WBUR Virtual Town HallAn up-to-date list of WBUR's virtual town halls, featuring experts and reporters answering your questions about the news that impacts us all.WBUR Town Hall Recap: Fact Up! Your Vaccine Questions AnsweredJoin us for the final event in our WBUR Town Hall series on the science, rollout and safety of the coronavirus vaccine. Local CoverageMar 9, 2021WBUR Town Hall Recap: Ethics And The VaccineJoin us for the third event in a four-part WBUR Town Hall series on the science, rollout and safety of the coronavirus vaccine. Local CoverageMar 2, 2021WBUR Town Hall Recap: The Success And Challenges Of Vaccine DistributionThe act of administering a vaccine is relatively straightforward. Implementing mass vaccinations, on the other hand, requires an immense amount of preparation, strategic planning, production of materials and carefully coordinated...Local CoverageFeb 23, 2021WBUR Town Hall Recap: The Vaccine Is HereAs Boston prepares to vaccinate close to 700,000 by the end of February, WBUR podcast hosts give a crash course in the last thousand years in vaccination. Join WBUR for...Local CoverageFeb 16, 2021WBUR Town Hall RECAP: The Post-Pandemic SocietyWhat will the post-pandemic world look like?Local CoverageJun 26, 2020AdvertisementWBUR Town Hall RECAP: The Racial Inequities Revealed By COVID-19Coronavirus has stripped bare the racial divide in the health of our nation. People of color are dying at disproportionate and devastating rates due to underlying health conditions – often...Local CoverageJun 5, 2020WBUR Town Hall RECAP: George Floyd, An American ReckoningWBUR senior news correspondent Kimberly Atkins moderated a special WBUR Town Hall on race, justice, police practices — and a nation in pain after the death of George Floyd. Guests...Local CoverageJun 2, 2020POSTPONED: WBUR Town Hall: The Psychological Toll of COVID-19With a cratering economy, tenuous job security, education disrupted and a return to normalcy nowhere in sight, more people are experiencing higher levels of anxiety and stress.Local CoverageMay 28, 2020WBUR Town Hall RECAP: Combating Misinformation About COVID-19How do we stay on top of the truth when we're learning new things about COVID-19 every day? What's real and what's fake? What should you do if a friend...Local CoverageMay 20, 2020WBUR Town Hall RECAP: The Big Stay: What COVID-19 Means For Students And FamiliesWhat are the potential long-term effects of the pandemic on learning and families? WBUR senior education editor Kathleen McNerney discusses with Thabiti Brown, head of school at Codman Academy Charter...Local CoverageMay 13, 2020WBUR Town Hall RECAP: How Acting on Climate Change Can Prevent Future PandemicsWBUR senior environment editor Barbara Moran speaks with Dr. Aaron Bernstein, pediatrician at Boston's Children's Hospital and director of the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at the...Local CoverageMay 6, 2020Recap Of The WBUR Town Hall: The Societal Costs Of COVID-19WBUR reporter Callum Borchers discussed the consequences with Boston University School of Public Health Dean Sandro Galea.Local CoverageApr 30, 2020WBUR Town Hall Recap: The Spread Of COVID-19 In Prison And Homeless PopulationsWBUR reporters Deborah Becker and Lynn Jolicoeur discuss the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on prisoners and people experiencing homelessness in Massachusetts.Local CoverageApr 22, 2020After The Surge: WBUR Town Hall Answers Your Questions About What's Next In The PandemicWBUR health and science reporter Carey Goldberg interviews Dr. Kevin Tabb, president and CEO of Beth Israel Lahey Health, about the coming challenges for the state.Local CoverageApr 17, 2020The Surge: WBUR's Virtual Town Hall Tackles Your Questions About COVID-19See highlights from WBUR reporter Carey Goldberg's conversation with Dr. Shira Doron, epidemiologist and infectious disease physician at Tufts Medical Center. Together they answer your questions so far about the...Local CoverageApr 14, 2020
