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In It Together
by GBH
During this time of social isolation, you're not alone. WGBH is here to help you navigate this strange moment that we all find ourselves in. Host Arun Rath talks with experts, doctors, community leaders to provide the latest COVID-19 information on what's happening in Massachusetts. The Coronavirus might stop us from gathering in person, but it can’t stop us from connecting -- we're in it together.
Episodes
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In It Together...Again
It’s been two years since Governor Charlie Baker declared a COVID state of emergency in Massachusetts. To mark the occasion, In It Together brought back some old friends of the show to reflect on the pandemic and where we go from here. Arun Rath speaks with Boston Medical Center’s Dr. Cassandra...
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Still Together
In In It Together’s final episode before a summer break, Arun Rath checks back in with the family of Keith Jacobs, who died from COVID-19 last year, to discuss the massive toll this pandemic has taken. And Arun speaks with regular guest Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, now the founding director of Boston...
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A Trip to the Movies
After more than a year closed, the Brattle Theater is set to re-open its doors this July. We’ll hear what we can expect about programming and the experience from Ivy Moylan, executive director and co-founder, and Ned Hinkle, creative director. And yes, there will be a Jaws screening. Wouldn't be...
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Minority-Owned Businesses
We'll hear about the need for investment in local minority-owned businesses, especially as we emerge from the pandemic, when Arun Rath speaks with Kofi Callender of Roxbury-based start-up organization E for All and Widline Pyrame of Fusion Dolls.
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Collective Trauma
The pandemic closed churches last year, preventing people from not only worshipping in person together, but grieving together. This is especially true for churches in communities of color. We'll hear more about this collective trauma from Reverend Emmett Price and Reverend Irene Monroe, both...
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See It Live
Live local theater is getting back underway. The first performance in the Boston area will be at Arlington's Regent Theatre, where Michael Levin will perform his one-man show called "The Mom Show," about his mother's escape from Nazi Germany and how she made it to the U.S. Arun Rath speaks with...
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Still Sad
Most of the state's COVID-19 restrictions relax on Saturday, but according to a new survey, depression levels across the board remain high, even as the pandemic here in the United States improves. Host Arun Rath speaks with Dr. Roy Perlis, the director for the Center for Quantitative Health at…
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Racism in Healthcare
The murder of George Floyd by police nearly a year ago has forced America to reexamine issues of race in all sorts of areas. That includes healthcare, especially in the context of the pandemic. Arun Rath speaks with community health expert Dr. Monica Wang, Associate Director of Narrative at the...
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The Show Must Goes On
We’ve been checking in with GBH's Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen since the start of the pandemic. It's been up's and down's throughout the last 14 months for arts institutions in the state, but with restrictions relaxing in about a week, there's positive news on the horizon for them as they...
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Reopening Skeptics
The state is getting ready to bring COVID restrictions to an end this Memorial Day weekend, and some doctors say that decision makes sense. But others are skeptical, including UMass Medical Center's Dr. Robert Klugman, who speaks with Arun Rath.
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Checking In On Chelsea
When it comes to Massachusetts communities hit disproportionately hard by COVID, Chelsea is at or near the top of the list. Arun Rath speaks with Gladys Vega, head of La Colaborativa, formerly known as the Chelsea Collective, to hear how things are going in Chelsea as the pandemic seemingly winds...
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Get Out the Vax
The state is getting ready to lift pandemic restrictions, but the vaccination effort still has a ways to go, especially in hard to reach communities. Arun Rath speaks with Mass General’s Dr. Alister Martin about the GOTVax campaign he's working on through Mass General and Boston Medical Center.
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Perception
MIT political scientist Evan Lieberman talks about a paper he recently co-authored that looks at how different social and racial groups perceive COVID-19 health disparities and how that data can be used in future public health messaging campaigns.
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A Healthy Community
Community health centers have been an important part of the state's vaccine strategy, and with mass vaccination sites set to close, they're about to become even more vital. Arun Rath speaks with Michael Curry, head of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers.
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Luck of the Draw
It's been a mystery from the beginning: why do some people become much sicker - than others with Covid - and why do some people just get a mild case, or don't have symptoms at all? Nearly a year and a half into the pandemic, public health officials are learning more about why that is. Host Arun...
