Radio Boston

Radio Boston

Provocative stories and authentic voices from around Boston.

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May 1, 2024 11 mins

Radio 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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Rachel 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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Leaders 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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U.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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Why doesn't Massachusetts have a Michelin Guide? Radio Boston digs in.

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Next 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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Sewage 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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Radio Boston marks and reflects on this year's Passover holiday with four members of our local Jewish community.

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Palaver 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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Radio 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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Most 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 reporter Walter Wuthmann joins Radio Boston to discuss his reporting on Alvin Campbell.

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Massachusetts 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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Speaking 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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A new study at Tufts University asks a simple yet profound question: how does food affect your body?

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Radio Boston celebrates the careers of Celtics broadcaster Mike Gorman and Bruins play-by-play man Jack Edwards.

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Radio 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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A 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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Mary Magner, an ACP participant in Brighton, and Virginia Benzan, of the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, join Radio Boston to discuss.

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Suzanne 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.

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