Boston Calling Podcast
How the world looks through American eyes, and the myriad and unexpected ways that the world influences the United States.
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Heads Up
Sat 27 Apr 2019
The US is fast-tracking facial recognition technology at its major airports
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Safe spaces
Sat 20 Apr 2019
Volunteers in the US form underground networks to house migrants with nowhere else to go
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The legacy edition
Sat 30 Mar 2019
‘There was a lot of discord around campus. They couldn’t keep sweeping it under the rug.’
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Caste in America
Sat 16 Mar 2019
Even with his Harvard University education, caste follows Suraj Yengde ‘like a shadow’
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Conversations without borders
Sat 9 Mar 2019
In the midst of a so-called crisis at the US-Mexico border, border tourism is thriving
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Outside the lines
Sat 2 Mar 2019
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova sparks a dicey debate over transgender athletics
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The boy in the caravan
Sat 23 Feb 2019
The story of a teenager who fled gangs in El Salvador to reunite with his mother in the US
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Forty years of consequences
Sat 16 Feb 2019
Protests, backchannels and secrets. The story of the Iranian Revolution
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The Together Edition
Sat 9 Feb 2019
A Salvadoran mother chooses loneliness in the US, to forge a better future for her son
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The Influencer Edition
Sat 2 Feb 2019
Influencers used to be able to disguise their #ads, now it won’t be as easy
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Transatlantic Sins
Sat 26 Jan 2019
Four hundred years ago pirates brought enslaved Africans to Virginia’s shores
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Taboos, Bans and Barriers
Sat 19 Jan 2019
Ada Hegerberg has been named best female football player in the world
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Living Green in 2019
Sat 12 Jan 2019
Deforestation, wildfires, and hurricanes characterised 2018. What can we expect in 2019?
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The Friendship Edition
Sat 5 Jan 2019
The Salvadoran women imprisoned for losing their unborn children
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The Lungs of the World
Sat 29 Dec 2018
The Amazon rainforest used to absorb greenhouse gases. Now, it may be emitting them
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Addicted
Sat 22 Dec 2018
America is addicted to painkillers and tens of thousands of people are dying of overdoses
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Brain Gain
Sat 15 Dec 2018
When war keeps students from starting high school on time, should they get an extra year?
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The Migrant Caravan
Sat 8 Dec 2018
Thousands of migrants have reached the US-Mexico border. Now what?
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Unmade in America
Sun 2 Dec 2018
General Motors is closing 5 factories, but the ripple effects will go beyond auto workers
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Un-Thanksgiving
Sat 24 Nov 2018
Not all Americans celebrate Thanksgiving; for many native people, it’s a day of sorrow
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Into The Woods
Sat 17 Nov 2018
Wildfires devastated her town in California, now Ellen VandenBerg is starting over
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Identity Crisis
Sat 10 Nov 2018
The US midterms are over, so what do the results mean for US immigration?
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It’s All Political
Sat 3 Nov 2018
She was a refugee from Afghanistan. Now she’s running for state office in the US
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A Half Degree of Separation
Sat 27 Oct 2018
Half a degree doesn't seem like much but in climate change, it makes all the difference
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Time Served
Sat 20 Oct 2018
The US is one of just a few Western democracies that prevent felons from voting
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City of Angels
Sat 13 Oct 2018
The story behind an iconic photograph taken moments after Robert Kennedy’s assassination
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