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Tune in every Sunday evening at 7:00 PM on 91.9FM in the Boston area, on-line at WUMB or via podcast one week after it airs on WUMB.

Commonwealth Journal is an award-winning weekly, half hour talk show that explores wide ranging topics of particular interest to Massachusetts listeners and New Englanders. Our distinguished guests include local and national artists, activists, authors, leading government officials and other subject matter experts.

We are excited to introduce our listeners to five new hosts this season. These dynamic thought leaders from the University of Massachusetts Boston give our talk show a unique perspective you won't find anywhere else.

Steve Crosby, Dean of the John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies

DeWayne Lehman, Director of Communications, Division of Government Relations and Public Affairs

Barbara Lewis, Director of the William Monroe Trotter Institute for the Study of Black History and Culture and Associate Professor in the Department of English

Rachel Rubin, Department Chair of American Studies, College of Liberal Arts

Paul Watanabe, Director of the Institute for Asian American Studies and Associate Professor of Political Science

Commonwealth Journal is produced by WUMB Radio at UMass Boston, and can be heard on the WUMB Public Radio Network and 28 other commercial and non-commercial radio stations across Massachusetts.

Join us as we explore this year's engaging topics. If you'd like to hear about a particular topic not listed, let us know what interests you. We are always interested in hearing from our listeners.

For example, last year's topics included:

  • The Human Brain
  • Teen Voices on Haiti
  • False Notions About the Disabled
  • How Religion Unites and Divides Us
  • Addressing the Epidemic of Bullying
  • Military Transition to Civilian Life
  • Hip Hop Music and Censorship
  • The Physical Realities of Growing Old
  • Designing and Building Affordable Housing
  • The Fishbowl Principle: How to Build a Sustainable Future

Enjoy guests as diverse as The Superintendent of Schools, singer-songwriter, Judy Collins and Retired State Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Margaret Marshall who wrote the court's landmark decision to legalize gay marriage.

On the political front, we have the great privilege of hearing from:

  • Congressman Ed Markey
  • Senator John Kerry
  • Governor Deval Patrick
  • Former Governor Mitt Romney

     

 

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