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City Life

Black & Blue: Damien Echols

Convicted of murdering three young boys, Damien Echols spent 18 years on death row until a series of documentaries and articles destroyed the case against him. He’s free now, but as he attempts to rebuild his life in Salem, will a city best known for its witch hunts ever let him?

City Life

Carol Johnson’s Boston Public

As Carol Johnson prepares to step down after six tumultuous years as Boston’s superintendent of schools, her job performance has become a central issue in the city’s first competitive mayoral race in a generation. Critics portray her as an ineffective steward, while her admirers say she’s been a compassionate leader. So how’d she do, really?

City Life

Naked Joe

One hundred years ago, Joe Knowles stripped down to his jockstrap, said goodbye to civilization, and marched off into the woods to prove his survival skills. He returned home to a hero’s welcome. That’s when things got interesting.

City Life

Scott Lively: The Crusader

After an incendiary 2009 visit to Uganda during which he urged leaders to fight the “gay agenda,” Scott Lively is now being sued for persecution—a crime against humanity. So what’s next for the Springfield pastor? He’s exploring a run for governor, of course.

Leandro Barbosa
City Life

Goooaaaal!—Leandro Barbosa and the Global Future of Basketball

International players like Leandro Barbosa represent the future of basketball, which the NBA hopes soon to transform into a global game that will rival soccer in popularity—and profit.

Tom Ashbrook: Point Man

Twelve years ago, WBUR’s Tom Ashbrook had never worked in radio. Today, from his small Boston studio, he hosts one of the most popular and influential shows on public radio, heard each week on 240 stations nationwide. And he’s only just getting started.

Chef Tony Maws: The Outlaw

Confit and roasted milk-fed pig’s head. Swordfish wrapped in guanciale. Hourly menu changes and no time off. Welcome to the no-limits world of the mercurial chef Tony Maws.

George Howell
City Life

George Howell Coffee: Back to the Grind

Nearly two decades after selling his iconic Coffee Connection chain to Starbucks, can George Howell retake the coffee world?

Fashion Designer Jackie Fraser-Swan

Jackie Fraser-Swan: The Girl with the Chanel Tattoo

Is East Bridgewater mom Jackie Fraser-Swan the fashion world’s next big thing?

Scott Brown

Scott Brown: Way More Mr. Nice Guy

Can Scott Brown convince Massachusetts voters to return him to the U.S. Senate just because he’s a good man?

Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren: Stumped

Elizabeth Warren was supposed to be the one Democrat tough enough to evict Scott Brown from the U.S. Senate. Then she started campaigning.

Percussionist

Mike Tetreault’s BSO Audition

Mike Tetreault has spent an entire year preparing obsessively for this moment. A flawless performance and he could join one of the world’s most renowned orchestras.

Oumou Troure

The Thing Is, I’m Undocumented

A story about young undocumented immigrants and how one law could change their lives forever.

City Life

Is Jack Connors the Last King of Boston?

How Jack Connors rules by the art of charm.