In It Together

It’s been two years since Governor Charlie Baker declared a COVID state of emergency in Massachusetts. To mark the occasion, In It Together brought back some old friends of the show to reflect on the pandemic and where we go from here. Arun Rath speaks with Boston Medical Center’s Dr. Cassandra Pierre, Franciscan Children’s Hospital behavioral health director Dr. Fatima Watt, La Colaborativa executive director Gladys Vega, and local comedian Lamont Price, as well as GBH reporters Craig LeMoult and Meg Woolhouse.

In In It Together’s final episode before a summer break, Arun Rath checks back in with the family of Keith Jacobs, who died from COVID-19 last year, to discuss the massive toll this pandemic has taken. And Arun speaks with regular guest Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, now the founding director of Boston University’s new Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy and Research.

After more than a year closed, the Brattle Theater is set to re-open its doors this July.

We’ll hear what we can expect about programming and the experience from Ivy Moylan, executive director and co-founder, and Ned Hinkle, creative director.

And yes, there will be a Jaws screening. Wouldn't be the Fourth of July without one.

We'll hear about the need for investment in local minority-owned businesses, especially as we emerge from the pandemic, when Arun Rath speaks with Kofi Callender of Roxbury-based start-up organization E for All and Widline Pyrame of Fusion Dolls.

The pandemic closed churches last year, preventing people from not only worshipping in person together, but grieving together. This is especially true for churches in communities of color. We'll hear more about this collective trauma from Reverend Emmett Price and Reverend Irene Monroe, both co-hosts of the GBH podcast, All Revv'd Up.

Live local theater is getting back underway. The first performance in the Boston area will be at Arlington's Regent Theatre, where Michael Levin will perform his one-man show called "The Mom Show," about his mother's escape from Nazi Germany and how she made it to the U.S. Arun Rath speaks with Levin.

Most of the state's COVID-19 restrictions relax on Saturday, but according to a new survey, depression levels across the board remain high, even as the pandemic here in the United States improves.

Host Arun Rath speaks with Dr. Roy Perlis, the director for the Center for Quantitative Health at Mass General Hospital, about the findings.

The murder of George Floyd by police nearly a year ago has forced America to reexamine issues of race in all sorts of areas. That includes healthcare, especially in the context of the pandemic.

Arun Rath speaks with community health expert Dr. Monica Wang, Associate Director of Narrative at the B.U. Center for Antiracist Research, about how Floyd's murder has prompted the field of medicine to take a hard look at itself.

Arun also speaks with Boston Medical Center’s Dr. Sabrina Assoumou about the disparities in healthcare access and health outcomes faced by communities of color.

We’ve been checking in with GBH's Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen since the start of the pandemic. It's been up's and down's throughout the last 14 months for arts institutions in the state, but with restrictions relaxing in about a week, there's positive news on the horizon for them as they welcome summer.

The state is getting ready to bring COVID restrictions to an end this Memorial Day weekend, and some doctors say that decision makes sense. But others are skeptical, including UMass Medical Center's Dr. Robert Klugman, who speaks with Arun Rath.