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Provocative stories and authentic voices from around Boston.

    Boston Dynamics latest splash in the world of robotics could have ripple effects in Mass.

    Boston Dynamics latest splash in the world of robotics could have ripple effects in Mass.

    Radio Boston talks about the latest humanoid robot from Boston dynamics and what it means for the future of automation and employment in Massachusetts.

    • 13 min
    Coming soon: towers and a shopping plaza over the Pike in Back Bay

    Coming soon: towers and a shopping plaza over the Pike in Back Bay

    A major new shopping plaza set to open at the western end of Newbury Street this summer. Ted Landsmark, director of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University, Catherine Carlock, reporter for the Boston Globe, and Jeff Speck, partner at the city planning firm Speck Dempsey, join Radio Boston to discuss.

    • 30 min
    Loss of federally-subsidized internet program will affect hundreds of thousands of Mass. families

    Loss of federally-subsidized internet program will affect hundreds of thousands of Mass. families

    Mary Magner, an ACP participant in Brighton, and Virginia Benzan, of the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, join Radio Boston to discuss.

    • 12 min
    Newly-arrived migrants, advocates and state leaders push for expedited permission to work

    Newly-arrived migrants, advocates and state leaders push for expedited permission to work

    Suzanne Giovanetti, of the Plymouth Area Coalition for the Homeless, and WBUR's political correspondent Anthony Brooks join Radio Boston to discuss how the inability of many of migrants to legally work in Massachusetts informs the state's emergency shelter crisis.

    • 15 min
    Lawrence mayor, city council locked in battle over urban renewal plan

    Lawrence mayor, city council locked in battle over urban renewal plan

    Radio Boston details a contentious battle between the mayor and city council of Lawrence over the city's urban renewal plan.

    • 10 min
    How Greater Boston is working to root out rats

    How Greater Boston is working to root out rats

    Radio Boston gets to the bottom of Greater Boston's rat problem and learns about solutions for rooting out rodents.

    • 11 min

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