Radio Boston: Today's Show

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

All of the ducks of the “Make Way For Ducklings” sculpture in the Boston Public Garden were donning yellow masks. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

The Delta Variant, Talk Of Booster Shots, And Vaccine Mandates Show We Are Not Yet Out Of The Pandemic

Plus, a months-long traffic headache on I-93 after a truck hit a bridge.

Radio Boston

48:24Jul 20, 2021

Two-year-old Jonah Klein and his mother Stephanie return from a quick morning walk in the cold rain along Carson Beach in South Boston. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Record-Breaking July Rains Bring Doom, Gloom, And A Red Tide

Plus, Provincetown struggles to contain breakthrough COVID cases.

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48:07Jul 19, 2021

Week In Review: Boston Mayoral Race, Exam School Equity, And Concerning COVID Trends

Plus, the intersection between COVID, vaccines, and sports.

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47:29Jul 16, 2021

The Boston Latin School. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

School Committee Unanimously Adopts Controversial New Exam School Admissions Policy

Plus, the impact of monthly child tax credit payments on children and families in the Commonwealth.

Radio Boston

48:20Jul 15, 2021

Government supporters shout slogans as anti-government protesters march in Havana, Cuba. Hundreds of demonstrators went out to the streets in several cities in Cuba to protest against ongoing food shortages and high prices of foodstuffs. (Ismael Francisco/AP Photo)

Rep. Jim McGovern On Protests In Cuba And Hunger In America

Plus, we take listener calls about how their lives have changed as a result of the pandemic.

Radio Boston

47:22Jul 14, 2021

Mass. GOP Chairman Jim Lyons (State House News Service)

A Shake-Up In The Boston Mayoral Race, And Mass GOP Divisions Grow

Plus, a panel of Boston LGBTQ+ activists discuss the disbanding of Boston Pride, and we take your questions on viruses, vaccines, and variants on another edition of "Ask The Doctors."

Radio Boston

47:24Jul 13, 2021

Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins. (Miriam Wasser/WBUR)

DA Rollins Gives Update On Weekend Shootings In The Commonwealth

Plus, we hear from home improvement experts for help with our pandemic home improvement projects, and check the score with WBUR's Chris Citorik.

Radio Boston

47:55Jul 12, 2021

Police work in the area of an hours long standoff with a group of armed men that partially shut down I-95 on Saturday in Wakefield, Mass. (Michael Dwyer/AP)

From A Weekend Standoff To The World Of Politics, We Review Week's Biggest News

Plus, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley joins us to talk about a number of issues, including infrastructure, her efforts to abolish the death penalty, and the ongoing situation in Haiti.

Radio Boston

47:08Jul 9, 2021

A woman waves a Haitian flag during a rally Friday at Boston City Hall denouncing the Trump administration's decision to cancel the Temporary Protected Status program for Haitians and President Trump's alleged insulting remarks about Haiti. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Local Haitian Community Still Processing Assassination Of President Jovenel Moïse

Plus, what we can expect when Tropical Storm Elsa rolls through, and a conversation with former state rep. Geoff Diehl on his run for governor.

Radio Boston

47:53Jul 8, 2021

Legal Analysis Of The Wakefield Standoff And Mandatory Vaccines

We also talk to Professor Ibram X. Kendi about his new podcast "Be Antiracist." Plus, two Cape Cod Rabies Task Force members join us to talk about a new vaccination...

Radio Boston

47:51Jul 7, 2021

Wakefield Standoff Raises Questions, Stirs Confusion

Plus, starting next week, families who qualify for the expanded Child Tax Credit will start receiving their payments.

Radio Boston

48:05Jul 6, 2021

The Mayflower II docks into Plymouth, Massachusetts. (David Goldman/AP)

Special Hour: Remembering, And Re-Examining, The Mayflower

As we remember our country's founding, we re-examine one of the nation's founding stories: the arrival of the pilgrims on the Mayflower.

Radio Boston

45:50Jul 5, 2021

Conductor Keith Lockhart will lead the Boston Pops' annual Fourth of July concert from Tanglewood this year. (AP/Michael Dwyer)

A Special Hour Of Radio Boston, Celebrating Summer Joy

We'll check in with Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart, preview the upcoming summer season of movies, and send you into the holiday weekend with a burst of pure energy and...

Radio Boston

47:05Jul 2, 2021

A bin of just caught lobster at Fisherman’s View Seafood Market in Sandwich. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Celebrating Summertime With A Seafood Medley

We take listener calls and talk seafood, and the many forms it can come in - baked, grilled and thermidor'ed. Plus, we get an update on Supreme Court rulings and...

Radio Boston

45:18Jul 1, 2021

(Courtesy of the Department of Correction)

Mass. Department Of Corrections To End Solitary Confinement

Plus, we check in with Congressman Seth Moulton.

Radio Boston

47:32Jun 30, 2021

Tracy Thibodeaux, 5, cools off in the fountain at the Christian Science Plaza on a hot 94º day. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

A Second Heat Wave Hits Boston

Plus, we discuss the state of the Boston Police Department with Rev. Ray Hammond, pastor of the Bethel AME Church, and take listener questions on another edition of "Ask The...