L. Rafael Reif is the president-elect of MIT. He was named the universityk’s 17th president by the school’s governing body on Wednesday.

In his early 20′s, singer-songwriter Chris Smither left his hometown of New Orleans to pursue a music career in Boston.

We talk with a researcher who’s using illegal psychoactive drugs to treat patients at the end of their lives.

Same-sex marriage advocates scored another minor but meaningful victory this week, in Rhode Island — Governor Lincoln Chafee signed an executive order recognizing out-of-state gay marriages.

ZIP-Code Stories is Radio Boston’s ongoing series with The Drum, Boston’s online audio literary magazine, where we ask you to write about your neighborhoods.

Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield’s has told Radio Boston’s Anthony Brooks that his retirement after seventeen seasons has been a “process.” What’s leaving an athletic community like for other athletes?

In the late 1980s wood worker Gregory Bover decided to build a pretty incredible gift for his wife. Now, 25 years later, her new instrument is finally finished.

Mark Kurlansky’s new book tells the story of Clarence Birdseye, founder of the Gloucester-based frozen vegetable company that has changed the food industry.

Massachusetts has one of the shortest school days in the nation. The movement for expanded learning time (ELT) has been growing, and children in low-income communities are seeing the benefits of longer days and enrichment programs. But the big question looms: How do we make it cost effective?

Congressmen Frank, co-author of the Dodd-Frank law and a proponent of tougher regulations on Wall Street and the banking industry, joins Radio Boston to talk about JPMorgan’s losses and government oversight of such transactions.

There’s been a lot of talk these days about the divisive nature of the political process and the toll it’s taking on bipartisanship.

Monday evening, a trio of men take on the music of Aretha Franklin at the Armory in Somerville. Vocalist Gordon Michaels and pianist Michael Larson join us in studio for a preview.