Radio Boston: Today's ShowA list of the top segments from WBUR's Radio Boston, updated daily.Life after prison: Four people share their post-incarceration experiences in Mass.Radio Boston sat down with four people who spent years in prison in Massachusetts. We spoke about their past, re-entering society after incarceration and the changes they'd like to see...ResumeEducation46:14Aug 16, 2024Local Afghans reflect back on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan three years agoAugust marks three years since the U.S. pulled troops from Afghanistan. Radio Boston speaks with five local Afghans on how they're thinking about the withdrawal and what's giving them hope...ResumeRadio Boston31:44Aug 15, 2024What to know about Minnesota Gov. Walz' approach to city buildingTwo Massachusetts housing and transportation policy advocates who hail from Minnesota join Radio Boston to discuss vice presidential hopeful Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's track record on urban policy.ResumeRadio Boston16:16Aug 14, 2024Wu says new White Stadium will 'change the game,' despite some neighborhood oppositionThe mayor told Radio Boston the project is on track for the 2026 professional women's soccer season.ResumeRadio Boston36:29Aug 13, 2024Mayor Michelle Wu on the future of Carney Hospital, back to school plans and bills on Beacon HillBoston Mayor Michelle Wu joins Radio Boston to talk about back to school plans, the future of Carney Hospital, and what's next for her legislative goals on Beacon Hill.Radio BostonAug 13, 2024AdvertisementGov. Maura Healey on Beacon Hill bills, the emergency shelter system and Steward Health CareGov. Maura Healey joins Radio Boston from WBUR's State House office. We talk about what got done -- and what didn't -- on Beacon Hill at the end of the...ResumeRadio Boston38:17Aug 12, 2024U.S. Paralympian Femita Ayanbeku fits sports into her life, not the other way aroundRadio Boston guest host Amory Sivertson spoke with Ayanbeku about life as an athlete, the Paralympics, and juggling sports with life as a new mom.ResumeRadio Boston14:58Aug 9, 2024A doctor shares experience of working at the soon-to-be-closed Carney HospitalNegotiations continued Tuesday in bankruptcy court on the pending sale of five Steward Health Care hospitals. At the same time, many are rallying against the presumed closure of two of...ResumeRadio Boston19:07Aug 7, 2024New book explores the true crime history of the eel industry in New EnglandScience journalist Ellen Ruppel Shell joins Radio Boston to talk about her new book "Slippery Beast: A True Crime Natural History, with Eels."ResumeRadio Boston14:59Aug 6, 2024Stephen Nedoroscik, 'pommel horse guy' from Worcester, talks about his 2 Olympic medalsOlympic gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik, a Worcester native, joins Radio Boston from Paris. Plus, we hear from two of Stephen's coaches: Liz Gonzalez and Bob Donahue from Sterling Gym in Sterling,...ResumeRadio Boston15:39Aug 5, 2024Remembering the people history forgot in BostonMonuments say a lot about a society, its history, its values, and its people. But what do Boston’s say about the city? And who will it memorialize in the future?ResumeArts & Culture11:44Aug 2, 2024How community colleges are preparing for state-funded tuitionThe new budget signed into law by Gov. Maura Healey set aside over $117 million in funding for MassEducate, a program that allows Massachusetts residents to attend any of the...ResumeRadio Boston16:02Aug 2, 2024A complex past, an unrealized promise, and a new vision for two Government Center behemothsThe state of Massachusetts built Government Center's poured-concrete Hurley and Lindemann buildings in the 1960s and '70s in hopes of creating a vibrant new center for state services in the...ResumeRadio Boston24:38Aug 1, 2024Short film looks at Boston's role in state-sanctioned scalp bounties on local Indigenous tribesWe hear about a film called "Bounty," in which members of Maine's Penobscot tribe talk about scalp bounties signed at the Old State House that sanctioned the killing of members...ResumeRadio Boston15:44Jul 31, 2024Deval Patrick: Democrats should focus on future, not just TrumpFormer Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick shares his thoughts on the presidential race, his support for Vice President Kamala Harris, and what he wants to see going forward from his party.ResumeRadio Boston16:06Jul 30, 2024January O'Neil on her new poetry collection 'Glitter Road'January O'Neil joins Radio Boston to discuss her new poetry collection "Glitter Road."ResumeRadio Boston10:24Jul 30, 2024Lowell-based 'We Are America' project works with teachers from across the country tell their students' storiesWhat does it mean to be American? It's a question at the center of the We Are America project, which works with teachers across the country to record their students'...ResumeRadio Boston19:09Jul 29, 2024How to combat a new surge of COVID-19 casesThe CDC said new "FLiRT" variants are causing surges in COVID-19 cases across the country. Radio Boston sits down with two doctors to answer listeners' questions. ResumeRadio Boston14:06Jul 26, 2024Mass. Congressman Stephen Lynch on his friendship with President BidenRep. Lynch also discusses what's next for his party, and the latest on Steward Health Care.ResumeRadio Boston22:14Jul 25, 2024How Dems are adjusting their message now that Biden is out and Harris is ascendantMassachusetts Congresswoman Lori Trahan is the co-chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee. They're in charge of messaging to voters for Democrats in the House. She joins us to...ResumeRadio Boston17:43Jul 24, 2024Next Page
