Very happy to learn this portrait of the late Kitty Dukakis that I produced/reported with Lisa Mullins for WBUR won a Gracie Award. A special way to lift up the legacy of the former first lady of Massachusetts. www.wbur.org/news/2025/03... allwomeninmedia.org/51st-annual-...

The naloxone cabinets the MBTA put in some Red Line stations two years ago, under state law, sit empty. The sponsor of that law now has a bill to require them at all T subway stations: www.wbur.org/news/2026/03...

Amid all the terrible news, here's something good for my fellow coffee & tea drinkers: a few cups a day may reduce your risk of dementia. Good stuff from @wbur.org's noted coffee queen Deborah Becker on a new Mass General Brigham study. www.wbur.org/news/2026/02...

Mayor Wu: new estimate for White Stadium is $325 Mil. Taxpayers’ portion is $135 mil - 3x earlier estimates @wbur.org @evezuckoff.bsky.social @mayorwu.boston.gov www.wbur.org/news/2026/02...

It was a fun break from the daily news to produce this interview with Chevonne Forgan, luge Olympian from Chelmsford, Mass. Read or listen, and learn the ins and outs of the fastest winter Olympics sport! www.wbur.org/upnext/2026/...

As arctic cold grips Boston, a grassroots group of area residents sets up outside South Station and distributes warm food and clothing to people who are unhoused. I went to see them in action and talk with some of the people they're helping. Read and/or listen! www.wbur.org/news/2026/01...

12 Olympians from Mass. to keep an eye on in the Games @wbur.org www.wbur.org/news/2026/01...

Day shelter St. Francis House in Boston has done a top-to-bottom redesign guided by the trauma people who are unhoused have experienced in life. Before, its president & CEO says, people were being "triggered just by the physical space." www.wbur.org/news/2026/01...

Sofia Hernandez-Williams plays cello way beyond her years. She’s the youngest semifinalist in the national Sphinx Competition this week. Hear her beautiful music and her lovely conversation with WBUR’s Lisa Mullins: www.wbur.org/upnext/2026/...

It feels both peaceful and invigorating to start the new year with some nature. Wachusett Resevoir, Boylston

Beautiful Boston

This is a great listen — Lisa Mullins’ interview on WBUR’s All Things Considered with Ana Hebra Flaster, who’s written about her life as a Cuban immigrant. She came to America as a refugee aboard the U.S.-sponsored Freedom Flights, which began 60 years ago this month. www.wbur.org/upnext/2025/...

You'll want to listen to this! My WBUR colleague Robin Young was supposed to interview the legendary Dick Van Dyke in person, but when he was unfortunately not feeling well, she ended up with quite the replacement! www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

A new documentary claims the wrong photographer got credit for taking one of the most harrowing, iconic photos of the Vietnam War. It shows a young girl, naked, fleeing a napalm bombing in her South Vietnamese village. Hear Lisa Mullins' interview with the filmmakers: www.wbur.org/upnext/2025/...

Looking forward to singing (jazz and pop/R&B tunes w/ guitarist George Hicks and bassist Warren Olsen) at the Harvestween Festival, White Barn Farm in Wrentham, on Saturday, October 25 (10:00-4:00, our set 11:45 to 1:15). Join us for a fun fall day! www.whitebarnfarm.org/events-1/har...

Listen to this meaningful interview full of wisdom, humanity and hope - reporting from Lisa Mullins and @lynnjolicoeur.bsky.social @wbur.org

“Only after I felt safe… I started to realize that my life has completely shattered.” Jaser AbuMousa has suffered unfathomable loss in the war in Gaza. He speaks with WBUR’s Lisa Mullins: www.wbur.org/upnext/2025/...

As public broadcasting has lost all of its federal funding, help WBUR continue to be here for you -- reporting the facts, holding power to account, highlighting voices from marginalized communities and producing "driveway moment" radio (including moments of joy!). donate.wbur.org/secure/give?...

Looking forward to moderating this discussion Thursday evening about homelessness and supportive/affordable housing in Boston. Join us if you can! bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/68965...

Scientists drilled off the coast of Cape Cod this summer -- for water. FRESH water. They found it, deep below the ocean floor. Hear my conversation with one of the heads of the global expedition: www.wbur.org/upnext/2025/...

After coming in a distant second to Mayor Michelle Wu in this week’s preliminary election, Josh Kraft has dropped out of the Boston mayor’s race: www.wbur.org/news/2025/09...

"No one can afford to lose 12% of your workforce at any given time. But these folks are performing essential roles. The people we're supporting here would not have the lives they do, were it not for these workers." www.wbur.org/news/2025/08...

At Norfolk County Correctional Center, some men have been learning how to cook in hopes of possibly landing jobs in professional kitchens when they get out. Research finds people with steady jobs after jail or prison are much less likely to commit new crimes. www.wbur.org/news/2025/08...

Captivating Cape Cod. Never gets old.

Prouder than ever to do what I do. www.wbur.org/inside/2025/...

