That’s right, we’re throwing a Christmas concert — me and my friends — on Dec 13th at 8pm at the Lilypad in Cambridge. There will be costumes, prizes, snacks, and yes…audience participation!

Feeling thankful that my Thanksgiving travel is not far enough to binge an eight-episode podcast. But for those who need it...

After 20 YEARS of making Xmas albums I’m finally throwing a Xmas CONCERT. 🥁🥁🥁 12 songs spanning the catalogue, with a Full Band! Costumes! Snacks! Prizes! And More! 🎁🎁🎁 Come celebrate with songs of joy, peace, alienation, disillusionment, and other common feelings of the season. 🎄🎄🎄 Details:

Before the Big Dig in Boston and before the Embarcadero came down in SF…the original highway teardown was here in Portland, OR. Stop #2 on our Highway Teardown Tour!

I love interviewing former mayors -- as a category -- they have the best politics stories and no need to hold back any more. Greg Nickels, mayor of Seattle was no exception. Photo from @kuow.org 🚧The Highway Teardown Tour🚧 continues tonight in Portland, OR -- 6:30pm @ Literary Arts.

For our series 'Scratch & Win' we did this bonus ep about why sports betting feels different from all the legalized gambling that came before. It's feeling pretty different right now... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Thanks for everyone who came out on a Monday to talk highways in Seattle, and to @kuow.org & the Seattle Public Library for hosting!

Thanks for coming out!

When I was working on The Big Dig story with @gbhnews.bsky.social I would always hear the OTHER city crazy enough to try and replace an elevated highway with a tunnel. Next week I'm going to see for myself.... The Big Dig LIVE @ Seattle Public Library: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-big-di...

If you've ever asked me what my wife does and I tried to explain something about glaciers and forest mice and climbing...this is what I was talking about. Go prairie mouse go!!! 🐭

🚧THE BIG DIG is going on tour! 🚧 We'll be LIVE in #Seattle & #Portland next week -- talking about the past & future of America's urban highways. And boy do these cities have some stories...tell your friends! SEATTLE: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-big-di... PORTLAND: literary-arts.org/event/opb-th...

Our graphic designer at @wgbh.org described this color as "dirty teal." I think that's now my favorite color. The new art is part of our feed overhaul ahead of the next season...

In a seasons collide moment: Carmen DeNunzio was forced out of the numbers racket by the state lottery, only to get busted on a bribe for a Big Dig contract. DeNunzio died this week at 68 -- 'the last nice wise guy' in Boston -- lovely obit by Kevin Cullen. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/25/m...

"We're Doing the Wiz" is coming home to Western MA -- Saturday Oct 4 at @nepublicmedia.bsky.social in Springfield. Sakina and I will be there w behind the scenes details, special guests, and of course...live music. Tickets & details: www.nepm.org/nepm-events/...

You can find me at the @museumofscience.bsky.social tonight at 7pm playing immersive surround sound stories. DM me for a ticket discount...

Join me at the @museumofscience.bsky.social next week for a live show in the Mugar Omni theatre -- the only show to use that space without using the screen! It’s audio only, with the room blacked out, in 5.1 sorooooouuuuuund. And come get ice cream at Toscanini's after... www.mos.org/events/subsp...

Feels like so long ago now that 'Scratch & Win' came out, but wow, that too was 2025! If you missed this one, come find out how a mischievous state treasurer and a bottle of Fanta gave the world the first scratch ticket...https://podcasts.apple.com/us/room/6748038412

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Scratch & Win is so good!!

I think this is my new litmus test for whether or not someone is an old school Boston pol: how do they pronounce "patronage"?

A strong, if belated, recommendation for @iancoss.bsky.social 's podcast Scratch & Win about the rise of the Mass. Lottery. A total joy with a keen sense of how the old politics actually got played. I found myself talking back to the audio in a Boston accent: www.wgbh.org/podcasts/scr...

Down in DC doing interviews for a new WGBH series. This one should be interesting.

I got the horse right here!

And Yale too!

It's a twofer on the Apple homepage today, get it while you can...

It's 🚀 Day for "WE'RE DOING THE WIZ": the story of a small-town high school trying to stage an iconic Black musical in the midst of bussing, racial integration, and general theater kid drama. Did I mention it was my high school? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

We're doin' it! Trailer is out. Premiere at Tribeca Fest is today. Episode one next week. Welcome to the world of my performing arts high school. @masshumanities.bsky.social @prx.org

"It’s like an entire political science course in one series" -- thanks @debbiejsr.bsky.social, that's exactly what we were going for! Come for the mafia bookies, stay for the tax revolt.

Backup Roman Mars, I can live with that

This idea has been on a low simmer for several years, waiting for the right combination of people and partners to do it right. So excited to say that in June of this year...We're Doing The Wiz.

@iancoss.bsky.social Just finished Scratch and win. Bravo! Loved The Big Dig as well. 👊🏻

Only the finest.

This was a great conversation, and both of these two seasons are must listens

Glad to report that Dawn Hayes has still got it folks! From our Scratch & Win live show at @wgbh.org last week, photo by Meredith Nierman

This podcast has been such a godsend for me: I crave really deep dives into political and social histories, and this season has delivered just as much as Big Dig. Also, my baby reliably falls asleep by the end of an episode; perhaps it's having Bob Crane sing him to sleep.

well this ep feels particularly timely 🎧 thanks again @iancoss.bsky.social and @wgbh.org 🙂

Our @gbhnews.bsky.social team has now done two major doc projects, one on the state lottery and one on the Big Dig. Today in the feed, I talk w Marc Dunkelman about why these two stories about government endeavors play out so so differently. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

So wonder some state lotteries make more money than others...

Hey audiophiles, I'll be at the @prx.org Podcast Garage tonight sharing a sneak preview of a new project w Radiotopia, hosted by @airmedia.bsky.social. If you want to brave the drizzle and come say hi it's freeeeee: ow.ly/FAwj50Vof7M

I was so honored to be interviewed by @iancoss.bsky.social. The entire Scratch &Win series is incredible and I’ve learned so much h from it

Once you start looking around for the lottery, it's everywhere...

Today on Scratch & Win, the fantastic historian @lilygeismer.bsky.social helps me unravel my conflicted nostalgia for the old ways of patronage and machine politics... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

Thanks @maradavis.bsky.social for including us in this great line-up: www.pastemagazine.com/media/podcas...

Fascinating podcast from WGBH Boston:

Cannot recommend this podcast by @wgbh.org and @iancoss.bsky.social highly enough. It's like if Roland Barthes walked into a Mobil station. www.wgbh.org/podcasts/scr...

This is one of the best podcast series I've ever listened to. Kudos to the WGBH NPR team for incredible work. @npr.org www.wgbh.org/podcasts/scr...

Highly recommend this podcast by @iancoss.bsky.social and the team at @wgbh.org. Learned all sorts of interesting things about the lottery, numbers games, and #mapoli

The Audible Past more than any other book, got me thinking critically about sound, media and technology. One of those books you occasionally think back on a decade after you last picked it up because the implications of it just keep going (and coming).

I <3 scratch and win thank u @iancoss.bsky.social and @wgbh.org see you next week

If you're a podcast listener, GBH put out another banger -- their new one, Scratch & Win, is as good as The Big Dig, which I recommended to literally everyone I encountered for a solid year.