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From GBH in Boston, The Wake Up is a 10 minute check-in that looks at what is happening in the news of the day. From politics and transportation to housing, science and pop culture. Hosts Paris and Jeremy break it all down through conversation and observation. All with a little bit of humor and a lot of energy. Grab your Dunks’ and hear the latest out of the Bay State and beyond.

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Episodes

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    Boston city workers began to clear tents Monday morning near the troubled intersection of Melnea Cass Boulevard and Massachusetts Avenue, part of a new encampment ban across the city. What does that mean for the people who have been living in the area? GBH's Tori Bedford joins Paris to discuss.
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    Massachusetts is helping house 7,500 families, and the state will soon exceed its capacity for shelters and other places to stay. What happens next? GBH reporter Katie Lannan joins Paris and Jeremy to explain.
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    After a mass shooting Wednesday night, the people of Lewiston, Maine are grieving and questioning where to go next. GBH reporter Mark Herz joins Paris from Maine.
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    At least 17 people have died in mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine. Paris and Jeremy hear from GBH reporter Mark Herz, who has been talking to local residents about how they are processing what happened.
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    Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell is joining 41 other state attorneys general in suing Meta, the parent company of Instagram, Facebook and Whatsapp, on allegations that the tech giant is deliberately creating addictive features and doing little to fix it. Are we all doomed to scroll forever?
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    Boston Beer Company has alleged that a former employee used an external USB drive to download the company’s “proprietary and confidential” information in the days after he submitted his resignation. Paris and Jeremy discuss the brewing legal battle.
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    Film writer and critic Sarah G. Vincent of Cambridge Day joins us to talk about what to watch this Halloween season.
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    Paris Alston with special guests Edgar B Hurwick III from GBH’s Curiosity Desk and GBH News’ Mark Herz break down the beginning of the Head of the Charles Regatta, an annual fall tradition here in Boston.
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    Are you still watching? Netflix reported a profit after cracking down on password-sharing. Paris and Jeremy discuss that and more news of the day.
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    Eight women who have worked for Cambridge Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui are accusing her of toxic behavior in the workplace according to a new investigation from The Boston Globe. Siddiqui has positioned herself as a bastion of progressivism and is the first Muslim elected to lead a major Massachusetts city. But these allegations are painting a different picture. Reporters Diti Kohli and Emma Platoff joined Jeremy to discuss their months-long investigation.