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New Hampshire Insiders: The Results
The votes are in from the Granite State and the dust has settled — kind of. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is out in front, with young liberal voters leading him to victory. Entrepreneur Andrew Yang, Colorado Sen. Michael Bennett and former Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick threw in the towel. President Donald Trump secured an historic win for himself. Those are the New Hampshire primary results, but there’s more to these stories because, as we know, what happens in New Hampshire impacts the nation. Guests: Arnie Arnesen — Former New Hampshire democratic legislator and host of WNHN’s The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen. Paul Steinhauser — Campaign reporter for Fox News Politics and The Concord Monitor. Later in the show… If you’re a regular listener, you already know that at the beginning of 2020, Under the Radar debuted brand new music. After almost 10 years of the same theme, we wanted to ring in the next decade with a fresh sound. We spent months searching and carefully curating playlists to pick the perfect song and finally landed on “Fish and Chips” by Grace Kelly and Leo P., which we felt perfectly encapsulated the essence of the show. Now we're huge fans of Grace and Leo, and we want all of you to get to know them as well. Guests: Grace Kelly — award-winning alto saxophonist, singer and songwriter originally from Brookline, Mass., and a graduate of Boston’s Berklee College of Music Leo Pellegrino — known as Leo P., baritone saxophonist, originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He’s a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music and a member of the band Too Many Zooz. Together, Grace and Leo make up the collaboration “We Are 2 Saxy.” ————————————————— Show Credits: You can find UTR on the web at https://www.wgbh.org/news/under-the-radar-with-callie-crossley Subscribe to our show wherever you get your podcasts. "Under the Radar with Callie Crossley" is produced by Franziska Monahan and engineered by Dave Goodman. Melissa Rosales is our intern. Our theme music is FISH AND CHIPS by #weare2saxys', Grace Kelly and Leo P. Under the Radar is a production of WGBH. -
Local News: Charlestown Laundromats, Logan Airport Monorail, and Boston Recycling
Charlestown has no laundromat - how did gentrification leave the neighborhood’s lower income residents without a crucial life service? A monorail for Logan International? This year Massport may finally make the decision to streamline ground transportation at the airport. And is it worth it to recycle now that it costs Boston more to haul away recyclables than trash? It’s our local news round table. Guests: Gin Dumcius - Digital editor for the Boston Business Journal. Seth Daniel - Senior reporter with the Independent News Group, which includes the Chelsea Record and Revere Journal. Sue O’Connell – Commentator for NECN and WGBH and Co-Publisher of Bay Windows and the South End News. Later in the show… At first glance, Mama, Ella and Kevin seem to live in a here and now achingly familiar to a number of black families. But very quickly Riot Baby reveals itself to be a time-traversing tale of the future infused with the frustration and rage linked to incidents of the recent past. Author Tochi Onybuchi takes readers on the journey of siblings navigating their past, current and future worlds. Riot Baby is our February selection for “Bookmarked: The Under the Radar Book Club." Guest: Tochi Onyebuchi - author of Riot Baby, his first adult novel, which is available in bookstores and online now. ————————————————— Show Credits: You can find UTR on the web at https://www.wgbh.org/news/under-the-radar-with-callie-crossley Subscribe to our show wherever you get your podcasts. "Under the Radar with Callie Crossley" is produced by Franziska Monahan and engineered by Dave Goodman. Melissa Rosales is our intern. Our theme music is FISH AND CHIPS by #weare2saxys', Grace Kelly and Leo P. Under the Radar is a production of WGBH. -
UTR Podcast Exclusive: Re-Introducing Larry Ladd
One of our absolute favorite shows here at Under the Radar is our annual review of quirky holiday songs with Mike Wilkins, intrepid music collector and radio engineer for the radio program, The World. Each year Mike brings us a carefully curated mix-tape of rescued vinyl one-hit wonders and whatever background he can find behind each track. But inevitably, some of those origin stories are lost to the dusty used-record bins of analog history. When that happens, we turn to all of you - our loyal listeners - to see if we can trace these songs back to their source through your collective memory. Such was the case with one of our favorites from this last year’s mix, “Little Red Top,” by the Glenn Cross Sextet featuring Jane Sharon and introducing Larry Ladd. And you delivered. Guests: Mike Wilkins - Radio Engineer for WGBH'S PROGRAM THE World and quirky holiday music collector and archivist. Larry Ladd - Featured on “Little Red Top” ————————————————— Show Credits: You can find UTR on the web at https://www.wgbh.org/news/under-the-radar-with-callie-crossley Subscribe to our show wherever you get your podcasts. "Under the Radar with Callie Crossley" is produced by Franziska Monahan and engineered by Dave Goodman. Melissa Rosales is our intern. Our theme music is FISH AND CHIPS by #weare2saxys', Grace Kelly and Leo P. Under the Radar is a production of WGBH. -
NH Insiders: Polling Confusion, Undecided Voters And Do Endorsements Matter?
