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FAQs about WBUR Up Next:How many episodes does WBUR Up Next have?The podcast currently has 5,550 episodes available.
December 05, 2023Banners in Roxbury's Grove Hall honor Black women leaders, past and presentMore than 200 banners are now hung around Roxbury honoring Black women leaders in the city. Radio Boston is joined by Ed Gaskin is the executive director of Grove Hall Main Streets, which is hosting the project, and Priscilla Douglas, who is on a banner as the was the state's first Black woman cabinet secretary....more11minPlay
December 05, 2023Checking in on Mass. and Cass a month after the tent sweepWBUR senior correspondent Deborah Becker joins Radio Boston to discuss what happens to people who come to "Mass. and Cass" for addiction services after the city cleared tent encampments....more10minPlay
December 04, 2023Rep. Lori Trahan takes place in key Democratic Caucus position ahead of 2024 electionRadio Boston talks with Massachusetts Rep. Lori Trahan, who will co-chair the Democratic Policy and Communications Commission at a critical time ahead of the 2024 election....more14minPlay
December 04, 2023Your favorite classic Christmas music might have New England tiesRadio Boston revisits its 2021 conversation with Joe Bennett, a professor and musicologist at Berklee School of Music, about some local Christmas classics that we've come to love over the years....more10minPlay
December 04, 2023How 'Boston Ball' changed the way basketball is playedClayton Trutor, author of the book "Boston Ball," joined Radio Boston to talk about how a revival of fast, scrappy basketball in 1980s Boston helped change the way basketball is played today....more8minPlay
December 01, 2023What state lawmakers are debating as they try to pass a supplemental budgetChris Van Buskirk of the Boston Herald joins us from the State House to talk about what's at stake as lawmakers try to come to a consensus on a nearly $3 billion supplemental budget. Raises for 100,000 state employees and critical funding for the state's family shelter system hang in the balance....more11minPlay
December 01, 2023Members of this prison debate league are scoring wins on and off the stageRadio Boston talks with Daniel Throop and George Vicente of the National Prison Debate League. The two men were part of a team of formerly incarcerated people who recently debated against university students at a competition in Maryland and won....more15minPlay
November 30, 2023Wu on the latest at 'Mass. and Cass,' her transportation goals and Boston's winter plansBoston Mayor Michelle Wu joins Radio Boston to discuss the latest at the area known as "Mass. and Cass," her transportation goals for 2024 and the city's winter plans....more31minPlay
November 29, 2023When will you be able to visit a cannabis café in Massachusetts?Radio Boston talks with Cannabis Control Commission Bruce Stebbins about where cannabis cafés stand today....more8minPlay
November 29, 2023Sen. Warren calls for two-state solution for Israel and GazaMassachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren is calling for peace between Israel and Hamas, but stopped short of calling for a permanent ceasefire. Instead, Warren said peace means a political solution, a so-called two-state solution....more17minPlay
FAQs about WBUR Up Next:How many episodes does WBUR Up Next have?The podcast currently has 5,550 episodes available.