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Synopsis
Provocative stories and authentic voices from around Boston
Episodes
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Issues of electric vehicle chargers, family shelter system collide in Foxborough
01/05/2024 Duration: 11minRadio Boston discusses how electric vehicles and the state's migrant crisis are intersecting in Foxborough with Boston Globe reporter Aaron Pressman.
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Lexington native amongst student journalists following police crackdown on protests at Columbia
01/05/2024 Duration: 15minRachel Kahn, a Lexington, Massachusetts native and student at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, joins Radio Boston. Kahn talks about the protests at Columbia and the efforts by student journalists to cover the events as they unfold.
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Once again, housing looms large in Brookline elections
01/05/2024 Duration: 19minLeaders from the rival Brookline By Design and Brookline For Everyone coalitions sound off on a key issue in Brookline politics: housing.
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US Rep. Moulton on war in Gaza, campus protests
30/04/2024 Duration: 26minU.S. Rep. Seth Moulton joins Radio Boston for a conversation about the war in Gaza, protests on campus and a potential ban on TikTok.
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Does Massachusetts need the prestigious Michelin Guide?
30/04/2024 Duration: 15minWhy doesn't Massachusetts have a Michelin Guide? Radio Boston digs in.
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How leaders are thinking about police reform 4 years after George Floyd's murder
29/04/2024 Duration: 46minNext month will mark four years since the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. What have we accomplished in terms of police accountability and reform, and what more is left to do? Radio Boston reflects with Floyd's uncle and a panel of local leaders.
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Real-time tracker helps you find out where the "dirty water" is in Boston
26/04/2024 Duration: 07minSewage overflows can make swimming in or even touching water dangerous, and not everyone knows when those overflows happen. But now, thanks to an interactive tracker from WBUR, you can track overflows in real time.
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How four Boston-area Jews are thinking about Passover this year
26/04/2024 Duration: 19minRadio Boston marks and reflects on this year's Passover holiday with four members of our local Jewish community.
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Upcoming protest album brings 100 years of dissent to present day
26/04/2024 Duration: 11minPalaver Strings, a Maine-based string ensemble, is bringing some of history's most iconic protest songs to life in a new way.
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Boston-area campus protest encampments grow after arrests at Emerson
26/04/2024 Duration: 07minRadio Boston checks in with WBUR senior reporter Willoughby Mariano, who's been following pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses in Greater Boston.
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How organizations are centering equity in fighting climate change
24/04/2024 Duration: 15minMost of the country is forecasted to face record-high temps and more heavy rainfall this summer. We check in with what that means for us here in New England with a local organization working for environmental justice and the head of the regional EPA.
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WBUR explores why Boston police waited years to charge an alleged 'serial rapist'
24/04/2024 Duration: 12minWBUR reporter Walter Wuthmann joins Radio Boston to discuss his reporting on Alvin Campbell.
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Healey on climate, her budget and the future of Steward Health
23/04/2024 Duration: 34minMassachusetts Gov. Maura Healey joins Radio Boston to talk about Earth week and her agenda on climate, her budget proposal, and what she's hearing from health leaders of the future of Steward Health Care.
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Wu spoke with police leaders after report on alleged serial rapist
22/04/2024 Duration: 46minSpeaking about WBUR's investigation into the allegations against Alvin Campbell, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu talked to WBUR's Radio Boston about the "tension" between police transparency and protecting victims in sexual assault cases.
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New Tufts University study aims to figure out exactly how food affects the body
19/04/2024 Duration: 17minA new study at Tufts University asks a simple yet profound question: how does food affect your body?
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Two Boston sports mainstays exit stage as Celtics, Bruins make title pushes
19/04/2024 Duration: 13minRadio Boston celebrates the careers of Celtics broadcaster Mike Gorman and Bruins play-by-play man Jack Edwards.
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Boston Dynamics latest splash in the world of robotics could have ripple effects in Mass.
18/04/2024 Duration: 13minRadio Boston talks about the latest humanoid robot from Boston dynamics and what it means for the future of automation and employment in Massachusetts.
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Coming soon: towers and a shopping plaza over the Pike in Back Bay
18/04/2024 Duration: 30minA major new shopping plaza set to open at the western end of Newbury Street this summer. Ted Landsmark, director of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University, Catherine Carlock, reporter for the Boston Globe, and Jeff Speck, partner at the city planning firm Speck Dempsey, join Radio Boston to discuss.
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Loss of federally-subsidized internet program will affect hundreds of thousands of Mass. families
17/04/2024 Duration: 12minMary Magner, an ACP participant in Brighton, and Virginia Benzan, of the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, join Radio Boston to discuss.
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Newly-arrived migrants, advocates and state leaders push for expedited permission to work
17/04/2024 Duration: 15minSuzanne Giovanetti, of the Plymouth Area Coalition for the Homeless, and WBUR's political correspondent Anthony Brooks join Radio Boston to discuss how the inability of many of migrants to legally work in Massachusetts informs the state's emergency shelter crisis.