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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 23, 2022Mass. health officials join call to end discriminatory rules around blood donationDr. Carl Streed, physician, assistant professor at the Boston University School of Medicine, and Research Lead for the Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery at Boston Medical Center, joins us to talk about the issue....more9minPlay
March 22, 2022Ask the doctors: the new variant, disappearing mask mandates, and morePlus, we discuss the importance of local journalism, and take a look at what anti-racism looks like in an English class....more48minPlay
March 22, 2022'Letting Go of Literary Whiteness'We speak with Westfield State professor Sophia Sarigianides, co-author of "Letting Go of Literary Whiteness: Antiracist Literature Instruction for White Students."...more16minPlay
March 22, 2022Local news in Mass. suffers another blow, with Gannett taking 19 papers out of printThe newspaper chain Gannett will stop printing at least 19 weekly newspapers in Eastern Massachusetts after the first week of May. They'll go all digital....more18minPlay
March 22, 2022Ask the Docs: what does vaccine immunity mean in an endemic?We take your calls with Dr. Shira Doron, an attending physician and hospital epidemiologist at Tufts Medical Center, and Dr. Lou Ann Bruno-Murtha, chief of infectious diseases at Cambridge Health Alliance, which has locations in Cambridge, Somerville and Everett....more15minPlay
March 17, 2022Lower Neponset designated a "Superfund site"Plus, we dig into what everyone should know about endometriosis, and revisit a conversation with Boston's newly-named James Beard award-winner, Irene Li....more48minPlay
March 17, 2022Two women share what it's like living with endometriosisWe learn about endometriosis from two women who have the disease that impacts an estimated 1 in 10 women worldwide....more25minPlay
March 17, 2022Advocates celebrate Neponset River's new "Superfund" statusThe Environmental Protection Agency is designating the Lower Neponset a "Superfund site," a label given to the most hazardous and uncontrolled contaminated areas in the country....more14minPlay
March 16, 2022Community activist indictedWe discuss Cannon-Grant's impact on Boston and the significance of the indictment with Boston Globe columnist Adrian Walker....more12minPlay
March 16, 2022Ask the pet vetsTwo veterinarians join us to tackle all of your animal questions....more22minPlay
FAQs about WBUR Up Next:How many episodes does WBUR Up Next have?The podcast currently has 5,616 episodes available.