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Data Gone To Waste
Prisons and jails have been hotspots for coronavirus. But the Middlesex House of Correction is making a novel effort to fight outbreaks. It's the first detention facility in the country to monitor for the virus in its wastewater. We'll hear more about the monitoring program from Middlesex County...
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A Shared Humanity
We continue our look at how the relaxing of state restrictions will impact some businesses. Like many indoor performance spaces, the Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield has had an up and down time of it since the pandemic shut down the Company last spring. But this summer, they're planning...
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Rollback
Arun Rath speaks with GBH State House reporter Mike Deehan, who gives us a primer on the state's rollback of COVID regulations. And Arun checks back in with Mimi Loureiro, founder of the O2 Yoga studio in Somerville, about how businesses like hers are handling this stage of the pandemic.
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Helping From Across the World
The India Association of Greater Boston is nearly 60 years old. Host Arun Rath speaks with the director of Civic Engagement for the India Association, Guru Samaga, about what what local Indian Americans are doing, individually and within institutions, to help with the crisis in India.
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Global is Local
Arun Rath speaks with Dr. Louise Ivers, head of the Center for Global Health at Mass. General, about how places like Massachusetts, where vaccinations are going well, can't be fully safe from COVID as long as the virus is active in other parts of the world.
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Battling Political Vaccine Hesitancy
Tom Mountain is vice chairman of the Massachusetts Republican State Committee. Like many conservatives, he was deeply skeptical - contemptuous in his words - about the threat posed by COVID-19. Until he got infected, and got sick. Very sick. He'll tell us about his painful journey from skeptic to...
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Fighting Learning Loss
The show continues to explore the concept of pandemic learning loss, as Arun Rath hears more about how education officials in the Somerville and Framingham public schools are working to fill learning gaps
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Healing from Collective Trauma
Students have been living in an alternate reality these past 13 months as they attempt to learn in a pandemic. As we take stock of the gaps created and worsened by COVID, one teacher is advocating for a more humane approach, one that tackles student healing and trauma head on. Host Arun Rath…
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Post-Pandemic Stress
With an end to the pandemic in sight, some of us may be feeling anxious at the prospect of reconnecting with people in the workplace and in social settings. Arun Rath speaks with psychiatrist Dr. Michelle Durham of Boston Medical Center and the BU School of Medicine about that kind of anxiety can...
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Talkin' Birds
Happy Earth Day! Ray Brown of the Talkin' Birds show and podcast stops by to discuss what birds he's excited to see and hear this spring and summer. Even as the state starts to re-open, the interest in birding remains strong.
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Words and Music
Arun Rath checks back in with Heidemarie Floerke, a German teacher at the Boston Latin School, about teaching language through slam poetry and songwriting.
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Feeding Those In Need
Arun Rath speaks with Norris Guscott, head of the Lynn Food and Fitness Alliance and Lynn’s food security task force leader, about fighting food insecurity amid the pandemic.
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Boston Strong
Today is the eighth anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings. We'll look back with Jack Fultz, a longtime training advisor for the Dana-Farber Boston Marathon team. He is also the winner of the 1976 Boston Marathon. We'll also talk about what's next for this year's marathon in October.
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Feeding Veterans
Arun Rath speaks with Don Cox, head of the Massachusetts Military Support Foundation, about the Food4Vets program and the increased need for food and housing in the veteran community.
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Tenants Rights
Thousands of eviction cases are making their way through Massachusetts courts following the expiration of the state's eviction moratorium last year. We'll hear from the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute and Greater Boston Legal Services about what rights tenants have in this process and where…
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You Can't Scallop Over Zoom
New Bedford is the country's largest commercial shipping port and has the largest collection of seafood processing plants in the U-S. This creates some unusual circumstances for the city. This past weekend, they held a vaccine clinic specifically geared towards those working in these industries....
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Tenants Together
The pandemic has highlighted housing problems in and around Boston. Arun Rath speaks with tenants union organizers Jeremy DaCruz and Dan Albright, plus Denise Matthews-Turner from City Life/Vida Urbana, about evictions and their impact on immigrant communities.
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Mirror Mirror
We're living a virtual age, but all those zoom meetings keeping us connected may also be wrecking our self image. Host Arun Rath speaks with Dr. Shadi Kourosh, a board certified dermatologist and the director of Community Health at Massachusetts General hospital, about "zoom dysmorphia" and how…
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Better COVID Outcomes
Arun Rath speaks with Dr. Matthias Waltz from UMass Memorial Healthcare about efforts to create better outcomes for COVID patients.
