Katelyn Harrop

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Podcast Producer and Journalist at WBUR-FM (Boston, MA)

Podcast producer & reporter. Shaking and baking @WBURTheCommon at @WBUR Before: @bostonglobe, @iowapublicradio. Always working to listen better. (She/her)

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A resurrected Toad returns to Cambridge

1 week ago | wbur.org | Katelyn Harrop

On a Wednesday night in Cambridge’s Porter Square, the neighborhood is mostly quiet – families putting kids to bed and professionals getting ready for another day of work. But there’s one big exception. Across the street from a Dunkin’ Donuts, the harmonic wail of an accordion seeps through the glass panes of a local music bar, back from the dead.
How to responsibly leak information to the press

2 months ago | wbur.org | Benjamin Johnson |Amory Sivertson |Katelyn Harrop |Franziska Monahan

Credits:Episode producer: Katelyn Harrop and Frannie MonahanCo-hosts: Amory Sivertson and Ben Brock JohnsonShow producers: Samata Joshi, Dean Russell, Emily JankowskiMixer and sound designer: Paul VaitkusWell, the messaging app Signal has been in the news recently, thanks to a snafu in which prominent federal defense officials mistakenly added The Atlantic's editor-in-chief, Jeffery Goldberg, to a group chat in which they discussed military strikes in Yemen.
Adrián and the Whale

2 months ago | wbur.org | Katelyn Harrop |Benjamin Johnson |Amory Sivertson |Emily Jankowski

Katelyn Harrop Senior Producer, PodcastsKatelyn Harrop is a senior producer for WBUR Podcasts. More…Ben Brock Johnson Director, Digital AudioBen Brock Johnson is the executive producer of podcasts at WBUR and co-host of the podcast Endless Thread. More…Amory Sivertson Host and Senior Producer, PodcastsAmory Sivertson is a senior producer for podcasts and the co-host of Endless Thread. More…Emily Jankowski Sound DesignerEmily Jankowski is a sound designer for WBUR’s podcast department.
Starr County and the new politics of Texas border communities

Nov 14, 2024 | wbur.org | Paige Sutherland |Katelyn Harrop |Meghna Chakrabarti

Katelyn Harrop Senior Producer, PodcastsKatelyn Harrop is a senior producer for WBUR Podcasts.
Immigrants came to this small Wisconsin city. So did the political rhetoric.

Nov 5, 2024 | wbur.org | Katelyn Harrop |Meghna Chakrabarti |Dorey Scheimer |Tim Skoog |Mike Moschetto

A Wisconsin city became a political flashpoint in the national immigration debate. In On Point's latest collaboration with ProPublica: How Whitewater, Wisconsin has responded to a new wave of immigration. GuestAlso FeaturedDan Meyer, police chief, Whitewater, WI. John Weidl, city manager, Whitewater, WI. Chuck Mills, owner, Mills Automotive, Whitewater, WI. Ariel, resident of Whitewater, WI. Karla Ruelas, bilingual legal crime victim advocate, New Beginnings, Walworth County, WI.
What can we learn from Arizona’s universal school vouchers?

Sep 30, 2024 | wbur.org | Katelyn Harrop |Meghna Chakrabarti |Tim Skoog

This is the second episode in a new partnership between ProPublica and On Point. Arizona was the first state in the country to adopt universal school vouchers. But who is benefiting from this program, and who gets left behind? With school voucher questions on several state ballots right now, we look at lessons from Arizona. Today, On Point: Our latest collaboration with ProPublica.
Is this ancient process the future of plastics recycling?

Aug 16, 2024 | wbur.org | Katelyn Harrop |Meghna Chakrabarti

This is the first episode in a new partnership between ProPublica and On Point. On Point and ProPublica are launching a new collaboration, bringing you monthly special episodes that combine ProPublica’s groundbreaking investigative reporting with On Point’s incisive analysis. In the first episode: The world is awash in plastic waste. Oil companies claim to have a solution, an advanced form of chemical recycling. But can it deliver on its promise?
Rewind: Delivery straight to your doorstep with Rolling Releaf

Jul 12, 2024 | wbur.org | Darryl Murphy |Katelyn Harrop

Rewind: Delivery straight to your doorstep with Rolling ReleafTeam Common is currently working on our transition to a weekly show. We’ll be back this summer with new episodes. In the meantime, here’s one from our archives. Since its state legalization in 2016, cannabis has become a multi-billion dollar industry that helps fuel the Massachusetts economy and tax revenue, while also providing opportunities to address racial equity.
Rewind: Boston's untold Black history

Jul 9, 2024 | wbur.org | Darryl Murphy |Katelyn Harrop

Team Common is currently working on our transition to a weekly show. We’ll be back this summer with new episodes. In the meantime, here’s one from our archives. Boston is known for its host of historic landmarks, such as the Boston Tea Party and the USS Constitution, but there are also many historical stories and sites in the city that too often go unheard and unseen.
Rewind: What's up with Mass.'s liquor laws?

Jul 2, 2024 | wbur.org | Darryl Murphy |Katelyn Harrop

Team Common is currently working on our transition to a weekly show. We’ll be back this summer with new episodes. In the meantime, here’s one from our archives. New Englanders are known for having a buttoned up rule or two, including around alcohol (we're looking at you, happy hour ban). And it's not uncommon to hear some of our region’ s founding colonizers, the Puritans, getting blame for that. But how involved were the Puritans in shaping our current rules around liquor, really?