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
The music of ‘Jaws’ continues to delight and frighten, 50 years later
It started as a minimalist, eerie musical phrase – one ominous note, then two, signifying the looming, underwater danger of a great white shark. Fifty years later, the theme to the 1975 Steven Spielb…
00:35:49 |
Mon 16 Jun 2025
Despite federal pushback, budget cuts and anti-trans executive orders, Pride Month forges on
It’s Pride Month … or is it Title IX Month? President Donald Trump’s administration continues to push back on the LGBTQ+ community through its ban on trans troops – and newly graduated trans cadets –…
00:34:17 |
Mon 09 Jun 2025
More than the ‘Big Head’: MFA hosts largest, decades-spanning exhibit of Roxbury artist John Wilson’s work
Throughout his career, artist John Wilson was inspired to capture the faces of his community: Black people who lived in Roxbury. He chose to do figurative paintings, drawings and sculptures, rather t…
00:23:42 |
Mon 09 Jun 2025
Kick back and relax with one of our summer-reading picks of 2025
It’s nearly summertime, which means plenty of sunshine, slower days and lots of time to kick back with a new book. Whether it’s a mystery, thriller, romance, fantasy or nonfiction, there’s a perfect …
00:58:00 |
Mon 02 Jun 2025
‘Runboyrun’ takes Ufot Family Cycle from the stage to your earbuds
In “Sojourners,” the first play of Mfoniso Udofia’s Ufot Family Cycle, audiences are introduced to Disciple, a graduate student who eventually becomes the Ufot patriarch. But as the drama unfolds pla…
00:25:51 |
Tue 27 May 2025
A moment or a movement? Reflecting on the death of George Floyd, five years later
On May 25, 2020, millions of people around the world watched in horror as white police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee to the neck of George Floyd, a Black man, on a Minnesota street. Nine min…
00:32:09 |
Tue 27 May 2025
Unbound Pages: Former Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden explains why libraries are central to democracy
In 2016, President Barack Obama appointed Dr. Carla Hayden as the 14th Librarian of Congress, making her the first woman and the first African American to hold the position. Dr. Hayden’s tenure as Li…
00:32:10 |
Mon 19 May 2025
‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’ showcases the joys and struggles of African women immigrants in America
For many Black women, the hair salon is a cultural safe space, where stories and secrets help build an intimate community. In SpeakEasy Stage’s production of the Tony-winning play, “Jaja’s African Ha…
00:25:50 |
Mon 19 May 2025
‘Joy Goddess’ spotlights Madam C.J. Walker’s daughter A’Lelia, who forged her own path
Rags-to-riches entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker and her daughter, A’Lelia Walker, built one of the most successful African American hair care businesses in American history. But it was only after A’Lel…
00:24:57 |
Mon 12 May 2025
What does it mean to be a ‘good mom’ in 2025?
Societal and cultural norms say mothers must be kind and nurturing, they must have endless patience for their children, they must be doting, attentive and protective, and they should be able to do it…
00:33:03 |
Mon 12 May 2025
What clues can Trump’s first 100 days offer for the rest of his second presidency?
April 29, 2025 marked 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term in office. In a little over three months, the president, alongside administration officials, Cabinet members, and Elon Musk and …
00:58:00 |
Mon 05 May 2025
The Genius Next Door: Media artist Tony Cokes recontextualizes history through mixed-media video installations
Tony Cokes, a professor of modern culture and media at Brown University, is transforming the moving image to shine new light on some of history’s darkest moments. By using text, music, found footage,…
00:21:45 |
Mon 28 Apr 2025
Environmental experts: Massive changes at the EPA will roll back much-needed scientific research
Within his first 100 days, President Donald Trump and his administration have made major changes when it comes to environmental and climate-related policy and action. What will come of the significan…
00:36:14 |
Mon 28 Apr 2025
Unbound Pages: Will Massachusetts be the next state to pass 'freedom to read' legislation?
Book bans have been on the rise across the country in recent years prompting lawmakers to pass legislation to protect libraries and librarians. “Freedom to read” legislation has been adopted in four …
00:27:28 |
Tue 22 Apr 2025
Black Catholics create connection between ancient Christian practice and today’s Black culture
Of the 50 million Catholics in America, only about 3 million are African American. The history of Black Catholics in the United States spans from colonization and enslavement to Black parishes founde…
00:30:32 |
Tue 22 Apr 2025
New children’s book tells the behind-the-scenes story of the first presidential Passover Seder
Each year, thousands of Greater Bostonians observe Passover through Seder, the ceremonial meal of prayers, blessings and wine retelling the story of the Jews' exodus from ancient Egypt. It’s a tradit…
00:24:38 |
Mon 14 Apr 2025
Paul Revere House and Old North Church reexamine its history in preparation of 250th anniversary of Revere’s ride
He’s known as a silversmith, a messenger and a patriot. But Paul Revere's role and contribution to the American Revolution was much more than a midnight ride.We take a walk through Revere’s neighborh…
00:33:20 |
Mon 14 Apr 2025
‘I’ve seen poetry save lives’: Local and Grammy-winning spoken-word poets celebrate their art
April is National Poetry Month! Enthusiasm for spoken-word poetry has skyrocketed in recent years, helping to increase the popularity of all poetry. We’re diving into the art form and the poets who u…
00:33:13 |
Mon 07 Apr 2025
Poet Tiana Clark pairs gut-wrenching imagery with accessible language in ‘Scorched Earth’
Poet Tiana Clark’s mastery of the language of emotions is fully displayed in “Scorched Earth,” her new deeply personal collection of poems, which takes readers from the charred landscape of divorce t…
00:24:46 |
Mon 07 Apr 2025
From the pitch to the scrum, women’s pro sports are in high demand
It’s not a moment – it’s a movement. Women’s sports teams from the WNBA to women’s rugby teams are selling out games from coast to coast. Breakout stars like Olympian Ilona Maher, illustrious former …
00:33:47 |
Mon 31 Mar 2025
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