WBUR Virtual Town Hall

An up-to-date list of WBUR's virtual town halls, featuring experts and reporters answering your questions about the news that impacts us all.

Buttons and wrist bands were handed out to vaccine recipients at the Gillette Stadium Covid-19 Vaccination Site. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

WBUR Town Hall Recap: Fact Up! Your Vaccine Questions Answered

Join us for the final event in our WBUR Town Hall series on the science, rollout and safety of the coronavirus vaccine.

WBUR Town Hall Recap: Ethics And The Vaccine

Join us for the third event in a four-part WBUR Town Hall series on the science, rollout and safety of the coronavirus vaccine.

WBUR Town Hall Recap: The Success And Challenges Of Vaccine Distribution

The act of administering a vaccine is relatively straightforward. Implementing mass vaccinations, on the other hand, requires an immense amount of preparation, strategic planning, production of materials and carefully coordinated...

Local Coverage

Feb 23, 2021

Three nearly empty bottles of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine which can not be mixed to provide an addition dose for a vaccination shot. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

WBUR Town Hall Recap: The Vaccine Is Here

As Boston prepares to vaccinate close to 700,000 by the end of February, WBUR podcast hosts give a crash course in the last thousand years in vaccination. Join WBUR for...

Local Coverage

Feb 16, 2021

A sign on Tremont Street urges travelers to Boston to quarantine for 14 days. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

WBUR Town Hall RECAP: The Post-Pandemic Society

What will the post-pandemic world look like?

Local Coverage

Jun 26, 2020

A woman stands in a line that stretches down Chestnut Street for food supplies at the Salvation Army in Chelsea. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

WBUR Town Hall RECAP: The Racial Inequities Revealed By COVID-19

Coronavirus has stripped bare the racial divide in the health of our nation. People of color are dying at disproportionate and devastating rates due to underlying health conditions – often...

Local Coverage

Jun 5, 2020

About 1,000 protesters gathered at Peters Park in Boston in outrage over the killing of George Floyd, joining other protests nationwide. (Jesse Costa/WBUR

WBUR Town Hall RECAP: George Floyd, An American Reckoning

WBUR senior news correspondent Kimberly Atkins moderated a special WBUR Town Hall on race, justice, police practices — and a nation in pain after the death of George Floyd. Guests...

Local Coverage

Jun 2, 2020

POSTPONED: WBUR Town Hall: The Psychological Toll of COVID-19

With a cratering economy, tenuous job security, education disrupted and a return to normalcy nowhere in sight, more people are experiencing higher levels of anxiety and stress.

Local Coverage

May 28, 2020

A T-shirt in the window of the iD art GraphicsShop on Moody Street, Waltham, says "Keep Calm And Keep Your Distance." (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

WBUR Town Hall RECAP: Combating Misinformation About COVID-19

How do we stay on top of the truth when we're learning new things about COVID-19 every day? What's real and what's fake? What should you do if a friend...

Local Coverage

May 20, 2020

Two-year-old Thayer Elia and her mother Alaska draw with chalk on the ground at the Seaport Common. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

WBUR Town Hall RECAP: The Big Stay: What COVID-19 Means For Students And Families

What are the potential long-term effects of the pandemic on learning and families? WBUR senior education editor Kathleen McNerney discusses with Thabiti Brown, head of school at Codman Academy Charter...

Local Coverage

May 13, 2020

Ducks wading in a puddle at the foot of the statue of John Singleton in Copley Sq. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

WBUR Town Hall RECAP: How Acting on Climate Change Can Prevent Future Pandemics

WBUR senior environment editor Barbara Moran speaks with Dr. Aaron Bernstein, pediatrician at Boston's Children's Hospital and director of the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at the...

Local Coverage

May 6, 2020

A children’s chalk drawing in the backyard of a Somerville apartment house. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Recap Of The WBUR Town Hall: The Societal Costs Of COVID-19

WBUR reporter Callum Borchers discussed the consequences with Boston University School of Public Health Dean Sandro Galea.

Local Coverage

Apr 30, 2020

Beds in the men's ward at the Pine Street Inn in Boston. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

WBUR Town Hall Recap: The Spread Of COVID-19 In Prison And Homeless Populations

WBUR reporters Deborah Becker and Lynn Jolicoeur discuss the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on prisoners and people experiencing homelessness in Massachusetts.

Local Coverage

Apr 22, 2020

A signs hang at Kings Beach in Swampscott listing the CDC recommendations for social gathering during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

After The Surge: WBUR Town Hall Answers Your Questions About What's Next In The Pandemic

WBUR health and science reporter Carey Goldberg interviews Dr. Kevin Tabb, president and CEO of Beth Israel Lahey Health, about the coming challenges for the state.

Local Coverage

Apr 17, 2020

WBUR reporter Carey Goldberg and Dr. Shira Doron, epidemiologist and infectious disease physician at Tufts Medical Center, answer questions about COVID-19 during a WBUR town hall. (Derek Anderson/WBUR).

The Surge: WBUR's Virtual Town Hall Tackles Your Questions About COVID-19

See highlights from WBUR reporter Carey Goldberg's conversation with Dr. Shira Doron, epidemiologist and infectious disease physician at Tufts Medical Center. Together they answer your questions so far about the...

Local Coverage

Apr 14, 2020