Mark Herz

Massachusetts

Interim Host at GBH News (Boston, MA)

Reporter @GBHnews, #Boston @NPR; past—@WSHUPublicRadio, @AZPubRadio ... #linguistics aficionado forever, and esp. since @Yale; @columbiajourn alum

Articles

Here are the best places to check out spring blooms in Massachusetts

1 month ago | wgbh.org | Mark Herz

April 23, 2025 Mark Herz: This is GBH’s Morning Edition. If you’ve been enjoying the daffodils and magnolias, cherry trees and grape hyacinths popping lately and getting excited by the buds swelling up, we have some expert advice on what’s next in the world of blooms, and where some of the best places are to take them in. Joining us now is Karen Daubmann, the garden and programs director at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in Wellesley.
How local officials and institutions are pushing back against the Trump administration

1 month ago | wgbh.org | Mark Herz

April 18, 2025 Every week, GBH News’ panjandrum of politics Adam Reilly runs down the big ways that the Trump administration and its decisions are intersecting with the politics and people of Massachusetts. Reilly joined GBH’s Morning Edition host Mark Herz to share his analysis on last week’s developments. What follows is a lightly edited transcript. Mark Herz: We are actually going to start with something a little bit different, with you puncturing some of your own punditry.
Farayi Malek brings together jazz and country in her debut EP

1 month ago | wgbh.org | Mark Herz

Farayi Malek is a Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist, composer and singer-songwriter. Malek, a graduate of the New England Conservatory and Berklee Global Jazz Institute, has just released her debut EP Edge of the Earth. She joined GBH’s Morning Edition host Mark Herz to share her story and what inspires her music. What follows is a lightly edited transcript. Mark Herz: Tell us your story and how you came into the jazz and country/bluegrass traditions. Farayi Malek: I grew up in Idaho.
How Trump funding cuts are impacting Massachusetts

2 months ago | wgbh.org | Mark Herz

April 04, 2025 GBH News’ paragon of discernment and political reporter Adam Reilly runs down the big ways that the Trump administration and its decisions intersect with the politics and people of Massachusetts. Reilly joined GBH’s Morning Edition host Mark Herz to share his analysis of last week’s developments. What follows is a lightly edited transcript. Mark Herz: So Adam, it’s not easy to make Harvard University sweat when it comes to finances.
ICE raids, Tufts student arrest: How Trump's immigration crackdown is playing out in Mass.

2 months ago | wgbh.org | Mark Herz

March 28, 2025 GBH News’ sagacious political reporter Adam Reilly is running down the big ways that the Trump administration and its decisions are intersecting with the politics and people of Massachusetts. Reilly joined GBH’s Morning Edition host Mark Herz to share his analysis on last week’s developments. What follows is a lightly edited transcript.
What to know about the declassified JFK assassination files

2 months ago | wgbh.org | Mark Herz

March 21, 2025 GBH political reporter Adam Reilly is running down the big ways that the Trump administration and its decisions are intersecting with the politics and people in Massachusetts. Reilly joined GBH’s Morning Edition host Mark Herz to share his analysis on last week’s developments. What follows is a lightly edited transcript.
What’s going through our dogs’ brains? Harvard is on the case.

2 months ago | wgbh.org | Mark Herz

March 19, 2025 Anyone who has a dog has spent some time wondering what’s going on in their canine friend’s head — if not thinking they already know for sure. Harvard’s Canine Brains Project is trying to, scientifically, nail that down. The project was featured in the Netflix documentary “Inside the Mind of a Dog.”To find out more about dog brains, GBH’s Morning Edition host Mark Herz spoke with Sophie Barton, a PhD student who’s currently leading several canine brain project studies.
Healey’s making her pitch on a national stage

2 months ago | wgbh.org | Mark Herz

March 17, 2025 GBH political reporter Adam Reilly is running down the big ways that the Trump administration and its decisions are intersecting with the politics and people in Massachusetts. Reilly joined GBH’s Morning Edition host Mark Herz to share his analysis on last week’s developments. What follows is a lightly edited transcript. Mark Herz: The slashing of the federal workforce. This has been one of the biggest storylines of the Trump administration so far.
Measles, bird flu and more: Where Massachusetts stands with public health right now

2 months ago | wgbh.org | Mark Herz

March 14, 2025 Mark Herz: This is GBH’s Morning Edition. We’re talking public health issues in Massachusetts again this morning. Among Trump Administration changes in this realm have been the U.S. leaving the World Health Organization and cuts to federal agencies like the CDC. These things are happening as we watch a measles outbreak and bird flu continues to cause concerns.
How wastewater data has evolved since 5 years after the pandemic began

2 months ago | wgbh.org | Mark Herz

Mark Herz: This is GBH’s Morning Edition. We’ve been marking the fifth anniversary of the Covid pandemic this week. And one local company that rose to national prominence and importance during that troubling time was Biobot Analytics, headquartered in Cambridge. Biobot is now well known for its technology that detects and tracks Covid and other pathogens in wastewater.