Here & Now, WBUR Boston

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• Economist Gene Sperling On Improving 'Economic Dignity' For Workers (5:26)
  Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson talks to Gene Sperling, who served as chief White House economic adviser to former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, about his ideas and his new book, "Economic Dignity." May 7, 2020
• Here & Now
  A live production of NPR and WBUR Boston, in collaboration with public radio stations across the country, Here & Now reflects the fluid world of news as it’s happening in the middle of the day, with timely, smart and in-depth news, interviews and conversation. Co-hosted by award-winning journalists Robin Young and Jeremy Hobson, the show’s daily lineup includes interviews with newsmakers, NPR reporters, editors and bloggers, innovators and artists from across the U.S. and around the globe. Here & Now began at WBUR in 1997, and expanded to two hours in partnership with NPR in 2013. Today, the show reaches an estimated 4.5 million weekly listeners on over 450 stations across the country.
• Humans Have 30 Years To Stave Off Climate Catastrophe, 'Uninhabitable Earth' Author Says (11 min)
  Robin Young, WBUR Here and Now, May 13, 2019
  "It is worse, much worse, than you think."
  That's how David Wallace-Wells' new book "The Uninhabitable Earth" opens. It's a painstakingly researched look at the catastrophic consequences global warming is already having on the planet — and the even worse ones that are coming unless drastic action is taken over the next three decades.