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FAQs about WBUR Up Next:How many episodes does WBUR Up Next have?The podcast currently has 5,679 episodes available.
February 09, 2022Should your child keep wearing a mask to school after the mandate expires?Governor Baker announced today that the state mask mandate for schools will be lifted February 28th, though it will be up to individual districts – and families – to decide whether or not they want to keep masks on....more21minPlay
February 09, 2022Gov. Baker says students can leave the masks at homePlus, we continue our election year coverage by checking in with Democratic candidate for Attorney General Andrea Campbell....more47minPlay
February 09, 2022Celebrating the first published Black poet in AmericaPhillis Wheatley, an enslaved woman in pre-Revolutionary War Massachusetts, brought her poetry to the masses....more12minPlay
February 09, 2022Andrea Campbell on why she should be the Commonwealth's next Attorney GeneralFormer Boston City Councilor and mayoral candidate Andrea Campbell joins us to talk about her candidacy for Attorney General...more15minPlay
February 08, 2022Weighing legacy in the college admissions debateWe take a look at the practice of legacy preference, why some schools weigh legacy status among applicants and why some are now saying they won’t....more14minPlay
February 08, 2022New survey finds increasing number of Massachusetts residents in need of behavioral healthcareDr. Carlos Cappas, Chief Behavioral Health Officer at Lynn Community Health Center, joins us to talk more about the results from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation....more9minPlay
February 08, 2022Mental health in the pandemic and weighing legacy in college admissionsPlus, we take your questions on the pandemic on Ask the Docs....more49minPlay
February 08, 2022From frappes to Filene's: Demystifying Boston quirksBroker fees, space savers, frappes, and rotaries are all among "Bostonisms" that may throw a newbie to the region....more8minPlay
February 08, 2022Ask the Docs: Is it time to rescind mask mandates?We answer your coronavirus questions with Dr. Helen Boucher, infectious disease physician at Tufts Medical Center and interim dean of Tufts University School of Medicine, and Dr. Cassandra Pierre, acting hospital epidemiologist and an infectious diseases physician at Boston Medical Center....more20minPlay
February 07, 2022The challenge of personal choice and compliance in a pandemicIn a public health crisis, how much weight does an individual's choice get?...more15minPlay
FAQs about WBUR Up Next:How many episodes does WBUR Up Next have?The podcast currently has 5,679 episodes available.