In It Together

Arun Rath speaks with the state’s top election official, Massachusetts Secretary of State Bill Galvin, about how residents can expect to vote amid the pandemic. And political consultant Tony Cignoli talks about two local elections taking place tomorrow, and how candidates are adapting their campaigns to the coronavirus crisis.

We've talked a lot on this show about how coronavirus and the pandemic restrictions have taken a brutal toll on all the performing arts. It's bad all around, but ensemble singers may have the worst of it.

Both scientific experts and professional organizations are warning that choirs and group singing may need to go silent until there's a vaccine or effective treatment.

Host Arun Rath talks with a doctor from Mass. Eye and Ear about why that is.

We’ll also hear from local choral leader about how his group is faring because of this pandemic.

Host Arun Rath speaks with MaryCat Boyett about a drive she’s organized to gather much-needed diapers for families in Chelsea, where the coronavirus pandemic has hit hard and supplies are low. And Arun hears from two local hospice workers, Pat Ahern and Molly Polansky, about how hospices have had to adapt their care for the terminally ill in the face of the pandemic.

A new study from Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health finds the coronavirus death rate has surged in parts of Massachusetts that are already at a disadvantage. Host Arun Rath talks with one of researchers ...

And, one of those cities that saw a surge was Revere. We check-in with the city's mayor to see how the pandemic has impacted his residents.

Arun Rath talks with Anna Gosline, executive director of the Massachusetts Coalition for Serious Illness Care, about the conversations we should have been having before the coronavirus crisis about advance directives and end of life decisions. And Arun hears from two workers with Elder Services of Worcester about the issues that vulnerable seniors and their caretakers are facing amid the pandemic.

Host Arun Rath talks music, poetry, and prose with fellow WGBH host Brian O'Donovan of A Celtic Sojourn. And Arun hears the sounds of spring with Ray Brown of Talkin’ Birds.

Host Arun Rath speaks with two hospital chaplains about their new and adapted roles in this pandemic. Father Thomas Sheehan works at UMass Memorial Medical Center and Bridget Power is a chaplain resident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Host Arun Rath speaks with Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu and Massachusetts Council of Churches executive director Reverend Laura Everett about the disparities that have been exposed and exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. Arun also hears from local musician Dan Blakeslee about how artists who make their living playing live shows are making it through the crisis.

Host Arun Rath hears from State Senator Julian Cyr on what this year’s Cape Cod summer could look like for residents and visitors alike.

Then, we hear how the Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield is adapting this year’s show season for social distancing.

Host Arun Rath speaks with Reverend Mary Jane Eaton of Boston’s Common Cathedral, who’s been keeping up services for the city’s homeless population during the coronavirus pandemic. And Arun talks to Tony Fogg of the Boston Symphony Orchestra about how the BSO is staying connected with its audience while Symphony Hall is closed.