Podcasts about dorchester reporter

Kieran has escaped the makeshift studio to check out one of Boston's neighbourhoods with a strong Irish connection: Dorchester.Ed Forry, Dorchester Reporter, joins to tell more.

Dan and Ellen talk with Bill and Linda Forry, co-publishers of the award-winning Reporter Newspapers in Boston. Bill serves as editor, and Linda focuses on business development and strategic partnerships. The Reporter Newspapers include the weekly Dorchester Reporter as well as Boston Irish and BostonHaitian.com. The publications and their websites are part of a media business owned and operated by the Forry family since 1973. The Forrys were recently in the news. The Reporter is one of 205 news organizations in the U.S. to win an inaugural Press Forward grant to expand coverage of Boston's underserved communities. Dan has a Quick Take on public radio. Put bluntly, public radio is in trouble, and not just NPR, which may be our leading source of reliable free news, but also public radio stations across the country. An important recent essay in Nieman Reports argues that the way forward for public radio stations may be to double down on local news.  Ellen's Quick Take is on the NiemanLab predictions for the media industry in 2025. Every year, NiemanLab asks a select group of people what they think is coming in the next 12 months. Sam Mintz, the editor of Brookline.News, a digital outlet Ellen helped launch, is one of the prognosticators.  

This week on Under the Radar with Callie Crossley — marginalized voters gave rising star Jon Santiago the victory, plans to make a notoriously dangerous intersection safer are in the works, and Senator Warren finally goes public with her support for legalized marijuana in Massachusetts. It's those stories and more on our local news roundtable!Guests:Jennifer Smith - News editor of the Dorchester Reporter.Gin Dumcius - Boston-based reporter for MassLive.com.Seth Daniel - Senior reporter with the Independent News Group, which includes the Chelsea Record and Revere Journal.Later in the show...Unless you've been hiding under a rock it's no news “Crazy Rich Asians” has been a crazy box office success, grossing nationally at nearly $140 million to date. It was one of several films featuring prominent Asian casts to captivate audiences world-wide in the last month, proving once again that diversity does sell. The phenomenon isn't limited to the silver screen either, social media is singing praises for Netflix's new teen romance, “To All The Boys I've Loved Before.” And earlier in the summer, Sandra Oh became the first Asian woman to be nominated for best leading actress at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards, taking place September 17th, for her performance in the BBC America drama series, “Killing Eve.”The enthusiastic response to these films and their casts has inspired wide-spread discussion among the Asian American and film communities about the importance of diversity and representation in Hollywood. Joining us on Under the Radar this week to discuss this cultural moment are:Elena Creef - Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at Wellesley College. She specializes in Asian American visual history in photography, film and popular culture. Follow Elena on Twitter.Jenny Korn - Fellow and the Founding Coordinator of the Race and Media Working Group at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. Follow Jenny on Twitter.Michael Tow - Brookline-based professional actor, director and producer. His acting credits include “Unfinished Business,” “Master of None” and the upcoming “Slenderman” movie. Follow Michael on Twitter.

The Emerald Necklace Conservancy and 16 area residents recently filed a lawsuit to stop a proposal to renovate White Stadium in Franklin Park. They say the plan is “unconstitutional,” fearing that this public facility will be privatized and made inaccessible to the public. The city said the claims are without merit and the renovation will expand the number of usable hours for student-athletes and the community. Seth Daniel, news editor for the Dorchester Reporter, joins The Common to break down the controversy around the White Stadium renovation plan and its significance to the neighborhoods. Greater Boston's daily podcast where news and culture meet.

The Dorchester Reporter, founded in 1983 by husband and wife Ed and Mary Forry, celebrated 40 years of circulation this month. Bill Forry, current publisher of The Reporter (and Ed and Mary's son) was 10-years-old when his parents started the paper. Today, Bill Forry joins The Common with his wife and co-publisher Linda Dorcena Forry to reflect on four decades of The Dorchester Reporter and how it helped shaped the Boston we know today. Greater Boston's daily podcast where news and culture meet.

