Dr. Daas appears monthly on NPR’s Boston station FM 89.7 GBH’s The Culture Show in an 18-minute segment, “AI: Actual Intelligence,” where he discusses architecture, cities, education, AI, and broader cultural topics such as sports, presidential libraries, and infrastructure.
October 2025: How might we balance AI’s voracious energy needs through ancient Indian wisdom? I discussed AI’s growing energy footprint, the promise of geothermal power, and the Pancha Bhutas—Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Space—as a framework for sustainable balance.
🔗 https://lnkd.in/eGr3j488
September 2025: The art and science of relocating a building—my segment explored real examples of moving entire structures and what they reveal about adaptive design.
🔗 https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/the-culture-show/september-3-2025-adela-goldbard-and-pedro-alonzo-jyoti-and-auyon-mukharji-and-mahesh-daas
August 2025: dDevelopment and construction in Boston and what the city’s skyline can accommodate when it comes to building skyscrapers.
🔗 https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/the-culture-show/august-6-2025-dennis-lehane-on-smoke-a-boston-mayoral-forum-on-arts-and-culture-recap-and-mahesh-daas
July 2025: On the contributions of architect Graham Gund who recently passed away.
🔗 https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/the-culture-show/july-2-2025-danielle-allen-the-family-heritage-experience-and-mahesh-daas
June 2025: The enduring legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright’s work in New England, with a focus on his two houses in Manchester, NH.
🔗 https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/the-culture-show/june-4-2025-nemr-revolutionary-history-in-somerville-and-the-legacy-of-frank-lloyd-wright
May 2025: How design shapes civic experience in Boston’s Copley Square.
🔗 https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/the-culture-show/may-20-2025-the-michelin-guide-in-boston-jajas-african-hair-braiding-and-mahesh-daas
April 2025: On the transformative impact of COVID on higher education.
🔗 https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/the-culture-show/april-9-2025-amor-towles-the-250th-anniversary-of-paul-reveres-midnight-ride-and-mahesh-daas
March 2025: Discussing the Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO: Research Center of the Sea of Cortez exhibition at the BAC’s McCormick Gallery.
🔗 https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/the-culture-show/march-24-2025-the-ballad-of-wallis-island-the-isu-world-figure-skating-championships-and-mahesh-daas
February 2025: Reflecting on the wildfires in Los Angeles and the relationship between cities, climate, and resilience.
🔗 https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/the-culture-show/february-5-2025-liza-a-truly-terrific-absolutely-true-story-and-mahesh-daas
January 2025: The Brutalist—a Golden Globe-winning film—and the enduring legacy of Brutalist architecture.
🔗 https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/the-culture-show/january-8-2025-lynns-search-for-a-poet-laureate-beau-mccall-and-mahesh-daas-on-the-brutalist
December 2024: Five years after the fire, revisiting the rebirth of Notre-Dame de Paris and lessons in restoration.
🔗 https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/the-culture-show/december-12-2024-engelbert-humperdinck-the-boston-tea-partys-anniversary-and-mahesh-daas
October 2024: Launch of Native(s)—the Walter Hood exhibition hosted at the BAC.
🔗 https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/the-culture-show/october-23-2024-swoon-keefer-glenshaw-and-mahesh-daas
July 2024: Honoring the Cricket T20 World Cup and tracing the sport’s forgotten roots in U.S. history.
🔗 https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/the-culture-show/july-3-2024-jazz-at-the-omni-the-boomin-beaver-and-the-cricket-world-cup
June 2024: Discussing Boston’s worsening housing crisis and creative design solutions for affordability.
🔗 https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/the-culture-show/june-5-2024-the-dybbuk-baseball-and-the-housing-crisis
May 2024: On Shepley Bulfinch’s enduring design legacy—launching a major retrospective exhibition.
🔗 https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/the-culture-show/may-1-2024-back-to-the-future-joywalk-fenway-and-mahesh-daas
April 2024: On U.S. infrastructure and lessons from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore.
🔗 https://www.wgbh.org/culture/2024-04-03/award-winning-composer-jeff-beal-on-what-it-takes-to-craft-a-score
March 2024: AI, robots, architecture, and cities—examining the technological transformations shaping design.
🔗 https://www.wgbh.org/culture/2024-03-06/preserving-the-art-of-film-projection-in-somerville
February 2024: Life, career, and creativity—my first appearance on The Culture Show.
🔗 https://www.wgbh.org/culture/2024-02-07/walk-to-these-local-boston-art-installations-for-lunar-new-year