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'''''Open Source''''' is an American public radio show hosted by [[Christopher Lydon]], former [[New York Times]] journalist and original host of ''[[The Connection (radio program)|The Connection]]''.<ref>{{ | '''''Open Source''''' is an American public radio show hosted by [[Christopher Lydon]], former [[New York Times]] journalist and original host of ''[[The Connection (radio program)|The Connection]]'' and aired since 2005.<ref name="boston">{{Cite web |last=Joseph P. Kahn |date=2013-10-20 |title=After messy split from WBUR, Christopher Lydon returns |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/style/2013/11/20/radio-talk-host-christopher-lydon-returns-wbur-after-year-absence/jLC042johF7aRALtnvWlNK/story.html |publisher=[[The Boston Globe]]}}</ref> The show focuses on the arts, literature, and foreign affairs. | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
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}}</ref> In 2013, Lydon and McGrath returned to WBUR to produce ''Open Source'' as a weekly show.<ref | }}</ref> In 2013, Lydon and McGrath returned to WBUR to produce ''Open Source'' as a weekly show.<ref name=boston/> | ||
In 2014, Conor Gillies joined the team as audio producer.{{cn|date=June 2025}} | |||
==Schedule== | ==Schedule== | ||
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* [https://www.prx.org/series/33777-open-source-with-christopher-lydon Open Source with Christopher Lydon] at [[Public Radio Exchange|PRX]] | * [https://www.prx.org/series/33777-open-source-with-christopher-lydon Open Source with Christopher Lydon] at [[Public Radio Exchange|PRX]] | ||
* [http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/lydon/ Christopher Lydon Interviews...] | * [http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/lydon/ Christopher Lydon Interviews...] | ||
[[Category:Mass media in Boston]] | [[Category:Mass media in Boston]] | ||
[[Category:American talk radio programs]] | [[Category:American talk radio programs]] | ||
[[Category:2005 radio programme debuts]] | [[Category:2005 radio programme debuts]] | ||
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Open Source is an American public radio show hosted by Christopher Lydon, former New York Times journalist and original host of The Connection and aired since 2005.[1] The show focuses on the arts, literature, and foreign affairs.
History
In May 2005, Christopher Lydon and his longtime producer Mary McGrath partnered with University of Massachusetts Lowell's radio station WUML, WGBH (FM), and Public Radio International to produce Open Source as a daily call-in radio program. The show was syndicated by 32 NPR stations, before it was canceled on October 16, 2006.[2] In 2007, Lydon moved to Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies to podcast hourlong conversations under the name Open Source.[3] In 2013, Lydon and McGrath returned to WBUR to produce Open Source as a weekly show.[1] In 2014, Conor Gillies joined the team as audio producer.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Schedule
Open Source airs twice a week on WBUR, Thursday at 9pm and Sunday at 2pm. The Open Source podcast reaches listeners in over 150 countries each week. Open Source also produces ongoing series on its website, including "Reading Chekhov," a reading of Anton Chekhov's short stories by Boston actors and academics,[4] and "Parachute Radio," international conversations from Ghana, India, Pakistan, Egypt, Jamaica, Singapore and Cuba.[5] Open Source is the world's oldest active podcast.[6]
Notable guests
Previous guests in longform conversations have included Philip Roth, Noam Chomsky, Jonathan Lethem, Orhan Pamuk, Cornel West, Harold Bloom, Matt Taibbi, Ha Jin, Paul Krugman, Gordon Wood, Joan Didion, Tim Berners-Lee, Gore Vidal, Megan Marshall, V. S. Naipaul, David Bromwich, John Mearsheimer, Edwidge Danticat, Jeffrey Sachs, Ralph Nader, Elizabeth Warren, Amartya Sen, Norman Mailer, David Foster Wallace and Edward Said.