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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 09, 2020Activists Push For Reforms, Less Funding To Boston Police DepartmentWe hear from local activists. Plus, we speak with Rep. Seth Moulton, who is a co-sponsor on the Justice In Policing Act of 2020....more48minPlay
June 09, 2020How Would Defunding The Police Look From A Policy Perspective?We put the call to "defund the police" into a public policy context....more9minPlay
June 09, 2020Boston Activists Want More Accountability, And Call On The City To 'Defund The Police'Two local activists discuss how defunding is just one aspect of police reform people are calling for locally....more18minPlay
June 08, 2020Boston Mayor Marty Walsh On Race, Police And ReopeningIt's our monthly "Monday With The Mayor" segment, and we take listener calls with Boston Mayor Marty Walsh...more19minPlay
June 08, 2020Boston Mayor Marty Walsh On City Protests Against Police, RacismPlus, what reopening will look like in Chelsea, a city hard hit by the coronavirus....more47minPlay
June 08, 2020How Chelsea Is Preparing For Phase 2 Of ReopeningPlus, an overview of what businesses are allowed to open and what safety restrictions they will need to put in place as we begin the second phase of reopening....more23minPlay
June 05, 2020Week In Review: Protests Against Racism And Police Violence Rock Boston, Massachusetts, And The NationPlus, we discuss President Trump's move to temper the protests with a militarized response....more49minPlay
June 04, 2020Local Transit Leaders Criticize MBTA's Move To Close Stations Following ProtestsWe talk about the MBTA shutting down key T stations during protests Sunday and Tuesday night....more17minPlay
June 04, 2020What Forms Of Protest Does America Find 'Acceptable'?Kellie Carter Jackson, an assistant professor of Africana studies at Wellesley College, wrote about the subject in The Atlantic, and joins us to discuss the historical double standard in what kinds of protest are seen as acceptable....more11minPlay
June 04, 2020A Difficult Balance: Protecting Free Speech And Public Health During A PandemicPlus, at the protests in Boston on Sunday and Tuesday, the MBTA closed stations, and some protestors said they were not able to easily leave. We dig into that decision....more49minPlay
FAQs about WBUR Up Next:How many episodes does WBUR Up Next have?The podcast currently has 5,572 episodes available.