Earlier this month, a report from the Dorchester Reporter found that all six public pools in Dorchester and Mattapan are closed for maintenance this summer. The work ranges from long-anticipated projects, to unplanned repairs, that together make for a perfect storm that has residents wondering: "How was this allowed to happen?" Especially in two of the hottest, most underserved neighborhoods in the city. WBUR General Assignment Reporter Walter Wuthmann joins The Common to talk about how city officials and community members are reacting to the story.  Greater Boston's daily podcast where news and culture meet.

Haitian migrants landing in Massachusetts are waiting months to years for documentation that will allow them to legally work in the U.S. Meanwhile, worker shortages continue to plague industries from construction to school transportation. Seth Daniel, news editor for the Dorchester Reporter, joins The Common to discuss how this backlog is impacting Haitian immigrants locally and the Boston community at large.  Greater Boston's daily podcast where news and culture meet.

10/27/2022-- This week The Horse Race goes spooky right in time for Halloween. The thick fog we've experienced in Boston this week has helped to set the tone. The team dives into a few down ballot sheriff's races at the top of the show as election day approaches. Next, we're joined by Chris Lisinski of the State House News Service to run us through the latest happenings on Beacon Hill. From transportation woes to climate change, incoming elected officials will have a growing to-do list. Later, Gintautas Dumcius of the Dorchester Reporter drops by the pod to run us through the latest updates from the city council redistricting process.

Dan and Ellen talk with Mike Deehan, a savvy Boston journalist who is part of the new Axios Boston newsletter. Mike's colleague at Axios Boston, Steph Solis, was scheduled to join the discussion but was out reporting on reaction to the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Deehan and Solis have been reporting on Massachusetts news and politics for a number of years. Mike was formerly digital content editor for State House News Service, editor of Massterlist, and worked for the Dorchester Reporter. Steph worked for Masslive, and was an immigration reporter for the USA Today Network. The Axios Boston debut was newsy and a perfect smart-phone scroll, whether the MBTA is running or not. Dan has a Quick Take on the soaring cost of newsprint. Print is still important to the bottom line at most newspapers, and this turns out to be one more blow to local news. Ellen looks at a new rural news network being set up through the Institute of Nonprofit News.   

Episode Summary Own your voice. Be still in the silence and listen. Turn regret into action. If they don't introduce you well, re-introduce yourself! And, be sure to tell yourself the truth! And these are just a few of the nuggets Dr. Allana Da Graca shared in this episode. It's all about taking the reins and understanding that what you have done before has actually prepared you for what is next if you are willing to see the possibilities! About the Guest: Dr. Allana Da Graca, the persistence guru, helps women and entrepreneurs tell their digital stories. Obsessed with building authentic engagement, Dr. Allana helps people share their genius without apology. This has a major influence on their perception and ability to reach new milestones. She helps remove tech overwhelm and makes complicated processes become tangible steps that make goal attainment possible. Having helped more than 20 thousand individuals through her 23-year tenure as a Professor and Communication expert, she has been featured in FOX News, NBC, BNN, WERS, WMUA, Dorchester Reporter, Boston Globe, The TEDx stage, WBOC, Shoutout Atlanta, Atlanta Voyage, EPOCH Times, and the UMASS Daily Collegian. She has been awarded the Robert C. Ford Fellowship, Martin Luther King Civic Leader Award, Laureate International Appreciation and many more. For 24 years she has inspired students, leaders, fortune 500 executives, and entrepreneurs to rise above average! Her goal is to help leaders and entrepreneurs pivot online in the midst of a pandemic. She has helped her clients leverage their earning power and leave self-limiting beliefs. She has trained with notable thought leaders in the professional and business communication industries. Her dynamic persona and ability to bring out the best in others, make her highly sought out! She is the author of 4 books – among them is Tomorrow Can't Wait – An Inspirational Book offering Persistence for a Lifetime   About the Host: Laurel Rutledge's human-centered approach, empathy, and understanding of individual needs make her a top-notch personal advisor and women's leadership coach. Her care and compassion have made her an indispensable guide for countless women navigating the next phases of their lives and careers. Add to that her intimate knowledge of the HR landscape, and it becomes clear why her HR clients have had such transformative experiences. Just as Rutledge has helped countless others get out of their rut and off of the ledge, so too can she help you. After receiving her MBA, Laurel moved from accounting and consulting to human resources, driven by a desire to do good in a business environment. It quickly became apparent that the switch had been a good choice — she flourished professionally and became happier, satisfied with the difference she could make through her work. After a 30-year career, she left the corporate world, but her passion for HR and helping others has only grown. Now, she works one-on-one with clients, leveraging her experience in leadership and personal development to help them get the most of out their lives and careers. From her beginnings as a consultant at Deloitte to her time as VP of HR at Covestro, Laurel has seen more sides of the business world than most. She's achieved technical mastery of HR, with a deep knowledge of the rules and regulations that must be followed. She's also a people person, perceptive and outgoing, with a sixth sense for helping others to see the difference between what they want and what they need. The culmination of this is in her personal philosophy: “lead with your heart, act with your head.” Find out more at: https://laurelrutledge.com Thank you for listening! Thank you so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcast, Spotify, GooglePodcast or Stitcher. You can also subscribe from the podcast app on your mobile device. Leave us a review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on the platforms, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review.

