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Have We All Forgotten How To Apologize?
September 17th, 2026First, it’s the latest edition The Glitch Report, with misinformation researcher Joan Donovan. This week, she & Edgar talk with Astra Taylor, who co-authored the new book End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World with activist and bestseller Naomi Klein.Then: Yom Kippur begins this Sunday. Edgar welcomes Rabbi Charlie Schwartz from Lehrhaus and Hebrew College president Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld for a conversation about the notion of atonement, both within & beyond the Jewish faith. After, our Wednesday ends with Edgar meeting organizers Richard Binder & David Watts Jr. ahead of the Commonwealth Pen Show. They’ll talk about some of the history of pens and penmanship, and whether it’s ever okay to do a crossword in pen. -
Who's That Kitty In The Window?
September 16, 2026 It’s the latest round of our AI ethics panel. This week we're focusing on debate around whether AI is progressing at a dangerous pace, we’ll talk with Nir Eisikovits and J. Hughes from the podcast Prosthetic Gods, and Boston Globe tech reporter Hiawatha Bray.Then: ahead of Allston's inaugural Cat Stroll, Edgar chats with organizer Ashley Lesperance.Afterwards: Freelance journalist Liz Kreiger expands on her piece about America’s current cultural moment with needles, vis-a-vis GLP-1’s, IVF & peptides & then, with all this additional needle usage, do we have the infrastructure in place to get dispose of them all safely? We’ll ask Ruth Rowe & Leah Zaroulis from the group NeedyMeds. -
Is There A Role For Flock In New England?
September 15, 2026We’re delving into controversy around the use of Flock cameras in towns across New England. We’ll begin speaking with Colonel Oscar Perez, Chief of the Providence Police Department, who’s been a defender of the cameras. And Kade Crockford, Director for Technology and Justice Programs at the ACLU of Massachusetts. We’ll also open phone & text lines for listener thoughts. Then, it’s the latest iteration of a Curiosity Desk series exploring what different animal species can teach us about life. Today, it's what orcas can teach us about education. Our guest is Jennifer Verdolin, a wildlife behavior researcher and Associate Professor at SUNY Empire. After, Edgar talks with sleep researcher Josh Levitt about his new study finding that timed bursts of pink noise can help to get more restorative sleep. We end the show checking back with Antiques Roadshow executive producer Marsha Bemko after the series’ first-ever Emmy win. -
How Do I Get Into Investing?
September 14th, 2026Edgar learns about a system for affordable housing co-ops in Switzerland and efforts to implement a similar system in Massachusetts, with help from architects / historians Susanne Schindler & Sam Naylor. We’re exploring some queer history in Boston’s original women-led motorcycle club – Moving Violations – with Fiona Charlson from Queer History Boston, & longtime member / president Patricia Caya. Phone & text lines are open for a conversation about investing 101 with financial advisor Jennifer Lane. -
Where Is Medicine Headed?
September 11, 2026 Today on the Curiosity Desk: We start with our misfit news panel In Case You Missed It are GBH’s Adam Reilly & Cristina Quinn from the podcast Fighting Crime. They’ll discuss the 83 year-old Lexington woman who plead guilty to an $11 million dollar Ponzi scheme, a Kentucky man who pivoted to raising ostriches after contracting alpha-gal syndrome, and OpenAI solving a million-dollar, 90 year-old math problem known as the Navier-Stokes Equation. We’ll also meet MIT professor Justin Solomon to explain – best he can – why solving that math problem is significant. Then, Edgar talks with GBH’s Ian Coss about his new podcast episode with The Big Dig, about how the September 11th attacks forever changed our airports. After, former White House COVID-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha joins to talk about the future of medicine. That includes AI and mRNA vaccines potentially bringing us closer to curing cancer, and President Trump naming Dr. Michael Davis to lead the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.
