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
A local organization is tracing the lineage of enslaved Americans to their present-day ancestors
From the 1500s through the Civil War, more than 10 million Black men, women and children were enslaved in America.
Slavery deemed them property. They were listed on bills of sale; their family memb…
00:33:46 |
Sun 10 Mar 2024
A year of 'wins' for Asian American representation in movies and TV
In 1993, "The Joy Luck Club" was a surprise hit. The poignant story featuring an all-Asian cast broke barriers at the box office.
Would "The Joy Luck Club" inspire more stories drawn from the Asian…
00:58:00 |
Sun 03 Mar 2024
New documentary shows how flight attendants fought to transform workplace, break gender barriers
In the 1950s, most single, white middle-class women were expected to marry and raise a family — much like their mothers before them.
But becoming a flight attendant, or a "stewardess" as they were …
00:23:35 |
Sun 25 Feb 2024
America has grappled with reparations for centuries. Will it happen in Boston?
Forty acres and a mule. That’s what was promised to thousands of the formerly enslaved in a post-Civil War nation. Since then, America has grappled with the idea of reparations for Black Americans.
…
00:34:24 |
Sun 25 Feb 2024
The Genius Next Door: Harvard's Imani Perry on the history and culture forged by Black Americans
Editor's note: This episode originally broadcast November 24, 2023.
When the MacArthur Foundation named its class of 2023 “genius grant" fellows last month, the recipients joined an exclusive group…
00:25:04 |
Sun 18 Feb 2024
Why the 'Battle of Versailles' still resonates 50 years later
Editor's note: This episode originally broadcast on November 24, 2023.
In 1973, Americans triumphed in a fashion smackdown that earned the country respect and admiration among critics worldwide.
…
00:32:56 |
Sun 18 Feb 2024
GBH President and CEO Susan Goldberg on the importance of 'Reckoning and Repair' initiative
Almost thirty years ago, President Bill Clinton formally declared the “President's Initiative on Race” with the goal of jumpstarting a national discussion about race. Arguably, there ended up being m…
00:08:50 |
Sun 11 Feb 2024
'Our Hidden Conversations' reveals the poignant discussions that Americans are having about race
The blood-soaked heritage of America’s enslavement of an estimated 10 million Africans is a fact. Yet some Americans refuse to recognize or openly discuss the communal inherited pain, shame and anger…
00:15:06 |
Sun 11 Feb 2024
Florida continues its assault on LGBTQ rights with a new driver's license rule
Florida bolsters its reputation as an anti-LGBTQ state with a new rule — trans residents can no longer update their driver’s license with their correct gender identity.
Plus, a New Hampshire town m…
00:33:48 |
Sun 11 Feb 2024
'In the Pines' author confronts family's ties to Mississippi lynching
Grace Elizabeth Hale grew up hearing that the real-life heroism of her grandfather mirrored the fictional courageous confrontation of Atticus Finch, the hero of "To Kill A Mockingbird."
While she h…
00:26:51 |
Sun 04 Feb 2024
Why one organization is working to highlight New Hampshire's rich Black history
New Hampshire is not generally considered a beacon of Black culture, where the last census documented people of color to be just a fraction of the general population.
But the Black Heritage Trail o…
00:31:08 |
Sun 04 Feb 2024
A new dictionary aims to boost the language and pride of Cabo Verdeans
From the Oxford English to the Merriam-Webster, English language dictionaries are well established in the U.S.
But the effort to create dictionaries of indigenous languages is growing, including a …
00:22:49 |
Sun 28 Jan 2024
New reforms open up access to disaster funding in Massachusetts and beyond
Climate change has sparked a sharp rise in fires, floods and other natural calamities. Now, the Biden administration has directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to speed up victims' a…
00:35:10 |
Sun 28 Jan 2024
Scottish culture is piping up in Boston
Whether you measure it by its politics, pubs or people, Boston's Irish heritage is unavoidable — but Ireland's northeastern neighbor is beginning to step out of its shadow.
From bagpipes to the sav…
00:25:36 |
Sun 21 Jan 2024
As goes New Hampshire so goes the nation? New voters may change Granite State politics
As goes New Hampshire, so goes the nation? A Granite State mantra will likely be put to the test in this Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary.
Former President Donald Trump trounced his competitors in l…
00:32:23 |
Sun 21 Jan 2024
Two Embrace Boston honorees reflect on their efforts for a more equitable city
Last year, a new memorial was unveiled in Boston Common to honor the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King. Embrace Boston, the organization behind the memorial, also annou…
00:25:52 |
Sun 14 Jan 2024
New documentary features African students at MIT and their journey far from home
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the only federal holiday that is also designated a National Day of Service. Reverend King spent his life in service leading the campaign for social justice during the ci…
00:32:08 |
Sun 14 Jan 2024
Two experts unpack Barbra Streisand's long-awaited memoir
Barbra Streisand's life and career has long been the stuff of legend and mystery — until now.
The singer, actress, director and activist spent 10 years writing her new memoir, and at nearly 1,000 p…
00:28:04 |
Sun 07 Jan 2024
Why some grocery stores are rejecting self-checkout and replacing them with humans
Local shoppers at the California-based grocery store chain Trader Joe's and Massachusetts’ own Market Basket know there is no self-checkout in either store.
Even as self-service checkouts gained fl…
00:29:56 |
Sun 07 Jan 2024
Mr. Mike's Merry Mix 2023: Our annual review of peculiar holiday music
For many Americans, there can be only one Christmas song to rule them all: Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You." In addition to 772 million views on that single YouTube video alone, it ha…
00:58:00 |
Sun 17 Dec 2023
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