Boston Public Radio, The Curiosity Desk, & The Culture Show Live Monday, April 27, 2026

Today on Boston Public Radio: Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner, and as King Charles arrives for his first state visit, we’ll talk with USA Today’s Susan Page on her new book: “The Queen and Her Presidents. Tufts international affairs expert Daniel Drezner, and GBH’s Jared Bowen.  Today on The Curiosity Desk: Edgar learns about the under-explored history of Mashpee Wampanoags in the American Revolution, with ​Ava Costello & Richard DeSorgher from the Mashpee Historical Commission. Author & architect Michael P. Murphy on his new book The World in Ten Buildings: How Architecture Defines Who We Are and How We Live. Wildlife conservation biologist Mikaela Gerwing helps us answer a listener question about whether or not monkeys laugh. Today on The Culture Show: Adele Bertei joins us to talk about No New York: A Memoir of No Wave and the Women Who Shaped the Scene, her new book about the women who helped define the late-1970s downtown no wave scene; then, we get an overview of Gardner Museum ‘s two exhibitions, Picturing Isabella and Persona: Photography and the Re-Imagined Self with Pieranna Cavalchini, Curator of Contemporary Art, and Sylvia Hickman, Curatorial Associate at the Gardner; and we close out National Poetry Month with Evan Wang, the National Youth Poet Laureate and author of Slow Burn: Poems, ahead of his April 29 event at Harvard Book Store. Tune in: 00:00 – Boston Public Radio 11am 2:00:00 – The Curiosity Desk 1pm 3:00:00 – The Culture Show 2 pm Support GBH and help shape a future where facts matter, stories unite us, and everyone has access to quality media. Join us. Fund the Future: https://bit.ly/FundtheFutureYT