WBUR Town Hall Recap: Fact Up! Your Vaccine Questions AnsweredJoin us for the final event in our WBUR Town Hall series on the science, rollout and safety of the coronavirus vaccine. Local CoverageMar 9, 2021
WBUR Town Hall Recap: Ethics And The VaccineJoin us for the third event in a four-part WBUR Town Hall series on the science, rollout and safety of the coronavirus vaccine. Local CoverageMar 2, 2021
WBUR Town Hall Recap: The Success And Challenges Of Vaccine DistributionThe act of administering a vaccine is relatively straightforward. Implementing mass vaccinations, on the other hand, requires an immense amount of preparation, strategic planning, production of materials and carefully coordinated...Local CoverageFeb 23, 2021
WBUR Town Hall Recap: The Vaccine Is HereAs Boston prepares to vaccinate close to 700,000 by the end of February, WBUR podcast hosts give a crash course in the last thousand years in vaccination. Join WBUR for...Local CoverageFeb 16, 2021
WBUR Town Hall RECAP: The Post-Pandemic SocietyWhat will the post-pandemic world look like?Local CoverageJun 26, 2020
WBUR Town Hall RECAP: The Racial Inequities Revealed By COVID-19Coronavirus has stripped bare the racial divide in the health of our nation. People of color are dying at disproportionate and devastating rates due to underlying health conditions – often...Local CoverageJun 5, 2020
WBUR Town Hall RECAP: George Floyd, An American ReckoningWBUR senior news correspondent Kimberly Atkins moderated a special WBUR Town Hall on race, justice, police practices — and a nation in pain after the death of George Floyd. Guests...Local CoverageJun 2, 2020
POSTPONED: WBUR Town Hall: The Psychological Toll of COVID-19With a cratering economy, tenuous job security, education disrupted and a return to normalcy nowhere in sight, more people are experiencing higher levels of anxiety and stress.Local CoverageMay 28, 2020
WBUR Town Hall RECAP: Combating Misinformation About COVID-19How do we stay on top of the truth when we're learning new things about COVID-19 every day? What's real and what's fake? What should you do if a friend...Local CoverageMay 20, 2020
WBUR Town Hall RECAP: The Big Stay: What COVID-19 Means For Students And FamiliesWhat are the potential long-term effects of the pandemic on learning and families? WBUR senior education editor Kathleen McNerney discusses with Thabiti Brown, head of school at Codman Academy Charter...Local CoverageMay 13, 2020
WBUR Town Hall RECAP: How Acting on Climate Change Can Prevent Future PandemicsWBUR senior environment editor Barbara Moran speaks with Dr. Aaron Bernstein, pediatrician at Boston's Children's Hospital and director of the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at the...Local CoverageMay 6, 2020
Recap Of The WBUR Town Hall: The Societal Costs Of COVID-19WBUR reporter Callum Borchers discussed the consequences with Boston University School of Public Health Dean Sandro Galea.Local CoverageApr 30, 2020
WBUR Town Hall Recap: The Spread Of COVID-19 In Prison And Homeless PopulationsWBUR reporters Deborah Becker and Lynn Jolicoeur discuss the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on prisoners and people experiencing homelessness in Massachusetts.Local CoverageApr 22, 2020
After The Surge: WBUR Town Hall Answers Your Questions About What's Next In The PandemicWBUR health and science reporter Carey Goldberg interviews Dr. Kevin Tabb, president and CEO of Beth Israel Lahey Health, about the coming challenges for the state.Local CoverageApr 17, 2020
The Surge: WBUR's Virtual Town Hall Tackles Your Questions About COVID-19See highlights from WBUR reporter Carey Goldberg's conversation with Dr. Shira Doron, epidemiologist and infectious disease physician at Tufts Medical Center. Together they answer your questions so far about the...Local CoverageApr 14, 2020