Episodes
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Is there anything we take for granted more than clean, safe water flowing out of our taps? In this episode, I'm learning all about Boston's municipal water supply and its source, the Quabbin Reservoir. My guest is writer and historian Elena Palladino, author of Lost Towns of the Swift River Valley. We ask the big questions: Does Boston's water have a reputation? What are the trade-offs of modernity? Is the region's water system well positioned to weather a changing climate? Are ghosts real?
As a special bonus, I taste test two local tap waters, pitting Cambridge and Boston against each other.
Saquon Barkley is not normal.
Stormy Daniels visits Salem.
Bill Belichick gets lured into a couples costume. Pun intended.
Get a cake from Royal Pastry Shop.
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Boston Choral Ensemble presents "Northern Light" at 6 p.m. on December 7 at Old South Church (Copley Square, Boston). Advance tickets: $25 general admission; $15 students/seniors; $10 children; $0 EBT card holders. All additional tickets after the first two can be purchased for $10. For more information, visit bostonchoral.org.
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In this week's episode, we're learning all about Lexington, aka the "birthplace of American Liberty." Or so they say! Giving us the 411 on this iconic New England town is Trisha Pérez Kennealy, local and proprietor of the Inn at Hastings Park. We chat about the area's colonial history, the rivalry with Concord, NIMBYs and why her establishment is the perfect place for corporate espionage.
Plus, lots of feedback on the Fenway episode!
Brad Lidge, archeologist
Cambridge Day on G.W.A.C.C.A.
The BOS Nation FC failed "balls" roll-out.
Papi trolling A-Rod and Jeter.
EBtM episodes on Route 128 and Boston's NIMBYs.
Nick Sirianni listening to "Many Men (Wish Death Upon Me)" with his newly shaved head.
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Boston Choral Ensemble presents "Northern Light" at 6 p.m. on December 7 at Old South Church (Copley Square, Boston). Advance tickets: $25 general admission; $15 students/seniors; $10 children; $0 EBT card holders. All additional tickets after the first two can be purchased for $10. For more information, visit bostonchoral.org.
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This week, we're talking Fenway — or "The Fenway" — which has everything from baseball (duh) to world-class art to gorgeous parks. The inside scoop comes courtesy of Michael Minichello, general manager at TimeOut Market Boston, which located in one of the neighborhood's most iconic buildings.
Here is video from the scrapple-carving contest.
Rocky runs through the Italian Market.
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Boston Choral Ensemble presents "Northern Light" at 6 p.m. on December 7 at Old South Church (Copley Square, Boston). Advance tickets: $25 general admission; $15 students/seniors; $10 children; $0 EBT card holders. All additional tickets after the first two can be purchased for $10. For more information, visit bostonchoral.org.
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In this week's episode, we're chatting about the city's most famous rowing race: The Head of the Charles, happening October 19-20. Joining us is Brendan Mulvey, director of racing at the annual regatta. He tells us about the HOC's history, the best places to watch, and how the local rowing scene drew him to Boston.
Here is a link to the Boston Globe column featuring the show: "No Stupid Questions."
Here are pictures of Boathouse Row.
Here is a trailer for The River Wild. And one for River Wild.
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Boston Choral Ensemble presents "Northern Light" at 6 p.m. on December 7 at Old South Church (Copley Square, Boston). Advance tickets: $25 general admission; $15 students/seniors; $10 children; $0 EBT card holders. All additional tickets after the first two can be purchased for $10. For more information, visit bostonchoral.org.
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In honor of October baseball, we're revisiting this magical tale of underdog grit, triumph over evil, and old men weeping in the streets. Lifelong Red Sox fan Tyler Rotman joins me to tell me the tale of how the curse was broken and the city liberated from its insidious vice — even if Pedro did throw that old man to the ground.
We'll be back next week to talk about the Head of the Charles Regatta.