Episode 2312 of the Vietnam Veteran News Podcast will feature a story about the South Vietnamese military members who marched for freedom in Dorchester, Massachusetts. The featured story appeared in The Dorchester Reporter and is titled: For South Vietnamese military, … Continue reading → The post Episode 2312 – South Vietnamese military march for freedom in Dorchester appeared first on .

Senator Elizabeth Warren is sounding the alarm ahead of the midterm elections, calling on her fellow Democrats to focus squarely on Americans' economic concerns to avoid a blowout in November. But does she have the influence to inspire President Biden and the rest of her party to act? Talking Politics Host Adam Reilly speaks with Robert Kuttner, the co-founder and co-editor of the American Prospect and a professor at Brandeis University's Heller School for Social Policy and Management, about whether Warren's political Rx would work — and whether another Warren presidential bid might be in the offing. First, though, a new poll shows that Attorney General Maura Healey's lead in the Democratic Massachusetts governor's primary is pushing fifty percent. So how much time does Senator Sonia Chang-Díaz still have tos save her candidacy? Boston Globe Columnist Adrian Walker and Jenn Smith, a correspondent for the Dorchester Reporter and co-host of the Horse Race political podcast, sized up the state of the Democratic contest, as well as Republican candidate Chris Doughty's still-evolving description of his own political philosophy. We'd like your comments, criticism, and suggestions! If you've got feedback of any sort, please email us at TalkingPolitics@wgbh.org or find us online at https://www.wgbh.org/news/talkingpolitics. And while you're at it, why not subscribe to the GBH Politics Newsletter? To sign up, visit https://gbhnews.org/politicsnewsletter.

One hundred days isn't enough time to say whether Mayor Michelle Wu will be able to realize her biggest political goals, like creating a Boston Green New Deal or implementing some form of rent stabilization. But it's an appropriate point for sizing up Wu's early victories and setbacks — and asking whether she's made good, so far, on her pledge to govern differently than her predecessors. Adam Reilly sizes up Wu's tenure to date with his GBH News colleague Saraya Wintersmith, Abdallah Fayyad of the Boston Globe, and Gintautas Dumcius of the Dorchester Reporter.

