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Greater Boston’s weekly podcast where news and culture meet.
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English
United States
488 episodes
since Oct. 31, 2022
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From mid-May to early June, a brood of periodical cicadas (Brood XIV) are emerging for the first time in 17 years.
Today on The Common, WBUR Digital News Producer Katie Cole tells us everything we need to know about these noisy summer insects, and what makes this particular brood special.
Also,…
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This week Team Common is bringing you a story from WBUR arts and culture reporter Amelia Mason. It's a story about one of hip-hop's greatest wordsmiths Lupe Fiasco.
Lupe, a visiting scholar at M.I.T., has been writing new music using the artwork on campus, and Amelia got the opportunity to talk t…
In February, references to the words 'transgender' and 'queer' were quietly purged from various National Parks Service websites.
That includes pages dedicated to Boston’s many national parks.
Among the resources that were taken down from Boston’s National Parks was an audio tour of Downtown a…
WBUR's Candice Springer shares three awesome, local events that will get you outside in May. Check them out:
Big Queer Food Fest
Boston Public Art Triennial
WBUR Festival
Greater Boston’s weekly podcast where news and culture meet.
Local organizers plan to mark MLK Jr.'s historic 1965 Freedom Rally in Boston by holding a march of their own.
Journalist and Historian Dart Adams is the co-chair of Everyone250. The organization's mission is to highlight stories and histories that often get overlooked — especially during celebr…
Martinus Evans' doctor told him he either had to lose weight or risk early death. So he took up running - both out of necessity and perhaps a little spite. Evans has since run several marathons. He also founded the Slow AF Run Club, which is an organization meant to inspire and encourage runners of…
Little self-published booklets known as 'zines' have long been a staple of DIY and counter-culture movements. They have deep roots in underground music scenes like punk. Today, zines are having a renaissance, with more DIY-ers returning to the medium to spread information and stories - as well as t…
Catholic nuns and priests led Boston's anti-war movement during the Vietnam era. A new podcast tells the story of the lengths many Irish Catholics went through to protest the war — including breaking into official buildings to steal draft cards.
The Common spoke to Host and Producer Brendan Patri…
When Tim Colegrove decided to open a computer repair store in 2021, it was partially because he was interested in entrepreneurship. He also really needed a place to keep the vintage computers and gear that were piling up in his home. So, The BYTE Shop was born: A computer repair shop AND museum to …
WBUR contributing arts critic Lloyd Schwartz joins The Common to discuss classical music.
The Somerville poet laureate and Fresh Air classical music critic also shares recommendations from his arts guide to Greater Boston classical events on offer this spring.
Greater Boston’s weekly podcast wh…
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