The Wake Up

Paris and Jeremy recap President Biden’s visit to Boston and his speech about a cancer moonshot. Paris shares her experience donating her stem cells to her father, a leukemia survivor. And we try out the iPhone’s new iMessage functions, like editing and un-sending texts — do they work?

President Joe Biden is in Boston today, talking about his administration’s efforts to reduce cancer death rates by half in the next 25 years. And it’s always infrastructure week here – Paris and Jeremy talk about how the Orange Line shutdown is affecting traffic, and what traffic does to our health. Plus, which Emmy nominees have a Massachusetts connection?

As we mourn the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, Paris and Jeremy take a look back at her historic visit to Boston in 1976 and the amazingly long line of pets she owned.  There’ll be a full moon tonight and we’ve got a few tips for taking a great photo.  And big happenings out in Springfield if you’re a basketball fan.

Day one for students in the Boston Public School system has the memories flooding back for Paris and Jeremy in this morning’s Wake-Up.  And a popular children’s show is eyeing a reboot, but we admit we didn’t understand much about it the first time it aired.

Sure the Wake-Up is chock-full of Massachusetts primary election results and reactions from last night and this morning, including what seemed like a bank heist down in Barnstable… but the real news we’re excited about involves a pair of sea turtles being saved by the fine folks at the New England Aquarium.

Paris and Jeremy break down primary election day, and despite the rainy weather, Paris is live on the scene throughout Boston checking in on the polls.  Plus what would it take to get you to spend the night in a (very famous) haunted house?

Wrapping up the week with the end of Allston Christmas and the continuing saga of Storrow Drive, where the annual tradition of destroying rental trucks on our roadways continued yesterday.  And as the morning weather starts to change, which ‘cold’ word would you use to describe it?

The Federal Transit Administration’s report about safety issues at the MBTA is out today. Paris and Jeremy also talk to listeners about their best-ever Allston Christmas finds, and get advice they have for people looking for discarded treasures on the street. The No. 1 Allston Christmas tip? Don’t take your moving truck to Storrow Drive.

Which is better: Boston’s Allston Christmas or Paris Alston’s family Christmas? We talk about our best street furniture finds. Plus, we have a week to go before primary election day in Massachusetts, so Paris and Jeremy break down the latest developments in races for the Suffolk County district attorney’s office and Massachusetts attorney general.

How can we go to space when we can’t even get on the Orange Line? Jeremy timed the Orange Line shuttles to see how much longer it takes to get from Oak Grove to Forest Hills. The total – including some walking downtown, where there are no shuttle stops — was 2 hours, 7 minutes, compared with about 40 minutes under regular service. Plus, Grove Hall came alive for Carnival, and Paris got to join the...

We’re one week into the MBTA’s Orange Line shutdown. Paris and Jeremy catch up with riders to see what the patchwork of shuttle buses, bikes, and delays is like for them. Also: The number of new monkeypox cases in Massachusetts is falling, and vaccines are becoming slightly more available. And this weekend is Carnival in Boston, so get ready for some fun — and some Soca jams. Want to contribute to...

A new study used AI to scan Instagram photos, and found Worcester is one of the top 20 ‘smiliest’ cities in the US. Paris and Jeremy break down what goes into being a city that smiles a lot and how is that tracked, anyway? Plus, local Ukrainians are celebrating the country's 31st independence day. And, got a favorite tomato? Massachusetts just awarded several local tomatoes with the top prize at t...

How are people shuttling, biking, and driving around Boston during the Orange and Green line shutdowns? GBH News Morning Edition co-hosts Paris Alston and Jeremy Siegel talk about transit, the best dorm foods (shoutout to Sam the Minuteman), and how the drought is affecting wildfires in Massachusetts. Want to contribute to The Wake Up? Send us your audio diaries about getting around during the MBT...