Episodes
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And The Nominee For Mass. US Attorney Is....
In this post-summer hiatus Scrum, Adam Reilly talks to Boston Globe legal affairs reporter Maria Kramer and WGBH reporter Phillip Martin about the recent nominee for Mass. US Attorney Andrew E. Lelling, what the scope of the US Attorney's powers are, and what a Trump nominated US Attorney may do. -
The 2017 Muzzle Awards
Attorney Harvey Silverglate and Dan Kennedy, an associate professor of journalism at Northeastern University, joined Adam Reilly and Peter Kadzis to talk about this year’s annual Muzzle Awards. -
Should Mass Democrats Be Focusing On Party Purity?
WGBH's Adam Reilly and Peter Kadzis talk to Senator Jamie Eldridge and political scientist Peter Ubertaccio about the intra-party challenges of Massachusetts' Democratic party. -
Boston's Lesser Known Mayoral Candidates
WGBH'S Adam Reilly and Peter Kadzis talk to mayoral candidates Robert Cappucci and Joseph Wiley. -
The Scrum Gets Caught Up In Southie
WGBH’s Adam Reilly and Peter Kadzis were joined by Maureen Dahilland Heather Foley from Caught Up, the podcast from Caught in Southie, to talk about the political highs and lows of South Boston. -
A Massachusetts Political Report Card
WGBH’s Peter Kadzis was joined by MassLive’s Gin Dumcius, Politico’s Lauren Dezenski, and WGBH’s Mike Deehan to grade the performances of Massachusetts’ political leaders. -
Shadowgate: The Fate Of The Winthrop Square Tower
Adam Reilly and Peter Kadzis talked to WGBH Reporter Isaiah Thompson about the Winthrop Square Tower and the shadow it could cast over Boston Common and the Boston Planning and Development Authority. -
A Podcast Crossover Of Epic Proportions: The Lincoln Review Joins The Scrum
For this special crossover episode of The Scrum, Adam Reilly and Peter Kadzis were joined by the two hosts of The Lincoln Review Podcast, Republican interpreters Jeff Semon and Ed Lyons. -
Tito Jackson Speaks: What he regrets and what he doesn't
Unseating an incumbent Boston mayor is never easy: it hasn’t happened since 1949, when John Hynes beat James Michael Curley. But that doesn’t fully capture the magnitude of the challenge facing City Councilor Tito Jackson. Jackson’s opponent, Mayor Marty Walsh, has been generating favorable media coverage all year as he pushes back hard against the Trump Administration. What’s more, Jackson is trying to recover from a rough week that included a Boston Globe story about his years as a pharmaceutical rep who marketed opioids — and an incident with a WGBH News reporter that led Jackson to issue an apology. Jackson sat down with Adam Reilly and Peter Kadzis to discuss those developments, the state of his campaign, race in the city, and the challenge of running for mayor in the age of Trump. -
Brianna Wu Wants To Tax Your Robots (And Do Some Other Things Too)
Adam Reilly and Peter Kadzis sat down with Brianna Wu recently to talk about her Congressional campaign against entrenched incumbent Rep. Steven Lynch and why she deserves your vote.
