Episodes
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Encore: Rosé all day — what you need to know about the popular type of pink wine
This is a special encore segment of Under the Radar. This originally published on August 6, 2021. Feeling the love? This year, people are toasting their sweethearts not with champagne or beer, but with rosé. Rosé producers are meeting the increased consumer demand with new styles — exciting wine lovers and making enthusiasts out of wine drinkers who declared they’d never go pink. Guest: Jonathon Alsop, founder and executive director of the Boston Wine School and author of “The Wine Lover’s Devotional.” -
The science and popularity of CBD, explained
CBD: three small letters behind a billion-dollar industry. CBD, short for cannabidiol, is a compound from the cannabis plant that does not produce a high. People can consume it, vape it or apply it to their skin. Manufacturers are putting CBD in everything from lattes to lotions. Proponents say that CBD helps manage many health conditions, especially pain and anxiety. But many researchers insist that the substance may not work, let alone be touted as a cure-all. Just what does the science say about CBD? And are CBD consumers right about its effectiveness? Guests: Dr. Kevin Hill, addiction psychiatrist, director of the division of addiction psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is also the author of “Marijuana: The Unbiased Truth about the World’s Most Popular Weed.” Malaika Jones, co-founder of BROWN GIRL Jane, a Black woman–owned company that offers broad-spectrum CBD products. She was named one of the most powerful women of 2020 by Entrepreneur Magazine. -
Latinx News: Latinos in office at record high, but still a fraction of all elected officials
This week on Under the Radar with Callie Crossley: Many more Latinos are running for office and winning. But they still make up less than 2% of all elected officials in the country. Plus, most food delivery workers in New York City are Latino. They’re organizing to demand better wages and working conditions. And fans of Disney’s animated musical "Encanto" are praising the film for its multiracial Latinx cast. That and more on our Latinx Roundtable. Guests: Julio Ricardo Varela, interim co-executive director of Futuro Media Group, co-host of the “In The Thick” podcast, and founder of Latino Rebels. Tibisay Zea, senior reporter at El Planeta in Boston. -
From 'Shang-Chi' to 'Cowboy Bebop': How Asian representation has changed in film and TV
This week on Under the Radar with Callie Crossley: Four years ago, a movie called Crazy Rich Asians made waves in Hollywood. The award-winning film was a modern love story featuring an entirely Asian and Asian American cast — the first major Hollywood production with an all-Asian cast since The Joy Luck Club in 1993. The movie signaled a major step forward in the film industry. What originally seemed to be a small pop cultural phenomenon has since produced a movement in entertainment media, from blockbuster hits starring Asian superheroes to record-breaking TV series that embrace Asian customs and languages. The representation is certainly not perfect, but the enthusiastic response from fans has inspired both Asian American and Hollywood communities to demand more diversity in the industry. We’re spending the full hour talking about Asian representation in film and television, plus, what we’re looking forward to watching in 2022. Guests: Elena Creef, professor of women’s and gender studies at Wellesley College. She specializes in Asian American visual history in photography, film and popular culture. Jenny Korn, fellow and the founding coordinator of the Race and Media Working Group at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. -
Local artists explore society’s most pressing issues at ICA Boston
Today on Under The Radar: A special exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston showcases the work of three local artists. They are the 2021 winners of the James and Audrey Foster Prize. The biennial exhibition is key to the ICA’s efforts to support local artists. The Foster Prize, which has been around for more than two decades, helps highlight the winner's artistry with specially commissioned works. The art produced by the three latest winners illustrates different mediums and perspectives, though each of their pieces share similar themes. The 2021 Foster Prize exhibition has been on display since Sept. 1, 2021 and runs through Jan. 30, 2022. Guests: Marlon Forrester, artist and educator, born in Guyana, and raised in Boston. He is a resident artist at the African American Master Artist Residence Program at Northeastern University. Eben Haines, Boston-based artists and co-founder of the Shelter in Place Gallery. Haines uses drawings, paintings and sculptures, and installations to create his art. Dell Marie Hamilton, an artist, writer and curator who works across a variety of mediums including performance, video, painting, photography and installation. She currently works at Harvard's Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. -
