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Imagine you're accused of something horrific. You swear you didn't do it, but someone says they witnessed it: your own brother. Sophia Johnson was newly married with a baby on the way when she became the prime suspect in her mother-in-law's brutal murder. WBUR's Amory Sivertson reexamines a case unsolved, a family torn apart, and the woman who wasn't believed.
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NPR and WBUR's live midday news program.
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Hosts Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson dig into the internet's vast and curious ecosystem of online communities to find untold histories, unsolved mysteries, and other jaw-dropping stories online and IRL.
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Let's make sense of the world – together. From the economy and health care to politics and the environment – and so much more – On Point host Meghna Chakrabarti speaks with newsmakers and everyday people about the issues that matter most. On Point is produced by WBUR.
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Let's make sense of the world – together. From the economy and health care to politics and the environment – and so much more – On Point host Meghna Chakrabarti speaks with newsmakers and everyday people about the issues that matter most. On Point is produced by WBUR.
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The news you need to know today — and the stories that will stick with you tomorrow. Plus, special series and behind-the-scenes extras from Here & Now hosts Robin Young, Scott Tong and Deepa Fernandes with help from Producer Chris Bentley and the team at NPR and WBUR.
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Greater Boston’s daily podcast where news and culture meet.
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A lot happens in Boston every day. To help you keep up, WBUR, Boston's NPR News station, pulled these stories together just for you.
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Season 4: "Postmortem" is about the stolen bodies of Harvard and the grey market for human remains. Find out what happened at Harvard Medical School: how body parts were stolen and sold across the country. Who did this and why? Coming soon, April 2024.
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Provocative stories and authentic voices from around Boston.
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Created and produced by parents of young children, WBUR's Circle Round adapts carefully-selected folktales from around the world into sound- and music-rich radio plays for kids ages 3-103. Each 15 to 25-minute episode explores important issues like kindness, persistence and generosity. And each episode ends with an activity that inspires a deeper conversation between children and grown-ups.
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For 20 years, the Modern Love column has given New York Times readers a glimpse into the complicated love lives of real people. Since its start, the column has evolved into a TV show, three books and a podcast. Each week, host Anna Martin brings you stories and conversations about love in all its glorious permutations, dumb pitfalls and life-changing moments. New episodes every Wednesday. Listen to this podcast in New York Times Audio, our new iOS app for news subscribers. Download now at ny ...
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Kind World is a show about how a single act of kindness can change someone's life. In each episode, hosts and reporters Yasmin Amer and Andrea Asuaje search the world for good news stories that will restore your faith in humanity. A production of WBUR.
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On the podcast Anything for Selena, Apple Podcasts’ Show of the Year of 2021, Maria García combines rigorous reporting with impassioned storytelling to honor Selena's legacy. She also explores the indelible mark she left on Latino identity and belonging, whether it’s fatherhood, big-butt politics, and the fraught relationship with whiteness and language.
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Let's make sense of the world – together. From the economy and health care to politics and the environment – and so much more – On Point host Meghna Chakrabarti speaks with newsmakers and everyday people about the issues that matter most. On Point is produced by WBUR.
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An exploration of the life that happens before, behind, and beyond the spotlight. Host Geoff Edgers paints intimate, sound-rich, and surprising portraits of some of the most creative people in the world. The first season includes: Norm Macdonald, Ava Duvernay, Ms. Pat, Hanson and David Letterman. A collaboration between WBUR and The Washington Post.
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A public radio series about sound, music, and listening. From WBUR, Boston's NPR News Station.
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Commentaries on music from NPR's Here and Now and elsewhere... Author Tim Riley has written books on the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Madonna, and his most recent title is FEVER: HOW ROCK'N'ROLL TRANSFORMED GENDER IN AMERICA (Picador 2005). He is at work on a major new biography of John Lennon for W.W. Norton slated for 2009. His music commentary is featured regularly on NPR's HERE AND NOW, the nationally-syndicated show produced weekdays out of WBUR-FM in Boston.
