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.
In the February 2024 interview, Dr. Daas discussed his life and career:
The March 2024 episode was focused on AI, Robots, Architecture and Cities:
https://www.wgbh.org/culture/2024-03-06/preserving-the-art-of-film-projection-in-somerville
April 2024: focused on US infrastructure in the wake of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore:
May 2024: Launching a retrospective exhibition of the work of Shepley Bulfinch:
June 2024: Housing crisis in Boston has hit a new low, which Jared and Mahesh discuss in this episode:
July 2024: Honoring Cricket T20 World Cup, he discussed the historical roots of cricket in the US and how it compares to base ball:
September 2024: Ahead of the presidential elections in the US, the discussion focused on the architectural significance of the JFK Library designed by I.M. Pei:
October 2024: The BAC launched MacArthur Fellow, Walter Hood exhibition, Native(s):
https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/the-culture-show/october-23-2024-swoon-keefer-glenshaw-and-mahesh-daas
Deccember 2024: This month’s interview focused on Notre–Dame de Paris, and the five-year restoration that went into resurrecting it from the ashes after it was damaged by a fire in 2019.
January 2025: The Golden Globe-winning film “The Brutalist”—featuring Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, and Guy Pierce, and directed by Brady Corbet—and the enduring legacy of Brutalist architecture were the exciting topics of conversation in my tenth monthly appearance with Jared Bowen on NPR’s Boston station 89.7 GBH’s The Culture Show. The film won Golden Globes for Best Film, Best Actor and Best Director. Please give it a listen here:
February 2025: Los Angeles wild fires:
March 2025: Discussion about lecture and exhibition Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO: Research Center of the Sea of Cortez exhibit is on view at the BAC’s McCormick Gallery through May 9th: