “Keyshawn Solves It” introduces listeners to Keyshawn, a 10-year-old detective from North Minneapolis who is determined to solve the mystery of missing bicycles to save the community’s Juneteenth bike parade.
  • Magic happens when Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) Conductor Andris Nelsons arrives at Tanglewood, the country’s premier summer music festival, for a new season.
  • Casa Susanna, a documentary produced by AMERICAN EXPERIENCE making its broadcast premiere this month, uncovers the untold history of a safe haven for transgender women and cross-dressing men during the 1950s and 60s. The film offers a unique glimpse at early expressions of transgender identity in modern American society and shares firsthand stories from former visitors who return to the property, now as elders in their 80s, for the first time in decades. Read more about the film here . It airs June 27 at 9pm on GBH 2 and is streaming on PBS.org.
  • In a period when many gender-nonconforming people did not yet have the vocabulary, resources or supportive loved ones to help them understand their identities, a humble farmhouse secreted away in the Catskills Mountains of New York served as a sanctuary for an underground network of transgender women and cross-dressing men. It was a safe haven for those who elsewhere lived under the threat of being ostracized, institutionalized or even arrested.
  • For any theater production, the spotlight shines on the performers on stage. Yet, the real magic is cast by the crew behind the curtain. As for radio, we are familiar with the voices that bring new stories to the airwaves each day. Let’s journey behind the microphone and into the soundbooth with David Goodman, a production engineer and producer for GBH News.
  • Broadcast Engineer Andrew Massaua’s mornings begin at 2:45 am, driving on a deserted Interstate 90 before the crack of dawn. By 4 am, he is in the studio, preparing for Morning Edition at 5 am. As a broadcast engineer, Massaua is behind the console, running the sound board live and integrating NPR’s programming with local programming to build the morning weekday shows. Massaua sat down with us to reflect on his 25 years in radio, his humble beginnings and his love for public media.
  • There are many historic photographs in GBH WORLD’s 'Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting on Two Fronts: A Local USA Special.' One in particular, though, perfectly frames the whole story.
  • The World, public radio’s longest-running daily global news program, produced by GBH and PRX, has relaunched its innovative initiative, The Big Fix, to explore global solutions to climate change. The series reports on the latest science, solutions and challenges of adapting to the impacts on our environment.
  • Leaders in government, art and business will take center stage May 22 at GBH’s 14th annual commemoration of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Cultural Heritage Month. The event starts at 6pm and can be attended in person or online.