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Learn about the most important issues facing Massachusetts from the people in charge and the people most affected.... more
FAQs about WBUR Up Next:How many episodes does WBUR Up Next have?The podcast currently has 5,616 episodes available.
May 03, 2022Ukrainian family settles in western Mass. and the future of auxiliary police forcesPlus, it's "Ask the Docs" with listener questions about a new COVID-19 vaccine for children....more48minPlay
May 03, 2022One family's journey from Ukraine to Westfield, Mass.Lidiia Martynyuk, her husband and their six children made the harrowing journey from Ukraine to Massachusetts recently. We hear her story....more8minPlay
May 03, 2022A COVID vaccine for kids under 5 nears, and what to know if you're exposedThe CDC estimates 75% of children under age 11 have already been infected with COVID-19....more14minPlay
May 03, 2022Ascentria works to settle Ukrainians in western Mass.Ascentria Care Alliance, based in Worcester, has been helping families fleeing Ukraine and coming to western Massachusetts. Since welcoming the first family in April, the nonprofit has been inundated with what it calls "walk-ins," or unofficial refugees, seeking services....more11minPlay
May 02, 2022How one western Massachusetts college is taking on student loan debtWe talk about the impact of student loan debt and a new program at Williams College aimed at lessening that burden....more15minPlay
May 02, 2022American student loan debt, and the 'Black Super Hero Magic Mama' playPlus, the latest on efforts to divert people arrested near Boston's "Mass. and Cass" area to drug treatment....more48minPlay
May 02, 2022Drug diversion program expands as anxieties rise around violence near Boston's 'Mass. and Cass'In our first weekly "From the Newsroom" conversation, we check in with WBUR's Deborah Becker to hear updates on the latest happenings in and around the Mass & Cass neighborhood....more12minPlay
May 02, 2022'Black Super Hero Magic Mama,' the Afrocentric comic book origin story on stage and in schoolsWe speak with the team behind Company One's production of "Black Super Hero Magic Mama" and how the play is being brought to Boston classrooms....more20minPlay
April 29, 2022World's fair or bust: Pony-cart journey of two Needham boys documented in new filmIn the summer of 1967, two little boys, Jeff and Tony Whittemore, wanted nothing more than to go to the World's Fair in Montreal....more15minPlay
April 29, 2022Tewksbury man talks about life with a traumatic brain injury in new filmA new documentary called "The House We Lived In," explores the life and recovery of one man with a traumatic brain following a mysterious fall in 2011. We speak with him and his son, as well as the film's director....more15minPlay
FAQs about WBUR Up Next:How many episodes does WBUR Up Next have?The podcast currently has 5,616 episodes available.