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This fall, Boston will have its own Monopoly board game — and you can send in your thoughts on what landmarks should be on the board. Should it have Swan Boats? Should it include the Old North Church? Fenway Park? The Hatch Shell? Symphony Hall? John Marano is with Top Trumps USA, the company developing the Boston edition. GBH’s Henry Santoro spoke with Marano. What follows is a lightly edited transcript. Henry Santoro: At the risk of sounding sarcastic, what took so long? John Marano: You know what?

3 weeks ago | wgbh.org | Henry Santoro

March 28, 2025 Baseball writers Peter Gammons and Jeff Horrigan started the Hot Stove Cool Music event 25 years ago. Each year it brings together baseball, specifically Red Sox baseball, with great musicians all to raise money for Theo and Paul Epstein’s charitable organization, a Foundation To Be Named Later. This year’s event is happening Saturday, April 12, at the Paradise Rock Club.

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March 21, 2025 Clea Simon has written over 30 books, both nonfiction and fiction. Her latest book is “The Butterfly Trap,” a “he said, she said” novel set within the arts and medical community in Boston — an area that Simon has called home since her days at Harvard. She recently joined GBH’s Henry Santoro. The interview was slightly edited for clarity. Henry Santoro: This book plays with the readers mind in crazy ways. Please describe what a “he said, she said” book is.

1 month ago | wgbh.org | Henry Santoro

March 14, 2025 The Music Museum of New England , an online-only museum, is one of the best rabbit holes about music that you’ll find. Harry Sandler, museum cofounder, joined GBH’s Henry Santoro on Henry in the Hub to talk about the museum’s offerings. The transcript below is slightly edited for clarityHenry Santoro: The motto for the Music Museum of New England is “to preserve, honor and showcase New England’s rich musical heritage.” How did this whole thing come together?

2 months ago | wgbh.org | Henry Santoro

February 07, 2025 New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch’s latest book, “The JFK Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy — and Why It Failed,” takes a deep dive into a 1960 assassination plot shortly after Kennedy’s election and before his inauguration. Meltzer joined GBH news anchor Henry Santoro to share details in the book. What follows is a lightly edited transcript. Henry Santoro: If you’re of a certain age, you know exactly where you were on Nov. 22, 1963.