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
Pop Culture Cookbooks: Creating a career out of fantasy food
Ten years ago, we talked with fantasy food blogger Chelsea Monroe-Cassel about creating recipes inspired by the book and HBO series Game of Thrones. We’ll listen back to our original conversation and…
00:29:55 |
Mon 13 Jun 2022
Book Club: 2022 summer reading recommendations from three local librarians
It seems we're all ready for a full-on embrace of summer after two years of cautious living because of COVID-19. People are ready to enjoy all the wonders of the season: diving into the ocean, feelin…
00:57:54 |
Mon 06 Jun 2022
Summer Food & Wine Trends: Flower syrups add a floral twist to baking and booze
We're kicking off the official start of summer savoring refreshing new food and wine trends. We’re talking flower syrups galore: think violets, roses and lilacs that add a floral twist to drinks. Plu…
00:33:58 |
Sun 29 May 2022
ICA Boston puts ‘the beauty of Black culture’ on full display
Roxbury artist Napoleon Jones-Henderson’s life’s work has been dedicated to ‘’the beauty of Black culture.” More than 50 years ago, he joined with members of the Chicago art collective AfriCOBRA, com…
00:23:53 |
Sun 29 May 2022
Boston pediatrician Mark Vonnegut on the problems plaguing the healthcare industry
This week on Under the Radar with Callie Crossley:
Boston-based pediatrician Mark Vonnegut has seen a lot during his 40 years practicing medicine. His latest book, “The Heart of Caring: A Life in P…
00:25:28 |
Mon 16 May 2022
Older Americans Month: Local innovators seek to improve the elder care industry
This week on Under the Radar with Callie Crossley:
The pandemic has accelerated the systemic problems elders face, like caregiver burnout, nursing home shutdowns and worsening isolation. Not to men…
00:32:25 |
Mon 16 May 2022
'Too Good To Go' helps consumers in Boston reduce food waste
This week on Under the Radar with Callie Crossley:
Too Good To Go is an app that connects consumers with surplus food from local eateries that would otherwise be tossed, and sells it at a steeply d…
00:19:32 |
Mon 09 May 2022
Ecovillages: Local residents embrace communal living with a sustainable twist
This week on Under the Radar with Callie Crossley:
COVID-19 might make all the headlines, but another crisis is afoot: loneliness. Pandemic-times have only exacerbated chronic loneliness by creatin…
00:38:19 |
Mon 09 May 2022
Book Club: Quincy Carroll's 'Unwelcome'
This week on Under the Radar with Callie Crossley:
Cole Chen is the odd duck in a family at a loss to understand him. Friends don’t get him, either. The 23-year-old is searching for connection and …
00:25:07 |
Sun 01 May 2022
Regional News Roundup: Cape Cod townspeople oppose a proposed new machine gun range
This week on Under the Radar with Callie Crossley:
Cape Cod townspeople are united in vocal opposition to a proposed new machine gun range. Plus, do Rhode Islanders care if political candidates are…
00:32:44 |
Sun 01 May 2022
NeighborWoods: How urban forests can improve community health and climate change
This week on Under the Radar with Callie Crossley:
Many of the settlers who headed West in the 1840s ended up in the treeless prairie then known as the Nebraska Territory. They planted trees for sh…
00:31:47 |
Mon 25 Apr 2022
The Huntington's 'Our Daughters, Like Pillars' explores sisterly bonds amid COVID-19
This week on Under the Radar:
The new Huntington Theatre Company play “Our Daughters, Like Pillars” has all the signature touches of local playwright Kirsten Greenidge. It’s set in New England, it’…
00:26:04 |
Mon 25 Apr 2022
Uncovering the truth about slavery in Colonial Lexington
This week on Under the Radar:
Lexington, Mass. — the “birthplace of American liberty” — did not guarantee liberty and justice for all. A new initiative by the Lexington Historical Society has uncov…
00:25:12 |
Sun 17 Apr 2022
Environmental Roundtable: Electric school buses are bound for Boston. Will the MBTA follow suit?
This week on Under the Radar with Callie Crossley:
Earth Day is right around the corner. But we’re far from putting Mother Earth first, according to the latest U.N. climate change report. Plus, Bos…
00:32:39 |
Sun 17 Apr 2022
Encore: Celebrating National Poetry Month with two poets
This week on Under the Radar:
It’s undeniable — poetry is having a moment. So we’re revisiting one of our favorite conversations about the craft from back in 2019. Many attribute the growing popula…
00:26:54 |
Sun 10 Apr 2022
Poetry's growing popularity starts with local youth poets
This week on Under the Radar:
We’re marking this National Poetry Month by taking a look at our next generation of local poets. Who are the young writers and lyrical wordsmiths shaping the newest wa…
00:30:58 |
Sun 10 Apr 2022
Book Club: Brendan Slocumb's 'The Violin Conspiracy'
This week on Under The Radar:
Nobody would have suspected that PopPop’s old, damaged fiddle would turn out to be a $10 million rare instrument. The coveted Stradivarius crafted by Italian masters e…
00:22:52 |
Mon 04 Apr 2022
Formerly incarcerated people have become major voices for reforming a broken criminal justice system
This week on Under the Radar with Callie Crossley:
The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Two million people are in the nation’s prisons and jails. According to The Sent…
00:34:59 |
Mon 04 Apr 2022
From Banksy to Boston: How art activism is transforming city walls and public spaces
This week on Under the Radar with Callie Crossley:
Banksy, the British artist who has stayed out of public view since the 1990s, is arguably the most famous and lucrative street artist in the world…
00:32:46 |
Sun 27 Mar 2022
The Huntington Theatre Company's 'The Bluest Eye' brings Toni Morrison's legacy to life
Toni Morrison — the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature — was the author of 11 novels. Her first was “The Bluest Eye,” published in 1970. Morrison died at the age of 88 …
00:23:45 |
Mon 21 Mar 2022
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