The Wake Up

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The Wake Up episodes

  • What's Next at Mass. and Cass?

    Boston city workers began to clear tents Monday morning near the troubled intersection of Melnea Cass Boulevard and Massachusetts Avenue, part of a new encampment ban across the city. What does that mean for the people who have been living in the area? GBH's Tori Bedford joins Paris to discuss.

    7 min
  • Lewiston, Maine grieves

    After a mass shooting Wednesday night, the people of Lewiston, Maine are grieving and questioning where to go next. GBH reporter Mark Herz joins Paris from Maine.

    8 min
  • Stop the Meta Scroll

    Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell is joining 41 other state attorneys general in suing Meta, the parent company of Instagram, Facebook and Whatsapp, on allegations that the tech giant is deliberately creating addictive features and doing little to fix it. Are we all doomed to scroll forever?

    12 min
  • Cider Suits

    Boston Beer Company has alleged that a former employee used an external USB drive to download the company’s “proprietary and confidential” information in the days after he submitted his resignation. Paris and Jeremy discuss the brewing legal battle.

    11 min
  • Ahead of the Head of the Charles

    Paris Alston with special guests Edgar B Hurwick III from GBH’s Curiosity Desk and GBH News’ Mark Herz break down the beginning of the Head of the Charles Regatta, an annual fall tradition here in Boston.

    12 min
  • Pay to Hit Play

    Are you still watching? Netflix reported a profit after cracking down on password-sharing. Paris and Jeremy discuss that and more news of the day.

    10 min
  • What's Going On at Cambridge City Hall?

    Eight women who have worked for Cambridge Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui are accusing her of toxic behavior in the workplace according to a new investigation from The Boston Globe. Siddiqui has positioned herself as a bastion of progressivism and is the first Muslim elected to lead a major Massachusetts city. But these allegations are painting a different picture. Reporters Diti Kohli and Emma Platoff joined Jeremy to discuss their months-long investigation.

    7 min

About The Wake Up

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From GBH in Boston, The Wake Up is a 10 minute check-in that looks at what is happening in the news of the day. From politics and transportation to housing, science and pop culture. Hosts Paris and…