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Provocative stories and authentic voices from around Boston
Episodes
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Food inflation is straining wallets. What can we do about it?
20/03/2024 Duration: 18minRadio Boston speaks with local food organizations about how inflation has worsened food insecurity in Massachusetts and abroad.
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Author says engaging DEI conversation with white men is key
20/03/2024 Duration: 12minAmid growing pushback against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives across the country, Colette Phillips, author of the book "The Includers," and Bob Rivers, CEO of Eastern Bank, sit down with Radio Boston to discuss why white men are key to move the work of inclusion forward.
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Gov. Healey pushes for additional housing to keep people living and working in Mass.
19/03/2024 Duration: 38min"There is no issue that I am moving with greater urgency and intention than this issue of housing," said Healey. She said that to fix the housing shortage, state and local governments need to work together and that the problem needs “collective action.”
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'Open Your Heart' documentary brings East Boston's immigrants to the screen
18/03/2024 Duration: 13minRadio Boston discusses East Boston's immigrant community and changing landscape in connection with a new documentary called "Open Your Heart: Immigrant Stories from Boston and Beyond".
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Unpacking the law surrounding 'The Holdovers' plagiarism allegations
18/03/2024 Duration: 16minScreenwriter Simon Stephenson claims Alexander Payne's "The Holdovers," steals the broader structures, themes and character dynamics of Stephenson's unproduced screenplay "Frisco." Two Intellectual property law experts and a film critic join Radio Boston to dissect the allegations.
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Urban Grape co-founder TJ Douglas talks about breaking barriers in the wine industry
18/03/2024 Duration: 16minOnly 1% of wine businesses in the U.S. are Black-owned, according to the Association of African American Vintners. Boston is home to one of them. Radio Boston speaks with TJ Douglas about his growing business, Urban Grape, and what's next.
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'Beyond All Repair' unravels new details in a past murder case
15/03/2024 Duration: 14minRadio Boston sits down with WBUR senior podcast producer Amory Sivertson to talk about her new podcast, "Beyond All Repair." Sivertson recounts her reporting process and how a he-said-she-said case with a complex web of family secrets has unraveled decades later.
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Cannabis industry leaders react to Healey's move to pardon those convicted of possession
15/03/2024 Duration: 15minHealey office said a blanket pardon of those convicted of simple marijuana possession could affect "hundreds of thousands" of people in Massachusetts. But what impact will this have on the daily lives of people with previous convictions?
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Aoife O'Donovan's new album 'All My Friends' looks at women's rights in America
15/03/2024 Duration: 12minNewton-born folk singer Aoife O'Donovan joined Radio Boston to talk about her upcoming album, which digs into women's suffrage in America and the rights women still have to fight for.
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Where find Massachusetts sugarhouses during Maple Weekend
14/03/2024 Duration: 06minRadio Boston checks in on the maple crop this season and learn where people can visit sugarhouses to celebrate Maple Weekend.
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Celebrate Pi day with Petsi Pies founder Renee McLeod
14/03/2024 Duration: 09minSomerville's Petsi Pies founder Renee McLeod tells us why pies are important to her and gives tips on how to make the best pies at home.
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Boston's Haitian-American community grapples with home country's turmoil
14/03/2024 Duration: 17minRadio Boston looks at the chaos happening Haiti's capital of Port-Au-Prince through the eyes of our local Haitian-American community.
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New book explores little known 1704 raid of English settlers in Deerfield
14/03/2024 Duration: 13minNew York Times' best-selling author James Swanson examines that one event in his new book, “The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America." Swanson joins Radio Boston to discuss how this history is remembered.
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Day-to-day struggles weigh down the T's ambitious improvements
13/03/2024 Duration: 31minBoston Globe transportation reporter Taylor Dolven and Brain Kane of the MBTA Advisory Board join Radio Boston to dissect another wild week at the T.
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Are any internet wellness trends actually rooted in science?
12/03/2024 Duration: 12minFrom "sleepy girl mocktail" to an all-meat diet, experts weigh in on internet wellness trends.
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Months after promised improvements, little progress on filling public housing vacancies
12/03/2024 Duration: 12minWBUR investigations correspondent Todd Wallack joins Radio Boston for an update on the thousands of vacancies in Massachusetts' public housing system he first uncovered in 2023.
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Before Mayor Wu's planned Blue Hill Ave. redesign, there was 28X
12/03/2024 Duration: 21minThe 28X project, which envisioned Boston's first ever bus rapid transit line along Blue Hill Avenue, met significant community opposition after it was first proposed 2009. Now, 15 years later, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is trying to advance her own vision for bus lane project on the street. Are the differences big enough for history not to repeat itself?
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As gaming business booms, Healey proposes cut to addiction funding
11/03/2024 Duration: 34minThe gambling industry, which includes the year-old sports betting program, casinos, and the lottery, is big business in Massachusetts. Radio Boston explores the ethical tensions that loom over gambling in the commonwealth.
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Reflecting on 4 years of the COVID-19 pandemic — and discussing what's to come
08/03/2024 Duration: 47minRadio Boston reflects on four years of the COVID-19 pandemic with health care leaders.
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How 'American Fiction' reclaimed Hollywood's Boston representation
07/03/2024 Duration: 13minThe Oscars will take place this Sunday, and "American Fiction," directed by Cord Jefferson, is one of the two Best Picture nominees set in the Greater Boston.