Greater Boston RSS feed for WGBH programming.http://video.wgbh.orgen-ushttp://video.wgbh.orgSat, 18 May 2013 05:37:49 -0400Sat, 18 May 2013 05:37:49 -0400http://video.wgbh.org/video/2365009413/Roseanne Sdoia lost her right leg in the Boston Marathon bombings. She talked to Greater Boston's Emily Rooney while recovering in Spaulding Rehab Center.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2365009413/05/09/2013Roseanne Sdoia lost her right leg in the Boston Marathon bombings.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesNational SecurityNational SecuritySocial IssuesSocial IssuesWomenWomenCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2365009711/Boston has made an effort to rebuilt many of its city streets to make room for more two-wheeled traffic. Greater Boston's Jared Bowen takes a look at the challenges that remain.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2365009711/05/10/2013A close look at how the city has rebuilt the streets to make room for bicycles.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsEnvironmentEnvironmentGovernmentGovernmentHealthHealthSocial IssuesSocial IssuesSportsSportsCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2360233345/A new report released by MassInc examines the Massachusetts prison and parole system - in particular, the state's costs of prolonged incarcerations and the lack of funds dedicated to helping prisoners integrate back into their communities.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2360233345/03/26/2013Correction Reform DebatenrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGovernmentGovernmentCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2360235636/Angell Animal Medical Center's Dr. Nick Trout has a new novel, The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs - a story about a veterinarian who returns to his hometown to take over his father's failing veterinary practice. Dr. Trout is a staff surgeon at Angell as well as a New York Times best-selling author.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2360235636/03/26/2013Dr. Nick TroutnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2360235617/Some members of Newtown High School Class of 1996 have come together to raise money to benefit the children and families of Sandy Hook Elementary School affected by the deadly shooting back in December that left 26 dead. The money will work toward building a permanent space for the EverWonder Children's Museum in Newtown, CT.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2360235617/03/26/2013Newtown in BostonnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsBusiness & EconomyBusiness & EconomyCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2354382105/Emily Rooney sits down for her first interview with Boston Mayor Tom Menino since being released from the hospital.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2354382105/03/22/2013Mayor Tom MeninonrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsPoliticsPoliticsCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2354379285/It's only been 10 years since Olin College first opened and it already ranks among the country's top engineering schools. But that's not its main goal. Olin wants to transform the way colleges teach engineering.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2354379285/03/22/2013Olin CollegenrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsEducationEducationCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2352385552/Jared has a rare look at a classic and sits down with Liesl Tommy, director of Raisin in the Sun at the Huntington Theatre Company and M. Bevin O'Gara, director of Clybourne Park at SpeakEasy Stage Company.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2352385552/03/20/2013A Raisin in the SunnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2352383129/Cyber Security experts Shafi Goldwasser and Silvio Micali of MIT will be guests to discuss what officials are calling the latest threat to our national security: Cyberterrorism. The term is used to describe attacks via the internet that cause large-scale disruption in computer networks and services as well as the path of communication by terrorist organizations for the purpose of creating alarm orhttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2352383129/03/20/2013Cyber SecuritynrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsNational SecurityNational SecurityCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2352378082/Author and former Boston Globe reporter Dick Lehr has followed the case against notorious crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger for decades. He'll be a guest to discuss his new book “Whitey: The Life of America’s Most Notorious Mob Boss.”http://video.wgbh.org/video/2352378082/03/20/2013Dick Lehr's "Whitey"nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2350841761/US Attorney Carmen Ortiz and Special Agent in Charge Richard DesLauriers of the FBI will be guests to discuss the recent developments of the 23-year-old art heist, the 5 million-dollar reward that's gone unclaimed, and why officials won't name the individuals they think are responsible for the crime.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2350841761/03/19/2013Gardner Update!nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2350865576/Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Margaret Marshall will be a guest to discuss the anniversary of the landmark case Gideon v. Wainwright which made it a requirement to provide counsel in criminal cases for defendants who were unable to afford an attorney.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2350865576/03/19/2013Gideon v. WainwrightnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGovernmentGovernmentCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2350844729/Six homes on Plum Island were destroyed by a fierce storm earlier this month. Now, residents along the coast are trying to save their property by putting up a barrier of boulders and concrete blocks – which is prohibited under state environmental regulations.