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Local balafon player on his family's 800-year stewardship of the instrument and it's tradition
Local balafon player Balla Kouyaté joined WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about his family's legacy with the ancient instrument.
Mills bows out of Maine senate race, setting up battle between Collins and newcomer Platner
WBUR senior political reporter Anthony Brooks joins WBUR's Morning Edition to explain the stakes of the race.
Rep. Seth Moulton questions Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Iran war
Moulton pressed Hegseth on whether he advised President Trump to go to war against Iran, whether he thinks the U.S. is winning the war, and whether he...
What the piping plover's recovery in Mass. can teach us about conservation and saving other local birds
Local author and ornithologist Scott Weidensaul talks about the successful rebounds of local birds, like piping plovers and oystercatchers, and the ch...
How factory-made housing is faring in Massachusetts
For years, developers have argued factory-built is part of the solution to Massachusetts' housing shortage. Scott Kirsner, columnist with editorial pa...
Jeanne Shaheen, longtime senator from New Hampshire, takes stock of her final battles
The Democrat joins WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss the mark she wants to leave in her final months on Capitol Hill.
He shaped the Catholic Church's stance on nuclear weapons in the '80s. What he makes of this moment
Father J. Bryan Hehir, a top official in the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, articulated a global off-ramp from nuclear apocalypse in his 1983 letter...
How WBUR's new fiction podcast engages kids in climate solutions
The fiction podcast tells the story of 12-year-old Joule Watts-Green, who accidentally steps through her mom's time machine into an unrecognizable Bos...
A sweep of repeat champions at 130th Boston Marathon
A tail wind helped propel runners from Hopkinton to Boston, with the men's champion breaking a 15-year-old course record by more than one minute.
Runners from all 50 states and more than 100 countries have arrived for the Boston Marathon on Patriots Day Monday
In advance of the 130th running of the race from Hopkinton to Copley Square, Ashlock spoke with WBUR's Weekend Edition about some of the Boston Marath...
Sharing some of the local entries to this year's Tiny Desk Contest
A panel convened by WBUR is sorting through dozens of local entries into NPR's famed Tiny Desk Contest.
Jack Fultz ran for the hoses. 50 years after that win, he's still sharing wisdom for Boston Marathon runners
Fultz won the Boston Marathon on a day when temperatures neared 100 degrees. He's serving as the race's grand marshal this year.
It's been mostly bad news in Boston's business world. Then, there's Whoop.
In this excerpt from a conversation at WBUR's CitySpace, Whoop founder Will Ahmed discusses the Boston roots of his wearable tech brand with WBUR's Mo...
New band explores the impact of the sugar trade on the world's music
The Sugar Road Band is the brainchild of Berklee College of Music professor Leo Blanco.
Grandfather and granddaughter prepare to run the Boston Marathon together
On Monday, Mia Sanchez and her grandfather, Carlos Sanchez, will run the Boston Marathon. They believe they're the first known grandparent and grandch...
Marking 20 years of a landmark health care law in Massachusetts
WBUR's Morning Edition looks back on two decades of a bill that created comprehensive health care reform in Massachusetts and paved the way for the fe...
Is it fair for the MBTA to charge $80 for a train ride to the World Cup?
No Boston Olympics co-founder Chris Dempsey and Scottish soccer commentator Rory Hamilton join WBUR's Morning Edition to weigh in on the politics and...
Rep. Auchincloss on Iran ceasefire, what comes next
Rep. Jake Auchincloss joins WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss the two-week ceasefire deal in Iran.
Rep. McGovern: Trump's threats to wipe out Iranian civilization are 'unhinged'
President Trump wrote on Truth Social that a "whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again" if Iran does not reach a deal to...
Mayor Wu lays out tight Boston budget, reflecting shaky economy and growing costs
The plan cuts several city programs and grows spending by only 2%, less than the rate of inflation.
Which Mass. cafe has the best robot barista?