You'll want to listen to this Fall River Fire Department lieutenant, Paul Machado, describe his experience rescuing people from a fire at an assisted living facility Sunday. The fire killed 10 people. About 60 survived with the help of first responders including Machado. www.wbur.org/news/2025/07...

"The funding is not being advanced to the scientists who have dedicated their career to making a difference in the world... We're talking about research that's going to change the course of history of disease.": Chancellor Michael Collins, UMass Chan Medical School www.wbur.org/news/2025/07...

So thankful for our beautiful Massachusetts coastline. Halibut Point State Park (and Reservation — run by The Trustees of Reservations), Rockport.

Hate to read this. Have always loved the big, beautiful, clear-watered Lake Winnipesaukee. Climate change and fertilizer runoff are threatening it. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/25/m...

Glorious way to end the week: a three-summit Friday in the White Mountains. Views from Mt. Webster, Mt. Jackson, Mt. Pierce.

Looking forward to singing at Medford Porchfest Saturday! I'll perform jazz, pop and R&B tunes with guitarist George Hicks and bassist Warren Olsen at 20 Mystic Street from about 12:45 to 2:00. Check website in case rain moves it from Saturday to Sunday! medford.porchfest.info

A note from WBUR's CEO, Margaret Low, about the Trump administration's request to Congress to claw back funding for public broadcasting: www.wbur.org/inside/2025/...

Happy 75th Birthday, WBUR! Had a blast doing this tribute with my colleagues Friday night.

Fun scene on the BU Beach this afternoon! Musicians including Violinist Pranav Swaroop and band on stage at The WBUR Festival.

Lots of awesome energy and timely conversations at The WBUR Festival. Building up to the BUR Birthday Bash (75 years old!) tonight! Festival continues tomorrow. www.wburfestival.org

One week to The WBUR Festival! The BU campus will be abuzz w/ conversations about climate, politics, health, more; live music, comedy. Hear from Anthony Fauci, Roxane Gay, Leslie Odom, Jr. Have a beer w/ Joe Castiglione or Jeopardy champ Amy Schneider! Kids' stage, street fair: www.wburfestival.org

"I'm still in shock. I know that there have been political issues around Harvard in recent weeks, but antibiotic resistance isn't one of them." My conversation with Harvard microbiologist @baym.lol, one of many researchers there who just lost millions in fed. grants. www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...

"If we care about people having nutritious food, we need to make sure that there's a system for allowing those kinds of stores to be able to operate in low-income communities." @bill-walczak.bsky.social on the closing of nonprofit grocer Daily Table in Greater Boston. www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...

Important reporting from @moranwriter.bsky.social. Apparent FBI agents showing up at the homes of Boston-area climate activists: www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...

'This does not fix the housing crisis at all.': Advocates today protested the removal of a homeless encampment in Lowell. The city asked the MBTA, which owns the property (but leases it to CSX), to clear it due to concerns about river pollution and public health risks. www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...

Crews are clearing a large encampment along the Merrimack River in Lowell, where people who are unhoused have been living for more than a year. City leaders say they were concerned about public safety and pollution of the river, and property is owned by the MBTA but city asked for the cleanup .

Bill Rodgers captured his first of 4 Boston Marathon wins 50 years ago (and broke the American record time). Hear my conversation with him about how the Boston race, which he calls “one of the great scenes in the sports world,” shaped his legendary career: www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...

Eileen Reilly was in her mid-20s when she co-founded Women’s Lunch Place in Boston to give women who were unhoused a safe place to go for a hot meal. Then she went to medical school. Four decades later, she’s back at the shelter helping women as a psychiatrist. www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...

A fun diversion: my conversation with a retired Concord, MA teacher who visited all 97 Concords he found in the U.S. — from off-the-grid Maine, to Idaho ghost town, to 13 Concords in TX — and will march with some of those residents in this weekend’s Concord, MA parade: www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...

A federal judge ruled that the Trump White House must admit the AP's journalists to news events - ruling its exclusion was "unlawful." Almost two hours later, two AP journalists were rejected from the WH pool to cover a Trump speech. My NPR story: www.npr.org/2025/04/08/n...

Hear our interview with @docsirianni.bsky.social of @umasschan.bsky.social on why she shut down some of her lab's research. She says federal cuts are "destroying" what's made the U.S. a global leader in science, medicine and tech, "without any rhyme or reason or logic." www.wbur.org/news/2025/03...

Kitty Dukakis, former First Lady of Massachusetts and outspoken advocate for people with mental illness and addiction in the face of her own experiences with those diseases, has died. Our remembrance: www.wbur.org/news/2025/03...

Butterflies of all kinds of species, in all parts of the country, have declined by one to two percent since 2000.

Has your heating bill gone up a shocking amount this winter like mine has (despite, in my case, keeping the heat even lower than in past years)? My colleague @miriamwasser.bsky.social looked into why. Some interesting answers! www.wbur.org/news/2025/02...

Out of the 12,000 civil rights complaints the Education Department has put on hold since Trump took office: • 6,000 relate to mistreatment of disabled students • 1,000 are specific to sexual harassment/violence • 3,200 pertain to racial discrimination