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2350844729/03/19/2013Plum IslandnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsEnvironmentEnvironmentCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2349703605/They know who, but they're not saying! Officials from the FBI, US Attorney's office and The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum held a press conference detailing new developments in the investigation of the 1990 art heist.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2349703605/03/18/2013Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum HeistnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2349706941/Pastry Chef Joanne Chang and business partner/husband Chris Myers will be guests to discuss their very unique partnership and surviving the restaurant business.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2349706941/03/18/2013Chef Joanne Chang and Chris MyersnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2344345959/Our series, From The Archives, features the history of Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade, first held in South Boston in 1901.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2344345959/03/14/2013From The ArchivesnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2344347981/Don’t call her a gossip columnist! "Celebrity Journalist" Laura Raposa wrote the social column of the Boston Herald for 21 years. As half of the Inside Track's duo, Raposa and Gayle Fee dished on all of Boston's movers and shakers; celebrities sightings; and "Tales of the Naked City." Raposa signed off last week and will now focus on some independent writing projects.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2344347981/03/14/2013Laura RaposanrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2344342357/Former US Attorney Michael Sullivan is a Republican candidate for US Senate. He'll be a guest to discuss why voters should send him to Washington; his thoughts on his fellow GOP opponents; and what's up with the St. Patrick's Day snub?http://video.wgbh.org/video/2344342357/03/14/2013Michael Sullivan for SenatenrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsPoliticsPoliticsCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2343048066/Adam Reilly recaps last night's Republican senate primary debate between Gabriel Gomez, Michael Sullivan, and Dan Winslow at Stonehill College.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2343048066/03/13/2013Game On!nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsPoliticsPoliticsCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2343045948/The white smoke and then the announcement the world's been waiting for: Pope Francis I.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2343045948/03/13/2013Pope Francis InrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2343050278/Downtown Crossing is losing another old-time retailer with the closing of the Windsor Button Shop. Anne Mostue talks with store owner Susan Baker about how changes to the neighborhood and larger retail trends led to the decision.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2343050278/03/13/2013Windsor Button ShopnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsBusiness & EconomyBusiness & EconomyCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2342397872/She was looking to empower women but instead she made some of them angry. Professional women discuss Facebook CEO's Sheryl Sandberg's new book, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2342397872/03/12/2013The Sandberg FalloutnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsBusiness & EconomyBusiness & EconomyCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2342076792/Joan Parker takes us into her home where her late husband Robert Parker wrote dozens of novels. Parker told us, “Sometimes he would be sort of leering out the window for a particularly good looking woman and I would say, Bob, what are you doing? And he would say, nothing, nothing. I’m just gathering material.” Joan Parker is our One Guest.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2342076792/03/11/2013One Guest with Joan ParkernrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2341387444/It was an emotional day in court today in Middlesex Superior Court – a guilty verdict in the murder case that shocked Wayland and has brought new attention to the prevalence of violence in teen relationships.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2341387444/03/07/2013Nathaniel Fujita guilty of 1st degree murder.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSocial IssuesSocial IssuesCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2341387447/Former and the first female president of Ireland, Mary Robinson, is in town to discuss her new book, Everybody Matters: My Life Giving Voice.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2341387447/03/07/2013Mary RobinsonnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2341206469/Jared Bowen takes us to the Anders Zorn exhibit now at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2341206469/03/07/2013March 6, 2013: Anders ZornnrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentFine ArtsFine ArtsCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2341206845/With the news of an impending storm set to hit the east Coast, several coastal towns are preparing for what some are anticipating will cause severe coastal erosion.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2341206845/03/07/2013March 6, 2013: Coastal DamagenrScience & NatureScience & NatureWeather & Natural DisastersWeather & Natural DisastersCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2341206843/This week's From The Archives takes a look at the Boston Public Library - a national historical landmark which was the first publicly funded municipal library and the first ever to allow citizens to borrow books.