This week on our Local News Roundtable of Under the Radar: Massachusetts is ending its school mask mandate after February vacation. Governor Baker's announcement comes after a growing number of Bay State cities have eased their restrictions and was met by anti-vax protestors. Plus, more protests over plans to close Tufts Children's Hospital. And the City of Boston has expanded its protected bike lane network — but not everyone is happy. That and more on our Local News Roundtable. Guests: Sue O'Connell, political commentator, and analyst for NECN, NBC10 Boston, and co-publisher of Bay Windows and South End News. Gin Dumcius, managing editor at the Dorchester Reporter.

Boston journalists Yawu Miller of the Bay State Banner and Gin Dumcius of the Dorchester Reporter look back at Michelle Wu's landslide win in the Boston mayor's race and look ahead to what a Wu administration in City Hall could portend.

We all have those moments, whether we are in the C-Suite or just out of college! Questioning ourselves is natural, and we can be intentional in how we deal with these "imposter" thoughts. Recognizing that's what is happening is the first step... then what? Our guest Dr. Allana Da Graca helps us get out of our heads on this one! Her first book is quite inspiring - Tomorrow Can't Wait: An Inspirational Book Offering Persistence for a Lifetime. Harvard Business Review article mentioned on the show. Our guest... Dr. Allana Da Graca  Obsessed with building authentic engagement, Dr. Allana helps people share their genius without apology. This has a major influence on their perception and ability to reach new milestones. She helps remove tech overwhelm and makes complicated processes become tangible steps that make goal attainment possible. Having helped more than 20 thousand individuals through her 23-year tenure as a Professor and Communication expert, she has been featured in FOX News, NBC, BNN, WERS, WMUA, Dorchester Reporter, Boston Globe, The TEDx stage, WBOC, Shoutout Atlanta, Atlanta Voyage, EPOCH Times, and the UMASS Daily Collegian. She has been awarded the Robert C. Ford Fellowship, Martin Luther King Civic Leader Award, Laureate International Appreciation, and many more.  Her book reco: Expert Secrets Power Your Profits by Susie Carder   We are "Making a Marketer"... in all ways. Check out episode 91 -- and please take a minute to follow, rate, & review us on iTunes & get each ep. when it drops! https://bit.ly/mamITuneNEW ::: This episode is made possible by Powers of Marketing - emPOWERing strategic communication ::: ** Our show music is provided by our GIFTED editor, MUSICIAN, Avri. Check out his song, "Too Close"! **

We break down the latest numbers from a poll by WBUR, the Dorchester Reporter, The Boston Foundation, and MassINC Polling Group.

We unpack the latest news in the Boston mayoral race with Gin Dumcius, Managing Editor of the Dorchester Reporter, and Lisa Kashinsjy, author of the Massachusetts Playbook and reporter for Politico.

We're closing in on Boston's preliminary mayoral election, so this week, The Scrum asks: How did the city get here? A field with five major candidates who are all people of color, four of them women, in a city that has exclusively elected white men to the mayor's post. GBH News' political editor Peter Kadzis gives a brief history lesson on local Boston politics. A lot of credit, Kadzis says, goes to Ayanna Pressley's 2009 election to City Council. Then Reilly and Wintersmith get into what this election is all about with Yawu Miller, the senior editor of the Bay State Banner, and Gin Dumcius, the managing editor of the Dorchester Reporter. Until Sept. 14, The Scrum will be focusing its episodes on Boston's preliminary mayoral election. Tune in next week to hear about the candidates “chasing the Walsh vote” and those who are aiming for a different part of the electorate. Ever wish you could be in Peter's kitchen while these episodes are taped? Well, now you can. The first video podcast version of The Scrum is available here: https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2021/08/26/bostons-changing-political-dna-how-did-we-get-to-this-historic-group-of-mayoral-candidates

