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
Boston Comedy Festival celebrates 25 years of laughter and competition
The Boston Comedy Festival has been showcasing comedic talent for 25 years! With so much competition from social media and digital platforms, what continues to make the festival a stand-up destinatio…
00:24:13 |
Mon 31 Mar 2025
Two eldest daughters and their mother strive for connection in ‘Her Portmanteau’
Mfoniso Udofia’s nine-play Ufot Family Cycle forges on! The latest onstage installment, “Her Portmanteau,” hits Central Square Theater later this month. And it picks up a loose thread from the very f…
00:24:13 |
Mon 24 Mar 2025
Hollywood banks on starry comebacks and nostalgic film reboots
Will Smith, Jonathan Majors and Lizzo are all traveling the same road: the comeback trail. Nostalgia continues to reign – everything old is new again! Reboots and returns on the big and little screen…
00:33:47 |
Mon 24 Mar 2025
Local news: Why have businesses in Mattapan left liquor licenses on the table?
Boston’s former ICE office director is chosen as acting director of the national agency, the latest in the controversy about the MBTA Communities Act, and can new liquor licenses in Dorchester and Ma…
00:36:44 |
Mon 17 Mar 2025
Gen Z drinking habits, social media and Irish interest fuel rise in Guinness’ popularity
Most beer-drinking Americans choose lagers – crisp, pale beers like Modelo Especial, Bud Light or Coors Light. But Gen Zers and celebrities like Ed Sheeran, Olivia Rodrigo and Kim Kardashian have boo…
00:21:15 |
Mon 17 Mar 2025
Covid upended everyday life. What’s stuck around five years after lockdown?
It’s been five years since the Covid-19 lockdown of spring 2020. Covid changed every aspect of our lives – from the way we work, to how kids went to school and even some people’s views on science and…
00:41:32 |
Mon 10 Mar 2025
Unbound Pages: Artist Karen Moss raises book-banning awareness through a series of portraits
Artist and avid reader Karen Moss felt overwhelmed by the never-ending news of book bans happening all across the country. As she’d previously done in addressing other social justice issues, Karen us…
00:16:27 |
Mon 10 Mar 2025
Trump’s anti-trans executive orders face pushback from New England states
It’s been a little over a month since Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States.And since his first day in office, he has kept his promise when it comes to rolling back …
00:32:42 |
Mon 03 Mar 2025
Beyond body glitter and Total Request Live: How the Y2K era changed America
The year 2000 ushered in an era of shiny newness – from metallic clothing and furniture to a computer evolution turned tech revolution – alongside generation-defining events: a housing and financial …
00:25:16 |
Mon 03 Mar 2025
More than ‘mere representation’ needed for Asian and Asian-American stories in media
It’s been 7 years since the glitzy and glamorous romantic-comedy “Crazy Rich Asians” topped the box-office charts. The film helped break open a new era of Asian and Asian-American representation in f…
00:34:17 |
Mon 24 Feb 2025
The Genius Next Door: Benjamin Van Mooy makes waves with his research on invisible sea organisms
He studies plankton, the smallest organisms in the ocean, from the Antarctic peninsula to Greenland, looking for signs of how the oceans are changing. Oceanographer Benjamin Van Mooy also created new…
00:23:41 |
Mon 24 Feb 2025
Latinx news: Misinformation and ICE silence stoke mass-deportation fears
President Donald Trump promised drastic changes in immigration policy, particularly focused on mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, on Day 1 of his second administration. But with only a mon…
00:30:52 |
Mon 17 Feb 2025
Ufot Family Cycle continues with the world-premiere of ‘The Grove’
The Huntington’s production of “Sojourners” in October 2024 marked the start of the two-year, city-wide production of Mfoniso Udofia’s nine-play collection, the Ufot Family Cycle. Now, the Nigerian-A…
00:27:08 |
Mon 17 Feb 2025
Big flavors and small wine lists are two of this year's culinary trends
Black limes, global spice mixes and an abundance of sauces – it’s all on tap for food trends in 2025. And when it comes to wine, odds are you’ve foregone the cheap entry-level bottle for a higher pri…
00:25:56 |
Mon 10 Feb 2025
Environmental news: Will the aftermath of the LA fires affect Americans nationwide?
Now that the Los Angeles fires have been contained, Angelenos face health concerns from fire pollutants among many long-term consequences. Plus, President Donald Trump withdraws the U.S. from the Par…
00:32:04 |
Mon 10 Feb 2025
Regional news: Massachusetts’ offshore wind future splits Cape residents
Is the re-elected Rhode Island State Senate President incapable of doing his job, as some senators claim? Cape Cod residents are divided over President Donald Trump’s declarations on offshore wind po…
00:32:16 |
Mon 03 Feb 2025
Despite vitriol and threats, “That Librarian” Amanda Jones continues the fight against book bans
After librarian Amanda Jones spoke at a local public library board meeting to express her concerns about censorship in her small town of Livingston, she faced an organized campaign of harassment from…
00:25:43 |
Mon 03 Feb 2025
esperanza spalding and Jett Galindo's journey from Berklee to Grammys glory
Berklee College of Music alums have collectively won more than 300 Grammys so far. Two of those previous winners who’ve added to Berklee’s count are esperanza spalding and Jett Galindo – alums with p…
00:33:43 |
Mon 27 Jan 2025
“Destruction Yiddish”: How the Holocaust changed language
Yiddish is a language mostly spoken by Jews in the United States, Israel and Russia. But when Jewish prisoners were interned during the Holocaust, the Yiddish language went through a metamorphosis, c…
00:24:17 |
Mon 27 Jan 2025
What defines a protest anthem?
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once described the freedom songs of the civil rights movement as “the soul of the movement.” What would the civil rights movement, the anti-war movement, the B…
00:27:14 |
Mon 20 Jan 2025
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