WBUR's Morning EditionLocal content from WBUR's Morning Edition broadcastsI was the first baby born via IVF in the U.S. For the first time in my 42 years, ‘I feel like an endangered species’No one understands better than the infertility community that embryos are not children, writes Elizabeth Carr. Success in IVF means bringing home a baby, not solely creating embryos. Resume03:56Feb 26, 2024One-way streets, the T and hip-hop on the radio. Your letters to BostonWhat are the snapshot moments that make Boston home? Is it navigating a maze of one-way streets from memory? Walking through Forest Hills Cemetery with a giant iced Dunkin’? Memories...Resume07:40Feb 14, 2024How cold water became my solid groundI thought getting in freezing cold water would be miserable and hard, and it was. But after a while, it became a near-daily exercise in redefining myself, writes Libby DeLana....Resume06:12Feb 9, 2024Bill Belichick is a legend — and a relicBill Belichick is a relic of a Patriots era that no longer exists and can no longer be recreated, writes Khari Thompson.Resume04:30Jan 9, 2024I learned to love Boston from the banks of the Charles RiverAs you spend more time around Boston, the Charles River infuses into your consciousness, writes Fred Hewett, who's lived within a mile of the river for more than 40 years....Resume03:35Oct 20, 2023AdvertisementMany scientists don’t want to tell the truth about climate change. Here’s whyClimate scientists, in an effort to stave off despair, aren’t telling the truth about our warming planet. In reality, we're incredibly close to the point of no return: when rising...Resume05:16Oct 3, 2023We were together in the twilight of his life. And that was enoughGeri Denterlein's husband Jack Thomas spent his final days much the same way he spent most days in their 34-year relationship: reading, writing, collecting recipes, gardening and planning ahead. "It...Resume05:53Sep 22, 2023I like you new 'Little Mermaid.' I just want moreTheresa Okokon loved "The Little Mermaid" as a child. Thirty-four years after the original, Ariel's face changed, but the story stayed the same, she writes. Resume06:02Jun 2, 2023This one goes out to all the Taylor Swift parentsFor the parents of Taylor Swift fans, this concert was more than an event, writes Joanna Weiss. We heard the soundtrack of our kids’ childhoods, a discography that spans nearly...Resume05:09May 26, 2023Kate Baer has always been a writerWhen Kate Baer got pregnant, unexpectedly, with her fourth child, something shifted. “I had this decision to make,” explains the best-selling author. “Am I going to drown -- lose my...Resume04:51May 10, 2023Running with hope: The Boston Marathon, 10 years after the bombingsThe unthinkable happened when two bombs went off on Boylston Street 10 years ago. But the Boston Marathon has remained an event of human triumph -- that part didn’t change.Resume09:01Apr 14, 2023When I was governor, I wanted people to look beyond my hair and hemlines. I still doI didn’t fit the profile of what a governor should look like, and I paid for it dearly, writes former Massachusetts acting Gov. Jane Swift. 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Resume04:35Aug 19, 2022How my family's story tracks with the Green LineThe Green Line's imminent expansion was the perfect time for my train-enthusiast family to come together, writes Sharon Brody. The line shaped the lives of her sons, and her relationship...Resume07:14Mar 20, 2022A cure for the Covid winter blues? Joan DidionDidion's work goes zing -- straight to the heart -- no throat-clearing, no platitudes. We need more of that to help make sense of this nonsensical time, writes Cloe Axelson....Resume05:55Nov 19, 2021'The Phantom Hum': My Tinnitus Is Real. It's Also A Metaphor For Our TimeWhat keeps me up at night isn’t an externally generated noise, writes Julie Wittes Schlack. It’s hyper-vigilance, a condition generated by Twitter and Trump and made worse by the pandemic.Resume04:19Jul 16, 2021The Kids Are Not All RightWhen my teenage daughter struggled, she didn’t blame the isolation, or the extraordinary times we’re all still muddling through, writes Alysia Abbott. 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I was the first baby born via IVF in the U.S. For the first time in my 42 years, ‘I feel like an endangered species’No one understands better than the infertility community that embryos are not children, writes Elizabeth Carr. Success in IVF means bringing home a baby, not solely creating embryos. Resume03:56Feb 26, 2024