Bernie Sanders is surging with voters in New Hampshire. Or is he? The polls said yes, but other data is conflicting. Endorsements from top Granite State Democrats are rolling in for Joe Biden. Will they make a difference? And can late-starters Michael Bloomberg and Deval Patrick persuade undecided voters to choose one of them? Our New Hampshire Insiders are back. Guests: Arnie Arnesen — Former New Hampshire democratic legislator and host of WNHN’s The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen. Paul Steinhauser — Campaign reporter for Fox News Politics and the Concord Monitor. Later in the show… In January of last year, the Roxbury-based Haley House Bakery Café announced it would shutter its doors, but temporarily, with a planned reopening later. Customers feared the Haley House Café would become another in the growing list of Boston restaurant closings. But the combination café and community space bucked that trend. Now, the new and improved Haley House Bakery Café is gearing up for its grand re-opening next month. Guests: Bing Broderick – Executive Director of Haley House. Misha Thomas – General Manager of the Haley House Bakery Café. John Lara - Professional Baker and Catering Driver of the Haley House Bakery Café. ————————————————— Show Credits: You can find UTR on the web at https://www.wgbh.org/news/under-the-radar-with-callie-crossley Subscribe to our show wherever you get your podcasts. "Under the Radar with Callie Crossley" is produced by Franziska Monahan and engineered by Dave Goodman. Melissa Rosales is our intern. Our theme music is FISH AND CHIPS by #weare2saxys', Grace Kelly and Leo P. Under the Radar is a production of WGBH. -
Introducing UTR's Environmental News Roundtable
Deadly bush-fires continue to rage in Australia. The environment wasn’t always a hot-button political topic – how can we take the politics out of climate change? And rising sea levels threaten Boston’s disadvantaged neighborhoods. That’s a sample of the environmental stories that are increasingly important to Greater Bostonians and millions of Americans. Those stories and more on Under the Radar's inaugural Environmental News Roundtable. Guests: Beth Daley - Editor and General Manager at The Conversation, U.S. Dr. Aaron Bernstein - Interim Director of The Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health , a pediatrician at Boston Children’s Hospital, and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Cabell Eames - Legislative Manager at the Better Future Project, a Massachusetts-based grassroots climate-action organization. Later in the show… In 2018 Georgia became the center of the national dialogue on voting rights after Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams narrowly lost to Republican Brian Kemp. Abram’s loss sparked criticisms of the state’s election practices, especially around voter suppression. Now with a major national election upon us, anxiety about the integrity of the United States’ electoral system is front and center. A new report from the Scholars Strategy Network outlines the threats undermining voting in the U.S., and offers concrete potential reforms. Guest: Erin O'Brien - Associate professor of Political Science at UMass Boston, a member of the Mass Politics Profs blog and a contributing scholar to the Scholars Strategy Network. —————————————————- Show Credits: That’s it for this week’s show. You can find UTR on the web at https://www.wgbh.org/news/under-the-radar-with-callie-crossley Subscribe to our show wherever you get your podcasts. “Under the Radar with Callie Crossley” is produced by Franziska Monahan and engineered by Dave Goodman and John Parker. Melissa Rosales is our intern Our theme music is FISH AND CHIPS by #weare2saxys’, Grace Kelly and Leo P. Under the Radar is a production of WGBH. -
Alpha Pi Omega: The First Sorority For Native American Women
While more than 60 percent of American high schoolers go on to college, only 17 percent of American Indian students do. Those who do enroll often have a tough time coping with a lack of connectiveness and social isolation. That's why 25 years ago, a group of young native women decided to claim their space in one of the most traditional social organizations in higher education - Greek life. Alpha Pi Omega is the first sorority for Native American women. Guests: Christina Theodorou - Tribal Liaison with Maximus and one of the founders of Alpha Pi Omega. Elizabeth Alexander - Student at Oklahoma State University and the president of the OSU chapter of Alpha Pi Omega. Later in the show… There was a lot going on in 1969 - young people full of revolutionary fire and passion led the Civil Rights and anti-war movements movements. That same year one of nation’s most elite universities became the site of another kind of revolution. Yale University, whose centuries-old traditions were designed for male students opened, its doors to women students. What happened after they arrived is the compelling history depicted in the new book, Yale Needs Women: How the First Group of Girls Rewrote the Rules of an Ivy league Giant. It’s our December selection for “Bookmarked” The Under the Radar Book Club. **Yale Needs Women is available for purchase in bookstores and online now. Guests: Anne Gardiner Perkins - Yale class of '81, Author of Yale Needs Women Connie Royster - Class of '72, enrolled at Yale as a transfer student from Wheaton College. Dahlia Rudavsky - Class of '72, enrolled at Yale as a freshmen and graduate of Newton South High School in Greater Boston. Shirley Daniels - Class of '72, enrolled as a transfer student from Boston’s Simmons College. -
Seasonal Silliness: Our Annual Review Of Quirky Holiday Songs