Life after prison: Four people share their post-incarceration experiences in Mass.Radio Boston sat down with four people who spent years in prison in Massachusetts. We spoke about their past, re-entering society after incarceration and the changes they'd like to see...ResumeEducation46:14Aug 16, 2024
Local Afghans reflect back on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan three years agoAugust marks three years since the U.S. pulled troops from Afghanistan. Radio Boston speaks with five local Afghans on how they're thinking about the withdrawal and what's giving them hope...ResumeRadio Boston31:44Aug 15, 2024
What to know about Minnesota Gov. Walz' approach to city buildingTwo Massachusetts housing and transportation policy advocates who hail from Minnesota join Radio Boston to discuss vice presidential hopeful Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's track record on urban policy.ResumeRadio Boston16:16Aug 14, 2024
Wu says new White Stadium will 'change the game,' despite some neighborhood oppositionThe mayor told Radio Boston the project is on track for the 2026 professional women's soccer season.ResumeRadio Boston36:29Aug 13, 2024
Mayor Michelle Wu on the future of Carney Hospital, back to school plans and bills on Beacon HillBoston Mayor Michelle Wu joins Radio Boston to talk about back to school plans, the future of Carney Hospital, and what's next for her legislative goals on Beacon Hill.Radio BostonAug 13, 2024
Gov. Maura Healey on Beacon Hill bills, the emergency shelter system and Steward Health CareGov. Maura Healey joins Radio Boston from WBUR's State House office. We talk about what got done -- and what didn't -- on Beacon Hill at the end of the...ResumeRadio Boston38:17Aug 12, 2024
U.S. Paralympian Femita Ayanbeku fits sports into her life, not the other way aroundRadio Boston guest host Amory Sivertson spoke with Ayanbeku about life as an athlete, the Paralympics, and juggling sports with life as a new mom.ResumeRadio Boston14:58Aug 9, 2024
A doctor shares experience of working at the soon-to-be-closed Carney HospitalNegotiations continued Tuesday in bankruptcy court on the pending sale of five Steward Health Care hospitals. At the same time, many are rallying against the presumed closure of two of...ResumeRadio Boston19:07Aug 7, 2024
New book explores the true crime history of the eel industry in New EnglandScience journalist Ellen Ruppel Shell joins Radio Boston to talk about her new book "Slippery Beast: A True Crime Natural History, with Eels."ResumeRadio Boston14:59Aug 6, 2024
Stephen Nedoroscik, 'pommel horse guy' from Worcester, talks about his 2 Olympic medalsOlympic gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik, a Worcester native, joins Radio Boston from Paris. Plus, we hear from two of Stephen's coaches: Liz Gonzalez and Bob Donahue from Sterling Gym in Sterling,...ResumeRadio Boston15:39Aug 5, 2024
Remembering the people history forgot in BostonMonuments say a lot about a society, its history, its values, and its people. But what do Boston’s say about the city? And who will it memorialize in the future?ResumeArts & Culture11:44Aug 2, 2024
How community colleges are preparing for state-funded tuitionThe new budget signed into law by Gov. Maura Healey set aside over $117 million in funding for MassEducate, a program that allows Massachusetts residents to attend any of the...ResumeRadio Boston16:02Aug 2, 2024
A complex past, an unrealized promise, and a new vision for two Government Center behemothsThe state of Massachusetts built Government Center's poured-concrete Hurley and Lindemann buildings in the 1960s and '70s in hopes of creating a vibrant new center for state services in the...ResumeRadio Boston24:38Aug 1, 2024
Short film looks at Boston's role in state-sanctioned scalp bounties on local Indigenous tribesWe hear about a film called "Bounty," in which members of Maine's Penobscot tribe talk about scalp bounties signed at the Old State House that sanctioned the killing of members...ResumeRadio Boston15:44Jul 31, 2024
Deval Patrick: Democrats should focus on future, not just TrumpFormer Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick shares his thoughts on the presidential race, his support for Vice President Kamala Harris, and what he wants to see going forward from his party.ResumeRadio Boston16:06Jul 30, 2024
January O'Neil on her new poetry collection 'Glitter Road'January O'Neil joins Radio Boston to discuss her new poetry collection "Glitter Road."ResumeRadio Boston10:24Jul 30, 2024
Lowell-based 'We Are America' project works with teachers from across the country tell their students' storiesWhat does it mean to be American? It's a question at the center of the We Are America project, which works with teachers across the country to record their students'...ResumeRadio Boston19:09Jul 29, 2024
How to combat a new surge of COVID-19 casesThe CDC said new "FLiRT" variants are causing surges in COVID-19 cases across the country. Radio Boston sits down with two doctors to answer listeners' questions. ResumeRadio Boston14:06Jul 26, 2024
Mass. Congressman Stephen Lynch on his friendship with President BidenRep. Lynch also discusses what's next for his party, and the latest on Steward Health Care.ResumeRadio Boston22:14Jul 25, 2024
How Dems are adjusting their message now that Biden is out and Harris is ascendantMassachusetts Congresswoman Lori Trahan is the co-chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee. They're in charge of messaging to voters for Democrats in the House. She joins us to...ResumeRadio Boston17:43Jul 24, 2024
