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Sharon Brody @thebrodybeat.bsky.social · 11d

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY OF THE @wbur.org FUND DRIVE SO I AM SHOUTING AT YOU TO PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND PLAY THE GAME THE RIGHT WAY AND GIVE 110 PERCENT AND LEAVE IT ALL ON THE FIELD AND EVERY OTHER SPORTS CLICHE!

Sharon Brody @thebrodybeat.bsky.social · 18d

Froggy “borrowed” my tools of the trade to remind you that @wbur.org =INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM=CORNERSTONE OF DEMOCRACY=DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS. Congress canceled all federal funding of public media. WBUR needs your support. Please give at wbur.org/game-on or call 800-909-WBUR. Thanks! And ribbet.

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Sharon Brody @thebrodybeat.bsky.social · 18d

Froggy “borrowed” my tools of the trade to remind you that @wbur.org =INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM=CORNERSTONE OF DEMOCRACY=DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS. Congress canceled all federal funding of public media. WBUR needs your support. Please give at wbur.org/game-on or call 800-909-WBUR. Thanks! And ribbet.

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Sharon Brody @thebrodybeat.bsky.social · 28d

Next on 90.9 @wbur.org -- my conversation with the author of a major new biography of leading abolitionist Charles Sumner. He was a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and his activism laid the groundwork for the 1950s Supreme Court decision declaring school segregation unconstitutional.

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Sharon Brody @thebrodybeat.bsky.social · Sep 12

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org, our conversation with WBUR's Eve Zuckoff who has the story on the Josh Kraft decision to drop out of the race for Boston Mayor

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Sharon Brody @thebrodybeat.bsky.social · Sep 11

Coming right up on 90.9 @wbur.org--I'll introduce you to
the author of a major new biography of a leading 1800s abolitionist. Charles Sumner, a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, provided the groundwork for the 1950s Supreme Court decision declaring school segregation unconstitutional.

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Sharon Brody @thebrodybeat.bsky.social · Sep 11

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org -- my conversation with the author of a major new biography of leading 1800s abolitionist Charles Sumner, a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts whose activism laid the groundwork for the 1950s Supreme Court decision declaring school segregation unconstitutional.

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Sharon Brody @thebrodybeat.bsky.social · Aug 29

Next on 90.9 @wbur.org -- on the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, my conversation with emergency management expert Samantha Montano about the lessons Massachusetts has not learned.

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Sharon Brody @thebrodybeat.bsky.social · Aug 29

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org -- on the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, my conversation with emergency management expert Samantha Montano about the lessons Massachusetts has not learned.
‪@samlmontano.bsky.social‬

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Sharon Brody @thebrodybeat.bsky.social · Aug 17

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org -- my conversation with MBTA GM Phil Eng

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Sharon Brody @thebrodybeat.bsky.social · Aug 5

Coming right up on 90.9 @wbur.org -- our conversation with Ashish Jha. The dean of the Brown University School of Public Health says Massachusetts and other states can reduce the impact of the Republican decision to make cuts to Medicaid.

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Sharon Brody @thebrodybeat.bsky.social · Aug 4

Coming right up on 90.9 @wbur.org -- our conversation with the journalist who revealed new developments in the efforts of Boston Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca and other investors to buy the Connecticut Sun and move the WNBA team to Boston

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Sharon Brody @thebrodybeat.bsky.social · Aug 4

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org -- our conversation with the Boston Globe's Gary Washburn about Boston Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca and other investors trying to buy the Connecticut Sun and move the WNBA team to Boston

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Sharon Brody @thebrodybeat.bsky.social · Jul 31

Yes. This Wu interview aired in two parts, and you can listen to both segments at this link www.wbur.org/news/2025/07...

Wu says full White Stadium cost won’t be known til end of 2025

Speaking with WBUR’s Morning Edition this week, Wu also defended the city’s bike lanes and addressed concerns about disorder and drug use in the area of Mass. and Cass.

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Sharon Brody @thebrodybeat.bsky.social · Jul 30

Coming right up on 90.9 @wbur.org -- the second-ranking Democrat in the U.S. House, Katherine Clark of Massachusetts, speaks with me about her party's approach to dealing with the first half-year of the Trump administration

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Sharon Brody @thebrodybeat.bsky.social · Jul 30

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org -- my conversation with the second-ranking Democrat in the U.S. House, Katherine Clark of Massachusetts, about her party's approach to dealing with the first half-year of the Trump administration

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Sharon Brody @thebrodybeat.bsky.social · Jul 29

Coming right up on 90.9 @wbur.org you'll hear our conversation with Boston Mayor Michelle Wu about some hot button topics in the campaign--White Stadium, and bike lanes

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Sharon Brody @thebrodybeat.bsky.social · Jul 29

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org -- our conversation with Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, with a focus on Mass and Cass

Sharon Brody @thebrodybeat.bsky.social · Jul 29

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org you'll hear our conversation with Boston Mayor Michelle Wu about some issues taking center stage in the campaign--the cost of White Stadium, and the expansion of bike lanes

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Sharon Brody @thebrodybeat.bsky.social · Jul 29

Coming right up on 90.9 @wbur.org -- our conversation with Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, with a focus on her plans to stem the violence and illegal drug use that's spreading from the area of Mass and Cass

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Sharon Brody @thebrodybeat.bsky.social · Jul 28

Coming right up on 90.9 @wbur.org -- taking another look at a longstanding Boston problem. You'll hear our conversation with Boston City Councilor John Fitzgerald about his proposal for surrounding communities to help support the city's addiction recovery efforts

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Sharon Brody @thebrodybeat.bsky.social · Jul 28

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org -- our conversation with Boston City Councilor John Fitzgerald about his bid for surrounding communities to pitch in to help support the city's addiction recovery efforts

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Sharon Brody @thebrodybeat.bsky.social · Jul 26

If you have failed in your totally reasonable goal of listening to 90.9 WBUR 24/7/365 and thus you missed this story on the lovely sounds of the lauoto when it aired, then you can take a listen now--and of course you can head to Lowell for the folk festival.
www.wbur.org/news/2025/07...

Local musician Vasilis Kostas on how he found his voice through a traditional Greek lute

This weekend is the annual Lowell Folk Festival and local lauoto player Vasilis Kostas will be playing. The lauoto is an eight-string, long necked instrument also called the Greek lute. Kostas joined ...

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Sharon Brody @thebrodybeat.bsky.social · Jul 26

Next on 90.9 @wbur.org -- you'll hear the distinctive sounds of the Greek lute via my chat with Vasilis Kostas, a lauoto virtuoso with a musical path leading him from Greece to Boston to this weekend's Lowell Folk Festival.

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Sharon Brody @thebrodybeat.bsky.social · Jul 26

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org -- my conversation with the Director Emeritus of Harvard's Center for Bioethics
about problems in parts of the U.S. organ donation system.

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Sharon Brody @thebrodybeat.bsky.social · Jul 25

Just ahead on 90.9 @wbur.org --our conversation with Vasilis Kostas, a lauoto virtuoso with a musical path leading him from Greece to Boston to this weekend's Lowell Folk Festival

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