Boston Public Radio, The Curiosity Desk, & The Culture Show Live February 19, 2026

Today on BPR: Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem and former Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety Andrea Cabral. Plus, we'll speak with cognitive scientist Federico Rossano ahead of NOVA’s “Can Dogs Talk?” screening & conversation at GBH. Today on The Culture Show: Writer Christopher Castellani joins us to talk about his latest book "Last Seen"; then, a new exhibition "Free to Be: Skate, Paint, Imaginate" draws from the Lynch Family Skatepark in East Cambridge, one of the largest skateparks on the East Coast and a gathering place where skating and visual culture live side by side. Joining us for an overview is the curator Matt Ringler, a Brighton-based photographer, and Taylor Leonard, program manager for the Charles River Conservancy. Today on the Curiosity Desk: Tufts professor Abiodun Williams joins for a conversation about the origins of the U.N. and its successes and failures in the decades since. And Anette “Peko” Hosoi & Jerry Lu talk human limits in figure skating. Hosoi is the co-founder the MIT Sports Lab, Jerry is a former student and the founder of OOFSkate. Today on TCS: Tune in: 00:00 – Boston Public Radio 11am 120:00 – The Curiosity Desk 1pm 180:00 – 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. Donate today: https://bit.ly/gbhpledge