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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NPR and WBUR's live midday news program.
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Hosted by Meghna Chakrabarti, On Point is a unique, curiosity-driven combination of original reporting, newsmaker interviews, first-person stories, and in-depth analysis, making the world more intelligible and humane. When the world is more complicated than ever, we aim to make sense of it together. On Point is produced by WBUR.
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Greater Boston’s weekly podcast where news and culture meet.
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Radically empathic advice. 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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Hosted by Meghna Chakrabarti, On Point is a unique, curiosity-driven combination of original reporting, newsmaker interviews, first-person stories, and in-depth analysis, making the world more intelligible and humane. When the world is more complicated than ever, we aim to make sense of it together. On Point is produced by WBUR.
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Stories and commentaries that inform, challenge and occasionally amuse.
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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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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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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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Provocative stories and authentic voices from around Boston.
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The best long-form audio series from WBUR, Boston's NPR, all in one feed.
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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. Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subsc ...
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Season 4: "Postmortem" is about the stolen bodies of Harvard and the gray 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?
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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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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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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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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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Keith Lockhart previews the 2024 Pops holiday season
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Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart joins WBUR's Morning Edition to give a us taste what's new this season for the iconic holiday show.By WBUR
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What's at stake in the Supreme Court transgender care case?
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The Supreme Court heard a challenge Wednesday to Tennessee's ban on puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender minors. Slate's Mark Joseph Stern looks at what the case could mean for transgender children across the country. Then, South Korean lawmakers are calling to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol after an intense night of political dram…
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UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot in New York City
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The NYPD says it believes the attack was targeted.By WBUR & NPR
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What's at stake for other states in Supreme Court transgender care case?
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The Supreme Court has been hearing a challenge on Wednesday to Tennessee’s ban on puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender minors.By WBUR & NPR
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South Korean lawmakers call to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol
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President Yoon imposed martial law on the country, only to reverse his decision just six hours later after protesters began demonstrating and lawmakers in parliament voted to reject military rule.By WBUR & NPR
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New book explores life 'Raised by a Serial Killer'
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April Belascio had a chaotic childhood and, as an adult, she tipped police about her suspicions that her father could be a murderer, which eventually led to his arrest.By WBUR & NPR
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Report: Putin's planes took Ukrainian kids to 'coerced' Russian adoptions
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The report says the highest levels of the Russian government are responsible for removing Ukrainian children from their homes and forcing them into adoptions.By WBUR & NPR
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'Birding to Change the World' memoir uses birds as guides for social activism and joy
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Trish O’Kane sometimes calls herself an accidental ornithologist. As a journalist focused on human rights, she once considered birding frivolous. And then, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, on a too-quiet morning, she heard a cardinal’s song.By WBUR & NPR
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'The great dechurching': Why so many Americans are leaving their churches
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Rebroadcast: About 40 million Americans have stopped attending a place of worship in the past 25 years. What’s driving it, and what does it tell us about the importance of faith in America?By WBUR
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'The great dechurching': Why so many Americans are leaving their churches
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Rebroadcast: About 40 million Americans have stopped attending a place of worship in the past 25 years. What’s driving it, and what does it tell us about the importance of faith in America?By WBUR
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New ruling gives Wisconsin public workers right to collectively bargain for first time since 2011
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Pro-labor groups in Wisconsin won a court case that restored the ability of unions to bargain collectively. That right was eliminated by the Wisconsin legislature more than 10 years ago.By WBUR & NPR
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Supreme Court hears challenge to Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care
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The Supreme Court has been hearing a challenge Wednesday to Tennessee’s ban on puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender minors.By WBUR & NPR
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'The Last Ships from Hamburg' tells the story of Jewish immigration at the turn of the 20th century
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From 1890 to 1921, 2.5 million Jews fleeing antisemitic violence in Eastern Europe came to the United States aided by three businessmen, including German-Jewish shipping magnate Albert Ballin.By WBUR & NPR
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How a new energy storage system could slash utility bills
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A new energy storage system could help reduce electricity bills by 70% during peak demand.By WBUR & NPR
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We look at the proliferation of organizations announcing a word of the year and the creep of online words into the lexicon.By WBUR & NPR
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Biden's trip to Africa: Too little, too late?
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President Biden traveled to sub-Saharan Africa to kick off a railway line meant to compete with China's Belt and Road Initiative investments in Africa.By WBUR & NPR
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Best cookbooks of 2024, according to chef Kathy Gunst
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Resident chef Kathy Gunst shares her favorite cook books of the year, with an emphasis on comfort food.By WBUR & NPR
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What we know about the reported probe into a sitting Boston city councilor
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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.By WBUR
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Mass. education leaders discuss potential impacts of a second Trump term
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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.By WBUR
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Rep. Ayanna Pressley talks lessons learned for Democrats after the election
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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.By WBUR
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How the incoming Trump administration could impact Mass. schools
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Education officials say threats of mass deportations to cuts in federal funding are among their concerns.By WBUR
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Three Powerful Lessons About Love (Encore)
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When Daniel Jones started the Modern Love column in 2004, he called for submissions and hoped the idea would catch on. Twenty years and over a thousand published essays later, Modern Love is a trove of real-life love stories. Jones has put so much of himself into editing the column over the years, but as he tells Anna Martin, the host of the “Moder…
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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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Palestinian children arrive in U.S. for medical treatment
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Eight children between 2 and 17 years old have arrived in the U.S. from Gaza to receive specialized medical treatment for life-threatening injuries. Here & Now's Chris Bentley reports. And, Islamist opposition group in Syria's reignited civil war is on the rise. Nazareth University scholar of Middle East politics Sefa Secen joins us to explain what…
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Q'orianka Kilcher (Yellowstone, Dora and the Lost City of Gold) stars in a Cherokee tale about a clever rabbit who craftily tries pulling the wool — and fur — over everyone’s eyes.By WBUR
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900 U.S. troops remain in Syria as Islamist rebels gain ground
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An Islamist opposition group has been on the rise in Syria's reignited civil war.By WBUR & NPR
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'My Roman History' weaves together history, academics and personal fulfillment
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Author Aliza Holstein seemed destined to be a scholar of ancient Roman History. As a teen, she fell in love with Dante Alighieri’s "Divine Comedy," a tale written in the 1300s about traveling through the afterlife.By WBUR & NPR
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Women in Iran still protest against mandatory hijab law and clerical rule
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Iran’s government is saying the activists are in need of psychiatric help.By WBUR & NPR
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