Boston Public Radio, The Curiosity Desk, & The Culture Show Live Tuesday, October 20, 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 Boston Globe columnist Marcela Garcia, and GBH News’ Chris Burrell on his reporting about bullying in school sports. Then it's Business columnist Shirley Leung Today on The Curiosity Desk Ari Rosenthal, co-founder of the Mass. AI Action Network & a lead-organizer on the 'AI-Freeze' protests beginning today at 1:00. MIT economist Jon Gruber on Question 5. Four Things To Know, with Gal Tziperman Lotan. Then Ben Simpson, Wildlife Resource Manager for the Penobscot Nation & biologist Lee Kantar with the Maine Dept. of Inland Fish and Wildlife on New England Moose Populations. Today on The Culture Show: Hank Azaria is bringing his Bruce Springsteen tribute show to The Sinclair tomorrow. We’re rebroadcasting a conversation we had with him last month about how a surprise performance at his 60th birthday grew into Hank Azaria and the EZ Street Band; and Vanessa Bumpus, director of exhibits at the Museum of Worcester, joins us to talk about their newly expanded exhibition, The Smile Gallery: An American Icon, which tells the story of Worcester-born artist Harvey Ball, who created the Smiley Face in 1963. 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