The Boston College Magazine Podcast

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Conversations with thinkers, leaders, and fascinating personalities from across the Boston College community.

  1. 10/07/2025

    Talking retirement policy and strategy with the leading expert and (recently retired) BC Professor Alicia Munnell

    Retirement planning and policy can be dizzying. Social Security, 401(k)s, Roth IRAs, Traditional IRAs, arcane IRS rules and regulations…it gets a little bewildering. Alicia Munnell, founder of BC’s Center for Retirement Research—and recently retired herself—explains how we got to this point and why we must simplify the process for everyday working people.

    37 min

  2. 02/14/2025

    BC professor Ana M. Martínez-Alemán reflects on 20 years studying the effects of social media.

    Ana M. Martínez-Alemán, associate dean for faculty & academic affairs and professor at BC’s Lynch School of Education and Human Development, is widely recognized as one of the first researchers to study the effects of social media on college students, and has been researching the topic for nearly twenty years. Last year she was named among 40 outstanding women in higher education by “Diverse: Issues in Higher Education," and she continues to study the intersection of technology, class, and race. At a time when we seem to be in the midst of a national reckoning about social media’s effects on young people, she joined the Boston College Magazine podcast to share her thoughts on the topic.

    29 min

  3. 06/07/2024

    Mary Bryant Shrader '80 on her journey to becoming a YouTube star.

    Mary Bryant Shrader '80 discusses how she went from being a retired tax attorney to a YouTube sensation with more than one million subscribers and a popular cookbook.

    32 min

  4. 05/25/2023

    John Finney reflects on 30 years as BC's maestro

    John Finney, recently retired director of the University Chorale of Boston College and conductor of the Boston College Symphony Orchestra, on his iconic 30-year career at BC.

    32 min

  5. 05/23/2023

    Chuck Hogan ’89 on what makes great crime novels

    Chuck Hogan ’89 on seeing "The Town" filmed, his favorite crime novels, and how he came back to writing novels ten years later.

    48 min

  6. 03/17/2023

    Barry Gallup ’69 on Doug Flutie, Bob Cousy, and spending nearly a half-century in BC athletics.

    Barry Gallup ’69 on helping to recruit Doug Flutie to BC, making basketball's Elite 8 while playing for Coach Bob Cousy, and graduating as one of the greatest receivers in the history of BC's football program.

    23 min

  7. 02/09/2023

    Desmon and Derrick Lewis, founders of the Bronx Community Foundation

    Twin brothers Desmon Lewis '05 and Derrick Lewis '06 are the founders of the Bronx Community Foundation, which they established in 2017 to help improve life in the New York City borough where they grew up. When the pandemic hit before the organization's scheduled launch, however, they pivoted to focus their resources on a two-year initiative that raised $15 million and addressed needs exacerbated by the crisis. The Lewis brothers sat down with us to discuss their journey and what's next for the foundation.

    36 min

  8. 12/20/2022

    Longtime classical music radio host—and new hall of famer—Laura Carlo.

    Longtime classical radio morning host Laura Carlo, newly inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame, talks about her career in a competitive industry, and about keeping classical music accessible to audiences around the world.

    31 min
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