If you'd like to buy a festive fir from Tyler in a few months, check out Boston Christmas Trees.
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Boston Choral Ensemble presents "Northern Light" at 6 p.m. on December 7 at Old South Church (Copley Square, Boston). Advance tickets: $25 general admission; $15 students/seniors; $10 children; $0 EBT card holders. All additional tickets after the first two can be purchased for $10. For more information, visit bostonchoral.org.
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In this episode, we're joined by Sebastian Belfanti of the West End Museum to talk about the history of the neighborhood — and its tragic fate at the hands of Urban Renewal. Turns out Boston looked at a dense, diverse downtown neighborhood and said, "Bring in the bulldozers."
Click here for images of the destruction of the West End. And here are images of The Gothic before its demolition.
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Boston Choral Ensemble presents "Northern Light" at 6 p.m. on December 7 at Old South Church (Copley Square, Boston). Advance tickets: $25 general admission; $15 students/seniors; $10 children; $0 EBT card holders. All additional tickets after the first two can be purchased for $10. For more information, visit bostonchoral.org.
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Salem, the North Shore city with a long and complicated history, is now in the midst of a new chapter: Halloweenmania! Beginning before the first leaf even turns, its annual Halloween Happenings attracts tourists from around the globe, packing the streets and causing headaches in surrounding towns. How did it get this way?
To chat about this spooky phenomenon, I'm joined by brothers Adam and Art Antczak, a couple of dudes who have lived in and around Salem for decades. We talk about the time Bewitched came to town, the title of "official witch," the Hocus Pocus of it all, and why they can't visit their mother in October. Plus, Gritty, Plymouth Rock, and somewhere called Misery Island.
Here is a link to the scariest haunted house setting imaginable.
Here is the 2024/25 Celtics City Jersey.
"A reject from Sesame Street" — the initial reaction to Gritty.
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Boston Choral Ensemble presents "Northern Light" at 6 p.m. on December 7 at Old South Church (Copley Square, Boston). Advance tickets: $25 general admission; $15 students/seniors; $10 children; $0 EBT card holders. All additional tickets after the first two can be purchased for $10. For more information, visit bostonchoral.org.
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It's the dramatic conclusion of our discussion of the Boston Tea Party! Living history interpreter Audrey Stuck-Girard walks us through the aftermath and the legacy of this iconic incident.
Check out Audrey's custom historical wig business, Cuffed & Coiffed (here's the Instagram page).
The Wet Guy.
A clip from The Comeback, which is actually a three-part series on Netflix.
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Boston Choral Ensemble presents "Northern Light" at 6 p.m. on December 7 at Old South Church (Copley Square, Boston). Advance tickets: $25 general admission; $15 students/seniors; $10 children; $0 EBT card holders. All additional tickets after the first two can be purchased for $10. For more information, visit bostonchoral.org.
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In part one of our inaugural two-parter, we're talking with living history interpreter Audrey Stuck-Girard about one of Boston's most iconic incidents, The Boston Tea Party. This episode has everything: Colonial tax policy, tea talk, a creepy portrait of Paul Revere, an alibi for Sam Adams, a testy town meeting, smuggling, Connecticut slander, and more!
Check out Audrey's custom historical wig business, Cuffed & Coiffed (here's the Instagram page).
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Boston Choral Ensemble presents "Northern Light" at 6 p.m. on December 7 at Old South Church (Copley Square, Boston). Advance tickets: $25 general admission; $15 students/seniors; $10 children; $0 EBT card holders. All additional tickets after the first two can be purchased for $10. For more information, visit bostonchoral.org.
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Not even COVID could keep me away from you! I'm back from vacation with an episode exploring an iconic part of New England culture: Lobster. To go deep (sea) on the subject, I'm joined by Curt Brown, a Maine lobsterman and marine biologist with a passion for this industry and clawfuls of optimism for its future.
Please blame any and all bad puns on my sick, addled brain.
