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FAQs about WBUR Up Next:How many episodes does WBUR Up Next have?The podcast currently has 5,633 episodes available.
March 29, 2019AT&T Split May Offer Lessons For Breaking Up Big TechSenator — and 2020 candidate — Elizabeth Warren has proposed a break up of Amazon, Facebook and Google....more12minPlay
March 29, 2019The Enduring Mysteries Of How Polynesia Was SettledThe question of exactly how people traveled to these remote and widespread islands thousands of years ago is still hotly debated....more13minPlay
March 28, 2019Full Episode: Special Olympics, Artery 25, 'Ethan'President Trump wants to cut funding for the Special Oplympics -- we talk to author Eileen McNamara about Eunice Kennedy Shriver, its powerful founder. And, we talk to performance artist Tory Bullock and Catherine Morris, founder and executive [...]...more51minPlay
March 28, 2019With Special Olympics Funding In Peril, Its Founder's Legacy Fights BackPresident Trump's budget proposal includes a 10 percent cut in funding from Department of Education programs, and it would eliminate all of the almost 18 million dollars that go toward funding the Special Olympics....more13minPlay
March 28, 2019Documentary Short 'Ethan' Is A Portrait Of An Amherst Family And Their Son With AutismThe film offers a glimpse into the day-to-day joys and struggles that come with raising a child with a disability....more18minPlay
March 28, 2019Tory Bullock And Catherine Morris On Being Millennials Of Color In Boston's Arts SceneWe talk to two of Boston's great taste-makers about what it means to make the ARTery 25 list and how they use their art and voice to make a difference....more14minPlay
March 27, 2019Should Massachusetts Ban Youth Tackle Football?Lawmakers on Beacon Hill have proposed a bi-partisan bill that would ban organized youth tackle football in Mass. until after 7th grade....more15minPlay
March 27, 2019What Made The Case Against Fall River's Lizzie Borden One Of The 'Greatest Murder Trials In The World's History'Cara Robertson in her new book, "The Trial of Lizzie Borden," recounts the story of Fall River's Lizzie Borden, who was accused and then acquitted for the gruesome murders of her father and stepmother....more18minPlay
March 27, 2019Full Episode: Debate Over The Future Of Health Care, Rent Control, Youth Tackle Football, The Trial Of Lizzie BordenHost Jamie Bologna speaks with WBUR's Carey Goldberg about the renewed debate over the future of health care. Plus, some Mass. lawmakers want a return to rent control. Governor Charlie Baker isn't buying it. Also, we hear from both sides on whether [...]...more51minPlay
March 27, 2019CommonHealth: The New Debate Over The Future Of Health CareThere's a serious debate within the Democratic party over proposals to upend the whole system with a government insurance plan to cover all Americans, sometimes referred to as single-payer or "Medicare-for-All."...more10minPlay
FAQs about WBUR Up Next:How many episodes does WBUR Up Next have?The podcast currently has 5,633 episodes available.