WBUR News Podcast
1) Boston had Isabella Stewart Gardner, and Fitchburg had Eleanor Norcross
In the early 1900s a female artist dreamed of creating a museum for her Massachusetts hometown. Now the Fitchburg Art Museum is shining a light on its founder’s legacy for its 100th anniversary. And t...Show More
2) James Ware was granted medical parole. He still died in state custody
James Ware was dying of cancer when he he was granted medical parole and was supposed to be released. But two months later, the lack of an adequate medical plan and bureaucratic hurdles meant he died ...Show More
3) One ex-immigration judge in Mass. recounts her firing
Nina Froes, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, served alongside 19 judges at the immigration court in Chelmsford. That court now has just five permanent and two temporary judges.
4) For 50 years, the heart of reggae in Boston
Before reggae became a global phenomenon, record store owner Leroy Webb helped foster a home for the genre in Boston.
5) What does the city sound like? This festival wants you to walk to find out
Produced by the Harvard ArtLab and artist-researcher Jacek Smolicki, the Walking Festival of Sound features a lineup of 19 soundwalks, listening sessions and talks from local artists and practitioners...Show More
6) Local college grads are about to enter a difficult job market
While new grads always find the market daunting, added pressures on the employment landscape mean the current crop have their work cut out for them. And college seniors in Massachusetts are feeling th...Show More
7) Sole-mates: The sneakers helping runners tackle the Boston Marathon
Over the last few years, shoe technology has advanced tremendously. And it’s changing the sport of running for everyone from the elite athletes breaking the tape in Copley Square to the first-time mar...Show More
8) A musical project sheds light on Boston's Black labor history
An album and podcast from the Silkroad Ensemble and Rhiannon Giddens was inspired by the Black and immigrant labor that built America’s railroads. In Boston, Black sleeping car porters unionized for b...Show More
9) Republican Mike Minogue brings big money, outsider status and business cred in run for Mass. governor
The wealthy former biotech executive identifies as a "born again" Catholic who would bring CEO-style management to the state as a “new kind of governor.”
10) Lawrence secret recording scandal raises questions about extent of eavesdropping
People in Lawrence want to know: how many private conversations were recorded in City Hall, over what period of time, and who is responsible?