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FAQs about WBUR Up Next:How many episodes does WBUR Up Next have?The podcast currently has 5,713 episodes available.
May 17, 2022The baby formula shortage in Massachusetts and a crash course on mass incarcerationPlus, Kendall Square is considered to be the world's most innovative square kilometer. The history of the square and the companies that call it home are subject of a new book called "Where Futures Converge: Kendall Square and the making of a global innovation hub."...more48minPlay
May 17, 2022Teaching prison reform and abolition to future Mass. lawyersSuffolk professor Stephen Cody shares how he teaches the next generation of Massachusetts prosecutors, judges and public defenders....more16minPlay
May 17, 2022New book explores the history of Kendall SquareKendall Square is considered by many to be the world's most innovative square kilometer. Places like MIT, NASA, Google and Biogen among many others have called the square home....more16minPlay
May 17, 2022How Massachusetts is coping with the baby formula shortageWe speak with a Newton nonprofit about how it is providing donor human milk to hospitals and WBUR's Meghan Kelly on the impact of this shortage....more17minPlay
May 16, 2022Chelsea cools off one block at a timeIn this week's "From the Newsroom" segment, WBUR health reporter Martha Bebinger tells us about what she's learned reporting on ways Chelsea has tried to address its problems with heat....more8minPlay
May 16, 2022Brookline chocolatier retires after 33 years of sweetening communityIn 1987, Nur Kilic walked away from an engineering job to found Serenade Chocolatier....more11minPlay
May 16, 2022Addressing health disparities in Massachusetts, and efforts to keep cities cool in the summerPlus, we meet artist Wen-ti Tsen. He has been making art in Boston for decades, and at 86, is just now embarking on perhaps his most ambitious project yet: Four statues honoring the working people of Boston's Chinatown. We hear about the project and what it means for the neighborhood....more48minPlay
May 16, 2022New statues in Boston's Chinatown aims to draw attention to neighborhood gentrificationFour bronze statues by local artist Wen-ti Tsen will honor the working-class and immigrant communities that call Boston's Chinatown home....more13minPlay
May 16, 2022How 40 Black and Latinx leaders from around the state hope to change health care for goodThe Health Equity Compact includes leaders from hospitals, businesses, public health, academic institutions, and more....more17minPlay
May 13, 2022This week in transportationWe'll take some time to break down and review the big story of the week: transportation. We're joined by Jim Aloisi, former Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation, also a board member of the group TransitMatters, which advocates for better, more reliable public transit....more16minPlay
FAQs about WBUR Up Next:How many episodes does WBUR Up Next have?The podcast currently has 5,713 episodes available.