How about two different versions of a song entitled, “Ho, Ho, Ho?” Or another one of our new favorite holiday jams, like "Santa's Pissed Off" and "Sugar and Booze?" They could only be featured together on the 2019 collection of holiday music curated by WGBH engineer Mike Wilkins. These are not the traditional carols from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir or even new traditional favorites like Mariah Carey’s “This Christmas.” Nope, for his 30th annual collection of songs you’ve never heard of, Mike has once again rescued vinyl one-hit wonders from the forgotten bins of overlooked B sides, and resurrected a few newish tunes that might become classics. This is Mike’s "Seasonal Silliness," a Yuletopia recording. Guest: Mike Wilkins - Radio engineer for The World and obscure Christmas music collector. -
It's About How You Live: Hospice and Palliative Care Awareness Month
It's almost that time of the year where the whole family gathers at the table and shares meaningful conversations. November also marks Hospice and Palliative Care Awareness Month. During this time, experts are hoping to promote family conversations about hospice as a tool for living. Guests: Patricia Ramsden - Registered Nurse and Director of Admissions at Care Dimensions, a Danvers, Massachusetts-based Hospice and Palliative Care organization. Beverly Simonini - Development associate with Care Dimensions. She came to Care Dimensions after her husband, Donald, received hospice care before he passed away from ALS. Graham Chick - Volunteer with Care Dimensions. His daughter, Naomi, also received hospice care after a long battle with cancer. Later in the show… With an unemployment rate of 3.7%, various industries have a tough time finding workers, especially skilled workers. Restaurants and other food services are hit particularly hard, where there is already a scramble to find enough workers to fill current openings and where the number of jobs is projected to grow 14 percent by 2028.But, a six year-old local organization is successfully working to close that gap. The Boston-basedNew England Center for Arts and Technology, orNECAT, provides chronically unemployed adults with professional culinary and life skills training and places them in kitchen jobs throughout Greater Boston. Guests: Joey Cuzzi - Executive director of NECAT. Bob Krajewski - Chef and instructor at NECAT. Randy Brimley - A recent NECAT graduate and current bread baker at Whole Foods in Dedham. —————————————————————-———————- More UTR: https://www.wgbh.org/news/under-the-radar-with-callie-crossley Follow Callie on Twitter: @CallieCrossley Like UTR on Facebook: facebook.com/UndertheRadarWGBH UTR is produced by Franziska Monahan. David Goodman and Doug Shugarts are our engineers. Melissa Rosales is our intern. Under the Radar is a production of WGBH. -
Politics: Boston City Council, Kentucky's First Black Attorney General and Ayanna Pressley Endorses Elizabeth Warren
The November 5th elections brought brisk winds of change across the country, including here in Boston. Voters upended an old political dynamic and embraced a historic slate of women and people of color. Also, everybody wins in Kentucky: Democrats narrowly claimed the governorship and Republicans elected the state’s first black attorney general. Plus, Senator Elizabeth Warren scores a key presidential endorsement from fellow Massachusetts lawmaker, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley. We discuss these stories and more during our full hour conversation with three contributors to the Mass Politics Profs blog. Guests: Erin O’Brien - Associate professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Luis Jimenez - Associate professor of political science at University of Massachusetts, Boston. Maurice Cunningham - Associate professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Boston. —————————————————————-———————- More UTR: https://www.wgbh.org/news/under-the-radar-with-callie-crossley Follow Callie on Twitter: @CallieCrossley Like UTR on Facebook: facebook.com/UndertheRadarWGBH UTR is produced by Franziska Monahan. David Goodman is our engineer. Melissa Rosales is our intern. Under the Radar is a production of WGBH. -
Local News: Youth Homelessness, Mass Colleges Offer Pot Business Courses, And South End's Villa Victoria Arts Center's Demolition
City Councilor Annissa Essaibi-George's proposes a commission that would take aim at Boston's rising number of homeless children. Five Massachusetts colleges have added the business of pot to their course curriculums. And a new plan to tear down a beloved South End institution, the historic Villa Victoria Arts Center, faces demolition. It’s our local news round table. Guests: Gin Dumcius - Digital editor for the Boston Business Journal. Seth Daniel - Senior reporter with the Independent News Group, which includes the Chelsea Record and Revere Journal. Sue O’Connell – Commentator for NECN and WGBH and Co-Publisher of Bay Windows and the South End News. Later in the show… The glitzy and glamorous Windows on the World restaurant sat at the top of the North Tower of New York’s iconic Twin Towers. The restaurant boasted what author Tom Roston has described as a “God’s eye view” high atop one of the tallest buildings in New York City. For 25 years, the restaurant drew prideful New Yorkers and tourists from around the globe until it was destroyed in the terrorist attack of 9/11. The book tells both the story of the birth and death of the restaurant and the rebirth of New York. Tom Roston's* The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World: The Twin Towers, Windows on the World, and the Rebirth of New York* is our November selection for "Bookmarked: The Under the Radar Book Club." Guest: Tom Roston - freelance journalist, writing consultant and author of The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World: The Twin Towers, Windows on the World, and the Rebirth of New York, which is available for purchase in stores and online now.
