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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 5,572 episodes available.
September 17, 2020At The Hebrew SeniorLife Synagogue, The Sacred Is Found In SongBefore the pandemic, residents of a historically Jewish senior home in Roslindale gathered in their synagogue to sing Bob Marley songs and connect with one another, visiting family and staffers....more9minPlay
September 17, 2020Living Through Corona: Robert Lewis, Jr.We premiere a new series, talking with a wide variety of folks about what their experience has been like and how they are coping with the anxiety, fear, stress and isolation that comes with living through a pandemic....more16minPlay
September 17, 2020With 6 New Communities Deemed High Risk For The Coronavirus, How Does Massachusetts Mitigate Spread?We check in with two of the communities and a local doctor....more26minPlay
September 16, 2020State Will Take Lead In Boston College Contact Tracing EffortThe move comes amidst growing criticism of the college's coronavirus strategy....more14minPlay
September 16, 2020Mass. Climate Researchers Calls Hazy Skies Caused By Wildfires 'Astounding And Quite Troubling'We take stock on how these climate-change fueled events resonate in New England, and how they're connected with Michael Rawlins, an Associate Professor at UMass Amherst and Associate Director of the school's Climate System Research Center....more18minPlay
September 16, 2020Hazy New England Skies Caused By Wildfires In The West Are 'Astounding And Quite Troubling'Plus: Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins reflects with us on the death of the Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Ralph Gants and we get the latest on the state's takeover of contact tracing at Boston College....more49minPlay
September 16, 2020DA Rollins On SJC Chief Justice Gants' Passing, New Harvard Sentencing StudyRachael Rollins joins us to talk about a recent Harvard Law School study that has exposed stark racial disparities in the Massachusetts criminal justice system, and to remember the late Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Ralph Gants....more18minPlay
September 15, 2020Michelle Wu Is Running For MayorPlus, what's the college experience like in this very unusual fall semester?...more48minPlay
September 15, 2020Amid The Pandemic And Our Reckoning With Race Is An Emerging Mental Health CrisisA recent study from the Boston University School of Public Health found that number of American adults with depression symptoms has more than tripled during the coronavirus pandemic....more24minPlay
September 15, 2020'No One Is The First Until They Do It:' Why Michelle Wu Thinks She Should Be Boston's Next MayorThe top vote-getter in the Boston City Council At Large elections twice, Wu would be the first woman and first person of color to hold the office....more13minPlay
FAQs about WBUR Up Next:How many episodes does WBUR Up Next have?The podcast currently has 5,572 episodes available.