Explain Boston to Me
Lee Stabert
Show overview
Explain Boston to Me has been publishing since 2023, and across the 3 years since has built a catalogue of 159 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to roughly 120 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 39 min and 51 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Society & Culture show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 6 days ago, with 33 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Lee Stabert.
From the publisher
Podcaster and Philly transplant Lee Stabert learns about Boston. She'll never be a native, but she might just learn to speak the language.
Latest Episodes
View all 159 episodesGillette Stadium and the economics of sports in Boston with Victor Matheson
Thoreau, Emerson, Fuller and the Transcendentalists with Peter Wirzbicki
What your New England summer destination says about you with Zach Remi
Boston in the 1970s with Joseph Nevins
Boston coffee culture with Jim Varney of Wavelength Coffee Roasters
Saving — and occasionally scrapping — Boston's Historic Buildings with Peter Vanderwarker and Dr. Rebecca Kemper
Nantucket with Julie Gerstenblatt
Tripledeckers with Matthew Dickey aka Streetscape Curator (REWIND)
Running a restaurant in Boston with Nick Dixon
Polar Seltzer with Jacqueline Cain
Putting Boston on a T-Shirt with Chris Wrenn
Provincetown with Courtney Trautman
Summer on Cape Cod with Joe Fenti (REWIND)
Boston Market (IT'S BOSTON CHICKEN!!!) with Tanya Edwards
Boston's Spaghetti Streets with Andy Woodruff
Explain Boston to Me LIVE! at the Athenaeum
Mythbusting in Boston's Chinatown with Richard Auffrey
Don't Take Fenway Park for Granted with Glenn Stout
Roxbury with Dr. Rufus J. Faulk
Ep 140The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist with Geoff Kelly
The biggest art theft in history remains unsolved — but the former lead FBI agent on the case has some theories. That would be Geoff Kelly, author of the new book, Thirteen Perfect Fugitives: The True Story of the Mob, Murder, and the World's Largest Art Heist. He's here to tell us about what went down at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum on the night of March 18, 1990. John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum $80!!!!! Have feedback on this episode or ideas for upcoming topics? DM me on Instagram, email me, or send a voice memo. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.