Radio Boston: Today's Show

A list of every full broadcast of WBUR's Radio Boston, updated daily.

A female downy woodpecker contemplates which bird feeder to eat from behind the Audubon Boston Nature Center. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Addressing racism in school sports, and a spring bird-spotting preview

Plus, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey says the country's promise to accept up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees isn't enough.

Radio Boston

47:17Apr 26, 2022

A local chef joined the World Central Kitchen in Poland, three miles from the Ukrainian border, to help prepare food for Ukrainian refugees. (Courtesy Steven Postal)

Mondays with the Mayor, and local efforts to help Ukrainians

Plus, chef Steve "Nookie" Postal tells us about his time cooking for Ukrainian refugees in Poland with World Central Kitchen.

Radio Boston

47:39Apr 25, 2022

This March 15, 2012 file photo shows a home with a real estate sign in front in Watertown, Mass. (Steven Senne/AP/File)

Real estate love letters and a shake-up to veterans' health care in Mass.

Plus, we talk to a member of Massashusetts' thriving metal detector enthusiast community.

Radio Boston

46:54Apr 21, 2022

Powerlines in Medway, MA. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Equal Pay Day and 'greening' Massachusetts' electrical grid

Plus, we preview Wednesday night's Celtics game against the Brooklyn Nets.

Radio Boston

47:52Apr 20, 2022

Face protection mask and travel documents over trolley bag. Travel and flight rules during coronavirus pandemic crisis. (Getty Images)

Mask rules ending on planes, a local leader in midwifery and growing your own food

Last night, a Florida judge ruled the Centers for Disease Control can't mandate masks for transportation, even as COVID-19 cases swell in New England. We ask some doctors what to...

Radio Boston

47:19Apr 19, 2022

Highlights from the first edition of a new WBUR CitySpace series, "Phenomenal Women"

First up is Katie Rae, CEO and managing partner of The Engine, a venture capital fund built by MIT, that invests in early-stage companies solving the world’s biggest problems through...

Radio Boston

48:37Apr 18, 2022

Spiral galaxies like NGC 3949 pictured in this Hubble image, released Thursday Aug. 5, 2004 shows a galaxy that is similar in shape and structure to our home galaxy. Our Sun and solar system are embedded in a broad pancake of stars deep within the disk of the Milky Way galaxy. Even from a distance it is impossible to see our galaxy's large-scale features other than the disk. The next best thing is to look farther out into the universe at galaxies that are similar in shape and structure to our home galaxy. (AP Photo/NASA)

Astronauts test their blood in space and your guide to upcoming celestial events

Plus, we preview the next four days in Boston sports with Boston Globe sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy and WBUR’s Alex Ashlock.

Radio Boston

47:47Apr 14, 2022

These bad boys may be among the gangs of wild turkeys terrorizing quiet neighborhoods there in Brookline and throughout Greater Boston. (Collin Binkley/AP)

Mating season emboldens wild turkeys and a cannabis dispensary opens in Cambridge

Plus, Virginia "Ginny" Smithers-Sanders first made waves as a middle-school swimmer roughly 70 years ago. Now, the city of Somerville is naming the pool at the John F. Kennedy School...

Radio Boston

33:37Apr 12, 2022

Bottles of liquor behind the bar at Doyle's (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

A push in Boston to address liquor license disparities, and Mass. congresswoman tours Ukrainian border

Plus, all your springtime gardening and lawn care questions are answered.

Radio Boston

33:47Apr 11, 2022

Joseph Jabir Pope is also a war veteran serving time at Norfolk Correctional Facility. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Globe investigation examines why some men serving life sentences under defunct law should be freed

Plus, a look at a decision from the Boston Athletic Association to not allow runners under Russian or Belarusian flags to participate in this year's race.

Radio Boston

34:19Apr 7, 2022

The Massachusetts State House in Boston. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Study shows disconnect between COVID racial disparities and empathy, and the unionization effort for state Senate staffers

Plus, the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra will close out its season this Friday with a performance of Mahler's 3rd Symphony, the longest ever written. We check in with the orchestra's founder...

