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Provocative stories and authentic voices from around Boston
Episodios
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What you need to know about the total solar eclipse
01/04/2024 Duración: 14minRadio Boston sits down with Titi Shodiya and Zakiya Whatley, scientists and hosts of Dope Labs Podcast, to talk about safety precautions for the viewing the eclipse and some fun facts that you might not know about the celestial event.
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Local officials ramp up push to phase out third-party electric providers
01/04/2024 Duración: 13minRadio Boston digs into the state's third-party energy market, which some legislators and officials say has become too problematic to regulate and should be disbanded.
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Former Legal Sea Foods head Roger Berkowitz on the future of the seafood industry
01/04/2024 Duración: 18minRoger Berkowitz knows fish and he knows the fish business. After all, he spent nearly 30 years as the CEO of Legal Sea Foods. He speaks with Radio Boston about climate change, challenges facing restaurants and the ebb and flow of family businesses.
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Book highlights stories of mothers caught up in the criminal legal system
29/03/2024 Duración: 19minNew book tells stories of women whose children were charged with murder. We talk about the experiences of women in the Massachusetts criminal legal system.
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Singer-songwriter Ava Della Pietra says "new experiences" key to overcoming writer's block
29/03/2024 Duración: 13minSinger-songwriter Ava Della Pietra is making waves in the pop music world. She talks about her writing process and says overcoming writer's block requires having new experiences.
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Beth Israel Lahey Health system president reflects on challenges in healthcare
27/03/2024 Duración: 20minDr. Kevin Tabb, president and CEO of Beth Israel Lahey Health, joins us. We talk about his leadership journey, the state of healthcare right now and the challenges it may face in the future.
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A Boston program will pay to replace lead pipes. But residents aren't using it
27/03/2024 Duración: 14minIn efforts to eliminate lead pipes by the next decade, the Boston Water and Sewer Commission announced a replacement program, which allows residents to replace lead pipes at zero cost.
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Bob Ryan reflects on a lifetime in sports media
27/03/2024 Duración: 11minRadio Boston talked to veteran sports writer Bob Ryan about his lifetime of work and what's to come for Boston's teams.
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Two-thirds of Mass. voters are not enrolled with a party. What does that mean for politics?
26/03/2024 Duración: 19minSteve Koczela of MassINC, Harvard professor and former gubernatorial candidate Danielle Allen and Wendy Wakemen, a Massachusetts GOP strategist, join Radio Boston to discuss what growing unenrollment means for future candidates and ballot measures.
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Defending scientific thinking from denialism
26/03/2024 Duración: 14minRadio Boston sits down with Lee McIntyre, a Boston University professor, author and senior advisor for Trust in Science at the Aspen Institute, to discuss the need to defend science from denialism and conspiracies.
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For Kevin Nealon, Boston Comedy Festival a homecoming of sorts
26/03/2024 Duración: 13minThe former Saturday Night Live star Kevin Nealon joins Radio Boston ahead of his stand-up set at City Winery Thursday.
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Beyond a TikTok ban: Warren touts bill to rein in social media giants
25/03/2024 Duración: 15minSen. Elizabeth Warren is pushing for greater oversight of all social media companies with a bipartisan bill that would cover issues from foreign ownership to protecting consumers' personal data.
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The life and legacy of Dr. Susan Dimock, a medical and surgical trailblazer in Boston history
25/03/2024 Duración: 15minHistorian Susan Wilson joins us to discuss her new book: "Women and Children First: the trailblazing life of Susan Dimock M.D."
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Searching for a silver lining in the Steward debacle
25/03/2024 Duración: 16minJohn McDonough of Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Health joins Radio Boston to discuss the future of healthcare in Massachusetts.
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In historic first, MGH doctors transplant pig kidney into human patient
22/03/2024 Duración: 12minRadio Boston talks with Dr. Winfred Williams, the doctor of the man who received a genetically modified pig kidney in a first-of-its-kind operation.
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Head of Boston's visitors bureau says city isn't fully recovered from the pandemic but remains hopeful
22/03/2024 Duración: 17minMartha Sheridan, president and CEO of Meet Boston, the city's visitors and conventions bureau, joins us to talk about the current state of the tourism industry in Greater Boston and what's next for growth in the coming years.
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State Senate approves more funding, time limits for the state's emergency shelter system
22/03/2024 Duración: 04minWBUR state politics reporter Walter Wuthmann gives us the latest on the bills moving through the Massachusetts Legislature which would send more funding to the state emergency shelter system and impose time limits on shelter stays.
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Leader of Boston-based GrubStreet reflects on writing center's mission and successes
21/03/2024 Duración: 16minThe nation's largest creative writing center is located right here in Boston. GrubStreet has taught students from around the world for the last 27 years. We talk with GrubStreet's founder and executive director about its mission and what's next for the center and its writers.
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What will happen to life science lab spaces as the industry moves online?
21/03/2024 Duración: 15minMassachusetts is a major hub for biotech and life sciences, and lab space in the state is needed for industry players. But since the real estate boom in lab spaces post-COVID, many are now opening up empty.
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After court upholds Brookline ban, other towns appear poised to adopt generational restrictions on tobacco
21/03/2024 Duración: 14minBrookline bans anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 2000 from buying any tobacco products. The bylaw, adopted in 2020 and upheld by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court earlier this month, paves the way for other communities in the commonwealth to install similar generational bans on tobacco purchases.