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Former Gov. Deval Patrick reflects on the legacy of late Congressman Barney Frank

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2026 4:08


Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick joined WBUR's All Things Considered host Lisa Mullins to talk about Frank's legacy.

A summer of disruptive repairs looms on Mass. roads, rails

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2026 7:44


This summer, the MBTA begins a push to make more of its Green Line stations accessible to people with disabilities, and MassDOT hopes to complete a round of repairs to the Storrow Drive tunnel.

Why Mass. is a hub for autonomous drone technology

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2026 4:24


A Cambridge startup company is working on an autonomous torpedo-shaped drone to help find people overboard in the water.

Former Boston Ballet principal dancer trains next generation through his own company

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2026 4:18


John Lam joined WBUR Morning Edition host Tiziana Dearing ahead of his dance company's spring showcase this weekend at the Emerson Paramount Center.

What Spirit Airlines' collapse means for JetBlue and its hub in Boston

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2026 4:48


The collapse of Spirit Airlines means travelers have fewer options for flying out of Logan Airport. It also has big implications for JetBlue, one of the largest carriers in Boston.

A graduating Tufts student on his journey from prison to commencement 

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2026 4:38


David Delvalle began studying through the Tufts University Prison Initiative nearly a decade ago while in prison. This weekend, the 32-year-old will graduate with his bachelor's degree in civic studies and receive the presidential award for civic life.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu wants you back in the office 5 days a week

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2026 4:45


Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is celebrating Fidelity Investments' recent announcement that it will bring its 8,000 Boston employees back to the office five days a week.

'The Glitter Boys are here': Boston's iconic disco DJs celebrate 10 years

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2026 6:07


DJs Kyle Buresh and Steve Maling joins WBUR's Morning Edition to reflect on their tenth anniversary as collaborators.

Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart previews the spring season

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2026 5:08


Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart previews the 140th spring Pops season.

Stumble on someone else's handwritten note or photo? This guy wants to see it

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2026 6:23


Davy Rothbart talks about some of the local notes he's received over the years and what they've taught him about humanity. He'll be hosting a longer conversation about what he's found at WBUR's City Space on Friday night.

Mass.'s new veterans services secretary wants to prioritize support in healthcare and the workplace

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2026 3:57


Dr. Eric Goralnick joins WBUR All Things Considered to talk about what he's heard on his listening tour during his first months on the job.

'Is it OK to record your visit?' What to know about doctors and AI scribes

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2026 4:26


At Mass General Brigham, the largest hospital system in Massachusetts, about 3,000 providers use AI scribes regularly. 

Project Bread set to raise one million dollars to address food insecurity

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2026 4:16


Food pantries and anti-hunger organizations are benefiting after thousands took part in the 58th annual Walk for Hunger on Sunday. The fundraiser for Project Bread, supports anti-hunger initiatives across Massachusetts.

The world's first Black professional basketball player lived and played in Lowell

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2026 4:27


Local author Chris Boucher joined WBUR's All Things Considered to talk about Harry "Bucky" Lew, the first Black professional basketball player.

Local balafon player on his family's 800-year stewardship of the instrument and it's tradition

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2026 7:38


Local balafon player Balla Kouyaté joined WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about his family's legacy with the ancient instrument.

Mills bows out of Maine senate race, setting up battle between Collins and newcomer Platner

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2026 5:09


WBUR senior political reporter Anthony Brooks joins WBUR's Morning Edition to explain the stakes of the race.

Rep. Seth Moulton questions Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Iran war

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2026 4:01


Moulton pressed Hegseth on whether he advised President Trump to go to war against Iran, whether he thinks the U.S. is winning the war, and whether he knows how much it'll cost individual American taxpayers.

What the piping plover's recovery in Mass. can teach us about conservation and saving other local birds

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2026 4:21


Local author and ornithologist Scott Weidensaul talks about the successful rebounds of local birds, like piping plovers and oystercatchers, and the challenges that remain.

How factory-made housing is faring in Massachusetts

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2026 4:23


For years, developers have argued factory-built is part of the solution to Massachusetts' housing shortage. Scott Kirsner, columnist with editorial partner MassLive, joins WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss a new modular project in East Somerville and some of the challenges modular construction faces.

Jeanne Shaheen, longtime senator from New Hampshire, takes stock of her final battles

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2026 4:41


The Democrat joins WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss the mark she wants to leave in her final months on Capitol Hill.

He shaped the Catholic Church's stance on nuclear weapons in the '80s. What he makes of this moment

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2026 6:20


Father J. Bryan Hehir, a top official in the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, articulated a global off-ramp from nuclear apocalypse in his 1983 letter with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

How WBUR's new fiction podcast engages kids in climate solutions

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2026 4:16


The fiction podcast tells the story of 12-year-old Joule Watts-Green, who accidentally steps through her mom's time machine into an unrecognizable Boston, where floods and storms have destroyed the city. Listeners can help Joule return home and even rewind some of the climate impacts through the choices they make at the end of each episode.