Mass. Politics Profs: Biden's second year in office begins on a bleak note
This week on Under the Radar with Callie Crossley: Voters will elect at least three new district attorneys in Massachusetts this year. Whoever wins will determine how nonviolent crimes are handled, and influence long-term criminal justice reform. Plus, the doomed voting rights bills have sunk on President Biden’s watch. Does this set the tone for his second year in office? And Massachusetts’ seven-termed secretary of state will face off against a formidable challenger: Boston NAACP President Tanisha Sullivan. It’s our Mass Politics Profs roundtable! Guests: Erin O’Brien, associate professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Luis Jiménez, associate professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Jerold Duquette, associate professor of political science at Central Connecticut State University. -
What your history class didn't teach you about the civil rights movement
This week on Under the Radar: As we approach Martin Luther King Jr. Day, there's new evidence that the civil rights icon’s life and the civil rights movement have been willfully misinterpreted. This is part of what’s become a public battle over teaching the documented history of race in America. What is the impact of this campaign of disinformation on civil rights and race history in America? Guests: Jeanne Theoharris, distinguished professor of political science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. She has authored or co-authored eleven books, including the award-winning, “The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks.” Her latest book is, “A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History.” Diane McWhorter, 2002 Pulitzer Prizewinner for General Nonfiction for her book, “Carry Me Home, Birmingham Alabama, the Climatic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution.” A long-time contributor to the New York Times, she is also the author of the 2004 children’s book, “A Dream of Freedom: The Civil Rights Movement From 1954-1965,” a young adult history of the civil rights movement. -
Young activists are the past, present and future of the racial justice movement
This week on Under the Radar: On this 39th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a look at the legacy and the future of the ongoing struggle for Black civil rights by the young people who’ve put it all on the line to lead it. Guests: Curtis Bunn, co-author of “Say Their Names: How Black Lives Came to Matter in America." Bunn is an award-winning journalist at NBC NEWS BLK and the bestselling author of 10 novels centering on Black life in America. Patrice Gaines, co-author of “Say Their Names: How Black Lives Came to Matter in America." Gaines is a former Washington Post reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist, and the author of a memoir. V.P. Franklin, author of “The Young Crusaders: The Untold Story of the Children and Teenagers Who Galvanized the Civil Rights Movement.” He is distinguished professor emeritus of history and education at the University of California, Riverside. -
Food and wine trends in 2022: vegan lobster rolls, Haitian hot chocolate, best budget wine
Ready to sip and savor? We hope you’ve brought your appetite! It’s a new year, and there’s an abundance of new food and wine trends that will be served up in 2022. It’s our food and wine roundtable! Guests: Jonathon Alsop, founder and executive director of the Boston Wine School and author of “The Wine Lover’s Devotional.” Amy Traverso, food editor at Yankee Magazine, co-host of GBH’s “Weekends With Yankee” and author of “The Apple Lover’s Cookbook.” Products discussed during the show: Plant-based pastas: ZENB, chickpea pasta Winter Raclette Haitian hot chocolate made here in Boston Mochi donuts 2017 Fior di Vino Chianti Classico Riserva ($6.99 at Trader Joe’s) -
The plant-based food movement is having a moment
A booming variety of plant-based options are now available at grocery stores, restaurants and even fast-food chains. Bloggers, celebrities and chefs are reinventing their menus and recipes to make veggies the delicious stars of the meal. And the plant-based movement is no longer just for the privileged as affordable products have helped attract people with modest incomes. What's more, ordinary Americans are also touting other reasons to go plant-based: health, animal welfare and sustainability. Guests: Bryan Timko, CEO of Life Alive Cafe, which have served organic and plant-based meals in the Boston area since the early 2000s. Alicia Romano, a registered dietitian at Tufts Medical Center, author, nutrition consultant and fitness instructor.
