Home opener! Red Sox! "Yankees suck" merch! Hardcore punk! Monetization! Joy! You'll get the story on those overlapping elements just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org--via my chat with the author of "Fenway Punk: How a Boston Indie Label Scored Big on Baseball's Greatest Rivalry"

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org: Red Sox + hardcore bands + Boston/Yankees rivalry = how to fund an indie record label by selling anti-NY merch. Get the story, in my conversation with Chris Wrenn, the author of the new book, "Fenway Punk."

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org--join me for a pre-Super-Bowl visit to a chosen family of friendly Patriots superfans at a pub in Norton where the good luck rituals and the loud cheering and the intergenerational connections are a wonder to behold.

Superstitions are an important part of a well-balanced sports diet. Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org I'll introduce you to a chosen family of Patriots superfans. They're regulars at a Norton pub, where they share good luck rituals and raucous cheers for the Pats as the Super Bowl looms.

The Pats have a friendly little playdate with the Seahawks on Sunday. How are you accessorizing? As in, what's your Super Bowl yard/roof/room decor? Smash this link to share your photos or videos of your inflatables and suchlike with @wbur.org! www.wbur.org/news/2026/02...

Coming up next on 90.9 @wbur.org : my chat with legendary Car Talk co-host Ray Magliozzi about driving in snowstorms and why you shouldn't do it.

Ahead this hour on 90.9 @wbur.org -- our conversation with ESPN Patriots reporter Mike Reiss about this afternoon's AFC Championship game in Denver between the Pats and the Broncos.

A lot of snow is on the way to greater Boston. Coming right up on 90.9 @wbur.org we check in with meteorologist Danielle Noyes for the latest on the storm forecast.

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org --we check in with meteorologist Danielle Noyes about the looming snowstorm

Whaddyaknow, it's playoff football time again in Foxboro. Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org ESPN Patriots reporter Mike Reiss chats with me about Pats vs Texans at Gillette this afternoon, with a trip to the AFC Championship game on the line.

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Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org -- my conversation with ESPN Patriots reporter Mike Reiss @mikereiss.bsky.social about this whowouldathunkit turnaround season. Tonight at Foxboro it's Pats vs Chargers in the first playoff game for New England since 2022.

Ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org -- what was modeled after the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, and has a lucky onyx table, and opened in 1900 with 8 horses on stage for a lavish production of Ben Hur? The oldest continuously operating theatre in Boston! Join us for a visit to the Emerson Colonial Theatre.

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org -- we'll visit the oldest continuously operating theatre in Boston. The Emerson Colonial Theatre is 125 years old, was modeled after the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, and hey whaddyaknow has a lucky onyx table in the Orchestra Lounge.

Coming right up on 90.9 @wbur.org -- adult fans of Lego building, unite! And peruse a new print magazine made just for you! We'll introduce you to the Massachusetts man launching the publication that celebrates the art of the little interlocking bricks.

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org -- Lego thrills 'n' chills for grown-ups! I'll introduce you to a Massachusetts design professional launching a print magazine that explores these interlocking plastic bricks as the art form that they obviously are.

What's easier to play than to spell? The ukulele! Join me for a visit to the Strummerville Ukulele Club in Somerville, where uke enthusiasts focus on goofy musical fun as they gather for chords, crooning, chaos and camaraderie. That's just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org

News matters...and so does joy and so does camaraderie. So, join me for a visit with the Strummerville Ukulele Club in Somerville! Strumming, singing and silliness galore, and all are welcome! That's just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org @strummervilleukes.bsky.social

Uke can get it if you really want! Join me, won't you, for a visit with the Strummerville Ukulele Club? That's coming right up on 90.9 @wbur.org. Chords! Crooning! Chaos! Community!🎵 @strummerville.bsky.social

Oh hey! @wbur.org is re-upping my 2020 essay about some casual matriarchal bad-assery! Have some holiday leftovers, y’all! And happy Thanksgiving!

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org -- our conversation with Massachusetts state Senator Peter Durant about a GOP effort to protect the food assistance program SNAP

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org -- we go full macabre at Harvard. I'll introduce you to a free exhibit of the odd gloomy witty works of the author and illustrator Edward Gorey, an influential virtuoso of offbeat doom.

Coming right up on 90.9 @wbur.org -- I'll introduce you to "Life on the Other Planet," a new documentary film about the gritty and influential Boston music scene of the 1970s and '80s and about the city itself.