4/14/21-- This week, there is a lot of #bospoli news to discuss, and it begins with the Boston Police Department. Acting Mayor Kim Janey on Tuesday named the executive director of Boston's first Office of Police Accountability and Transparency. This comes as the department is reeling from two major scandals. Jenn and Stephanie discuss where things stand now, and what the future may hold the BPD. Next, Steve Koczela has new data from a poll conducted by The MassINC Polling Group and sponsored by WBUR and The Dorchester Reporter. The poll asked Boston residents who they're voting for in the mayoral election, what issues are most important to them, and what they'd like to be done about the lack of affordable housing in the city. Finally, we are joined by Nicole Calabrese, the leader of a ballot committee urging Wakefield residents to vote "no" on the question of whether to keep Wakefield Public Schools' current logo. The logo, which depicts an Indigenous person, has drawn debate for years. And recently, the rhetoric surrounding it has gotten so vitriolic as to polarize the town. Calabrese explains how things got so bad and what will happen next. Full transcript here: https://www.massincpolling.com/the-topline/episode-177-mayorals-for-spring-groundbreaking

2/10/20-- This week on The Horse Race, Jenn and Stephanie bring you something a little different than the usual programming. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh sat through a Senate confirmation hearing last week as President Biden's pick for Labor Secretary. It looks very likely that he will be confirmed. If that happens and the mayor leaves office before March 5, normally the rules say we would have to have a special election. But given that we are still in the middle of a pandemic and a mayoral election year already, the Boston City Council discussed a proposal to scrap the special election. They sent a home rule petition cancelling the potential special up to the mayor, and so far it has not yet been filed in the legislature. The terms say that Council President Kim Janey would be acting mayor until the winner of the regularly scheduled November election is sworn in immediately after certification of the votes. Joining Jenn and Stephanie to talk about the city charter more broadly, special elections, the history of the home rule petition, and the run-up to the Boston municipal election is a panel of Boston experts-- City Councillor Lydia Edwards, Jon Hillman of Rivera Consulting, and Bill Forry, editor and publisher of the Dorchester Reporter.

Two Burning Down The House I have a yellowed cartoon cut out from The Dorchester Reporter titled “The Power of Perception,” by an artist named Gus D'Angelo that characterizes Dorchester well. It shows a clean cut guy in a suit and tie extending his hand in greeting, saying, “Hi! I'm from Dorchester.” Beside him a wide-eyed guy with his hair standing on end has dropped his paper and has his hands in the air, yelling, “Don't shoot! Don't Shoot!”  In nineteen-sixty, before I turned six, we moved into a five room apartment on the second and third floors of a big green house in Dorchester. Soon after moving, my mother gave birth to my younger sister. Shortly after that she had a surprise visit from two cops who came to question her. My father had “tipped them off” that she took bets and ran a bookmaking operation out of the house. Seeing my newborn little sister and my mother's demeanor, the cops quickly saw through my father's lie. In less than a year we moved two houses up the street to number seven, the first house on the block at the top of a small hill. There we settled into a first floor five room flat in a traditional Dorchester three-decker, wooden frame house sided with cracked and broken gray slate siding and topped with a gabled slate roof. Dorchester has miles of these three decker apartment houses running up and down street after street. My mother worked hard, with an artistic flair, painting, wallpapering, and doing whatever else she could to create a nice home for us. She made a work of art out of the apartment's ancient raised bathtub when she painted it gold with a huge elegant red rose on its side. She knew how to sew too, making everything from clothes to curtains. The outside world looked quite different from our cozy nest because we lived in the first house at the top of a hill. Our side and tiny backyards bordered the back lots of an L-shaped line of connected storefronts that ran along two main streets that intersected with other commercial blocks, making up an area known as Four Corners.  Across the street from our house stood a Texaco station. Looking at the front of our house from the gas station, you could see a line of houses going down the hill to the left. In the narrow passage to the right of our house, the dry cleaners vented their steam pipes every Monday through Saturday morning at six. Walking down the alley, past the dry cleaners on our right, ran a line of connected storefronts enclosed in a long red brick building. Past the dry cleaners, a Chinese laundry bordered with a broken down wooden fence hid the dreaded Chinese dog; a hairy beast that bit me thirteen times. One time he chased me to the top of a fire escape before sinking his teeth into my calf. We never knew if he would be out and could never see him lurking behind the fence because of his mottled brown fur, but when he attacked, he lunged through the broken fence with demonic fury.  Beside the Chinese laundry, the sound of clicking billiards came all hours of the day and night from a pool hall that I was never old enough to go into. Next in line came a Laundromat, and on the end of the block on the corner beside our back yard stood a drugstore that connected the line of businesses beside our house with another line that ran the length of the block along the backyards of all the houses on our street. A delicatessen with a second floor apartment above it, directly behind our house, joined the drugstore on the corner. Beside it going down the block in order were a meat market/liquor store, a five and dime, a real estate office, a dentist's office with apartments above it, and on the far end, a Christian Science Reading Room. In a short period of time I knew every rooftop and billboard, all the trees, fire escapes, and drainpipes that led up and down from the roof. I loved to climb everything,...

