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You Are Here
DISCOVER STORIES FROM BOSTON & BEYOND FROM STUDENT JOURNALISTS AT EMERSON COLLEGE Sundays from 6-7 AM You Are Here is our weekly, AP-award-winning public affairs program. Each week, our reporters produce long-form audio journalism pieces that…
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Welcome to WERS
Pick of the Week: The Beths “Metal” Every week, our student music staff spotlights a song that could be your new favorite. This week, it’s “Metal,” the latest from New Zealand quartet The Beths. Vault…
Getting Inside
By: Phillip Jones There’s much more than meets the eye to WERS. Of course, we’re talking about a radio station here, so there isn’t all that much you DO see anyway. Probably just the logo…
The 1975 at the Mohegan Sun Arena
By Jessica Braunstein: For any The 1975 fan, it’s hard to put the experience of seeing the band live into words. The shows are always so full of energy, excitement, and love, and last night…
Exclusive WERS interview with Chairlift
WERS’s Ross Ketschke sat down with Patrick Wimbery and Caroline Polacheck of Chairlift before their show with M-83 at the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion to talk music, touring, and the lifestyle of being professional musicians!…
Analog Heart Explores Highs and Lows at Outside the Box Festival
By: Alex LaRosa On an overcast and humid Thursday afternoon, local band Analog Heart took to the Fountain Stage at the Outside the Box festival and gradually drew a crowd with their driving, and…
Boston Calling: Sufjan Stevens Turns Up the Passion
By Alex LaRosa: This afternoon, as the sun began to set over Boston Calling, Sufjan Stevens hit the stage and let his art loose, both in the form of enthusiastic music and thrilling visuals. From…
The 1975: Tsongas Center Lowell
By Ross Ketchske The Tsongas Arena in Lowell hosted one of the hottest international bands in recent years on Wednesday night, as the unique British group The 1975 made their first stop in Massachusetts since…
Weekly News: Governor Baker Signs Landmark Opioid Bill
This episode of You Are Here discusses a new law placing tighter state control on opioids and how big money isn’t changing the presidential race. It explores the controversy around ‘Rattlesnake Island,’ a Boston gallery…
WERS Sits Down with Johnny from Dhol Foundation
By Alex LaRosa Sunday’s CRASHfest indoor world music festival was filled with artists that brought both passion and percussion to the Main Stage at the House of Blues, but none delivered quite like Dhol Foundation. Named for a school in…