A sweep of repeat champions at 130th Boston Marathon

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2026 4:14


A tail wind helped propel runners from Hopkinton to Boston, with the men's champion breaking a 15-year-old course record by more than one minute.

Runners from all 50 states and more than 100 countries have arrived for the Boston Marathon on Patriots Day Monday

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2026 6:31


Sharing some of the local entries to this year's Tiny Desk Contest

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2026 4:38


A panel convened by WBUR is sorting through dozens of local entries into NPR's famed Tiny Desk Contest. 

Jack Fultz ran for the hoses. 50 years after that win, he's still sharing wisdom for Boston Marathon runners

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2026 4:04


Fultz won the Boston Marathon on a day when temperatures neared 100 degrees. He's serving as the race's grand marshal this year.

It's been mostly bad news in Boston's business world. Then, there's Whoop.

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2026 7:33


In this excerpt from a conversation at WBUR's CitySpace, Whoop founder Will Ahmed discusses the Boston roots of his wearable tech brand with WBUR's Morning Edition host Tiziana Dearing.

New band explores the impact of the sugar trade on the world's music

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2026 7:22


The Sugar Road Band is the brainchild of Berklee College of Music professor Leo Blanco.

Grandfather and granddaughter prepare to run the Boston Marathon together

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2026 4:45


On Monday, Mia Sanchez and her grandfather, Carlos Sanchez, will run the Boston Marathon. They believe they're the first known grandparent and grandchild pair to qualify to run the marathon together.

Marking 20 years of a landmark health care law in Massachusetts

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2026 8:47


WBUR's Morning Edition looks back on two decades of a bill that created comprehensive health care reform in Massachusetts and paved the way for the federal Affordable Care Act.

Is it fair for the MBTA to charge $80 for a train ride to the World Cup?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2026 6:56


No Boston Olympics co-founder Chris Dempsey and Scottish soccer commentator Rory Hamilton join WBUR's Morning Edition to weigh in on the politics and attitudes behind the price of train tickets to Gillette and whether, ultimately, it's a fair price to charge.

Rep. Auchincloss on Iran ceasefire, what comes next

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2026 4:09


Rep. Jake Auchincloss joins WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss the two-week ceasefire deal in Iran.

Rep. McGovern: Trump's threats to wipe out Iranian civilization are 'unhinged'

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2026 6:59


President Trump wrote on Truth Social that a "whole civilization ​will die tonight, never to ​be brought back ​again" if Iran does not reach a deal to end the conflict by tonight. Rep. Jim McGovern, a member of Massachusetts' all-Democratic delegation, told WBUR that "the president is posting things and saying things that make him sound like a madman."

Mayor Wu lays out tight Boston budget, reflecting shaky economy and growing costs

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2026 6:56


The plan cuts several city programs and grows spending by only 2%, less than the rate of inflation.

Which Mass. cafe has the best robot barista?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2026 4:12


Scott Kirsner, columnist for WBUR's editorial partner MassLive, joins WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about who is winning the race for autonomous cafes and what he thinks of the coffee.

Why many Massachusetts cities and towns are facing a fiscal crunch

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2026 8:20


Tight tax rules and growing expenses are putting Massachusetts communities in a fiscal bind.

In Fenway opener, Sox hope to turn around sour start to season

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2026 3:53


The Sox have stumbled out to a 1-5 start to their 2026 campaign.

Rep. Lori Trahan on the latest in Iran

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2026 3:25


Lori Trahan, a member of the all-Democratic Massachusetts Congressional delegation, joins WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss the latest on the war in Iran

'It was like a cannonball': Harvard's Marshall Ganz on the sex abuse allegations against his mentor Cesar Chavez

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2026 4:42


Marshall Ganz spent 16 years as one of Cesar Chavez's top lieutenants, organizing farmworkers in California.

How Berklee College of Music is thinking about AI and the future of music

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2026 7:32


Mark Ethier runs the Berklee Emerging Artistic Technology Lab, or BEATL. His job is to prepare Berklee College of Music students for an evolving industry where the use of AI in creating and marketing music is widespread.

Why Mass Audubon supports Gov. Healey proposal to allow Sunday hunting

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2026 4:38


Massachusetts has too many deer. They eat native plants, spread disease and cause deforestation. To solve that, Gov. Maura Healey wants to lift a century-old ban and allow Sunday hunting.

New documentary examines legacy of Henry David Thoreau beyond Walden

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2026 7:00


A new three-part documentary is set to premiere tonight on PBS. It looks at the life of Henry David Thoreau, from his upbringing in Massachusetts, his time living at Walden Pond, and his pursuits for science and equality after he left the cabin.

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