6/3/20--This week we're bringing you a slightly different version of The Horse Race, a one-on-one conversation between our host and former Dorchester Reporter news editor Jennifer Smith, and Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell. Jenn and Councilor Campbell discuss the protests against systemic racism and police brutality that have broken out in cities all over the world, including Boston, in response to the death of George Floyd by the hands of law enforcement officers. Campbell emphasizes the importance of civil disobedience -- "We know we wouldn't be where we are if folks didn't get out and march," -- but also the necessity to protect police officers -- "Police are people, too." Campbell describes witnessing the many killings of black people by police, "tragic," but also sees this uprising of outrage as "an opportunity to finally implement all the ideas, the solutions that folks in communities of color have been pushing for decades." Some of those ideas Campbell mentioned include diversifying public safety agencies, getting body cameras in every police unit, and making Boston's COOP board a civilian review board.

7/17/2019--On this episode of The Horse Race, Jenn and Steve grapple with the unavoidable subject of the president's racist comments aimed at freshmen members of congress Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Ayanna Pressley. Jenn, who covers part of Ayanna Pressley's district as news editor for the Dorchester Reporter, touches on what the comments might mean for residents of this majority-minority district. Steve runs through some new polling coming out of New Hampshire and California, showing presidential hopefuls Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris right on the heels of frontrunner Joe Biden. Then, the hosts talk about the recent slew of threats placed on immigrants trying to enter the country as well as immigrants already living here. Joining them to discuss that is federal policy director of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA), Sarang Sekhavat. Friend of the pod and State House News Service reporter Chris Lisinski also makes an appearance at the bunker to break down the RMV's lack of communication with other states about drivers' license suspensions. Finally, it's trivia time. Do you know which two Beacon Hill public opinion polling outfits are the pollsters for major national media outlets? Tweet us your answer @The_HorseRace

This week on Under the Radar with Callie Crossley – UMass Boston professors protest plans to develop the Bayside Expo Center. Everett officials say the city's director of its gym and wellness center faked her credentials. And will a Vietnamese cultural district be designated in Dorchester? It's our local news round table! Guests: Jennifer Smith - News editor of the Dorchester Reporter. Gin Dumcius - Digital editor for the Boston Business Journal. Seth Daniel - Senior reporter with the Independent News Group, which includes the Chelsea Record and Revere Journal. Later in the show… At a time when many students are not sure college is the best option, trade schools offer an alternative path to top careers. And, in a world where services are increasingly automated and things made disposable, there is a renewed appreciation for artisan and handmade goods. All of this is great news for Boston's North Bennet Street School, which has been offering crafts and trades training to students for almost 140 years. The school is now entering its latest era under the leadership of a new president. Guests: Miguel Gomez Ibanez - Former architect, furniture maker and outgoing president of the North Bennet Street School. He oversaw the school from 2006 until December of 2018. Sarah Turner - President of the North Bennet Street School. Her tenure began in December, 2018. Previously Sarah worked with a number of institutions including the Rhode Island School of Design and the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. ————————————-——— You can find our show, links to stories we discussed today and bonus content on the web at https://www.wgbh.org/news/under-the-radar-with-callie-crossley. Connect with us on social media: Twitter: @CallieCrossley Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UndertheRadarWGBH/ Our engineer is Doug Shugarts. Franziska Monahan is our producer. Under the Radar is a production of WGBH.

