WBCA Podcasts
WBCA 102.9 FM is Boston’s Community Radio Station in partnership with Boston Neighborhood Network Media and the City of Boston. Our shows are by and for the Boston community.
Episodes
Thomas Glessner, president of the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA), has a conversation with host Brendan O'Connell about Life Matters. NIFLA's pro-pregnancy efforts to offer anti-abortion solutions have led to litigation by New York Attorney General Leticia James and Attorney General of California Robert Bonta against critical pregnancy centers offering progesterone as Abortion Pill Reversal (APR). Attorney G...
Governor Healey finalizes the state budget—hear details on where the money's going. SPOKE Art offers a space for reflection and remembrance at its World AIDS Day Vigil, including a performance involving commemorative quilts. Senior citizens and city leaders celebrate their annual Thanksgiving Gathering at the East Boston Senior Center. Parties From Above provides free parties for children who have lost their parents to gun violence...
On the inaugural episode of Music Is Healing Us Radio host Kwe introduces the MIHU collective & its mission committed to promoting the message of unity through music worldwide. Kwe shares & provides insight to clips from the Bridging the Gap Conference, the Key to Wellness, a Wellness Guide at Spiral Gardens & reconnecting to the Earth, & the Rule of Rhythm in the Design Process.
Host Rachel Miselman opines upon tentative republican Lt. Governor candidate Todd Taylor, fighting between local political parties, the need for a 3rd or independent political party to balance out politics, politician showboating & selfishness, Sal DiDomenico, Erin Murphy & Ayanna Pressley, the need for more republican participation in MA, & more.
Larry Higginbottom talks about the shortcomings of both the Democratic and Republican parties, the issue with identity politics, his problems with immigration, the importance of not relying on public benefits, and how multiculturalism is a distraction from the racial wealth gap and the predominately white billionaire class.
Lucy Rivera speaks to attorney Jeffrey Woolf, Assistant General Counsel to the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers, about artificial intelligence, particularly generative AI. They discuss its uses and implications for the practice of law.
Sharon Hinton invites English teacher Tristen Grannum to speak about his experience in Boston Public Schools. The two also discuss Boston busing, METCO and its predecessor Operation Exodus, the Ujima Scholars Program, preparing students for school, and more.
Today on "Words On Film", Dan Burke reviews "Wicked: For Good", "Rental Family", "Train Dreams", and "Nuremberg". Mr. Burke also gives a spoken-word preview of movies subject to being released into theaters for the week of November 23rd - 28th, 2025.
Linda Solomon and co-host Khari Wilcox wish to help the community break cycles of trauma and addiction by bringing awareness and understanding of emotional literacy. The battle between pride and mental health expose vulnerabilities that result from challenging experiences with emotions often placing us behind survival masks to adapt. Emotional literacy as an ability to name, understand and manage feelings is discussed as a skill de...
Host Mary Tamer speaks to Jesse Littlewood, Campaign Manager for Coalition for Healthy Democracy. They discuss a proposed ballot initiative that would create an all-party primary for state elections, matters of voter education and turnout, and the process to get a question on the ballot. Also, learn about Jesse Littlewood's urban farming.
Welcome to What If?, a show where you can let your imagination fly, think about different scenarios, and change people's perspective on certain topics. This week's topic: phones. What would the world be like without any phones? If you could only make one phone call ever, who would you call? What would you trade your phone for? All this and more on What If?, hosted by Anthony from Madison Park High School.
Sebra honors National Alzheimers and caregivers month with guest Michael P. Kincade, the Community Outreach Lead for Massachusetts Alzheimers Research Team. Sebra and Michael highlight the under-represented in Alzheimers research.
150,000 Massachusetts residents may lose heat due to funding delays for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. The Greater Boston Collaborative Food Access Hub in Roxbury celebrates a year of providing nutritious food to pantries, soup kitchens, and other sites. Bostonians discuss a potential ballot question to bring rent control to Boston. Hear an interview with Corinne White, the Dementia-Friendly Coordinator for Boston's...
The effectiveness of non-profits is explored by host Robert B. Moran as he discusses the process of beginning a non-profit. The scope of your idea(s) will dictate the scale of the non-profit-- whether it be a task for one or a team of many, fundraising requirements, duration of your organization's efforts and clarity of vision. Inspirational tools are shared. Your journey of expression awaits with The Fundraising and Fun Raising Po...
Haywood Fennell talks about US military presence in Venezuela, the experience of the military and the trauma it can cause, becoming a veteran, how addiction comes about, how veterans are an overlooked and underused community resource, Tri-Ad Veterans League's new art exhibit "The Forgotten Heroes" at the Strand Theater in Dorchester, the Mayor of Cambridge Denise Simmons's activism, possible uses for Fort Devens, and more.
Join Dale and Cheryl for a roast in the pressure cooker along with some vegetables and some oven-baked portabello fries!
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On this episode of Life Matters, Brendan and his co-host are counting and collecting signatures in the hopes of overturning an abortion bill that's covered by taxpayers.
The Worrell Turkey Drive brings holiday cheer and 4,000 turkeys to Bostonians. Locals at Faneuil Hall share their favorite things about Thanksgiving. Hear a report on Fenway's automated beer service machines, and a union proposal to require bartenders in place of these automated dispensers. Plus, an interview with Edgar Vasquez and Pamela Chu-Sheriff, co-authors of "Restorative Practices that Heal School Communities".
Host Rachel Miselman discusses citizen journalism vs. traditional professional journalism, BNN & WBCA as a solid foundation for journalism & journalism education, developing trust & ethics in journalism, the changing landscape of citizen journalism, expresses her opinions on some local citizen journalists, possible plagiarism, & more.
Larry Higginbottom emphasizes how unaffordable housing is in & around Boston for anyone earning under 3 figures, capitalism is the only way out of poverty by cultivating high in demand skills & services, democrat rhetoric enabling people to remain poor & in need of services, the economy is separate from politics, social programs & welfare that rewards counter productive behavior, democrat politicians using taxpayer ...
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