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A four minute weekly radio comic strip. ...It's what Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne might be hotly debating as they walk into the studio -- just before they get on mic. This short radiostrip plays out in the kitchen of 11 Central Ave, the home of an extended family where a hodgepodge of other characters regularly drops in.As they rush around in the morning drinking coffee, reading the paper, looking for their shoes, they're talking about everything from the most compelling topics of our ti ...
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NEXT was a radio show and podcast that aired its final episode in May 2021 after a successful five-year run. The weekly program focused on New England, one of America's oldest places, at a time of change. NEXT was produced at Connecticut Public Radio and featured stories from journalists across the New England News Collaborative. Most recently, the program was hosted by Morgan Springer. With New England as our laboratory, NEXT asked questions about how we power our society, how we move aroun ...
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Harvard students prop up tents to protest war in Gaza and suspension of campus group
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The events at Harvard unfolded as similar activism across campuses in Greater Boston and the U.S. drew national attention and comparisons to Vietnam-era student protest movements. The actions largely called for a ceasefire in Gaza and for universities to sever financial ties to Israel.By WBUR
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WBUR explores why Boston police waited years to charge an alleged 'serial rapist'
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WBUR reporter Walter Wuthmann joins Radio Boston to discuss his reporting on Alvin Campbell.By WBUR
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Our interactions with nature are increasingly mediated by technology. We scroll through wildlife feeds on TikTok. We use Instagram to plan hikes. Even in the wilderness, we religiously bring our phones to document the experience. And then there are animal cams. Since the 1990s, people have fawned over livestreams of cute pandas and colorful fish. O…
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Reverse Course: Detroit debuts 'road of the future' with wireless EV charging
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People are taking steps big and small to move the dial on climate change. This week, in Here & Now's Reverse Course series, senior editor Peter O’Dowd and producer Chris Bentley take listeners across the country for a closer look at projects designed to make an impact. This episode looks at wireless electric vehicle charging. Detroit is testing a n…
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'Road of the future' wirelessly charges electric vehicles
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A jury in Arizona indicted Trump allies in a so-called 'fake electors' scheme and the Arizona House voted to repeal the 1864 abortion ban. Reporter Jeremy Duda joins us to discuss the big developments. And, a road in Detroit can charge electric vehicles as they park or drive on it. Justine Johnson at Michigan's Office of Future Mobility and Electri…
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Teachers can now carry concealed handguns in Tennessee
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Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill allowing teachers to carry concealed handguns in schools despite heavy protests at the state capitol.By WBUR & NPR
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Detroit debuts 'road of the future' with wireless electric vehicle charging
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Detroit is testing a new way to charge electric vehicles that don’t require plugging in. Just park or drive your car on the right strip of road and watch the battery meter tick up.By WBUR & NPR
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New airline rules make it easier to get refunds for delayed or canceled flights
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Taking effect over the next two years, the new rules will require airlines to issue consumers automatic cash refunds within a few weeks.By WBUR & NPR
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Trump claims he's immune from prosecution. Supreme Court hears arguments in the case
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Former President Donald Trump claims that he is immune from prosecution on charges that he plotted to overturn his loss in the 2020 election.By WBUR & NPR
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New York State's plans to give $30 million to local newsrooms: Why it matters
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Big publishers like Gannett and the New York Times aren’t eligible for the tax credits.By WBUR & NPR
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Arizona jury indicts Trump allies in 'fake elector' scheme
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A grand jury indicted former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, and other allies of former President Donald Trump for their efforts involvement in a so-called 'fake electors' scheme to undermine Biden's victory in the 2020 election.By WBUR & NPR
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Missy Nester grew up in Welch and bought a paper in 2018 to save it. But she couldn't make the economics work and last year, shuttered the Welch News.By WBUR & NPR
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'Beyond dreams': An Oregon drumline celebrates success
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The Kingsmen Thunder Drumline at Rex Putnam High School in Milwaukie, Oregon, just returned from their first appearance at the Percussion World Championships.By WBUR & NPR
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Is your teenager just moody? Or really struggling with mental health?
