Episodes
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Could Massachusetts Allow Overdose Prevention Sites?
Overdose prevention sites, sometimes called supervised injection sites, allow people to use illegal drugs under the eye of medical workers and volunteers, who can step in to help in the event of an overdose. They are illegal under federal law, but the Massachusetts state senate passed a bill to allow cities and towns here to create them. GBH's State House Reporter Katie Lannan joins Jeremy to talk through the bill's path. -
Who Owns Boston’s Empty Lots?
Three decades ago, Boston's city government bulldozed buildings Pamela Saucer-Richardson's owned on Erie Street in Dorchester and took control of the land. Her father had about $5,000 in unpaid property taxes. That land has sat vacant since. Now the city wants to give it to nonprofits — but no one has reached out to Saucer Richardson's family, she said. GBH's Paul Singer explores the history behind Boston's empty lots. -
Boston celebrates WILD Day, plus your guide to Summer blockbusters
Paris remembers WILD Radio, a Boston institution for many years on the AM airwaves, and their inseparable bond with the band New Edition. She speaks with former station director Elroy Smith. Plus Jeremy checks in with Sarah G. Vincent, a film critic and writer for Boston Movie News, Awards Watch, and In Between Drafts, for a deeper dive on this summer's popcorn flicks. -
How do YOU "Wake Up Well"?
Paris Alston continues our Wake Up Well series and is joined by mental health advocate and founder of Purespark Niesha Deed and our digital producer Gal Tziperman Lotan to let our listeners weigh in on how they start their day the right way. Plus GBH's Craig Lemoult gets you ready for the Paris Olympics with a look at the US's best hope for a medal in the event of Sabre. -
Feeling the Calefaction with Word Trivia
Calefaction. Filipendulous. Contrafactum. Do you know the meanings and origins of GBH's Edgar B. Herwick III's trivia vocabulary words? Play along to find out. -
Sen. Warren on Harris endorsement: 'This Is What We Want'
Senator Elizabeth Warren has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential bid, and she joined Paris to tell her why. She also spoke about a potential campaign finance challenge and whether she'd be interested in being her running mate. (Spoiler alert: No.) -
Biden, Harris, and America's Next Steps
What's next in the 2024 election? Paris and Jeremy speak with GBH's Adam Reilly and UMass Boston politics Prof. Erin O'Brien about how we got here, what's next, and what to expect in the Democratic National Convention. -
A teaching tool, or plagiarism?
Local writer Nick Basbanes and a colleague have filed a class-action lawsuit against Chat GPT and Microsoft over using their published works without permission. Basbanes believes the chatbot might be taking and using his work to fuel its AI, and has done so without any sort of permission or compensation. -
Sharks!
It's summer, which means sharks are getting extra attention. GBH meteorologist Dave Epstein and Megan Winton, research scientist with the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, talk about how warming waters affect sharks and what humans need to know about them. -
Where to Go for a Drink in Boston
In Boston’s wealthier and whiter neighborhoods, people looking to go for dinner and a drink have plenty of options. In neighborhoods where there are more people of color, sit-down restaurants with a liquor license are much harder to come by. There's a bill to change that --- and Nick Korn, a partner and researcher with Offsite, an organization that develops training for the restaurant industry, joins Paris to talk about it.