Radio Boston

34:20Apr 6, 2022

1970s America - Kowloon Restaurant, Saugus, Massachusetts 1978. (Photo by: HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Change comes to Kowloon, and how to avoid Lyme disease

We take your calls and questions about Lyme disease as the weather warms up.

Radio Boston

47:34Apr 5, 2022

Michael Schur, creator of the “Good Place,” writer and producer for “The Office,” and co-creator of “Parks and Recreation.” (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

TV's Michael Schur is still thinking about the "Trolley Problem"

Plus, we hear a firsthand story of a harrowing escape from Ukraine for a family with Massachusetts roots.

Radio Boston

47:23Apr 4, 2022

A man jogs past cafe tables placed in the closed parking lane on Hanover Street, Friday, June 12, 2020, in the North End neighborhood of Boston. (Michael Dwyer/AP)

North End restaurants challenge outdoor dining fee and the future of work in Massachusetts

Plus, we preview the upcoming baseball season with Boston Globe sports reporter Alex Speier.

Radio Boston

46:56Mar 31, 2022

Triple and double decker apartments in McCormack Square in East Boston. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

The return of live music, and the end of pandemic-era rental assistance

Plus, another edition of "Ask the Docs."

Radio Boston

47:51Mar 30, 2022

Meeting Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Doughty, and a BPS lawsuit

As the Boston Public School District searches for its fifth superintendent in less than a decade, and the state mulls a possible takeover, we talk with two guests who support...

Radio Boston

47:47Mar 29, 2022

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu speaks to reporters at a press conference in January. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Mondays with the Mayor, plus a crash course on plant-based meals

We take listener calls and questions with Boston Mayor Michelle Wu.

Radio Boston

47:43Mar 28, 2022

A gas pump in Massachusetts. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Gas tax is back up for debate, and Boston goes to the Oscars

Plus, we look at the impact that the Green Line extension into Somerville is having on local businesses and residents.

Radio Boston

47:52Mar 24, 2022

Newspaper giant Gannett ends print runs for many local weeklies in Mass.

Last week, the newspaper chain Gannett announced on each papers' websites that it will stop printing at least 19 weeklies by the first week of May. The announcements said coverage...

Business

Mar 23, 2022

A man watches as a visitor tries out a facial recognition display at a booth for Chinese tech firm Ping'an Technology at the Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) in Beijing on April 26, 2018. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

Debating the role of facial recognition technology in Mass.

Plus, we hear music from Panamanian-born and Boston-based jazz pianist and composer Danilo Perez's new album.

Radio Boston

47:56Mar 23, 2022

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Addressing racism in school sports, and a spring bird-spotting preview

Mondays with the Mayor, and local efforts to help Ukrainians

Real estate love letters and a shake-up to veterans' health care in Mass.

Equal Pay Day and 'greening' Massachusetts' electrical grid

Mask rules ending on planes, a local leader in midwifery and growing your own food

Highlights from the first edition of a new WBUR CitySpace series, "Phenomenal Women"

Astronauts test their blood in space and your guide to upcoming celestial events

Mating season emboldens wild turkeys and a cannabis dispensary opens in Cambridge

A push in Boston to address liquor license disparities, and Mass. congresswoman tours Ukrainian border

Globe investigation examines why some men serving life sentences under defunct law should be freed

Study shows disconnect between COVID racial disparities and empathy, and the unionization effort for state Senate staffers

Change comes to Kowloon, and how to avoid Lyme disease

TV's Michael Schur is still thinking about the "Trolley Problem"

North End restaurants challenge outdoor dining fee and the future of work in Massachusetts

The return of live music, and the end of pandemic-era rental assistance

Meeting Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Doughty, and a BPS lawsuit

Mondays with the Mayor, plus a crash course on plant-based meals

Gas tax is back up for debate, and Boston goes to the Oscars

Newspaper giant Gannett ends print runs for many local weeklies in Mass.

Debating the role of facial recognition technology in Mass.