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FAQs about WBUR Up Next:How many episodes does WBUR Up Next have?The podcast currently has 5,638 episodes available.
July 26, 2018Unsolved Homicides, Title IX TranformationHost Meghna Chakrabarti breaks down potential reasons why Boston has the nation's widest gap in arrest rates in homicide cases where a victim was white versus when the victim was black. Plus, a Boston College professor breaks down the evolution of [...]...more51minPlay
July 25, 2018Mayor Walsh, Bill LittlefieldHost Meghna Chakrabarti speaks with Boston Mayor Marty Walsh about newly appointed Boston Police Commissioner William Gross. Plus, an update on the sales tax battle happening in New Hampshire. Also, Bill Littlefield's final regular sports segment [...]...more51minPlay
July 24, 2018Comm. Ave Bridge, James BrownHost Meghna Chakrabarti speaks with the city's secretary of transportation on what to expect from the closure of the Comm. Ave bridge. Also, we talk with Shiva Ayyadurai, an independent running for U.S. Senate. Plus, we hear from Harvard professor [...]...more51minPlay
July 23, 2018Commissioner Evans, Language Delays In Deaf ChildrenHost Meghna Chakrabarti speaks with a WBUR reporter on why Police Commissioner Bill Evans is retiring. Also, more than half of deaf children start their first day of school with a language delay. We hear from a researcher at Boston University about [...]...more51minPlay
July 20, 2018U.S. Attorney Lelling, Week In ReviewHost Meghna Chakrabarti breaks down the week's top headlines, including the state budget proposal and Trump's remarks about Russia during the Helsinki Summit, with our panelists. Plus, Andrew Lelling, U.S. Attorney for Mass., says drugs users and [...]...more51minPlay
July 19, 2018Faneuil Hall, School AssignmentHost Meghna Chakrabarti talks with the artist who has proposed a new slave memorial at Faneuil Hall. Plus, an algorithm intended to reduce inequity and segregation in the city's school system may have actually made the problem worse. Also, Hiawatha [...]...more51minPlay
July 18, 2018State Budget, 'The Garden Party'Host Meghna Chakrabarti speaks with WBUR's Shannon Dooling and Steve Brown on the budget agreement reached at the State House on Wednesday. Also, writer Chelsea Conaboy on the dramatic changes that happen to the brain during motherhood. Plus, local [...]...more51minPlay
July 17, 2018Scott LivelyHost Meghna Chakrabarti and Joshua Miller of The Boston Globe speak with Scott Lively, a Republican candidate for Governor. He won almost 30 percent of the delegates at the Republican State convention in April, allowing him to mount a primary [...]...more53minPlay
July 16, 2018Eldred Ruling, Weymouth ShootingHost Meghna Chakrabarti breaks down the Supreme Judicial Court ruling that says judges can force sobriety of drug users on probation. Plus, we hear local community reaction after the shooting of a police officer and resident in Weymouth, Mass. [...]...more51minPlay
July 13, 2018Bo Burnham, Week In ReviewHost Anthony Brooks breaks down the week's top stories with our panelists, beginning with Jeff Session's visit to New Hampshire where he suggested a connection between illegal immigration and the opioid crisis. Plus, Mass. native Bo Burnham on his [...]...more51minPlay
FAQs about WBUR Up Next:How many episodes does WBUR Up Next have?The podcast currently has 5,638 episodes available.