January 9, 2019: We're LIVE from WeWork at 1 Beacon! While Massachusetts is sending two new members to the US Congress where Democrats control the House, the State Legislature will be gaveling in a new session after a tumultuous year, and Charlie Baker will be starting his second lap around the gubernatorial track. Oh, and the first group of presidential candidates are out of the gate and charging down the backstretch. Steve Koczela, President of The MassINC Polling Group and Jennifer Smith, News Editor of the Dorchester Reporter, along with special guests set the scene for the year to come in Massachusetts and around the country. Massachusetts Senate President Karen Spilka walks us through her vision for the State Senate in the new year in terms of policy and restoring stability to the body. State Rep. Russell Holmes gives his view on what to expect from the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Lastly, a reporter who knows a whole lot about Elizabeth Warren, the Boston Globe's Victoria McGrane, brings us up to speed on the state's senior Senator's Presidential campaign. Thank you for joining us!

We've got a special Thanksgiving treat this week! Co-Host, Jennifer Smith, of the Dorchester Reporter, caught up with Congresswoman-Elect, Ayanna Pressley, over the phone for a behind the scenes look at the road to D.C. What are we thankful for? You! Our loyal listeners. We'll be back next week for our regularly scheduled lineup of trivia, polls, and bad horse puns.

That's right, it is polling season! We welcome back special guest host Jennifer Smith of the Dorchester Reporter to join Steve Koczela, President of the MassINC Polling Group to go over the latest in MA general election news, polls, and even potential presidential bids. Joining us as a first time guest on the pod, Vicki McGraine of the Boston Globe talked with us about Charlie Baker and Geoff Diehl and what that big endorsement means. And finally we caught up with Michael Jonas of CommonWealth Magazine to wrap up whats going on with the DA race. Six weeks until the general election, make sure you're registered!

On this episode of The Horse Race, we wrap up our recap of the primary election and make a big announcement. We welcomed News Editor at the Dorchester Reporter, Jenn Smith and Michael Jonas of Commonwealth Magazine to cover the DA race. We then catch up with our friends of the Codcast, Jennifer Nassour and Jesse Mermell to hear all about their new, highly opinionated, cross-partisan podcast, Disagreeing Agreeably.

Could time-and-a-half pay be eliminated? Plus UMass Boston's interim chancellor takes the reins, and expanding a local program to put the brakes on dangerous speeds. It's our local news roundtable. Later in the show, It's grilling season, but there is a different kind of charcoal lighting up the trendy food scene, and Mexican style roasted corn is all the rage. Plus pink wine from red wine country, and recommendations of old favorites and new wines to drink all barbeque season. Our food and wine connoisseurs join Callie in studio to talk about all the latest summer trends. Guests: Jennifer Smith, news editor of the Dorchester Reporter. Follow Jen at @JennDotSmith Gin Dumcius, Boston-based reporter for MassLive.com. Follow Gin at @gintautasd Mike Deehan, State House reporter for WGBH News. Follow Mike at @deehan Jonathon Alsop, founder & executive director of the Boston Wine School And Amy Traverso, senior food editor at Yankee magazine and co-host of WGBH's Weekends with Yankee. Follow Amy at @amytraverso More UTR: news.wgbh.org/UTR Follow Callie on Twitter: @CallieCrossley Like UTR on Facebook: facebook.com/UndertheRadarWGBH

Adam Reilly and Peter Kadzis examine the two biggest political stories of the moment: the demise of the “Millionaires' Tax” ballot question, and Governor Charlie Baker's break with the Trump Administration over forced parent-child separations at the US-Mexico Border. Then Jennifer Smith of the Dorchester Reporter and Molly Boigon of WGBH News explain how — in the midst of a punishingly hot real estate market -- an uninhabitable, decrepit wreck of a house on a classic Savin Hill street has been able to resist the efforts of Boston City Hall to turn it into something, well, middle class. It's a bizarre case study in zombie real estate.

