October 29, 2026 - Sarah Longwell, Gish Jen, and Kiernan Schmitt on Boston's Hidden Halloween Haunts
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October 29, 2026 - Sarah Longwell, Gish Jen, and Kiernan Schmitt on Boston's Hidden Halloween Haunts
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Political strategist Sarah Longwell, CEO and publisher of The Bulwarkand host of The Focus Group podcast, joins Jared to discuss How to Eat an Elephant: One Voter at a Time, drawing on years of focus groups to examine persuasion, voters and political change. BONUS: If you want even more Sarah Longwell, earlier this year she was in Cambridge at First Parish Church in conversation with Bill Kristol as part of a Harvard Book Store event. It's a great discussion, which you can watch on the GBH Forum Network's Youtube channel.
Author Gish Jen discusses her novel, “Bad Bad Girl.” In this witty and deeply personal work, Jen blends fiction and autobiography to imagine her mother’s life and explore the distance between them — uncovering how storytelling can bridge what family history leaves unsaid. “Bad Bad Girl” is now out in paperback.
Finally travel writer Kiernan Schmitt takes us on a Halloween-inspired journey through the hidden and haunting corners of the city. His book “Secret Boston: An Unusual Guide”uncovers the eerie and unexpected — from ghostly convents to abandoned zoos and the bizarre sculpture garden known as Ponyhenge. Schmitt, who co-hosts the travel podcast “Out of Office,” returns to the show to reveal the stories and curiosities hiding in plain sight.