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The Common

Greater Boston’s weekly podcast where news and culture meet.

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The MBTA's pension problem May 01, 2023

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The MBTA is facing yet another financial challenge, this time in the form of its pension program. According to an arbitration document obtained by WBUR, at its current trajectory, pension expenses could make the agency 'insolvent' by 2038. WBUR Transportation Reporter Andrea Perdomo-Hernandez joins The Common explore how the MBTA got to this point, and what this could mean for its financial future.

Greater Boston’s weekly podcast where news and culture meet.

Preventing drink spiking in Boston bars Apr 28, 2023

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Boston police received 116 reports of drink spiking in Boston last year. The alarming uptick in reports has continued into 2023, with BPD publishing a community alert on the issue last week. Casey Corcoran, senior director of prevention outreach and education at the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC), joins The Common to share tips on how to prevent drink spiking in bars and other establishments.

Producer's note: Survivors of sexual assault can find resources with the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center at barcc.org or by calling their hotline, 800-841-8371.

Greater Boston’s weekly podcast where news and culture meet.

Translation services at Brockton Schools Apr 27, 2023

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Nearly half of all students in Brockton Public Schools speak a language other than English at home. The district's Multilingual Parent Communication Center is working to make translation and interpretation services more accessible to families who don't speak English as a first language by centralizing services, and offering support both within and beyond the school system.

WBUR Senior Education Reporter Carrie Jung joins The Common with more on Brockton Public School's efforts to support immigrant and non-English-speaking families in the community.

Greater Boston’s weekly podcast where news and culture meet.

The landlords, homeowners and renters of the state legislature Apr 26, 2023

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Boston's rent control proposal needs approval from the Massachusetts State Legislature in order to become local law. A new report from The Boston Globe looks into the property holdings of the lawmakers who will be responsible for making this decision, in both the house and the senate, to gain an understanding of how many legislators rent, versus own their home, and how many are landlords.

The Globe finds that about 86% of the state legislature owns homes, compared to only 61% of the state population, and that 36 members of the legislature own rental properties, while only 19 members confirmed to the Globe that they rent their homes.

Boston Globe Politics Reporter Emma Platoff joins The Common for a deeper look at this story.

Greater Boston’s weekly podcast where news and culture meet.

A reckoning at Barbara Lynch restaurants Apr 25, 2023

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Former employees of establishments owned by local celebrity chef Barbara Lynch are stepping forward, accusing Lynch of creating a toxic workplace. The allegations against Lynch, who owns businesses including No. 9 Park, The Butcher Shop and Seaport-based bar, Drink, include lashing out at staff and guests, unwanted touching and threats of violence. Boston Globe Business Enterprise Reporter Janelle Nanos joins The Common to discuss the allegations and where they fit into the larger conversation about toxic workplaces in the Boston restaurant scene.

Greater Boston’s weekly podcast where news and culture meet.

From the Newsroom: Simone Leigh's work at the ICA is an ode to Black womanhood Apr 24, 2023

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The Common team is taking the day to rest and rejuvenate after a very busy few weeks (did you catch our special climate series last week? If not, listen back!) so today, we bring you a feature from the WBUR newsroom.

It’s from reporter Arielle Gray and it’s about the work of renowned artist Simone Leigh, who explores Black womanhood through the use of clay, bronze and ceramics.

Last year, Leigh became the first Black woman to represent the U.S. at the Venice Biennale, which is one of the largest and most storied contemporary art exhibitions in the world. Now, the pieces she created for the Biennale are on display at Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art, making their U.S. debut.

Greater Boston’s weekly podcast where news and culture meet.

Climate Now: Giving back this Earth Day Apr 21, 2023

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It's Earth Week on The Common. And in honor of our home planet, we're bringing you a special series. Every day this week, we're exploring what climate change looks and feels like in Greater Boston, and how it's impacting our communities, right now. Today we wrap up our week-long series with some ways you can get involved and give back to our planet this Earth Day, and beyond, with Sara Winslow, education associate at the Museum of Science's Current Science Communication Department.

Head to WBUR for Sara's full list of recommendations.

Greater Boston’s weekly podcast where news and culture meet.

Climate Now: Heat in the South End Apr 20, 2023

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It's Earth Week on The Common. And in honor of our home planet, we're bringing you a special series. Every day this week, we're exploring what climate change looks and feels like in Greater Boston, and how it's impacting our communities, right now.

Today's destination: Boston's South End

The entire city of Boston is a heat island, but some parts of the city, including the South End, can get particularly hot on high-temperature days. Today on The Common, we head to the South End to get a better idea of what makes a heat island, and who is most likely to be impacted by extreme heat.

Greater Boston’s weekly podcast where news and culture meet.

Climate Now: The neighbors of Crane Ledge Woods Apr 19, 2023

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It's Earth Week on The Common. And in honor of our home planet, we're bringing you a special series. Every day this week, we're exploring what climate change looks and feels like in Greater Boston, and how it's impacting our communities, right now.

Today's destination: Crane Ledge Woods

Today, The Common heads to Hyde Park in Boston, where a coalition of residents are fighting to preserve a property known as Crane Ledge Woods. The 24 acre parcel is the largest unprotected wild in Boston, and is currently being prospected by Texas-based development company, Lincoln Properties, who hopes to build a 270 unit apartment complex at the site. Residents say that losing the woods will exacerbate the effects of climate change in the community, such as storm flooding and urban heat.

Greater Boston’s weekly podcast where news and culture meet.

Climate Now: Erosion and the Boston Harbor Islands Apr 18, 2023

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Perhaps you've seen some of the 30 Boston Harbor Islands from an airplane window, descending into Logan Airport. Or maybe you've visited one of the more popular islands on a weekend day trip from downtown Boston. This archipelago is made up of piles of deposited material, sculpted by melting and retreating glaciers, known as drumlins, and is one of the few drowned drumlin fields in the world. It's a unique environment ripe for outdoor recreation, and holds irreplaceable Indigenous creations and post-colonial historical artifacts.

The Harbor Islands are also eroding, and fast.

In this episode of The Common, we're in a boat with Zoe Hughes and Duncan FitzGerald of Boston University and Marc Albert of the National Parks of Boston for a close-up look at how rising sea levels and increasingly intense storms are impacting the very existence of the Boston Harbor Islands, and all they hold.

Greater Boston’s weekly podcast where news and culture meet.

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