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Best long-form audio series from WBUR all in one feed. The Gun Machine, Jaws Island & more.
Episodes
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- Jaws Island, Part 3: The Test of Time · 33 min · Season 8 Episode 3Steven Spielberg faced serious challenges making “Jaws” — from unpredictable weather to mechanical shark troubles — but ultimately created the original summer blockbuster. The…
- Jaws Island, Part 2: The Amity Effect · 35 min · Season 8 Episode 2See Edgartown through the eyes of the man who chose Martha’s Vineyard for the set of “Jaws” back in 1973. Production designer Joe Alves walks us through the iconic town and…
- Jaws Island, Part 1: The Finatics · 30 min · Season 8 Episode 1Embark on a journey to Martha’s Vineyard, the real-life “Amity Island,” for the 50th anniversary celebration of the blockbuster film “Jaws.” Through conversations with longtime…
- Introducing Jaws Island, a new series from WBUR · 1 min · Season 8When Jaws premiered in June 1975 on movie screens nationwide, it wasn’t just a movie release — it was a cultural event. Audiences were captivated by the story of a quaint island…
- Reverse Course: This machine creates drinking water ‘from thin air’ in driest parts of the world · 12 min · Season 7 Episode 5People are taking steps big and small to move the dial on climate change. This week, in Here & Now's Reverse Course series, senior editor Peter O’Dowd and producer Chris Bentley…
- Reverse Course: Detroit debuts 'road of the future' with wireless EV charging · 11 min · Season 7 Episode 4People are taking steps big and small to move the dial on climate change. This week, in Here & Now's Reverse Course series, senior editor Peter O’Dowd and producer Chris Bentley…
- Reverse Course: Shipbuilders harness the wind to clean up global shipping · 11 min · Season 7 Episode 3People are taking steps big and small to move the dial on climate change. This week, in Here & Now's Reverse Course series, senior editor Peter O’Dowd and producer Chris Bentley…
- Reverse Course: Planes pollute the planet, but new technology could clean up the aviation industry · 12 min · Season 7 Episode 2People are taking steps big and small to move the dial on climate change. This week, in Here & Now's Reverse Course series, senior editor Peter O’Dowd and producer Chris Bentley…
- Reverse Course: Battery-powered big rigs could haul the future of trucking · 12 min · Season 7 Episode 1Short Run presents Here & Now's climate series "Reverse Course". Today's episode is about how the trucking industry is responsible for almost a quarter of all American…
- The Gun Machine presents: "Beyond All Repair," a new murder mystery podcast · 25 minIntroducing Beyond All Repair, a new WBUR podcast from producer emeritus of Dear Sugars, Amory Sivertson. This series tells the story of a murder, but also the woman who was…
- Short Run: Introducing "Elements of Energy" from WBUR's On Point · 3 minOn Point's special series 'Elements of energy: Mining for a green future,' explores the environmental and human cost of mining, and asks what it would take for the U.S. to meet…
- The Gun Machine Ep 8: "The Leftovers" · 41 min · Season 6 Episode 8Growing up, host Alain Stephens bonded with his dad over guns — an interest Alain still holds today. But more than a decade ago, his family experienced a terrible loss. In this…
- The Gun Machine Ep 7: "What the ATF" · 45 min · Season 6 Episode 7The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is supposed to regulate the gun industry and protect the American public from gun crime. But the ATF often falls short of…
- The Gun Machine Ep 6: "The Church" · 44 min · Season 6 Episode 6In 1999, at the end of a decade in which Gary, Indiana, had endured being labeled as the “murder capital of the nation,” then-Mayor Scott King filed a suit against gun…
- The Gun Machine Ep 5: "The Client" · 33 min · Season 6 Episode 5When criminals have access to some of the most powerful weapons in the world, how will police match or outgun them? What role does the gun industry play?
- The Gun Machine Ep 4: "Triggermen" · 37 min · Season 6 Episode 4The byproduct of producing the world's most lethal guns is that criminals have them, too. We go back to the birthplace of the industry, Springfield, Mass., where nearly every…
- The Gun Machine Ep 3: "Go West" · 36 min · Season 6 Episode 3The Gun Machine host Alain Stephens and producer Grace Tatter dig into the scandal-ridden biography of the man who cracked the mass civilian market for guns, and who helped…
- The Gun Machine Ep 2: "Why We Carry" · 40 min · Season 6 Episode 2In episode two of The Gun Machine, host Alain Stephens travels down to Florida to attend the Pew Party, where he talks to Black gun owners about why they carry and examines the…
- The Gun Machine Ep 1: "The Machine We Make" · 39 min · Season 6 Episode 1Our country would look very different without the gun industry. And without the federal government? The gun industry might not exist at all. The premier episode of The Gun…
- Introducing ‘The Gun Machine’ · 2 min · Season 6Every time there is a mass shooting in America, the first question is why. When we look for answers, we tend to focus on the incident itself - who the shooter was, why they did…
