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More from The Big Dig
Each season of “The Big Dig” uncovers a different facet of society in Boston – infrastructure, gambling, food, healthcare – together the pieces connect to tell the story of modern America.
In recent years, there has been a surge of interest in projects that attempt to address the harm done by urban highways – covering them up, transforming them into boulevards, or removing them entirely. But even as the problems with these structures are easy to see, the right solution for any given city is usually not obvious. Often, it’s contentious.
Two years ago, GBH News in Boston released the acclaimed podcast The Big Dig, about that city’s messy attempt to reckon with its own highways. Now host Ian Coss is taking the show on the road to do live tapings in different cities facing the same issue – in Seattle, Portland, Austin, Syracuse, Baltimore and more — looking at stories from the past, present and future. It’s called The Highway Teardown Tour.
Tour Dates
October 27, 2025 | KUOW - Seattle, WA,
October 28, 2025 | OPB - Portland, OR
February 24, 2026 | WNYC - New York, NY
February 25, 2026 | On Air Fest - New York, NY
March 31, 2026 | WYPR - Baltimore, MD
April 7, 2026 | WXXI - Rochester, NY
April 8, 2026 | WRVO -Syracuse, NY
April 15, 2026 | Louisville Public Media - Louisville, KY
April 28, 2026 | MIT Museum - Cambridge, MA
May 2, 2026 | KUT - Austin, TX
TBA | WHYY - Philadelphia, PA
TBA | Boston Globe Rhode Island - Providence, RI
The live tapings will be released as part of a new season of The Big Dig podcast, which was honored with a Peabody Award in 2024 and named one of the Best Podcasts of All Time by Time Magazine, while spending over six weeks in the top 100 shows on Apple Podcasts.
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