Callie Crossley

Harvard Book Store welcomes Mark Oppenheimer—journalist, historian, and acclaimed author of five books, including Squirrel Hill and The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia—for a discussion of his new biography, Judy Blume: A Life. He will be joined in conversation by Callie Crossley—host of GBH's Under the Radar with Callie Crossley. To know the name Judy Blume is to know and love literature. Her influential novels turned classics—including Are You There God?

February 17, 2026 I have a wall of photographs in my home — an eclectic mix of portraits of icons and ordinary people. Every day I pass by a photo of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr. He’s near a heavily draped window with a shaft of light illuminating his face. He’s standing alone, seemingly in a meditative state. It was a quiet moment captured on the 1984 presidential campaign trail when he ran for the Democratic nomination.

December 22, 2025 This year’s Black Santa season started early for me when a loyal listener gifted me with a handmade ornament. The chocolate brown, smiling Santa has a red hat adorned with a branch of holly berries tucked into the brim, and written on the back are these sweet words: “I’m flying my sleigh and reindeer Under the Radar,” a reference to my weekly radio show Under the Radar with Callie Crossley.