Under the Radar with Callie Crossley
"Under the Radar with Callie Crossley" looks to alternative presses and community news for stories that are often overlooked by big media outlets. In our roundtable conversation, we aim to examine the small stories before they become the big headlines with contributors in Boston and New England.
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- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 562
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Offering free food and shade, 'food forests' are sprouting up in Boston
Cities across the country are dotted with vacant lots — often overgrown with weeds, full of trash or surrounded by dilapidated buildings. The unused spaces are at best an eyesore.
But some communit…
00:25:35 |
Sun 16 Jul 2023
Is barbecue growing in popularity in New England?
Many hold strong opinions about what barbecue flavor they prefer. Yes barbecue, not grilling.
American barbecue hails from four different regions — Memphis, Texas, Carolina and Kansas City — each w…
00:24:55 |
Sun 09 Jul 2023
Democrats want South Carolina to lead 2024 primaries. New Hampshire has other plans
Earlier this year, the Democratic National Committee broke with decades of tradition when they proposed South Carolina, rather than New Hampshire, as the first state to vote in the 2024 presidential …
00:32:56 |
Sun 09 Jul 2023
Brendan Slocumb's latest novel explores the Black experience in classical music
Brendan Slocumb's latest novel, “Symphony of Secrets,” centers the stories of Black characters who are deeply immersed in the world of classical music.
The story takes place in two time periods. Dr…
00:21:32 |
Sun 02 Jul 2023
Tastes like chicken! Is lab-grown meat an answer to climate change?
For the first time, the USDA has approved lab-grown chicken meat. This could make a significant impact if it leads to shifts in the American diet, as the average consumer is expected to eat 100 pound…
00:36:20 |
Sun 02 Jul 2023
Roxbury International Film Festival celebrates 25 years of highlighting Black artists
The Roxbury International Film Festival is back for its 25th year. Rox Fest, as it's commonly known, is the largest New England Film Festival that highlights films by, for, and about people of color.…
00:22:40 |
Sun 25 Jun 2023
Advocates believe Massachusetts may finally set sex education standards
For 12 years, sex education advocates in Massachusetts have been pushing for a comprehensive bill to become law.
But for 12 years, that proposal has floundered.
The Healthy Youth Act would standa…
00:35:12 |
Sun 25 Jun 2023
How fatherhood has evolved and what it means to be a dad in 2023
Indifferent. Working. Absent. Stereotypes of fathers as disengaged and unloving are common, and generally underscored with longstanding cultural images of dads as incompetent in the role as parent.
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00:23:56 |
Sun 18 Jun 2023
Juneteenth is shared with a new generation through these children's book authors
June 19th, 1865, marked the first Juneteenth celebrations. Formerly enslaved Americans living in Texas got the official word that they were free men and women that day -- more than two years after th…
00:33:56 |
Sun 18 Jun 2023
How we can make the language of fine wine more palatable
Is it acidic and astringent? Or bright and brilliant? For many Americans, the world of fine wine can feel exclusionary because of the way we talk about wine.
That's why some in the wine business ar…
00:24:24 |
Sun 11 Jun 2023
Boston's Pride celebrations aim to be more inclusive this year
From parades and parties to activism and protests, LGBTQ+ folks in Massachusetts and across the country are in the midst of celebrating Pride month.
But Boston’s relationship with Pride has a compl…
00:33:27 |
Sun 11 Jun 2023
Three local librarians share their top summer reading picks
Summer 2023 is upon us, and we're ready to bury our faces in a book we can’t wait to read. As bestselling author Stephen King notes, “books are a uniquely portable magic,” and they're often on the mo…
00:58:00 |
Sun 04 Jun 2023
Why 37,369 flags will wave in the Boston Common this Memorial Day
For over a decade, hundreds of volunteers have convened on the Boston Common to plant tens of thousands of flags in the leadup to Memorial Day. This year, 37,369 have been placed in the park, each on…
00:24:03 |
Sun 28 May 2023
Retirement? As if! Why some aren't saving because of an uncertain future
Why bother saving for retirement when the world is ending? The climate change crisis, sky-high inflation and political turmoil are driving some young people to spend for today instead of saving up fo…
00:33:48 |
Sun 28 May 2023
'Join or Die' argues the fate of America depends on joining a club
“Join or Die.” It’s the urgent title of a new documentary about “America’s civic unraveling,” as the filmmakers describe it, arguing that the country’s long decline in community connections is underm…
00:23:14 |
Sun 21 May 2023
Cape Cod's proposed machine gun range in the cross hairs of new EPA report
The long controversial push for a proposed machine gun range on Cape Cod might be struck down by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The range would reduce the amount of time it takes soldiers …
00:34:38 |
Sun 21 May 2023
Is Gen-Z trading pharmaceuticals for supplements?
Herbs, supplements, yoga, and massage therapy are some of the ways people use home remedies to improve their health instead of the typical doctor’s prescription. But these holistic health practices h…
00:23:25 |
Sun 14 May 2023
New climate report reveals many Massachusetts homes are vulnerable to flooding
A new report finds Massachusetts storms have grown in frequency and severity since the early 1900s. The number of intense, two-day storms has increased by 74% — and that means many homes are becoming…
00:34:25 |
Sun 14 May 2023
'Welcome to the Circus of Baseball' author pitches the minor leagues as America's true pastime
1994 was a notable year in American sports. The New York Rangers took home the Stanley Cup, Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan was violently attacked on the ice (the culprit later identified as an associa…
00:25:03 |
Sun 07 May 2023
What will the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency mean for the future of COVID care?
The national COVID-19 public health emergency is coming to an end on May 11, and it’s taking with it access to free COVID tests and vaccines. The emergency has been in place since January 2020 and ha…
00:32:49 |
Sun 07 May 2023
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