Episodes

As the Mystic River flows through communities in greater Boston—including East Boston, Chelsea, and Charlestown—it also connects communities, supporting parks, waterfront access, and industry. The lower Mystic River, which runs from the Amelia Earhart Dam in Somerville, under the Tobin Bridge, and out into Boston Harbor, has been especially essential for industry. That’s meant years of heavy pollution, but after a massive harbor cleanup, there’s now an effort to consider the future of life along...

Part of the Charles River watershed in Boston, the Muddy River has been built over and contaminated to such a degree that people often miss how crucial it is. What happens when an ecologically connecting thread gets obscured? Here, in collaboration with the Charles River Watershed Association, CBI brings together people with connections to different aspects of the Muddy, all to talk about how the river came to its present condition—and about what the river means for the world around it.