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2341206843/03/07/2013March 6, 2013: From The ArchivesnrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentLiterature & WritingLiterature & WritingCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2340946916/A group called the Boston Olympic Exploratory Committee is pushing to bring the Summer Olympic Games to Boston in 2024. While City Hall isn't yet on board, we look at the possibilities (and headaches) involved with hosting an Olympics in Boston.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2340946916/03/06/2013Boston 2024?nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSportsSportsCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2340947020/It was only after the death of her husband, novelist William Styron, that Rose discovered thousands of pages of correspondence he had maintained during his life. Compiled here for the first time, the selected letters offer a window into the inner thoughts of one of the great American writers of the 20th Century.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2340947020/03/06/2013Rose StyronnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2340322792/One-on-one with former State Treasurer Tim Cahill.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2340322792/03/04/2013Tim CahillnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsPoliticsPoliticsCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2339538748/Jared talks about the comedies"Stones In His Pockets" and "Mildred Fierce", the movie "Jack the Giant slayer" and briefs us on a big development for Framingham's Danforth Museum of Art.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2339538748/02/28/2013Caught In The ActnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2339538728/Television producer Jack Gray will be a guest to discuss his new book, "Pigeon in a Crosswalk: Tales of Anxiety and Accidental Glamour."http://video.wgbh.org/video/2339538728/02/28/2013Jack GraynrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsMediaMediaCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2339538705/Yahoo recently announced its work from home policy will end which began a debate about the productivity of employees who work from home vs. in the office. We'll continue that discussion with an employee who feels he is MORE productive when working at home vs. a company that agrees with Yahoo's decision.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2339538705/02/28/2013Working From HomenrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsBusiness & EconomyBusiness & EconomyCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2339305218/Ray Flynn imagines a pontiff from Boston in his novel, The Accidental Pope. So what does he make of reports it could really happen?http://video.wgbh.org/video/2339305218/02/27/2013Pope Benedict XVI's Last DaynrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2339302492/Four days after Cambridge Police launched an automated Twitter initiative, the program was put to the test when dispatchers received a report of a gunman at MIT. The report was a hoax, but the system worked - alerting the public to the potential threat. Commissioner Robert Haas joins us to discuss the initiative and the investigation.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2339302492/02/27/2013Cambridge's New Alert SystemnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2339064480/Boston City Councilor John Connolly announces his candidacy for Mayor of the City of Boston. Connolly will be a guest on the show to discuss why he feels the city needs new ideas to face its challenges - with a particular focus on change within the Boston Public Schools.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2339064480/02/26/2013John Connolly for MayornrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsPoliticsPoliticsCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2339222812/Deacdes after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan and destroyed music books and instruments across the country - the music has been revived. Jared Bowen sits down with the Afghan Youth Orchestra and its founder to talk about what it means to have music again.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2339222812/02/27/2013Afghan Youth OrchestranrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2339223386/WGBH's Edgar Herwick takes us beneath the city - literally - with Joe Bagley, Boston's archeologist. So what exactly is buried beneath the city's streets? Edgar helps us find out.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2339223386/02/27/2013Boston City ArcheologistnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2338991421/Walter Beasleyhttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2338991421/02/26/2013Walter BeasleynrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2337456871/Files reveal how the FBI tracked Aaron Swartz's illegal online activity. Now his attorney wants U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz formally admonished for over-reach.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2337456871/02/21/2013Aaron Swartz's FBI Files ReleasednrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGovernmentGovernmentCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2337456889/From the Archvies: February Vacationhttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2337456889/02/21/2013From the ArchivesnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2337456637/Robots are taking an active role in medicine.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2337456637/02/21/2013iRobotnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2337457445/Preview of the Academy Awards.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2337457445/02/21/2013Oscar PreviewnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2337092645/As part of the week-long news specials on PBS, Greater Boston takes a look at a Nova documentary exploring why some people commit horrific acts of mass murder.