Boston Public Radio, The Curiosity Desk, & The Culture Show Live Monday, June 22, 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: Sy Montgomery discusses legislation to protect the horseshoe crab from being bloodletted for medical purposes. Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett on the newest research on cannabis and the brain, and impending MassHealth work requirements. Corby Kummer discusses the unraveling of our food safety net, our very real addiction to ultraprocessed foods, and Ina Garten's messy new podcast. Kelly Beatty of Sky and Telescope on the summer solstice, and the upcoming total solar eclipse. Today on The Curiosity Desk: First up, Edgar meets Jennifer Felt from the Conservation Law Foundation & Taylor Hyle at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, on the Seamounts Marine National Monument following Trump administration de-regulations. Then, Joan Ilacqua from Queer History Boston takes us into some under-explored moments of LGBTQ history in New England. Lastly, Trey Rogers, professor of Turfgrass Management at Michigan State. Today on The Culture Show: Imari Paris Jeffries, President and CEO of Embrace Boston, joins us to discuss the organization’s next big move: a new civic and cultural center in Downtown Crossing honoring Frederick Douglass; then Reed Gochberg, Curator at the Boston Athenaeum, joins us to discuss Imagined Nation, an exhibition that looks beyond the familiar story of the American Revolution to explore how ideas of nationhood have been shaped, recorded and reimagined across generations; and actor and writer Dennis Trainor Jr. previews The Tao of Lloyd, his new solo show that imagines Lloyd Dobler from Say Anything decades later — older, grayer and still holding onto that Gen X sincerity. He’ll be taking it to Edinburgh Fringe this August. 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