WBCA Podcasts

 Host Rachel Miselman shares her opinions on the Boston City Council, her displeasure with the voter turnout, voters prioritizing gender and color over qualifications, & more.

Host Brendan O'Connell discusses chemical abortion drugs with Teresa Marsano, an independent researcher and anti-abortion advocate.

Host Sharon Hinton and guest civil engineer & teacher Marlon Solomon discuss how black history, red lining, and urban renewal shape Boston. Marlon shares his upcoming walking tour events and presentations and the Squares & Streets Initiative. He discusses his school The Afro-American Academy & more!

Today on "Words On Film", Dan Burke covers the nominees for the 2024 Academy Awards and the 2024 Golden Raspberry Awards.

Rochelle Jones shares a powerful message that belief in God can relieve your fears and strengthen you. Through readings such as Proverbs 28:1 and Isaiah 51:12, Jones encourages the audience to maximize potentials and achieve life-goals that God intended.

Ken Meyer and Stu Fink reminisce on their past radio shows on WBZ with audio clips and jingles. They comment on popular songs, TV Shows, artists, & DJs of yesteryear such as Les Crane, Wink Martindale, Larry Glick, Julius La Rosa, Phil Harris, Betty Johnson, Morey Amsterdam, Muhammad Ali, Carl Desuze, Dapper O'Neil, & many more!

Governor Healey's advocacy for affordable housing testifying before The Joint Committee of Housing in support of the Affordable Homes Act, Adaptive Reuse Project renovation of vacant Blessed Sacrament Church into low income housing in Hyde Sq., Charlestown students speak to Astronauts on the Space Station, The City of Boston Reparations Task Force & Mayor Wu select researchers to document the...

This episode features a Q&A session at Harvard University with Lilo Vilaplana, director of the film Plantadas, and Genoveva Canaval, an ex-political prisoner. The film details the lives of political prisoners in Cuba. La sección de preguntas se celebra en español.

Host Joe Heisler & guest Former President & CEO of Urban League of Eastern MA Darnell Williams discuss Trump winning the NH primary, The Biden-Trump election rematch, the question of Biden's age being an issue, Healey's State of the Commonwealth, & more. In the second half Joe & guest Boston District 8 City Councilor Sharon Durkan discuss the start of her new term, collaboration wi...

On this segment of 'The Other Page,' Haywood Fennell shares his experience acting at the Oscar Micheaux Theatre Company and the importance of honoring African-American Veterans, as well as acknowledging Black-History in America.  

Join Dale and Cheryl for some delicious potato salad and some dreamy jello! Ep.# 360 PSA Free!

Rachel Miselman discusses her experience attending a Boston City Council meeting. She shares her opinion of present City Councilors, as well as past candidates including Catherine Vitale and Joao DePina. Also discussed: the government's handling of COVID-19, and the discourse surrounding the recent closure of Walgreens and CVS stores in less affluent areas of Boston.

Host Brendan O'Connell speaks to Reverend Pat Mahoney, Director of Christian Defense Coalition. He speaks about his own work and that of fellow pro-life advocate Chris Slattery.

In this special scam alert episode, Sharon Hinton talks about how to protect yourself from hackers and scammers online. She shares tips for avoiding common scams such as fraudulent checks and EBT theft, and explains protection methods including password managers, credit freezes, and extended fraud alerts.

Host Larry Higginbottom expresses how discrimination and exclusion could spark creation, how baby boomers took the wrong path of concentrating too much on civil rights and inclusion, how laws might change peoples' behavior but do not change their hearts and minds, and how your skills dictate your success. Also, the need for younger generations to critique baby boomers and do better, the need for t...

Today on "Words On Film", Dan Burke reviews "Mean Girls" (2024), "The Beekeeper", "The Book of Clarence", "Night Swim", and "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom". Mr. Burke also gives a spoken-word preview of movies subject to being released into theaters for the week of January 15th - 19th, 2024.

Rochelle Jones shares inspiring words and Bible passages about speaking positively and following God, even through tough times. With readings from Peter 4:12-15, Romans 15:13, Isaiah 41:10, Romans 12:12, and Galatians 6:8.

Ken Meyer interviews Boston icon, DJ and record store owner Skippy White about how he got into the radio and record business, how he got the name Skippy White, when and how he opened his own record stores, the changing music business over the years and how that led to the decline of his store, and more!

Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast, Museum Of Fine Arts MLK Day Celebration, Civic Summit 2024 Inaugural event at BU, Upgrade to Edward M. Kennedy Academy, Senior Director of Climate Culture Boston Frank Lowenstein Interview. Boston Latin School alumni Ayo Edibiri Golden Globe and Emmy win. 

This week on Talk of the Neighborhoods Boston's new City Council President Ruthzee Louijeune joins host Joe Heisler at to talk about her leadership goals for the New Year. Then Rachel Miselman, a local Republican activist, joins Joe to talk about Trump, the upcoming presidential primaries in NH and Mass. and her race for the Republican State Central Committee.

Host Haywood Fennell talks about the need to be more attentive to Veterans' needs, particularly the need for greater support for Veterans housing. Also discussed: black patriotism and the General Gourdin and African American Veterans Memorial Park.

Join Dale And Cheryl as they grill some chicken wings! Ep.# 359 PSA Free!

Host Rachel Miselman discusses the importance of voting, the critique of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Wu's remarks at the MLK memorial breakfast, & more.

Host Brendan O'Connell speaks to Eileen Slattery, board member of Expectant Mother Care Frontline. She talks about her husband and fellow pro-life advocate Chris Slattery and his work.

Host Larry Higginbottom expresses how Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech has been co-opted and whitewashed and the real meaning of his speech. How the corporate owned media influences what people believe and how they've also used this speech to do so. How conditions for black people have still not improved since this speech.