Josh Ritter, the prolific singer-songwriter, joins The Culture Show to talk about his forthcoming album, “I Believe in You, My Honeydew,” and to preview his upcoming performance at the Lowell Summer Music Series. He’ll be performing with The Royal City Band on August 24th. To learn more go here.

From there Ian Coss, an award-winning podcast producer joins The Culture Show to talk about his latest podcast, “We’re Doing ‘The Wiz’,” which he co-created, co-hosted and co-produced with Sakina Ibrahim. To learn more go here.

Finally Erica Hirshler, the Croll Senior Curator of American Paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts, joins The Culture Show for our recurring series, “American Revolution: Frame by Frame.” Each month the curators and experts from the MFA join the show to talk about works in their collection that offer insight into the American Revolution. This is an extension of Museums 250. This month the focus is on John Singleton Copley’s “Watson and the Shark.”

August 13, 2025 - Josh Ritter, "We're Doing The Wiz," and Erica Hirshler, Curator of American Paintings at the MFA

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