Our Times Episode 4

In the fourth episode:

Vivi Hu reports on a South End excavation that hopes to discover relics tied to the Underground Railroad.

Benjamin Roldan visits a four-story brownstone that provides B.U. women an alternative housing choice that is more affordable and has built a sense of community.

Kevin A. Mani investigates the current worldwide protests over human rights abuses in Iran as well as the complex historical events that have given rise to this unrest.

Our Times Episode 3

Sukanya Mitra looks at the life of homeless women and a place that for forty years has been a haven for them.

Julieann Challacombe visits an artist who uses counterculture sarcasm and found objects to create mixed media art.

Adriana Cardenas-Valles interviews First-Generation students at Boston University about their experiences of being the first in their family to attend college.

Our Times Episode 2

Kaito Au observes what’s going on in Boston’s R&B music scene.

Claire Law records the beginning of a long journey for the historically polluted Neponset River, which was recently determined eligible for federal funding to test and clean its water quality.

Eliza Billingham examines what role the brain plays in the punches, kicks, takedowns, and elbow strikes of the ancient martial art of Sanda

Charles Taylor has a dispatch from Narragansett Bay where he found an old man sailing on the sea.

Our Times Episode 1

In the debut episode Laney Broussard tells the story of how a single meal swipe can feed an often-overlooked community.

Zoe Zekos gives a tour of the Museum of Bad Art, a museum that offers visitors a chance to learn about art, and challenges how we traditionally appreciate creative genius.

Kiara Smith reports on a Pom Pom Dance Class in a local senior center that is good for the heart, both literally and figuratively.

Pietro Rossini looks at the building of the first LGBTQ+ friendly senior housing facility in the U.S.

Caitlin Kelley takes her camera to a museum displaying over 15,000 pieces of living art, the Arnold Arboretum.