One-way streets, the T and hip-hop on the radio. Your letters to BostonWhat are the snapshot moments that make Boston home? Is it navigating a maze of one-way streets from memory? Walking through Forest Hills Cemetery with a giant iced Dunkin’? Memories...Resume07:40Feb 14, 2024
How cold water became my solid groundI thought getting in freezing cold water would be miserable and hard, and it was. But after a while, it became a near-daily exercise in redefining myself, writes Libby DeLana....Resume06:12Feb 9, 2024
Bill Belichick is a legend — and a relicBill Belichick is a relic of a Patriots era that no longer exists and can no longer be recreated, writes Khari Thompson.Resume04:30Jan 9, 2024
I learned to love Boston from the banks of the Charles RiverAs you spend more time around Boston, the Charles River infuses into your consciousness, writes Fred Hewett, who's lived within a mile of the river for more than 40 years....Resume03:35Oct 20, 2023
Many scientists don’t want to tell the truth about climate change. Here’s whyClimate scientists, in an effort to stave off despair, aren’t telling the truth about our warming planet. In reality, we're incredibly close to the point of no return: when rising...Resume05:16Oct 3, 2023
We were together in the twilight of his life. And that was enoughGeri Denterlein's husband Jack Thomas spent his final days much the same way he spent most days in their 34-year relationship: reading, writing, collecting recipes, gardening and planning ahead. "It...Resume05:53Sep 22, 2023
I like you new 'Little Mermaid.' I just want moreTheresa Okokon loved "The Little Mermaid" as a child. Thirty-four years after the original, Ariel's face changed, but the story stayed the same, she writes. Resume06:02Jun 2, 2023
This one goes out to all the Taylor Swift parentsFor the parents of Taylor Swift fans, this concert was more than an event, writes Joanna Weiss. We heard the soundtrack of our kids’ childhoods, a discography that spans nearly...Resume05:09May 26, 2023
Kate Baer has always been a writerWhen Kate Baer got pregnant, unexpectedly, with her fourth child, something shifted. “I had this decision to make,” explains the best-selling author. “Am I going to drown -- lose my...Resume04:51May 10, 2023
Running with hope: The Boston Marathon, 10 years after the bombingsThe unthinkable happened when two bombs went off on Boylston Street 10 years ago. But the Boston Marathon has remained an event of human triumph -- that part didn’t change.Resume09:01Apr 14, 2023
When I was governor, I wanted people to look beyond my hair and hemlines. I still doI didn’t fit the profile of what a governor should look like, and I paid for it dearly, writes former Massachusetts acting Gov. Jane Swift. I’ve never forgotten that feeling.Resume05:38Mar 9, 2023
‘We all have to do this work’: Paul Farmer’s greatest legacy is the people he left behindDr. Paul Farmer, a co-founder of Partners In Health and a medical anthropologist affiliated with Harvard University, died, unexpectedly, on February 21, 2022. A year after his death, 10 of...Resume07:31Feb 21, 2023
‘The Muppet Christmas Carol’ will always have my heartIt’s because the film doesn’t shy away from the dark places life inevitably takes us that it remains resoundingly joyful, writes Sara Shukla.Resume06:22Dec 23, 2022
Why sending a Native American into space is a big dealIndigenous people have lost far too much on Earth, and we need to prevent that from happening in space, writes Joelle Renstrom. Oct 11, 2022
I've been working hard — on doing lessRest was not a concept I was raised with, writes Neema Avashia. In the past year, that changed. It had to. Resume04:35Aug 19, 2022
How my family's story tracks with the Green LineThe Green Line's imminent expansion was the perfect time for my train-enthusiast family to come together, writes Sharon Brody. The line shaped the lives of her sons, and her relationship...Resume07:14Mar 20, 2022
A cure for the Covid winter blues? Joan DidionDidion's work goes zing -- straight to the heart -- no throat-clearing, no platitudes. We need more of that to help make sense of this nonsensical time, writes Cloe Axelson....Resume05:55Nov 19, 2021
'The Phantom Hum': My Tinnitus Is Real. It's Also A Metaphor For Our TimeWhat keeps me up at night isn’t an externally generated noise, writes Julie Wittes Schlack. It’s hyper-vigilance, a condition generated by Twitter and Trump and made worse by the pandemic.Resume04:19Jul 16, 2021
The Kids Are Not All RightWhen my teenage daughter struggled, she didn’t blame the isolation, or the extraordinary times we’re all still muddling through, writes Alysia Abbott. She blamed herself.Resume04:53May 21, 2021