Check out Sea Change: The Gulf of Maine, a NOVA Special Presentation.
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Boston Choral Ensemble presents "Northern Light" at 6 p.m. on December 7 at Old South Church (Copley Square, Boston). Advance tickets: $25 general admission; $15 students/seniors; $10 children; $0 EBT card holders. All additional tickets after the first two can be purchased for $10. For more information, visit bostonchoral.org.
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Oh how far we've come! I'm on vacation, so here's an oldie but a goodie — with a new intro!
On the first ever episode of "Explain Boston to Me," l learned about Allston Christmas, the smorgasbord of free curbside stuff that happens every September 1.
Explaining this phenomenon — and giving the overall scoop on Allston — is Matt Shearer, a reporter for WBZ News Radio. You might have heard him over the airwaves, but if you’re under 40 you’re probably more likely to have seen one of his viral “man on the street” segments pinging around the internet. Check him out @reportermatt on Instagram or @WBZnewsradio on TikTok.
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Boston Choral Ensemble presents "Northern Light" at 6 p.m. on December 7 at Old South Church (Copley Square, Boston). Advance tickets: $25 general admission; $15 students/seniors; $10 children; $0 EBT card holders. All additional tickets after the first two can be purchased for $10. For more information, visit bostonchoral.org.
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In this week's episode, we're joined by Dart Adams, author, journalist, historian, and Black Bostonian. He talks about how the culture being exported by the city — the movies, TV shows, media, and memes — doesn't reflect the actual diversity of the community.
Here is Randolph and Mortimer Duke: "Turn those machines back on!"
And here is a video of Joel Embiid trolling the French fans.
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Boston Choral Ensemble presents "Northern Light" at 6 p.m. on December 7 at Old South Church (Copley Square, Boston). Advance tickets: $25 general admission; $15 students/seniors; $10 children; $0 EBT card holders. All additional tickets after the first two can be purchased for $10. For more information, visit bostonchoral.org.
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This week, we're talking about one of Boston's most iconic neighborhoods, the North End. James Pasto grew up in this Italian enclave and now teaches a class on its history at Boston University. It's currently Feast Season — check out this calendar to plan your outing.
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Boston Choral Ensemble presents "Northern Light" at 6 p.m. on December 7 at Old South Church (Copley Square, Boston). Advance tickets: $25 general admission; $15 students/seniors; $10 children; $0 EBT card holders. All additional tickets after the first two can be purchased for $10. For more information, visit bostonchoral.org.
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This week, we're grabbing a drink where everyone knows your name. Oops. Not that place — we'll save that for another day. Zach Servideo of Value Creation Labs is an entrepreneur and dude in the tech/innovation space, but he is also a former doorman at The Pour House (RIP). We talk about dive bar culture in Boston, how it's changing in this newly moneyed era, and why we still need these sacred spaces.
Here is Ben Affleck's new look.
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Boston Choral Ensemble presents "Northern Light" at 6 p.m. on December 7 at Old South Church (Copley Square, Boston). Advance tickets: $25 general admission; $15 students/seniors; $10 children; $0 EBT card holders. All additional tickets after the first two can be purchased for $10. For more information, visit bostonchoral.org.
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This week, we're talking about the housing crisis. And affordability. And development. And density. What could go wrong? Historian Jacob Anbinder is an expert on how cities grow and evolve, and the forces aligned against those changes. We discuss Boston's NIMBY-est towns, the recent drama in Milton over the MBTA Communities Act, and why we should take people at their word when it comes to why they fight development.
To read more from Anbinder, check out these two features from The Atlantic:
- "What Historic Preservation Is Doing to American Cities"
- "The Pandemic Disproved Urban Progressives’ Theory About Gentrification"
Here is Jalen Hurts smiling.
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Boston Choral Ensemble presents "Northern Light" at 6 p.m. on December 7 at Old South Church (Copley Square, Boston). Advance tickets: $25 general admission; $15 students/seniors; $10 children; $0 EBT card holders. All additional tickets after the first two can be purchased for $10. For more information, visit bostonchoral.org.
