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Beacon Circle Newsletter

  • For Martha Minow, the new Chair of GBH’s Board of Trustees, public media has been a family affair. We spoke with her about her vision for GBH and how it builds communities and a sense of wonder. Oh, and what she’s reading and watching!
  • Reinventing a show as beloved and seminal as Basic Black is no small task. Thankfully, after listening to the desires of Black communities across the Commonwealth, the team behind GBH News Rooted is up for it. We spoke to host Paris Alston and GBH News leaders Lee Hill and Dan Lothian about this opportunity that proved as rich as it was important.
  • The new NOVA film Revolutionary War Weapons provides viewers with a firsthand look at the devastating, innovative, and bizarre weapons that helped decide the American Revolutionary War. For GBH’s America 250 initiative, we sat down with filmmakers Leo Wyard and Stuart Powell to discuss everything from muskets and tomahawks to the world’s first military submarine, and the people who wielded them to win America’s independence.
  • After a 10-year career in breaking news, reporter Gal Tziperman Lotan has shifted focus to writing the newly launched GBH Daily, a weekday newsletter keeping readers in the loop on the most important stories—from up and down the Green Line to around the globe—plus can’t-miss events and programs, ways to connect, and more. We sat down to talk about her process, the stories she relishes sharing, and what readers can expect from GBH Daily going forward.
  • The new AMERICAN EXPERIENCE film, Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act, is a celebration of the activists who put their bodies on the line for this pivotal civil rights legislation, a meticulously researched history of generations of struggle, an illustration of democracy at work, and a clarion call to further advocate for people with disabilities. We sat down with Jim LeBrecht and Chana Gazit, the director and writer/producer, respectively, to discuss the 35th anniversary of the ADA, their experience crafting the documentary, and their hopes for its impact.
  • “Scratch & Win,” the new GBH News eight-part limited series podcast, follows the unlikely rise of America’s most successful lottery. We begin in 1970s Boston, with state bureaucrats going toe to toe with mafia bookmakers and each other, as they struggle to launch the state's greatest innovation: the scratch ticket. We spoke with lead producer and host Ian Coss about how this fascinating story was told.
  • A Q&A with Director Peter Kosminsky about the upcoming premiere of the new Wolf Hall installment from MASTERPIECE, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light.
  • “AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Presents” is a new 10-episode podcast that brings a fresh take on the iconic stories told on PBS’s most-watched history series. We spoke with its producer Devin Maverick Robins to learn more about the first three episodes and how audio is being used to bring historic characters to life.
  • Q&A with Trajan Warren, reporter for GBH News' Equity and Justice Unit
  • Chef Lidia Bastianich traveled across America meeting chefs, farmers, and entrepreneurs who are hard at work trying to change not only what kind of food is available, but the way Americans see and think about food in the future. Read more about her journey here, including making cricket pesto pasta.