Episodios

  • Mayor Wu talks about Biden bowing out of 2024 race, and police accountability in Boston
    Jul 22 2024

    Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joins Radio Boston to talk about President Biden's decision to withdraw from the presidential race, as well as what police transparency and accountability looks like within the Boston Police Department after the recent demotion of a Boston police leader.

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    47 m
  • Boston's new mixtape is a way to bolster local talent
    Jul 19 2024

    Boston's new mixtape dropped this month. It features six local DJs and 17 musicians across different genres. "Dear Summer Vol. 2," which follows last year's "Dear Summer Vol. 1" is a project funded by the city.

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    17 m
  • Spilka calls new budget 'transformational' for Massachusetts
    Jul 19 2024

    Massachusetts will offer free community college tuition to all state residents as part of its proposed fiscal 2025 budget.

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    16 m
  • New England's oldest comic book shop turns 50
    Jul 19 2024

    Cambridge's Million Year Picnic is marking five decades in operation this weekend. We preview the festivities and talk about what's next for the shop.

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    15 m
  • Boston-based musician Yoni Battat on exploring his Jewish and Iraqi heritage
    Jul 18 2024

    Radio Boston speaks with the oud and violin player Yoni Battat about how his music reflects his Iraqi and Jewish roots ahead of his performance at the Lowell Folk Festival.

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    19 m
  • Exploring how to make New England's food system more local and resilient
    Jul 18 2024

    We dig into what it would take to build a more reliable and local food system with Jen Faigel, co-founder and executive director of CommonWealth Kitchen, and Shane Rogers, program and communication director for Food Solutions New England.

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    13 m
  • What can Beacon Hill lawmakers get done in the last two weeks of their session?
    Jul 18 2024

    Radio Boston checks in with WBUR's Walter Wuthmann and Boston Globe political reporter Samantha Gross about where lawmakers stand with their agenda with just two weeks before the end of their session.

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    16 m
  • EV fires often grab headlines in Mass. But how common are they?
    Jul 12 2024

    The Boston Globe's Aaron Pressman joins Radio Boston to explain that growing fears about the risk of electric vehicle fires are out-of-step with their actual prevalence.

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    10 m