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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.
March 31, 2022Checking in on the Red Sox as opening day approachesWe preview the upcoming season with Boston Globe sports reporter Alex Speier....more8minPlay
March 31, 2022The latest on the future of outdoor dining in the North EndA number of North End restaurant owners are upset over Mayor Michelle Wu's plan to make them pay 75-hundred dollars if they want to continue with an outdoor dining program that began during the early days of the pandemic to help them out....more19minPlay
March 31, 2022North End restaurants challenge outdoor dining fee and the future of work in MassachusettsPlus, we preview the upcoming baseball season with Boston Globe sports reporter Alex Speier....more47minPlay
March 30, 2022A pandemic-era fund for renters is drying up. Advocates say it's too soon to stop.With the state-funded RAFT program, roughly 6,000 families are helped a year. With the federally-funded ERAP, more than 72,000 people got help....more16minPlay
March 30, 2022The return of live music, and the end of pandemic-era rental assistancePlus, another edition of "Ask the Docs."...more48minPlay
March 30, 2022Local music venues keep pandemic adaptions even as cases dropWe take your calls and talk about the future of the local music scene with Matt Smith, managing director of Club Passim, and JJ Gonson, owner of ONCE Lounge, formerly in Somerville....more15minPlay
March 30, 2022Ask the Docs: Second boosters for adults over 50 and Omicron BA.2 in New EnglandDr. Cassandra Pierre and Dr. Sabrina Assoumou take listeners' coronavirus questions -- and ours....more18minPlay
March 29, 2022Meeting the gubernatorial candidates: Chris DoughtyDoughty believes he can be the next Republican to win the top office in this traditionally blue state, and he joins us to tell us why....more18minPlay
March 29, 2022Meeting Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Doughty, and a BPS lawsuitAs the Boston Public School District searches for its fifth superintendent in less than a decade, and the state mulls a possible takeover, we talk with two guests who support a different approach to addressing the inequities within BPS....more48minPlay
March 29, 2022Could a desegregation lawsuit help address issues within Boston Public Schools?We hear from two advocates who believe a lawsuit could bring real, lasting change....more14minPlay
FAQs about WBUR Up Next:How many episodes does WBUR Up Next have?The podcast currently has 5,616 episodes available.