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Date created
2025/08/29
Latest episode
2026/09/25
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6 min.
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Learn about the most important issues facing Massachusetts from the people in charge and the people most affected.

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Does Mass. need drone delivery?
2026/09/25
We'll catch up on the week's news — from an immigration enforcement operation in New Bedford to how the governor wants to deal with high gas prices. Then we'll dig into the debate on the future of delivery services: drones. Amazon plans to launch a drone delivery service from Westborough, Massachusetts - a town of around 20,000 people in Worcester County. Andresidents have mixed feelings about it. WBUR talks with a member of the town’s planning board.
What you need to know for this year's flu, cold and COVID season
2026/09/18
WBUR's Tiziana Dearing takes us through this week's top headlines. The City of Boston released a report saying Flock Safety failed to keep its data secure during a 2025 pilot. Rep. Lori Trahan, along with other Democrats, urged congress to quickly work on guardrails for artificial intelligence. And Ed Sheeran's upcoming at Gillette stadium is at the center of a fiery debate about censorship - specifically about Israel-Palestine. We also spoke to Dr. Ashish Jha, who's the former COVID-19 response coordinator for the Biden administration. He shared the advice he gives his own family members on vaccines.
BU sociologist finds bullying policies are inadequate
2026/09/15
Miller spent two years at a rural high school in the northeast studying bullying up close.
How to stay healthy as cold, flu and COVID season returns to Mass.
2026/09/14
WBUR's Morning Edition Tiziana Dearing host talked about how to stay healthy with Dr. Ashish Jha, a White House COVID 19 response coordinator in the Biden Administration and current fellow at Harvard University.
Challah with a twist: A change-up for the traditional Rosh Hashanah bread
2026/09/11
Cookbook author Mandy Silverman joins WBUR's Lisa Mullins to make challah stuffed with pomegranate-glazed apples.
A Boston flight attendant died on 9/11. The fight to preserve his legacy became a fight for gay rights
2026/09/11
Flight attendant Jeff Collman was aboard American Airlines Flight 11 when it crashed into the World Trade Center's North Tower on September 11, 2001.
A Gloucester fire captain aided New York at Ground Zero. 25 years later, he recalls what it was like
2026/09/10
Miles Schlichte was a Gloucester fire captain when terrorists flew two planes into New York City’s Twin Towers on Sept. 11, 2001. He was among the hundreds of first responders who dug through the rubble at Ground Zero. Twenty-five years later, he talks about what he experienced.
Rep. Trahan calls for legal guardrails after whistleblower warns AI ‘could kill us all’
2026/09/10
Evan Hubinger, a researcher at the AI company Anthropic, waded into an increasingly frenetic argument over the speed of AI development Tuesday. Massachusetts Congresswoman Lori Trahan talked about how those comments are landing on Capitol Hill.
A look back on Lindsay Clancy's trial and the media's role
2026/09/09
WBUR reporter Deborah Becker has covered the Lindsay Clancy trial since 2023. She joins WBUR's All Things Considered to reflect on the trial, the media's role and why Clancy's case resonated nationally.
Mass. state lawmaker calls out online trolls in feisty social media video
2026/09/09
Sen. Jo Comerford of Northampton used a heavy dose of sarcasm and humor to call out specific online commenters by first name and mention their hateful comments against her. She then called on people to come together with more civil forms of communication and constructive criticism.
New Mass. group provides support to people whose loved ones died in murder-suicides
2026/09/04
Murder-suicides are more common than many people realize. But they're still unusual enough that the people left behind often feel alone in their very complex grief. Jenna Howe and suicide prevention program Call2Talk recently started a support group for survivors of this specific type of loss.
After challengers suffer primary losses, where's the next generation of political leaders in Mass.?
2026/09/04
Sen. Ed Markey, Rep. Richard Neal and Rep. Stephen Lynch were among a slew of veteran Massachusetts lawmakers who fended off younger challengers in Democratic state primaries this week.
Markey's first Congressional campaign manager on the secret to the senator's longevity
2026/09/03
George Bachrach, who managed Markey's first run for Congress in 1976, joined WBUR's Morning Edition to reflect on the strategy and instincts that have powered Markey's 50-year career on Capitol Hill.
ICE's plan to buy Boston Dynamics robot dogs sparks controversy
2026/09/02
The plan raises questions about how immigration officers might deploy the robots, and whether selling them to ICE could violate a pledge Boston Dynamics made about the use of its technology.
Amid community pushback, law enforcement defends Flock cameras
2026/08/31
Former Newton Police Chief John Carmichael argues Flock Safety cameras can be an asset to law enforcement, despite growing public backlash.

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