WBCA Podcasts
WBCA 102.9 FM is Boston’s Community Radio Station in partnership with Boston Neighborhood Network Media and the City of Boston. Our shows are by and for the Boston community.
Episodes
Welcome to What If?, a show where you can let your imagination fly, think about different scenarios, and change people's perspective on certain topics. This week's topic: phones. What would the world be like without any phones? If you could only make one phone call ever, who would you call? What would you trade your phone for? All this and more on What If?, hosted by Anthony from Madison Park High School.
Sebra honors National Alzheimers and caregivers month with guest Michael P. Kincade, the Community Outreach Lead for Massachusetts Alzheimers Research Team. Sebra and Michael highlight the under-represented in Alzheimers research.
150,000 Massachusetts residents may lose heat due to funding delays for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. The Greater Boston Collaborative Food Access Hub in Roxbury celebrates a year of providing nutritious food to pantries, soup kitchens, and other sites. Bostonians discuss a potential ballot question to bring rent control to Boston. Hear an interview with Corinne White, the Dementia-Friendly Coordinator for Boston's...
The effectiveness of non-profits is explored by host Robert B. Moran as he discusses the process of beginning a non-profit. The scope of your idea(s) will dictate the scale of the non-profit-- whether it be a task for one or a team of many, fundraising requirements, duration of your organization's efforts and clarity of vision. Inspirational tools are shared. Your journey of expression awaits with The Fundraising and Fun Raising Po...
Haywood Fennell talks about US military presence in Venezuela, the experience of the military and the trauma it can cause, becoming a veteran, how addiction comes about, how veterans are an overlooked and underused community resource, Tri-Ad Veterans League's new art exhibit "The Forgotten Heroes" at the Strand Theater in Dorchester, the Mayor of Cambridge Denise Simmons's activism, possible uses for Fort Devens, and more.
Join Dale and Cheryl for a roast in the pressure cooker along with some vegetables and some oven-baked portabello fries!
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On this episode of Life Matters, Brendan and his co-host are counting and collecting signatures in the hopes of overturning an abortion bill that's covered by taxpayers.
The Worrell Turkey Drive brings holiday cheer and 4,000 turkeys to Bostonians. Locals at Faneuil Hall share their favorite things about Thanksgiving. Hear a report on Fenway's automated beer service machines, and a union proposal to require bartenders in place of these automated dispensers. Plus, an interview with Edgar Vasquez and Pamela Chu-Sheriff, co-authors of "Restorative Practices that Heal School Communities".
Host Rachel Miselman discusses citizen journalism vs. traditional professional journalism, BNN & WBCA as a solid foundation for journalism & journalism education, developing trust & ethics in journalism, the changing landscape of citizen journalism, expresses her opinions on some local citizen journalists, possible plagiarism, & more.
Larry Higginbottom emphasizes how unaffordable housing is in & around Boston for anyone earning under 3 figures, capitalism is the only way out of poverty by cultivating high in demand skills & services, democrat rhetoric enabling people to remain poor & in need of services, the economy is separate from politics, social programs & welfare that rewards counter productive behavior, democrat politicians using taxpayer ...
Sharon Hinton invites English teacher Tristen Grannum to speak about his experience in Boston Public Schools. The two also discuss Boston busing, METCO and its predecessor Operation Exodus, the Ujima Scholars Program, preparing students for school, and more.
Today on "Words On Film", Dan Burke reviews "The Running Man" (2025), "Now You See Me: Now You Don't", "Being Eddie", and "Tyler Perry's Finding Joy". Mr. Burke also runs down the movies subject to being released into theaters for the week of November 17th - 21st, 2025.
Deborah Shariff & Linda Solomon discuss the importance of being whole, how to combat being anxious & stressed, self healing & community support, The Healing Table non-profit & confronting trauma, the Confronting Injustice radio show on WBCA, corruption in the justice & prison systems, & more!
Host Rochelle Jones relays the importance of faith in God & never giving up by using examples and scriptures such as Galatians 6:9, Romans 8:28, II Corinthians 4:9, & more!
Guest Duane Steele! 2023 Interview.
Ken Meyer interviews Duane Steele!
Longest Government Shutdown over, MA Girls in Trade annual conference in Dorchester honoring women in the workforce, Handmade for the Holidays Market & Crafts Fair at Gore Place in Waltham, Lisa Braxton's story of how a mammogram saved her life & why mammograms are so important for black women to prevent breast cancer, interview with Heather Cook & Bless Robinson about the recommencement of the South End Brunch Club &a...
Willie P. pays tribute to U.S. Veterans, talks about the good, bad, the ugly history behind Veterans Day & Thanksgiving, and the hope for the future of America with her guest Vicky Victor.
Cuban Mic & Dr. Orlando Gutierrez Boronat conduct a deep dive into the political standing of Cuba, the remnants that socialism has left on Cuba, the truth on Fidel Castro and more. The purpose of this show is to provide insight on the struggle Cuba is facing today.
Robert explores one of life's most meaningful investments - Friendship. He dives into what it means to find genuine friends, how to evaluate friendships and how to hold on to the people who truly support and inspire you.
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