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org -- Katy Ruderman of Brookline is the head women's rowing coach at Bucknell University, and we check in with her as she's on the banks of the Charles River and her team prepares for the Head of the Charles Regatta.

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org -- we'll visit "Life on the Other Planet". It's a new documentary film about the intense, fun, and influential Boston music scene of the 1970s and '80s and about the city itself. I'll chat with the filmmaker, Vince Straggas, about his gritty stroll down memory lane.

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Next on 90.9 @wbur.org -- my conversation with the author of a major new biography of leading abolitionist Charles Sumner. He was a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and his activism laid the groundwork for the 1950s Supreme Court decision declaring school segregation unconstitutional.

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org, our conversation with WBUR's Eve Zuckoff who has the story on the Josh Kraft decision to drop out of the race for Boston Mayor

Coming right up on 90.9 @wbur.org--I'll introduce you to the author of a major new biography of a leading 1800s abolitionist. Charles Sumner, a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, provided the groundwork for the 1950s Supreme Court decision declaring school segregation unconstitutional.

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org -- my conversation with the author of a major new biography of leading 1800s abolitionist Charles Sumner, a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts whose activism laid the groundwork for the 1950s Supreme Court decision declaring school segregation unconstitutional.

Next on 90.9 @wbur.org -- on the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, my conversation with emergency management expert Samantha Montano about the lessons Massachusetts has not learned.

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org -- on the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, my conversation with emergency management expert Samantha Montano about the lessons Massachusetts has not learned. ‪@samlmontano.bsky.social‬

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org -- my conversation with MBTA GM Phil Eng

Coming right up on 90.9 @wbur.org -- our conversation with Ashish Jha. The dean of the Brown University School of Public Health says Massachusetts and other states can reduce the impact of the Republican decision to make cuts to Medicaid.

Coming right up on 90.9 @wbur.org -- our conversation with the journalist who revealed new developments in the efforts of Boston Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca and other investors to buy the Connecticut Sun and move the WNBA team to Boston

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org -- our conversation with the Boston Globe's Gary Washburn about Boston Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca and other investors trying to buy the Connecticut Sun and move the WNBA team to Boston

Coming right up on 90.9 @wbur.org -- the second-ranking Democrat in the U.S. House, Katherine Clark of Massachusetts, speaks with me about her party's approach to dealing with the first half-year of the Trump administration

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org -- my conversation with the second-ranking Democrat in the U.S. House, Katherine Clark of Massachusetts, about her party's approach to dealing with the first half-year of the Trump administration

Coming right up on 90.9 @wbur.org you'll hear our conversation with Boston Mayor Michelle Wu about some hot button topics in the campaign--White Stadium, and bike lanes

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org -- our conversation with Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, with a focus on Mass and Cass

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org you'll hear our conversation with Boston Mayor Michelle Wu about some issues taking center stage in the campaign--the cost of White Stadium, and the expansion of bike lanes

Coming right up on 90.9 @wbur.org -- our conversation with Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, with a focus on her plans to stem the violence and illegal drug use that's spreading from the area of Mass and Cass

Coming right up on 90.9 @wbur.org -- taking another look at a longstanding Boston problem. You'll hear our conversation with Boston City Councilor John Fitzgerald about his proposal for surrounding communities to help support the city's addiction recovery efforts

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org -- our conversation with Boston City Councilor John Fitzgerald about his bid for surrounding communities to pitch in to help support the city's addiction recovery efforts

If you have failed in your totally reasonable goal of listening to 90.9 WBUR 24/7/365 and thus you missed this story on the lovely sounds of the lauoto when it aired, then you can take a listen now--and of course you can head to Lowell for the folk festival. www.wbur.org/news/2025/07...

Next on 90.9 @wbur.org -- you'll hear the distinctive sounds of the Greek lute via my chat with Vasilis Kostas, a lauoto virtuoso with a musical path leading him from Greece to Boston to this weekend's Lowell Folk Festival.

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org -- my conversation with the Director Emeritus of Harvard's Center for Bioethics about problems in parts of the U.S. organ donation system.

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org --our conversation with Vasilis Kostas, a lauoto virtuoso with a musical path leading him from Greece to Boston to this weekend's Lowell Folk Festival

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org -- our conversation about some of the legal issues around artificial intelligence. A Cambridge-based company that uses AI to create music faces accusations of ripping off artists who created hit songs.