Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFenway (the neighborhood not the ballpark) with Michael Minichello
Episode 63
This week, we're talking Fenway — or "The Fenway" — which has everything from baseball (duh) to world-class art to gorgeous parks. The inside scoop c…
2 years ago
Head of the Charles with Brendan Mulvey
Episode 62
In this week's episode, we're chatting about the city's most famous rowing race: The Head of the Charles, happening October 19-20. Joining us is Bren…
2 years ago
REWIND: The 2004 Red Sox with Tyler Rotman
Episode 61
In honor of October baseball, we're revisiting this magical tale of underdog grit, triumph over evil, and old men weeping in the streets. Lifelong Re…
2 years, 1 month ago
The West End is dead, long live the West End with Sebastian Belfanti
Episode 60
In this episode, we're joined by Sebastian Belfanti of the West End Museum to talk about the history of the neighborhood — and its tragic fate at the…
2 years, 1 month ago
Never go to Salem in October with Adam & Art Antczak
Episode 59
Salem, the North Shore city with a long and complicated history, is now in the midst of a new chapter: Halloweenmania! Beginning before the first lea…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Boston Tea Party (PART TWO) with Audrey Stuck-Girard
Episode 58
It's the dramatic conclusion of our discussion of the Boston Tea Party! Living history interpreter Audrey Stuck-Girard walks us through the aftermath…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Boston Tea Party with Audrey Stuck-Girard
Episode 57
In part one of our inaugural two-parter, we're talking with living history interpreter Audrey Stuck-Girard about one of Boston's most iconic incident…
2 years, 2 months ago
Lobstah with Curt Brown
Episode 56
Not even COVID could keep me away from you! I'm back from vacation with an episode exploring an iconic part of New England culture: Lobster. To go de…
2 years, 2 months ago
REWIND: Allston Christmas with Matt Shearer
Episode 55
Oh how far we've come! I'm on vacation, so here's an oldie but a goodie — with a new intro!
On the first ever episode of "Explain Boston to Me," l l…
2 years, 2 months ago
The whitewashing of Boston with Dart Adams
Episode 54
In this week's episode, we're joined by Dart Adams, author, journalist, historian, and Black Bostonian. He talks about how the culture being exported…
2 years, 2 months ago