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A-B-C
On Monday, many elementary school students headed back to school for their first week of full-time, in-person learning. Watertown was one of them. We’ll hear from Superintendent Doctor Dede Galdston about how the first day back went. But some districts - like in Chelsea - needed more time to...
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Cataldo's COVID Role
Arun Rath speaks with Dan Hoffenberg, vice president with Cataldo Ambulance. Hoffenberg is managing vaccine work for Cataldo at the mass vaccination site at Boston's Hyne's Convention Center.
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Back to School
On Monday, thousands of students will be returning to classrooms for full-time, in-person learning. For many of them, it will be their first big step towards a new normal. But with that step comes anxiety all around. We'll hear how parents can help make that transition easier. We'll also hear how...
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For Nurses, By Nurses
Throughout this pandemic, nurses, doctors, and staff across hospitals and community health centers have been on the front lines caring for patients and their families. It's been emotionally taxing for many of them. That’s why some here in Massachusetts are now coming together to help their...
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Lodging Complaints
Arun Rath speak swith Paul Sacco, head of the Massachusetts Lodging Association, about how the lodging industry has been taken out at the knees by the pandemic, and what recovery might look like, especially for smaller inns and motels.
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Family Business
Outdoor dining starts up on Thursday in the North End. The pandemic has been particularly hard on this Boston neighborhood, which relies heavily on tourists and sports fans for their business. We’ll hear from Phillip Frattaroli, managing partner of the Filmark Hospitality Group, which owns a...
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Pandemic Public Art
Arun Rath speaks with Cicely Carew, the Cambridge artist behind 'Ambrosia,’ a huge hanging art installation in the atrium of the Prudential Center that’s inspired by the concept of healing amid the pandemic.
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A Pandemic Passover, Round Two
Facing another Passover in the pandemic, it seemed like a good time to check in with host Arun Rath’s rabbi, Howard Jaffe, of Temple Isaiah in Lexington. Regular listeners know him well at this point; we first talked on the show last year before our first pandemic Passover. Arun and Rabbi Jaffe...
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Working for the Greater Good
Host Arun Rath speaks with Ambassador Meron Reuben, he's the new Israeli Consul General for New England. They talk about everything from Passover, to vaccination efforts in Israel, to how his office is providing aid locally during this time.
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All the Stars
Arun Rath speaks with Kevin Kopchynski, astronomy educator with the Stars Over Springfield program at the Springfield Museums. He shares how the program is continuing to help people learn about space online.
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The Customer is Not Always Right
Restaurant and hospitality workers became eligible for the vaccine this week. In the days leading up to then, restaurants began posting guidance directed at workers and staff on social media. This banning together comes after a tough year for the industry and in the midst of a vaccine rollout...
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Vaccination Disparities
Arun Rath speaks with Eva Millona, head of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition, MIRA, and co-chair of the Vaccine Equity Now! Coalition. Millona shares her thoughts on why vaccination rates among people of color are lagging behind rates for white residents. And she tells us...
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Volunteering to Vaccinate
Thousands of volunteers have signed up to be members of the state's Vaccine Corps, an effort organized through UMass Medical School. Each day, they assist in everything from scheduling, to wellness checks, to actually administering the vaccines. Chancellor of UMass Medical School Dr. Michael...
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Catching Up with UMass Memorial Healthcare's Dr. Eric Dickson
Arun Rath checks back in with the head of UMass Memorial Healthcare, Dr. Eric Dickson, to get his thoughts on a year of COVID-19.
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Maura Healey and the Pandemic
Arun Rath speaks with Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey to get her take on vaccine equity, vaccinations for teachers, school reopenings, and the way her job has shifted amid the pandemic.
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COVID Chronicles
Last spring, a group of Holy Cross students launched "COVID Chronicles," a project meant to document aspects of the pandemic through selected themes. With the guidance of two history professors, the twelve students gathered information, oral histories and visual media. Arun Rath speaks with those...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
During this time of social isolation, you're not alone. WGBH is here to help you navigate this strange moment that we all find ourselves in. Host Arun Rath talks with experts, doctors, community leaders to provide the latest COVID-19 information on what's happening in Massachusetts. The Coronavirus might stop us from gathering in person, but it can’t stop us from connecting -- we're in it together.
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