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2337092645/02/20/2013NOVA: Mind of a Rampage KillernrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2337091086/Could Cardinal Sean O'Malley be the next Pope? His name has been debated after a Vatican correspondent wrote a blog praising the Cardinal for - among other things - his handling of the sex-abuse scandal. Greater Boston's Adam Reilly ventured out to see how some Boston Catholics would respond to a Pope O'Malley.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2337091086/02/20/2013Pope O'MalleynrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2337100315/The dean of American theater, Bob Brustein, completes his Shakespeare trilogy with "The Last Will" about Shakespeare's last days as he succumbs to a fatal illness.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2337100315/02/20/2013The Last WillnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2336646339/Sales of craft beer have doubled in the last five years – and are expected to triple by 2017. Here in Massachusetts, beer drinkers have a slew of locally brewed suds to choose from – but that wasn’t always the case.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2336646339/02/19/2013Craft BreweriesnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsBusiness & EconomyBusiness & EconomyCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2336824932/University of Massachusetts-Lowell will begin competing this fall in Division 1 of the America East Conference, making them the second school in the UMass system to compete in Division 1 sports (UMass-Amherst). UMass-Lowell chancellor Marty Meehan will be a guest to discuss the school's big move.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2336824932/02/20/2013Mary MeehannrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSportsSportsCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2336560465/Greater Boston gets an inside look into Pfizer's fight against counterfeit drugs - a battle undercover agents have been working on for years. John Clark, Pfizer's Chief Security Officer and Vice President of Global Security is in charge of a team of security professionals and has been leading Pfizer's anti-counterfeiting effort since joining the company in 2008.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2336560465/02/19/2013Counterfeit DrugsnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsHealthHealthCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2336566345/The IOC announced on Tuesday that wrestling will be cut from the 2020 Summer Olympics. Wrestling will now have to compete with seven other sports in applying for inclusion in the 2020 games. The others are softball, karate, squash, roller sports, sport climbing, wake boarding, and wushu. We ventured out and asked Bostonians what sport they would like to see "nixed" from the Olympic Games.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2336566345/02/19/2013IOC Cuts WrestlingnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSportsSportsCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2336560863/When Tony Loftis' 13-year-old daughter ran away last year, he turned to the internet and waged an online campaign publicizing his daughter's disappearance. Twelve days after she took off, his daughter was found. Now Tony is helping other parents use social media to find their children with an online effort called, "Find Your Missing Child."http://video.wgbh.org/video/2336560863/02/19/2013Social Media and Missing ChildrennrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2335401387/Glass Menageriehttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2335401387/02/15/2013Glass MenagerienrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentDramaDramaCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2335402061/Snow Removalhttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2335402061/02/15/2013Snow RemovalnrScience & NatureScience & NatureWeather & Natural DisastersWeather & Natural DisastersCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2335392890/Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Kevin Cullen discusses his new book, "Whitey Bulger: America's Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice".http://video.wgbh.org/video/2335392890/02/15/2013Whitey BulgernrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2334408725/Leonard and Cherylann Gengel will be guests to discuss the dedication of the Be Like Brit Orphanage in Haiti.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2334408725/02/12/2013Be Like Brit OrphanagenrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2334408712/Winter Storm Nemo took an especially harsh toll on seaside communities like Winthrop and Scituate—and the next big storm could be even worse. As levels rise and storm activity intensifies, how can the most vulnerable communities in Massachusetts manage their risk? And might some neighborhoods become uninhabitable?http://video.wgbh.org/video/2334408712/02/12/2013Sea Change?nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsEnvironmentEnvironmentCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2334310198/Pulitzer-Prize winning photographer Stanley Forman will be our 1 Guest today to talk about his decades of catching some of the most historical moments through his lens.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2334310198/02/12/2013Stanley FormannrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsMediaMediaCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2333239887/Rock star Amanda Palmer asked her fans if they’d been bullied – the response she says was overwhelming. She'll be a guest to talk about it.http://video.wgbh.org/video/2333239887/02/08/2013Amanda PalmernrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesCliphttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2333240133/Feb. 7, 2013: Caught In The Acthttp://video.wgbh.org/video/2333240133/02/08/2013Feb. 7, 2013: Caught In The ActnrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentPerforming ArtsPerforming ArtsClip