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Let's hit the sand! We're talking about Revere Beach with Jan Dumas, a proud resident and city booster. We get into the area's history, its rough reputation and weigh in on the original Kelly's Roast Beef. If you'd like to know more about what's going on at Revere Beach and its past, head to reverebeach.com.
Here is the heat map of Twisted Tea consumption and here is the Philadelphia Magazine feature on Twisted Tea.
Here is video of David from the Real World: Seattle having a meltdown in a car (skip ahead to the last minute).
And here is a bit more about the trials and travails of the Massachusetts Mad Dogs from funwhileitlasted.net.
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Boston Choral Ensemble presents "Northern Light" at 6 p.m. on December 7 at Old South Church (Copley Square, Boston). Advance tickets: $25 general admission; $15 students/seniors; $10 children; $0 EBT card holders. All additional tickets after the first two can be purchased for $10. For more information, visit bostonchoral.org.
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Happy first birthday to Explain Boston to Me!
In this episode, I'm joined by Marian Esanu and Victor Chaves of Premium Q Moving & Storage to talk about the wild world of moving in Boston. From Storrow-ed vehicles to helicopter parents to the September 1 move-mageddon, the industry here has its own particular challenges.
As I explain in the show, this is not sponsored content. Here's my appearance on their podcast, Life Beyond Boxes.
Here is Kylie Kelce yelling at a woman in Margate.
Read The Paper Palace.
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Boston Choral Ensemble presents "Northern Light" at 6 p.m. on December 7 at Old South Church (Copley Square, Boston). Advance tickets: $25 general admission; $15 students/seniors; $10 children; $0 EBT card holders. All additional tickets after the first two can be purchased for $10. For more information, visit bostonchoral.org.
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In the second installment of Boston Movie Club, I'm joined by Southie native and former EBtM guest Pat Toomey (check out his episode here) to chat about The Departed. I was new to this Scorcese gangster flick — cranberry juice! Nicolson in a bucket hat! Wahlberg! rats! — and was thrilled to have a local talk me through its complicated legacy.
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Boston Choral Ensemble presents "Northern Light" at 6 p.m. on December 7 at Old South Church (Copley Square, Boston). Advance tickets: $25 general admission; $15 students/seniors; $10 children; $0 EBT card holders. All additional tickets after the first two can be purchased for $10. For more information, visit bostonchoral.org.
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How did Boston's Catholics go from a scorned minority to the dominant force in local politics and culture? Lots of reasons! Here to walk us through it is Craig Tichelkamp, a Harvard Divinity School-educated scholar who teaches at Stonehill College.
Also, Dunkin' feedback! And an update on the next Movie Club installment.
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Boston Choral Ensemble presents "Northern Light" at 6 p.m. on December 7 at Old South Church (Copley Square, Boston). Advance tickets: $25 general admission; $15 students/seniors; $10 children; $0 EBT card holders. All additional tickets after the first two can be purchased for $10. For more information, visit bostonchoral.org.
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It's finally time. We're chatting about the brand that is perhaps most closely associated with the Boston region. The conversation touches on the mustachioed man ("time to make the donuts"), the iconic color scheme, the kinds of people you find in a Dunkin', music festival brand activations, Coolattas, Ben Affleck, and so much more.
Here's a link to Casey Affleck's SNL sketch. And here's a pic of Ben buckling under the weight of the world while gathering his Dunkin' order in 2020.
Check out Megan on Instagram.
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Boston Choral Ensemble presents "Northern Light" at 6 p.m. on December 7 at Old South Church (Copley Square, Boston). Advance tickets: $25 general admission; $15 students/seniors; $10 children; $0 EBT card holders. All additional tickets after the first two can be purchased for $10. For more information, visit bostonchoral.org.
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