25 Best Massachusetts News Podcasts
Massachusetts News Podcasts
Here are 25 Best Massachusetts News Podcasts worth listening to in 2025. Subscribe in one place on FeedSpot Reader.
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I cover politics in Boston, focusing on Michelle Wu's administration, the Boston City Council, and other big issues across Massachusetts.
Host Evan George
Producer/Network Evan George
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2. Newsmakers | WPRI 12 News
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Tim White and Ted Nesi host in-depth interviews each week with top politicians and others in the news from Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts. Brought to you by WPRI 12, Fox Providence and myRITV.MORE Topics covered Lee.dooley@wpri.com
Hosts Tim White, Ted Nesi
Producer/Network Tim White, Ted Nesi
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 274.9KTwitter 115.9KInstagram 44.9K Frequency 1 ep/week Avg Length 24 min Get Email Contact
3. Trippin on the Shoestring
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The Shoestring is an alternative local news collective based in Western Massachusetts. In our new podcast Trippin on the Shoestring, we'll be discussing recently published articles and happenings about town.MORE Producer/Network The Shoestring
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Apple Rating 4.8/5 Frequency 8 ep/year Avg Length 53 min Get Email Contact
4. Montague Reporter Podcast
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The Montague Reporter Podcast brings you inside the making of this weekly newspaper and the stories we report. The Montague Reporter covers the five villages of Montague, Massachusetts and the surrounding towns of Gill, Erving, Wendell, and Leverett.MORE Producer/Network Sarah Brown-Anson
Email ****@montaguereporter.org
Apple Rating 5/5 Frequency 11 ep/year Avg Length 32 min Get Email Contact
5. AM Quincy
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AM Quincy is a live audio show that can be heard Monday-Friday, 7am to 9am on QATV-8 (Quincy Access Television, Quincy, Massachusetts) and QATV.org. AM Quincy features news, weather, traffic and music to get your day started. Hosted by QATV's Joe Catalano, the program also features interview segments with non-profit agency representatives, local politicians, directors from various City of Quincy departments and other individuals representing a myriad of topics and groups.MORE Producer/Network Quincy Access Television
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 1.7KInstagram 767 Frequency 5 ep/week Avg Length 18 min Get Email Contact
6. NewsByte
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Two newsroom veterans ask the question 'Did they really say that?' responding to the week's oddest sound cuts from politics, entertainment, sports and the world.Nancy Shack - A newsroom editor, writer and anchor for WBZ NewsRadio in Boston. She is a former talk show host and talk radio producer in New England with two National Radio Hall of Fame Shows to her credit.Ben Parker -MORE Hosts Nancy Shack, Ben Parker, Joe Shortsleeve
Producer/Network WBZ-AM
Email ****@joeshortsleeve.com
Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 38.1KTwitter 50.4KInstagram 22.3K Frequency 3 ep/month Avg Length 34 min Get Email Contact
7. The Audible Local Ledger Reads to the Blind
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The Audible Local Ledger, a non-profit organization, reads local news and information to several hundred blind and print disabled listeners on the Cape, Islands and South Coast of Massachusetts.MORE Producer/Network Audible Local Ledger
Frequency 3 ep/day Avg Length 50 min Get Email Contact
8. Beacon Hill In 5
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Beacon Hill in 5 is a weekly check-in at the Massachusetts Statehouse from New England Public Media. Get a quick look at the week ahead in state politics and government with Carrie Healy, NEPM's Morning Edition host, and a journalist from the State House News Service.MORE Producer/Network Carrie Healy
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 13.9KTwitter 6.9KInstagram 4.5K Frequency 1 ep/week Avg Length 6 min Get Email Contact
9. Political Contessa
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Women on the right need a safe space to discuss politics, policy and news, and ownership over the fact that it is ok to agree to disagree. It is our First Amendment right to free speech. Before we can even out the number of women in our local, state, & federal governments, we need to empower women to feel comfortable and confident discussing these and other topics.I'm Jennifer. I'm a single mom of 3 girls living in Boston. I'm a lawyer with 2 political science degrees and I have NO problem talking politics with people who disagree with me...MORE Host Jennifer Nassour
Producer/Network Jennifer Nassour
Email ****@pocketbookproject.org
Apple Rating 4.9/5 Frequency 3 ep/month Avg Length 26 min Get Email Contact
10. Hardly Focused
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Since 2009, the hosts of Hardly Focused have relentlessly made fun of pop culture, current events, and each other. Join them every Thursday as they continue to pick apart the news and struggle to stay on-topic.MORE Producer/Network Solid Listen
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Facebook 43 Frequency 5 ep/month Avg Length 121 min Get Email Contact
11. A Candlepin Bowling Podcast
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Jeremy and Dan discuss all current Candlepin News, Tournaments or Events for the Massachusetts and NH area. Also will have some conversations with some of the game's finest ever. Tune in to see what will be going on, in the game of Candlepin Bowling!MORE Email ****@yahoo.com
Frequency 11 ep/year Avg Length 71 min Get Email Contact
12. 10 News Conference
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'10 News Conference' is Southern New England's number one and longest running public affairs program, airing weekly on WJAR in Providence. Moderator Gene Valicenti asks the biggest names in news tough but fair questions, while holding the powerful in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Washington accountable.MORE Producer/Network NBC 10 WJAR
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Frequency 3 ep/month Avg Length 20 min Get Email Contact
13. Coldest of Takes
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Friends with different backgrounds, unique personalities, & passionate perspectives are here to discuss the latest news to us. From Massachusetts to California to the people around the world this is the Coldest of TakesMORE Producer/Network Mike Katzer
Apple Rating 5/5 Frequency 11 ep/year Avg Length 87 min Get Email Contact
14. MIT News
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MIT News is dedicated to bringing news from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to the world. We cover research, innovation, teaching, entrepreneurship, and the Institute's distinctive and quirky culture. We find ourselves educated and amazed by our community of hands-on problem-solvers who are eager to know how things work — and inspired to make them work better. We hope you are amazed, too.MORE Producer/Network MIT
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook 1.4MTwitter 1.3MInstagram 824.4K Frequency 2 ep/month Avg Length 9 min Get Email Contact
15. WTF is Going on in Latin America & The Caribbean
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Welcome to WTF is Going on in Latin America & The Caribbean, a PopularResistance broadcast featuring hot news out of the region with host Teri Mattson. Each weekly episode features a country and/or issue related to the affects of U.S. foreign, economic and/or military influence and intervention in the hemisphere of The Americas.MORE Producer/Network Teri Mattson/Popular Resistance
Email ****@codepink.org
Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 4.8KTwitter 1.7K Frequency 1 ep/week Avg Length 54 min Get Email Contact
16. The Top Left Corner
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Our general news show is concerned with Massachusetts' northwestern-most corner, with occasional forays into southern Vermont and New York's Hudson Valley.
