WBCA Podcasts

Boston Neighborhood Network News

Earth Day in Boston & Climate Change, Gund Kwok Lion Dance Troupe, interview with President of 2Life Communities Lizbeth Heyer. 

The Village

Willie P. invites Dawn Simmons, 2023 Elliot Norton Award winning director, to the show to discuss working for Stage Source, her 2nd theater company The Front Porch Arts Collective, learning to be a director & her influences, the importance of working as a team, plays that she has written & produced, advice for those wanting to become directors, becoming Artistic Dir. of SpeakEasy Stage company, & more!

The Tape Deck Hour

Cuban Mic and a special guest Kiel discuss a range of topics, including Cuban history and political ideology.

The Other Page Radio

Haywood Fennell speaks to Rosalyn Elder about the life of Malcolm X and the upcoming Boston Community Read-a-thon of the Autobiography of Malcolm X to celebrate his 100th birthday. The vent is May 17-18 at the Bruce Bolling Building. For more information: malcolmxreadathonboston.com

Cooking In The Dark

Join Dale, Cheryl, and a special studio audience for some deviled eggs, some Texas beer bread, and some delicious microwave banana nut bread.

Talk Of The Neighborhoods

On the first half, guest Marty Walz, Interim Executive Director for Boston Municipal Research Bureau. Then on the second half, guest Greg Maynard Executive Director of the  Boston Policy Institute.

 

Life Matters

Brendan O'Connell interviews Katie Glenn Daniel (Director of Legal Affairs, SBO Pro Life) about how she became involved in the Pro-Life movement, current news on Capital Hill regarding defunding the abortion industry, tax payer money wastefully funding Planned Parenthood, Pro-Choice outspending Pro-Life, The Comstock Act, & more.

Boston Neighborhood Network News

The Boston Public Garden's Swan Boats reopen for the season, with Mayor Michelle Wu and operators the Paget family on the first ride. The Annual Veteran's Brunch celebrates and informs veterans as they transition into civilian life. Penny Austen, executive director at ThinkGive, discusses how her organization empowers youth through social-emotional learning (SEL).

Observations From The Trenches

Host Larry Higginbottom addresses people who have recently suggested re-segregating, and urges them to remember the flaws and horrors of segregation and the Jim Crow era. Larry shares his view that African Americans do not have the wealth and infrastructure to separate. He encourages listeners to speak to their elders about what life was like during segregation.

Ancestor Chat

On this episode of Ancestor Chat, my guest shares her surprising results after testing at 23andMe. Join me as she shares her story of discovering a close relative and what unfolded after the discovery.

Black Teachers Matter

Sharon Hinton welcomes guests to call into her live show, including Antonia Edwards & mayoral candidate Domingos Darosa. She discusses topics such as upcoming events and guests, updates on reparations & The Reparations Task Force, Solidarity Engagement Group & American Freedmen, Darosa's campaign for Boston Mayor, issues & solutions for Mass & Cass, the state of business and entrepreneurship in Boston, public transportation & safety, & more!

Urban Empowerment Today

Jeff Stewart joins the show to spotlight the legacy of the Boston Screenwriters Group, a group founded by host Deborah Shariff in 2010.

Never Give Up "Where Giving Up Is Not An Option"

Special guest Sister Tammy joins Michelle Jones to discuss the word.

City Talk with Ken Meyer (Nate Greenberg)

Guest Nate Greenberg, former PR Director for the Boston Bruins!

Boston Neighborhood Network News

On One Boston Day, Mayor Wu, city officials, and victims' families walked down Boylston Street and laid wreaths in commemoration of the 12th anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing. Betty Greene, a champion for housing in Jackson Square, is remembered in the naming of the Betty Greene Apartments. Hear an interview with Dr. Imari Jeffries, CEO and president of the Embrace Boston, about an upcoming 60th anniversary celebration of the 1965 Freedom Rally.

The Other Page Radio

Host Haywood Fennell Sr. and Guest Blackbird share poetry and the effects of creativity and the healing power creating has. as well as shed a bright spotlight on veterans.

Cooking In The Dark

Join Dale and Cheryl for some delicious fish!

Ep.# 304 PSA Free!

Talk Of The Neighborhoods

This week on Talk of the Neighborhoods, House Ways and Means Chair Aaron Michlewitz joins us to talk about the Commonwealth's FY26 budget in lieu of Trump administration cuts in federal funding. Then, on the second half, longtime Boston political strategist Joyce Ferriabough joins us to talk about the field forming in the race for the District 7 Boston City Council seat, in the wake of Councilor Fernandez-Anderson's pending plea deal and resignation.

Life Matters

Brendan O'Connell interviews Jean Marshall (Pardoned Pro-Life Prisoner of Conscience) about how she became involved with the Pro-Life movement, her training in non-violent techniques for Operation Rescue, organizing buses for the March for Life, Red Rose Rescues, her experience being arrested for violating the FACE Act & then later being pardoned, the BAIP Act, & more.

Boston Neighborhood Network News

Citizenship Day at the Reggie Lewis Center, Webster Finance Lab & Education Center at the Paul R. Mclaughlin Youth Center Dorchester, Achilles International Adaptive Sports & Fashion Show, upcoming Spring Events in Boston.