Commonwealth Journal

WUMB

Commonwealth Journal is a weekly half-hour public affairs program from WUMB and UMass Boston. Host Anna Fisher-Pinkert interviews politicians, artists, scientists and academics about issues that affect Massachusetts and New England.

Location:

Boston, MA

Genres:

Podcasts

Special Interest

Local News

Networks:

WUMB

Description:

Commonwealth Journal is a weekly half-hour public affairs program from WUMB and UMass Boston. Host Anna Fisher-Pinkert interviews politicians, artists, scientists and academics about issues that affect Massachusetts and New England.

Language:

English

Contact:

Commonwealth Journal WUMB Radio - UMass Boston 100 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, MA 02125-3393 6172876900

Website:

http://www.umb.edu/commonwealthjournal

Email:

cj@umb.edu

Episodes

Boston's "Invisible Billionaire

6/5/2017

Guest: Gerald Chan

Duration:00:29:21

When Poetry Meets Politics

5/25/2017

Guest: Jill McDonough, poet

Duration:00:28:42

Family Secrets Surface in The Salt House

5/17/2017

Guest: Lisa Duffy

Duration:00:28:01

How Civic Deserts Alienate Youth

5/10/2017

Guests: Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg and Felicia Sullivan

Duration:00:29:47

Hugo Nominee Max Gladstone and the Rules of Magic

5/2/2017

Guest: Max Gladstone

Duration:00:29:01

Barbara Lynch: Boston's Master Chef

5/1/2017

Guest: Barbara Lynch

Duration:00:29:36

Knights, Dragons and One Epic Tale

4/21/2017

Guests: M.T. Anderson

Duration:00:29:17

What's Next for the Labor Movement?

4/14/2017

Guests: Steve Striffler, Director of the UMass Boston Labor Resource Center, and Steven Tolman, President of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO

Duration:00:30:09

Redefining Family in The Guys Next Door

4/7/2017

Guests: Amy Geller and Allie Humenuk

Duration:00:29:01

From Solitary to the Stage

4/3/2017

Julia Steele Allen, Activist, Playwright, and Performer

Duration:00:29:48

Asian Americans in Politics

4/3/2017

Guest: Paul Watanabe, Director of the Institute for Asian American Studies, UMass Boston

Duration:00:29:43

We're Not Gonna Take It: Politics and Protest

3/3/2017

Guest: Erin O'Brien, Chair, Political Science Department, UMass Boston

Duration:00:29:26

The Politics of Anger

2/28/2017

Guest: Michael Milburn, psychologist and author of Raised to Rage: The Politics of Anger and the Roots of Authoritarianism

Duration:00:28:43

Mel King Still Believes in a Rainbow Coalition

2/28/2017

Guest: Mel King, activist and former state legislator

Duration:00:29:36

After Trauma, Can Mindfulness Help?

2/10/2017

Guest: Stephanie Hartwell, sociologist Interviewed by Anna Fisher-Pinkert

Duration:00:29:00

Menstruation Mythbusting

1/30/2017

Guest: Chris Bobel, Associate Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at UMass Boston Interviewed by: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

Duration:00:29:24

Climate Change: How We Know What We Know

1/23/2017

Guest: Robyn Hannigan, Dean of UMass Boston's School for the Environment Interviewed by: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

Duration:00:29:06

From City Hall to the Senate Floor: Women of Color Are Ready to Run

1/18/2017

Guest: Carol Hardy-Fanta Interviewed by: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

Duration:00:28:52

Monumental

1/9/2017

Guest: James Young Interviewed by: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

Duration:00:29:25

Eyes In the Sky: Drones In the Military

1/3/2017

Guest: Sonia Kennebeck Interviewed by: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

Duration:00:28:52