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Tufts University professor Eitan Hersh says colleges like the one he works at are too ideologically narrow — shutting out ideas from conservatives, religious people and others outside the academic mainstream.

Boston University researchers tested whether partnering with influencers can help combat health misinformation and help spread more accurate health advice.

Josh Kraft joins WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss the state of his campaign for Boston mayor.

HubSpot, a software company headquartered in Cambridge, has a dwindling presence in Mass.

Francesca Dominici, a Harvard biostatician whose lab lost more than $5 million when the Trump administration froze research money to Harvard, joins WBUR's Morning Edition.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joins WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss how the city is preparing for a potential surge of federal immigration enforcement.

The mayor said that urban school systems around the country, including Boston Public Schools, are anticipating declines in attendance.

Reporters at The New Bedford Light are documenting the stories of some of the 50-plus immigrants from the New Bedford area they've found have been detained by ICE, and in some cases deported, since President Trump took office.

A change is coming to this podcast feed. While you won't be getting new episodes of Radio Boston here any more, you will be able to find some of the best conversations WBUR records every week. Brought to you by our local news team. We're calling this new show WBUR Up Next Join us throughout the week to learn about the most important issues facing Massachusetts from the people in charge, and the people most affected. Right here, right now - or anytime you want to check in on this podcast feed.

The MBTA's subway repair blitz will end Saturday morning, when a section of the Green Line reopens slow zone-free. Radio Boston talks with T repair workers about their efforts.

Radio Boston hears from William Kahn, psychologist and Boston University professor, about how to have hard conversations.

Former state Rep. Josh Cutler, author of the new book "Under the Golden Dome: Historic Talks and Tales from the Massachusetts State House," joins Radio Boston to talk about it.  

The Handel and Haydn Society's ‘Baroque Christmas' concert features holiday music on pre-1700s instruments. WBUR's Radio Boston sat down with a musician and the guest conductor of the production.

Today on Radio Boston, we talk about the Celtics, the Olympics and art that made us smile this year.

Radio Boston looks back on a year in politics and how close-to-home issues like the cost of living and the migrant crisis helped lift Donald Trump to a second term as President.

On Radio Boston today, we talk about the state of democracy with Danielle Allen, Harvard Professor, democracy activist and president of Partners in Democracy. 

State Sen. Nick Collins talks about his opposition to a plan from Boston Mayor Michelle Wu that sought to blunt an anticipated spike in homeowners' taxes by raising rates on commercial properties.

Radio Boston talks about a Harvard course that helps students participate in civic engagement through art.

Radio Boston looks back on the biggest headlines in healthcare from this year to unpack the takeaways and look ahead to what they might tell us about health in 2025.

Radio Boston looks back at some of the biggest tech breakthroughs of 2024 in our region.

Beth Jones, artist-in-residence at the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, joins Radio Boston to discuss her new oral history project.

On Radio Boston today, Candice Springer, assistant director of WBUR's CitySpace, speaks about The Front Porch Arts Collective's "Holiday Feast" and Ayodele Casel's "Diary of a Tap Dancer."

When a young adult with a developmental disability in Massachusetts turns 22, they transition out of the special education programs they're entitled to by their school district and into programs run by the state.

There's been months of back and forth on a tax proposal by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu. But this week, that proposal effectively died on Beacon Hill after some legislators raised concerns about it. Mayor Wu joins Radio Boston to talk about what happens and what's next.

Officials hope it will help ease the doctor shortage in parts of rural Massachusetts.

Not to freak you out, but there's just over two weeks left in 2024. And a new year, for many, could mean new goals, especially when it comes to your finances. We get some tips on starting and maintaining a budget in 2025.

Today on Radio Boston we spoke to Ilya Maritz, the reporter and host of a new Boston Globe podcast series. 

On Radio Boston, we speak with Lisa Newman-Polk, a lawyer and licensed certified social worker representing seven people whose cases fall under this decision.

The U.S. Supreme Court dismissed a case against out of Boston this week over the admission policy at three exam schools. Radio Boston spoke to Oren Sellstrom, litigation director for Lawyers for Civil Rights in Boston and part of the defense team in this case.

Massachusetts state Sen. Will Brownsberger joins Radio Boston to discuss the collapse of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's plan to avert a property tax spike for city homeowners by temporarily raising rates on commercial property owners.

On Radio Boston, we speak with Allison Druin, co-founder and head of a brand new LGBTQIA+ private high school in Western Massachusetts.

Kevin Esvelt, an associate professor at the MIT Media Lab and the inventor of CRISPR-based gene drive, joins Radio Boston.

Two Massachusetts mothers are suing an educational publisher over their reading products. They say the publisher promoted "deceptive" products using a method for teaching reading that has been scientifically shown not to be effective, and instead further stalls kids from learning how to read well.

WBUR's Walt Wuthman joins Radio Boston with the latest.

Kane's new report "Always Broke" explores more than 100 years of public transit history in Boston in an attempt to understand how to fix funding and management dysfunction going forward. 

A new Boston University class is exploring how people throughout the centuries have believed in the unbelievable — and what that tells us about our ourselves.

Thomas Hochman, a policy manager at the Foundation for American Innovation, explains why he thinks the recent major state climate bill has elements that undermine real change.

WBUR's Walt Wuthmann joins Radio Boston to share his reporting on Tania Fernandes Anderson, the Boston city councilor who is reportedly facing a federal investigation.

On Radio Boston, WBUR's Emily Piper-Vallillo shares her reporting on how educators are preparing for President-elect Donald Trump's second term. Then, former Massachusetts Secretary of Education Paul Reville reflects on the impact Trump had on education in his first term.

Radio Boston checks in with Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley on what lessons she thinks Democrats need to take away from the results of this year's election.

WBUR's Walt Wuthmann joins Radio Boston to share his reporting about why New Bedford fishermen are turning away from the Democratic Party.

Zahili Gonzalez Zamora joined Radio Boston to talk about the inspiration for her music and her journey to Boston.