Tag: podcast

Why isn’t housing an inalienable right?

Aside for the small discussion at the end with Taylor Lorenz about having someone watch your social media streams for you (which I understand, but never hope to need) the discussion about Section 8 housing, its history, and the bureaucratic nightmare that it is for the most precarious people was maddening. So many of us are just a step away from being homeless. We all …

Giving you the raspberries

The latest episode of Last Seen a podcast by WBUR in Boston focuses on the reporter’s search for the elusive black raspberry, not in its usual ice cream form, but in the cultural wild, so to speak, the farmer’s market or grocery store. It’s an interesting look at the agricultural choices that are made by farmers, marketers, and consumers. At one point Amelia Mason meets …