Scott Kirsner, columnist for WBUR's editorial partner MassLive, joins WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about who is winning the race for autonomous cafe...
Why many Massachusetts cities and towns are facing a fiscal crunch
Tight tax rules and growing expenses are putting Massachusetts communities in a fiscal bind.
In Fenway opener, Sox hope to turn around sour start to season
The Sox have stumbled out to a 1-5 start to their 2026 campaign.
Rep. Lori Trahan on the latest in Iran
Lori Trahan, a member of the all-Democratic Massachusetts Congressional delegation, joins WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss the latest on the war in I...
'It was like a cannonball': Harvard's Marshall Ganz on the sex abuse allegations against his mentor Cesar Chavez
Marshall Ganz spent 16 years as one of Cesar Chavez's top lieutenants, organizing farmworkers in California.
How Berklee College of Music is thinking about AI and the future of music
Mark Ethier runs the Berklee Emerging Artistic Technology Lab, or BEATL. His job is to prepare Berklee College of Music students for an evolving indus...
Why Mass Audubon supports Gov. Healey proposal to allow Sunday hunting
Massachusetts has too many deer. They eat native plants, spread disease and cause deforestation. To solve that, Gov. Maura Healey wants to lift a cent...
New documentary examines legacy of Henry David Thoreau beyond Walden
A new three-part documentary is set to premiere tonight on PBS. It looks at the life of Henry David Thoreau, from his upbringing in Massachusetts, his...
'Fenway Punk': Author explains how the 'Yankees Suck" slogan fueled a musical world
Chris Wrenn, founder of Bridge Nine Records, joined Weekend Edition to discuss his new book “Fenway Punk: How a Boston Indie Label Scored Big on Baseb...
For GOP candidates in Mass., Trump is the elephant in the room
Amy Carnevale, chair of the Massachusetts GOP, joins WBUR's Morning Edition to share how she believes Republicans can gain ground in state elections t...
More money from undisclosed sources is influencing Massachusetts politics
WBUR's Patrick Madden looked into so-called dark money groups and their growing influence in Massachusetts state politics.
Irish-American politics in Boston are changing
Mary Murphy of Boston College's Irish Institute and Bill Forry of the Dorchester Reporter join WBUR's Morning Edition at the end of St. Patrick's Day...
Celtics forward Jordan Walsh doesn't want to be an underdog
Boston Celtics small forward Jordan Walsh spoke with WBUR's Morning Edition about his impact on and off the court, and how he’s thinking about his leg...
His group helped prevent a nuclear arms race in the '80s. Now he wants the public's help to prevent another one
Muller co-founded International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, the Nobel Prize-winning group that sought to build connections between t...
Clark University celebrates 100 years since the first liquid fuel rocket launch by longtime professor
There’s no moon landing without Robert Goddard. This month marks 100 years since Goddard launched the first liquid fuel rocket on a farm outside of Wo...
New Boston pro women’s soccer team kicks off inaugural season
Boston Legacy president Jennifer van Dijk spoke with Lynn Jolicoeur on WBUR's All Things Considered about how the club prepared for this moment and ho...
'The Boston Garden' dispensary chain faces lawsuit from the owners of the TD Garden
Intellectual property law experts Bhamati Viswanathan, a senior visitor at University of Cambridge Law School, and Peter Karol, a Suffolk Law professo...
With memories of 2004, Boston hopes to land the next DNC
The Democratic Party named Boston one of five finalists to host the next Democratic National Convention in 2028.
How Massachusetts snowboarder Jackie Hamwey prepped for her Paralympic debut
Jackie Hamwey spoke from Milan with WBUR All Things Considered host Lisa Mullins about preparing for the Paralympic Games and what her goals are for t...
How Mass. native Sean O'Neill became a Paralympic curler
After a 2007 car accident left him paralyzed from the waist down, Sean O’Neill tried out a series of para sports, ultimately falling in love with whee...