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The rate of kids dealing with serious mental health issues has been on the rise since the pandemic. But if parents want to help their kids, research suggests they should look at themselves and their own mental health issues.By WBUR & NPR
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A cherrific discovery: Centuries-old bottles of cherries excavated from George Washington's home
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Two centuries-old bottles of preserved cherries were recently found in the basement of George Washington’s home at Mount Vernon.By WBUR & NPR
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Supreme Court hears arguments in Trump immunity claims
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The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in former President Donald Trump's claims that he should be immune from prosecution on charges that he plotted to subvert his 2020 election loss.By WBUR & NPR
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What's behind House Speaker Mike Johnson's big gamble on foreign aid
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House Speaker Mike Johnson has been moving a big foreign aid package through the House.By WBUR & NPR
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Kevin Bacon visits high school where he starred in 'Footloose' 40 years ago
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The Utah high school where "Footloose" was filmed invited Kevin Bacon to visit for their prom on the 40th anniversary of the film's release.By WBUR & NPR
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California's oldest water rights exist only on paper. A new project aims to change that
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College students in California have begun scanning 2 million pages of water rights records on paper to make them more easily available in digital form to the public as part of a $60 million project.By WBUR & NPR
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The city of Dallas reduced its overall violent crime by 30% compared to this time last year. Its mayor and police chief credit the so-called “hot spot policing.” About: On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.…
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The city of Dallas reduced its overall violent crime by 30% compared to this time last year. Its mayor and police chief credit the so-called “hot spot policing.” About: On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.…
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What to look for from the Patriots in tonight's NFL draft
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WBUR's Morning Edition host Rupa Shenoy talks with ESPN's Mike Reiss ahead of the NFL draft tonight about what he's expecting from the Patriots.By WBUR
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Beyond All Repair Ch. 9: Someone Is Lying
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After Sean’s conversation with Amory, he and his younger brother, Shane, talk to each other for the first time in two decades. Shane is open to hearing his brother out, until Sean denies a painful memory from their childhood. Their father, who has always defended Sean, starts sending aggressive voice messages to Sophia and Shane. Meanwhile, Amory h…
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A conversation with Leslie Jonas, Indigenous land and water conservationist
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April is Earth Month, which is a time to reflect on the one planet we have and for a lot of us that’s an opportunity to discuss climate change, and how it’s affecting our communities. Throughout the month we featured weekly conversations with some of the people in Greater Boston working to build our region’s resilience in the face of a changing cli…
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A weekday evening wrap-up of both national and local news stories.
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A weekday evening wrap-up of both national and local news stories.By WBUR
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A weekday morning wrap-up of both national and local news stories.
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A weekday morning wrap-up of both national and local news stories.By WBUR
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Shipbuilders harness the wind to clean up global shipping
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Bloomberg's Emily Birnbaum explains the FTC's decision to ban employers from using noncompete clauses to prevent employees from going to work for rival companies. Then, some companies are using wind power as a cleaner alternative for moving cargo. Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd profiles a company in Costa Rica building a massive wooden schooner from scr…
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Reverse Course: Shipbuilders harness the wind to clean up global shipping
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People are taking steps big and small to move the dial on climate change. This week, in Here & Now's Reverse Course series, senior editor Peter O’Dowd and producer Chris Bentley take listeners across the country for a closer look at projects designed to make an impact. This episode looks at shipping goods by sea on large container ships, which crea…
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Dennis Lehane taps his Boston roots for novel 'Small Mercies'
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Author Dennis Lehane's vivid recollections of growing up in Boston during the busing desegregation crisis in the mid-1970s inspired his 2023 novel "Small Mercies."By WBUR & NPR
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California's state board that regulates water recently voted to impose fees for farmers using groundwater in one of the state's largest farming areas.By WBUR & NPR
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The playoffs have already had several close games and plenty of upset victories as teams battle to reach the Stanley Cup final.By WBUR & NPR
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