Boston Public Radio, The Curiosity Desk, & The Culture Show Live Monday, November 2, 2026

00:00 – Boston Public Radio 11am 2:00:00 – The Curiosity Desk 1pm 3:00:00 – The Culture Show 2 pm Today on Boston Public Radio: We'll speak with public media reporters from New Hampshire, Maine, Kansas, Michigan, Iowa, Alaska, California and Texas ahead of tomorrow's midterm elections. Plus, we'll talk to Joe Kennedy III in Mississippi. Today on The Curiosity Desk: Christine Farmer from the group Mass Blue Skies, to explain Friday’s news about Amazon withdrawing its proposal to offer drone delivery services in Westborough. Pablo Calderon Martinez, Associate Professor in Politics & International Relations at the Northeastern University London on global elections. Brian Sharp of Marine Mammal Rescue and Gemma O’Connor from Irish Whale and Dolphin Group. Edgar meets NYTimes Games director Everdeen Mason and Daniel King from Boston Globe Games. Today on The Culture Show: Conductor Daniela Candillari and director Patricia Racette join us to talk about turning Tennessee Williams’s combustible A Streetcar Named Desire into an opera, ahead of its Boston run; then, Jill Medvedow is back with Big Little Books! This month, we're reading Eastbound, a slim thriller set aboard the Trans-Siberian Railway. And for the first time, we're opening the phones and turning the series into a live book club; and Puerto Rico's superhero La Borinqueña is flying into Boston by way if an exhibition at La Casa. Her creator, Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, joins us to talk about the comic-book heroine who's become a symbol of Puerto Rican pride, and the exhibition celebrating her first decade. Watch America's Awesome Kids on the PBS Kids App or YouTube:    / @americasawesomekids   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