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The WBUR Festival

The WBUR Festival

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Grapple with consequential issues, listen deeply and have wicked fun, too. Catch the best of The WBUR Festival here: a selection of captivating conversations from our stage to your ears.Copyright Trustees of Boston University Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Rising tides, Changing Seas: Oceans in a Warming World

    Rising tides, Changing Seas: Oceans in a Warming World
    Aug 13 2026

    As the planet warms, our oceans suffer. Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd talks to one of the world’s leading marine experts, Peter de Menocal, director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, about what the future of oceans can tell us about our life on land, and solutions that can be found in their depths.
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    43 mins
  • The New American Dream: Is Upward Mobility Still Possible?

    The New American Dream: Is Upward Mobility Still Possible?
    Aug 13 2026

    Economist Raj Chetty is the director of Opportunity Insights, which studies how to give children from all backgrounds better chances of succeeding. Michael Jonas, the executive editor of CommonWealth Beacon, talks to Chetty about why fewer Americans out-earn their parents than in previous generations, why the consequences are particularly devastating for lower-income households—and powerful, research-backed solutions to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty.
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    50 mins
  • Spark or Slowdown?: Creativity in the Age of AI

    Spark or Slowdown?: Creativity in the Age of AI
    Aug 6 2026

    Does our increased use of AI amplify human imagination, or risk dulling our capacity for original thought? Cloe Axelson, senior editor of WBUR's Cognoscenti, explores the intersection of AI and creativity with poet and artist Sasha Stiles; the director of Harvard College Writing Center, Jane Rosenzweig; and Ann Handley, author of the forthcoming book "ASAP: As Slow As Possible."
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    47 mins
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