Host Jason Velázquez
Producer/Network The Greylock Glass
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Apple Rating 5/5 Frequency 11 ep/year Avg Length 55 min Get Email Contact
17. QATV News Updates
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Daily news updates from AM Quincy on Quincy Access Television. AM Quincy is a live audio show that can be heard Monday-Friday, 7am to 9am on QATV-8 (Quincy Access Television, Quincy, Massachusetts) and QATV.org. Hosted by QATV's Joe Catalano, AM Quincy features news, weather, traffic and music to get your day started. AM Quincy is the only locally produced, daily show covering news and events in the City of Quincy.MORE Producer/Network Quincy Access Television
Email ****@qatv.org
Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 1.7KTwitter 1.7KInstagram 767 Frequency 2 ep/week Avg Length 2 min Get Email Contact
18. The Climate Minute
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The Climate Minute examines current news on global warming, climate change, renewable energy and the prospects for progress on international negotiations, carbon taxes and clean energy policy.MORE Host Ted McIntyre
Producer/Network The Massachusetts Climate Action Network
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Facebook 3KTwitter 5.3KInstagram 1.4K Frequency 3 ep/month Avg Length 39 min Get Email Contact
19. The Burlington Brief
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The Burlington Brief is your no-nonsense guide to local news in Burlington, Massachusetts, hosted by BCAT news producer Sydney Boles and BHS journalism teacher Sarah Eshelman. Tune in weekly for your rundown of what's been going on at Town Hall and around the community, and for interviews with the people at the heart of the news.MORE Email ****@bcattv.org
Facebook 3.7KTwitter 1.8K Frequency 3 ep/month Avg Length 17 min Get Email Contact
20. The Collegian News Hour
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Massachusetts Daily Collegian beat reporters break down news from the past week.
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Facebook 6.9KTwitter 5.7KInstagram 4K Frequency 8 ep/year Avg Length 15 min Get Email Contact
21. Westford, Today
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A collection of news updates, events and other community features from the town of Westford, Massachusetts. Hosted by managing editor Ben Domaingue, Westford, Today serves to inform the town of Westford on their community unlike any other newsroom.MORE Email ****@westfordcat.org
Facebook 1.2KTwitter 853 Frequency 8 ep/year Avg Length 12 min Get Email Contact
Massachusetts News shows hosts and producers
Podcaster Name | Role | Podcast Link | Total Episodes | Twitter Handle | Twitter Followers | |
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Evan George | Host | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/evan-george2 | 12 | @bostopianews | 3.4K | |
Tim White | Host | wpri.com/news/newsmakers | 86 | @timwhiteri | 17K | |
Ted Nesi | Host | wpri.com/news/newsmakers | 86 | @tednesi | 33K | |
Nancy Shack | Co Host | iheart.com/podcast/1248-newsbyte-30634721 | 93 | @sandyshackshow | 340 | |
Ben Parker | Co Host | iheart.com/podcast/1248-newsbyte-30634721 | 93 | @radiobenparker | 2.7K | |
Joe Shortsleeve | Co Host | iheart.com/podcast/1248-newsbyte-30634721 | 93 | @joeshortsleeve | 3K | |
Jennifer Nassour | Host | politicalcontessa.com/episodes | 15 | @jennifernassour | 3.1K | |
Jason Velázquez | Host | greylockglass.com/category/top-left-corner | 4 | @jsn_vlzqz | 329 | |
Ted McIntyre | Host | massclimateaction.podbean.com | 16 | |||
Quincy Access Television | qatv.org/AMQuincy | 200 | ||||
NBC 10 WJAR | art19.com/shows/10-news-conference | 134 | ||||
audiblelocalledger | audiblelocalledger.podbean.com | 83 | ||||
The Shoestring | spreaker.com/show/trippin-on-the-shoestring | 29 | ||||
Carrie Healy | nepm.org/podcast/beacon-hill-in-5 | 22 | @nepublicmedia | 6.9K | ||
Solid Listen | cms.megaphone.fm/channel/LAV6194757058 | 22 | ||||
Audible Local Ledger | audiblelocalledger.podbean.com | 13 | ||||
BNEWS | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bnews6 | 12 | @bcattv | 1.8K | ||
Sarah Brown-Anson | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/montaguereporter | 5 | ||||
Matthew Luhn | pluggedin.com/category/podcast | 3 |