It's our local news roundtable! This week: Selling the Bayside Exposition Center could help UMass Boston, but what will it do for the surrounding neighborhoods? A City of Brockton junior planner says he can no longer afford live in Brockton! And a longtime Springfield police office fails three drug tests – but he's still on the force! It's our local news roundtable! Guests: Gin Dumcius, of MassLive; Jennifer Smith, of the Dorchester Reporter; and Mike Deehan, of WGBH News. In this week's Lagniappe segment: Our local construction industry is booming. But where are the skilled workers? The Construction Mentor Program is working toward closing that gap by ushering in a new generation of young, diverse and experienced laborers into the Massachusetts construction industry. Guests: Nicole Richer, of the Compliance Mentor Group; Christopher Hanson, of Callahan Construction Managers; and Ardi Elshani, student at Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology. More UTR: news.wgbh.org/UTR Follow Callie on Twitter: @CallieCrossley Like UTR on Facebook: facebook.com/UnderTheRadarWGBH

Linda Dorcena Forry is out, Ayanna Pressley is in and Lindstrom, Kingston and Diehl fight for the cash in this week's episode. Plus, Jennifer Smith of the Dorchester Reporter joins us in the studio, Lauren misses a game show reference and a surprise appearance from a familiar voice explains -- you guessed it -- polls polls polls.

We know Boston Mayor Marty Walsh was just re-elected by a big margin. Look closer at the results of Boston's municipal election, though, and some provocative themes and questions start to emerge. The Scrum dove into the results at the Banshee Pub in Dorchester with a panel of media experts **— **Meghan Irons of the Boston Globe, Yawu Miller of the Bay State Banner, and Jennifer Smith of the Dorchester Reporter **— **and then took some sharp questions from the audience.

How much of an impact does a tax-free holiday actually have on the Massachusetts economy? Will the historic Hotel Alexandra finally get the makeover it deserves? And could the Pawtucket Red Sox become the Worcester Red Sox? All that and more local news from the week that you may have missed! Guests: Gin Dumcius, Statehouse reporter for MassLive; Sue O'Connell, host of NECN's “The Take with Sue O'Connell” and the co-publisher of Bay Windows and the South End News; and Jennifer Smith, news editor for the Dorchester Reporter.

What's the difference between a vacant home and a problem property? Was the elimination of toll-booth workers actually worth it, financially? And is it unfair to hire professionals to get verified signatures for a mayoral campaign? All that and more on this week's local news roundtable! Guests: Gin Dumcius, Massachusetts Statehouse reporter for MassLive; Lauren Dezenski, reporter for Politico Massachusetts and editor of the Politico Massachusetts's Playbook; and Jennifer Smith, staff reporter for the Dorchester Reporter.

It's boom time in Dorchester. That's what Bill Forry of the Dorchester Reporter told Bruce Mohl and me when we sat down to talk with him about what's going on in Boston's largest neighborhood. Dorchester is Boston's grand melting pot -- or at least its polyglot point of convergence. It is home to more than 120,000 people with roots that span the globe, who, these days, mostly get along well.

Boston's bid for Olympic glory is officially dead (R.I.P.) So WGBH State House News reporter Mike Deehan gathered a mountain of nachos and a crack panel at the Banshee Pub in Dorchester to ask: where did it all go wrong? Kelley Gossett of No Boston Olympics, Shirley Leung of the Boston Globe, and Lauren Dezenski of the Dorchester Reporter break it down, with The Scrum's own Adam Reilly moderating.