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
From slams to sidewalks, poetry is alive in Greater Boston
While April may be the cruelest month, it’s an exciting time for poetry.
From Jamaica Plain to Cambridge, the Boston area is flush with open mics and poetry slams — and over the last few years, it …
00:27:37 |
Sun 30 Apr 2023
How American English has borrowed, stolen, and evolved into an imperial language
Language is perhaps our most powerful tool. It has been improved, imposed and modified widely over time. From James Baldwin, to the first settlers in the Plymouth Colony, to beat poets, to hip-hop ar…
00:30:15 |
Sun 30 Apr 2023
Boston local and saxophone prodigy, Grace Kelly, is only getting started
As a young girl, Brookline musician Grace Kelly dreamed of being Hollywood actress turned princess of the same name, Grace Kelly.
The saxophonist told Under the Radar how movies have long inspired …
00:23:48 |
Sun 23 Apr 2023
LGBTQ News Roundtable: A record amount of anti-LGBTQ bills
417 anti-LGBTQ+ bills were introduced in several state legislatures this year alone, according to data published by the ACLU. That is a record amount, and more than twice the amount of anti-LGBTQ+ bi…
00:34:03 |
Sun 23 Apr 2023
Has the Boston cannabis industry really become more equitable?
When Massachusetts legalized marijuana back in 2016, the new law included a mandate enforcing the industry to offer opportunities to communities disproportionately affected by the war on drugs and co…
00:24:04 |
Sun 16 Apr 2023
Processing the Boston Marathon bombings, 10 years later
Ten years ago, tragedy struck Boston. On April 15, 2013, two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three and wounding more than 200.
It will forever be remembered as a…
00:33:47 |
Sun 16 Apr 2023
Boston's new director of nightlife looks to change city's after-dark scene
Boston has often been ranked as having a notoriously poor nightlife. Most clubs have a two a.m. curfew and the trains stop running just after midnight. It's even hard to find a bar that closes after …
00:25:02 |
Sun 09 Apr 2023
Boston has a decorated jazz history, but it's no longer as easy to find jam sessions
Jazz, one of America’s great art forms, has a decorated history in Boston. Charlie Parker performed here in the early '50s. Clubs from the Hi-Hat to Savoy Café lined the streets. And Miles Davis resu…
00:32:49 |
Sun 09 Apr 2023
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai tells the untold stories of the Vietnam War in new book, "Dust Child"
The legacy of the Vietnam War is on their faces. The children of the American GI’s stationed in Vietnam during the war and the local women who bore them – left behind and overwhelmingly rejected. Aut…
00:26:06 |
Sun 02 Apr 2023
50 years after the U.S. exited Vietnam, a new exhibit sheds light on the infamous 'Hanoi Hilton'
50 years ago, direct U.S. involvement in the Vietnam war officially ended as the last remaining combat troops and prisoners of war (POWs) returned to American soil.
It was a complex moment for the …
00:31:45 |
Sun 02 Apr 2023
Encore: The sugar-filled history and legacy of Necco, the beloved local candy company
Necco, aka the New England Confectionery Company, was the oldest candy company in the United States at the time of its closure in 2018.
Based here in Revere, Massachusetts, the company played a his…
00:25:41 |
Sun 26 Mar 2023
Regional News Roundtable: The surprising departure of Rhode Island Rep. Cicilline
In a surprise announcement, U.S. Rep. David Cicilline said he is stepping away from politics.
Cicilline has represented Rhode Island in Congress for over a decade. During his time in office, he too…
00:32:10 |
Sun 26 Mar 2023
Michelle Miller grapples with identity in new book, 'Belonging'
Michelle Miller makes her living telling other people’s stories.
But now author Michelle Miller has written her own story, a poignant and captivating heartbreaking chronicle of her quest to find an…
00:28:06 |
Sun 19 Mar 2023
New Hampshire Insiders set the scene for the 2024 presidential race
For better or worse, the 2024 presidential election season has begun.
Candidates from former President Trump to former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley are already making their case in early voting stat…
00:29:46 |
Sun 19 Mar 2023
Pop Culture Roundtable: Chris Rock slaps back
Almost a year after actor Will Smith jumped onto the stage of the Academy Awards to slap Chris Rock, Rock exacts revenge with a new comedy special.
And in the notoriously competitive movie industry…
00:32:18 |
Sun 12 Mar 2023
Has Asian representation in film improved with ‘Everything, Everywhere, All At Once’?
It's been five years since "Crazy Rich Asians" featuring an all-Asian cast broke global box office records. Its debut kicked off the so-called "Asian August" in 2018, with the release of films like N…
00:25:34 |
Sun 12 Mar 2023
As federal food benefits decline, Mass. food banks expect a surge
Even before the pandemic ravaged the country, some Americans struggled to keep their families fed. But a boost from pandemic emergency funding helped make access to food possible for many.
Now, as …
00:21:56 |
Sun 05 Mar 2023
As streaming services boom, cable TV continues its decline
Remember how we used to complain — there’s nothing to watch on TV?
Nowadays, there might be too much to watch.
From Abbott Elementary to The Last of Us, new shows seem to be cropping up by the da…
00:35:55 |
Sun 05 Mar 2023
Why one cartoonist argues comics are an untapped channel for storytelling
This week on Under the Radar with Callie Crossley:
Superman, Wonder Woman, Black Panther — that's probably what most of us picture when we think about comic books.
But a local cartoonist argues t…
00:22:30 |
Sun 26 Feb 2023
Greater Boston guaranteed income programs provide inspiration for the country
From the 18th century philosopher, Thomas Paine, to 2020 Presidential candidate, Andrew Yang, the concept of guaranteed income — providing people in need with cash to meet basic needs, essentially — …
00:35:21 |
Sun 26 Feb 2023
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