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In 1987, Kushner relocated from New York to Boston, and began working as a presenter in radio. She worked with public radio station [[WGBH (FM)|WBGH-FM]], first hosting its all-night radio program "Night Air".<ref name="SFsite">{{Cite web|title = The SF Site: An Interview With Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman|url = https://www.sfsite.com/11b/dm69.htm|website = www.sfsite.com|accessdate = May 5, 2020|last = Mathews|first = David}}</ref><ref name = "Endicott">{{cite web | url = http://www.endicott-studio.com/bios/bioellendelia.html | title = Ellen Kushner & Delia Sherman – Brief Biographies| accessdate =May 5, 2020| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20050406001522/http://www.endicott-studio.com/bios/bioellendelia.html| archivedate = April 6, 2005}}</ref> In 1989 she hosted the ''Nakamichi International Music Series'' for American Public Radio (now [[Public Radio International]]), and later produced three Jewish holiday specials with APR, ''Festival of Liberation: the Passover Story in World Music'', ''The Door is Open: a Jewish High Holiday Meditation'', and ''Beyond 1492''.<ref name="Endicott"/>
Beginning in 1996, Kushner wrote, programmed and hosted the series "Sound & Spirit", produced by WGBH/PRI.<ref name="Forbes">{{Cite web|title=Ellen Kushner: Taking Audiobooks To Another Level|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnfarrell/2014/08/29/ellen-kushner-taking-audiobooks-to-another-level/|last=Farrell|first=John|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref> "Sound & Spirit" was an hour-long weekly series "exploring the human spirit through music and ideas."<ref name="Hart">{{Cite web|title=Sound and Spirit;
In 2002, she released a CD of her story ''The Golden Dreydl: A Klezmer Nutcracker,'' which uses music from [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Pyotr Tchaikovsky's]] ''[[The Nutcracker]]'' to tell a [[Hanukkah]] story. The music on the CD is performed by Shirim Klezmer Orchestra. ''The Golden Dreydl'' won a Gracie Award from [[American Women in Radio and Television]].<ref>"People and Publishing: Awards," ''Locus'', May 2002, p. 14</ref> A live theater version of ''The Golden Dreydl'' was performed in 2008 and 2009 at Vital Theater in New York City, written by Kushner (who played "Tante Miriam" in the 2008 production) and directed by Linda Ames Key.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/news/nov08/nutcracker21nov08.htm|work=New York Theatre Guide|title=The Klezmer Nutcracker: Vital Theatre Company Announces Full Cast|accessdate=2015-02-08}}</ref>
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