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

"We pay taxes here, we work hard, we have Social Security numbers... We came to the U.S. escaping a dictatorship of a magnitude you can only understand by experiencing it," said Andreina, a Venezuelan immigrant in Boston who's slated to lose Temporary Protected Status. www.wbur.org/news/2025/02...

My conversation with Alberto Vasallo of El Mundo Boston (read or listen!) about how he’s working to sort fact from misinformation/disinformation when it comes to immigration crackdowns locally: www.wbur.org/news/2025/02...

Need a boost? (And who doesn’t?) Our seasonal Pick Me Up newsletter is back for the winter. In it each week, we’ll share something that’s bringing us joy. You can sign up here! www.wbur.org/news/the-pic...!

Every Saturday, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program runs a clinic that is part health care (including mental health care), part salon, part social gathering for women who are or were homeless in Boston. We stopped by on a recent weekend: www.wbur.org/news/2024/12...

A really great story on the history of Massachusetts-made Zildjian cymbals, by my colleague Andrea Shea, who visited the factory (read AND listen for the full experience)! www.wbur.org/news/2024/12...

Some bittersweet news from @wbur.org - we're saying goodbye to our Radio Boston show - but we'll be bringing listeners an extra hour of Morning Edition and beefing up staff and offerings in the morning and afternoon. Stay tuned! www.wbur.org/news/2024/12...

Project STEP in Boston provides string instruments and classical music training to kids from groups underrepresented in the field for little to no money. Sunday, a few will perform in a professional holiday concert. Hear the music here (w/circle next to the headline)! www.wbur.org/news/2024/12...

"Once you have that chicken out of your freezer, it's thawing and all those microbes are ... breaking down the chicken, making it rot. The permafrost is really doing the same thing." Arctic tundra, which for thousands of years has been a carbon sink, now is a source of carbon dioxide.

A Cry for Kelp “That we’re seeing a persistent decline in kelp forests across the Gulf of Maine? That’s not a warning bell. That’s a giant waving red flag on fire that warming is altering our oceans here in New England.” www.bostonglobe.com/video/2024/1... via @BostonGlobe

www.wbur.org/news/2024/11... @wbur.org by Simon Rios @pulitzercenter.bsky.social

Holding down the fort in the local news studio at @wbur.org today with audio engineer extraordinaire René Marchando and fabulous producer John Bender. Join us for a bit if you have some spare moments on this holiday! Happy Thanksgiving!

Brockton's mayor vetoed two ordinances that would prohibit loitering and camping on public property.

From restaurants to seed stewarding, tribal members are working to reconnect with their foodways and culture. "Our food is our stories. It's our sovereignty," said chef Sherry Pocknett. "And without food, without the stories, there wouldn't be language."

Monday morning meditation moment

Mass. ending use of hotels as shelters @wbur.org www.wbur.org/news/2024/11...

Part 2 of my look at unsheltered homelessness in Lowell, MA. City leaders say the new ban on public camping will help them rein in the crisis. Others say it won't solve issues that contribute to homelessness and will push people farther into the shadows, away from help. www.wbur.org/news/2024/11...

The city of Lowell's new ban on camping on public property -- part of its response to a dramatic increase in people living on the streets -- takes effect Wednesday. We met some of the people living outdoors in Lowell as tensions over the issue were rising. www.wbur.org/news/2024/11...