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The Forum Network is a public media service of GBH that collects thousands of video and audio lectures from the world's foremost scholars, authors, artists, scientists, policymakers, and community leaders, made available to the public for free on forum-network.org. Lectures hosted on The Forum Network are presented by community organizations and educational institutions from the Boston area and beyond. From science to the humanities, from local to global topics, The Forum Network is committed to providing outstanding educational content for lifelong learners, and to encouraging deeper understanding and civic engagement around the vital issues of our time. Major support for Forum Network is provided by The Lowell Institute, an organization created to carry out the 1836 bequest of John Lowell Jr., to make free public lectures available to the citizens of Boston and beyond.

10/08/2026

U.S. Constitution scholar Michael Waldman's book on the Second Amendment comes in handy for debates over gun policy and gun ownership. This year, Massachusetts ballot question #9 is a referendum on laws about who can own fi****ms, who can suspend a license, and what guns should be illegal to own at all. We are a country governed by adherence to our laws. Make sure you know the origins of this debate before you vote in November. Watch Waldman's talk here: https://bit.ly/4yxJpHU ...and sign up for the Unboxing the Ballot newsletter https://bit.ly/4dnGQQk from GBH News.

10/02/2026

Award-winning author NK Jemisin shared with us during this conversation at the BPL just how determined she had to be to get published in a genre that did not customarily include Black culture. She did it the way writers do it — they write what they know.

09/30/2026

On October 1st, Google plans to launch a prototype satellite into orbit as the first major step in "Project Suncatcher," part of the tech giant's plan to establish A.I. data centers in space. In a recent conversation with Catalyst Conversations, MIT astrophysicist Sara Seager predicted what wide-scale data center development in the Earth's orbit could mean for both astronomers and anyone else who might look up to enjoy the night sky. 🔭

09/25/2026

CAI radio reported this week that emergency shellfish closures triggered by the Cape's sewer overflows are hitting the shellfish industry hard. In 2014, biologist and entrepreneur Curtis Felix talked about oyster bed and salt marsh restoration as part of the solution to cleaner water.

09/24/2026

"Talk to them like they're normal humans." CEO of The Bulwark, Sarah Longwell joined the Harvard Book Store to talk about her new book, "How to Eat an Elephant: One Voter at a Time" in which she conducted hundreds of focus groups of ordinary Americans to get at the heart of what voters want for their country. Watch the full conversation, also featuring editor-at-large of The Bulwark, William Kristol, out now: https://bit.ly/3TKDOyO

09/17/2026

Other countries have world-class affordable and accessible transit. What can the U.S. do to catch up?

Yonah Freemark, principal research associate at the Urban Institute, told us it's more than raising taxes. Americans need to demand what they want. Find the entire conversation on the Forum Network YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/4j9yuiK

09/11/2026

Speaking at the CambridgeForum in 2004, three years after the September 11th terrorist attacks, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dale Maharidge shared stories from his book, "Homeland," a collection of interviews with Americans across the country. His work uncovered the deeper emotions behind the rise in Islamophobia. You can watch Maharidge's full lecture on the Forum Network Youtube channel.

09/10/2026

ADUs are now a solution to Boston's housing crisis, GBH News reports, but some city planners face harassment when introducing new housing solutions, according to CHAPA's Lily Linke, speaking at the 2025 launch of the MA Zoning Atlas. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4cBYOxY

09/09/2026

Rachel A. Shelden, Associate Professor of History at Penn State University sat down with CambridgeForum to discuss her new book, “The Political Supreme Court: A Forgotten History,". Check out last night's live stream, also featuring author Peter S. Canellos, on the Forum Network YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/46fVGV2

09/04/2026

Dave Zirin, sportswriter and author sits down with Howard Bryant to discuss Zirin's new biography, "The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn." and how Zinn's movements may have unfolded differently if the Red Scare of the 1950s never happened. You can watch the full conversation, out now, on the Forum Network YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/4csP21f

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