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
New play 'Toni Stone' tells the story of one of America's forgotten baseball stars
In the days when professional baseball was segregated into white and Black teams, a Black woman named Toni Stone made history.
Stone was a sports phenom, and she rose through the ranks to become th…
00:24:22 |
Sun 19 May 2024
Worcester found a solution to the lifeguard shortage
This week on Under the Radar's Local News Roundtable — City Hall shifts, ballot questions, lifeguard news and more.
Boston’s Environmental Chief is moving on. Rev. Mariama White-Hammond used her thr…
00:33:38 |
Sun 19 May 2024
'I'm the mother, that's why': Reflecting on the quirkiness and wisdom of motherhood
Mother expressions run the gamut of familiar advice.
”If everybody jumps off the bridge, will you do it, too?”
“I’m the mother; that’s why.”
“We have food at home.”
These and other motherly qui…
00:21:32 |
Sun 12 May 2024
70 years after Brown v. Board of Education, work remains to integrate schools
On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court overturned legal segregation in America’s public schools in the landmark ruling, Brown v. Board of Education. The decision dissolved the “separate but equal” doctri…
00:36:28 |
Sun 12 May 2024
'One Last Word' finds the comedy in what happens when you tell someone how you really feel
Author Suzanne Park's new rom-com, “One Last Word,” is a novel centered around a Korean tech entrepreneur — and what happens when her new app accidentally sends intimate messages to all the important…
00:24:07 |
Sun 05 May 2024
A new group wants Mass. to be 'the first state to end hunger, permanently'
Organizations across the Bay State are joining together to take on a bold mission — eliminating hunger in Massachusetts.
More than one million people in the state try to make ends meet with federal …
00:33:52 |
Sun 05 May 2024
A drop of ghost pepper with your clam chowder? A new Cambridge hot sauce festival will bring the heat
America loves hot sauce. A 2021 Instacart survey found 74% of consumers eat hot sauce with their food, and when there was a shortage of the popular Huy Fong Foods' sriracha hot sauce last year, one b…
00:25:22 |
Sun 28 Apr 2024
Over 1 million Americans start menopause every year. Why don’t we talk about it?
Each year more than one million American women begin menopause — an experience many don’t understand and few talk about. Often referred to as “the change,” the most common symptoms include — hot flas…
00:32:37 |
Sun 28 Apr 2024
From ancient art to K-Pop, 'Hallyu! The Korean Wave' celebrates South Korea's global influence
From Oscar-winning movies like “Parasite” and the Oscar-nominated “Past Lives,” to the innovative modern fashion and the thumping beats of K-pop groups like BLACKPINK and BTS, South Korean culture ha…
00:23:48 |
Sun 21 Apr 2024
Maine legislature rallies for gender-affirming care with a new bill
This year 21 anti-transgender laws have passed nationwide with hundreds more under consideration. But Maine’s legislature has gone against the trend, instead approving a new “shield law” protecting h…
00:34:10 |
Sun 21 Apr 2024
Bay Staters' attitudes on abortion reflect nationwide consensus
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion rights were pushed into a blazing spotlight. The intense fallout from the 2022 decision resulted in new state-sponsored legal limits to abortio…
00:31:17 |
Sun 14 Apr 2024
Rhode Island taxpayers gawk at the $132 million price tag of a new stadium
Rhode Island taxpayers are feeling sticker shock as they may shell out over $130 million in debt payments for a soccer stadium in Pawtucket. One reporter noted it was similar to the amount the govern…
00:26:43 |
Sun 14 Apr 2024
'Relinquished' aims to challenge our understanding of adoption in America
"Relinquished" is an industry term used to describe the process where parents give up their children for adoption.
The term is also the title of author Gretchen Sisson's new book, “Relinquished: Th…
00:25:48 |
Sun 07 Apr 2024
From Billie Eilish to Stevie Wonder, musicians demand creative protections against AI
Billie Eilish, Stevie Wonder and the Jonas Brothers have joined more than 200 U.S. musicians in an open letter demanding protections against artificial intelligence. The group argues the new tech cou…
00:32:11 |
Sun 07 Apr 2024
From fadeaways to the runway, 'Fly' documents the world of NBA fashion
March Madness wraps up this week as top college basketball players compete for the coveted NCAA championship. Some of the most talented collegiate players will go on to join the pros in the NBA — and…
00:26:28 |
Sun 31 Mar 2024
How community fridges continue to fight food insecurity across the commonwealth
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the national hunger crisis across the country. In Massachusetts, the number of households struggling with food insecurity more than doubled, from about 8% pre-COVID …
00:31:31 |
Sun 31 Mar 2024
Trump continues to signal he won't accept a loss in November
From immigration to reproductive rights, issues that ignited the country in the last presidential election will be re-litigated in the rematch between President Biden and former President Trump. As t…
00:58:01 |
Sun 24 Mar 2024
The 'Queen of Jazz,' Ella Fitzgerald's legacy is celebrated in new book
How did Ella Fitzgerald become the legend she was?
That’s the question author Judith Tick asks and answers in her new biography on the famed vocalist, “Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who…
00:25:16 |
Sun 17 Mar 2024
Why some Republicans are aligning with Latin American populists
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have officially clinched the required delegates for their Democratic and Republican presidential nominations. With the unofficial general campaig…
00:32:43 |
Sun 17 Mar 2024
The island spirit of Puerto Rico is coming to Boston in an inaugural cultural tour
Greater Boston is home to one of the largest populations of Puerto Ricans. It's a local community that expanded by the thousands after World War II, when about six million islanders from the US terri…
00:24:12 |
Sun 10 Mar 2024
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