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WBUR Up Next

WBUR Up Next

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Learn about the most important issues facing Massachusetts from the people in charge and the people most affected.Copyright Trustees of Boston University Politics & Government
Episodes
  • How WBUR's new fiction podcast engages kids in climate solutions

    How WBUR's new fiction podcast engages kids in climate solutions
    Apr 22 2026

    The fiction podcast tells the story of 12-year-old Joule Watts-Green, who accidentally steps through her mom's time machine into an unrecognizable Boston, where floods and storms have destroyed the city. Listeners can help Joule return home and even rewind some of the climate impacts through the choices they make at the end of each episode.
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    4 mins
  • A sweep of repeat champions at 130th Boston Marathon

    A sweep of repeat champions at 130th Boston Marathon
    Apr 21 2026

    A tail wind helped propel runners from Hopkinton to Boston, with the men's champion breaking a 15-year-old course record by more than one minute.
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    4 mins
  • Runners from all 50 states and more than 100 countries have arrived for the Boston Marathon

    Runners from all 50 states and more than 100 countries have arrived for the Boston Marathon
    Apr 19 2026

    In advance of the 130th running of the race from Hopkinton to Copley Square, Ashlock spoke with WBUR's Weekend Edition about some of the Boston Marathon's traditions, changes and memorable characters.
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    7 mins
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