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FAQs about WBUR Up Next:How many episodes does WBUR Up Next have?The podcast currently has 5,572 episodes available.
June 22, 2020Massachusetts Moves Forward In Reopening, Allows Indoor DiningWe speak with two local restaurant owners on balancing reopening and keeping staff and customers safe....more48minPlay
June 22, 2020Writers On Writers: Children's Books That Tell The Story Of Race In AmericaJabari Asim talks with us about some of his favorite children's books that tell the story of race in America....more15minPlay
June 22, 2020Raising Black Children In The Era Of Black Lives MatterTwo Black fathers talk about raising children in the era of Black Lives Matter....more18minPlay
June 19, 2020Week In Review: Recognizing Juneteenth, State Push For Police ReformThis week's panelists are Rev. Mariama White-Hammond, pastor at the New Roots AME Church in Dorchester and Jennifer Nassour, former chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party....more48minPlay
June 18, 2020Local DACA Recipients Celebrate 'Temporary Victory' As Supreme Court Rules The Program StandsPlus, Governor Baker unveiled a new police reform bill yesterday, in response to ongoing protests calling for changes. Are the proposed reforms the right approach?...more48minPlay
June 18, 2020The Long History Of Juneteenth CelebrationsFirday, June 19, is "Juneteenth." It commemorates the day that Union soldiers in 1865 told enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, that the Civil War had ended and they were free....more15minPlay
June 18, 2020Mass. DACA Recipients Celebrate As Supreme Court Rules The Program StandsDACA will continue after the Supreme Court rejected an effort by the Trump Administration to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program....more23minPlay
June 18, 2020Gov. Baker Introduces Police Reform BillWe review some of the components of the bill with a policy researcher and an advocate for police reform....more11minPlay
June 17, 2020Do Police Officers Belong In Public Schools?Andrea Campbell, chair of the Boston City Council committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice, joins us to explain why she is pushing for the city to remove police officers from public schools....more8minPlay
June 17, 2020MBTA Could Face An 'Existential' Budget CrisisThe Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation warns by fiscal year 2022, the T could have an operating budget deficit of over $400 million....more15minPlay
FAQs about WBUR Up Next:How many episodes does WBUR Up Next have?The podcast currently has 5,572 episodes available.