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The Big Dig
The Big Dig
GBH

There is a cynicism that hangs over the topic of American infrastructure – whether it’s high-speed rail or off-shore wind – it... more

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Episodes

A note from The Big Dig team

Just dropping in to share some news about the show, and what's coming next.

12 Jun 2024 · 2 minutes
Part 9: Hearts and Minds

It’s been fifty years since the Big Dig was first conceived, thirty years since construction began, more than a dozen... more

15 Nov 2023 · 37 minutes
Part 8: I Want Justice for What Happened

Just as the project turns the corner towards completion, its entire legacy becomes clouded. The tunnels are leaking, concrete suppliers... more

08 Nov 2023 · 56 minutes
Part 7: The Turnpike Revolt

By the year 2000, the Big Dig has passed through many hands, but in its final years a power struggle... more

01 Nov 2023 · 56 minutes
Part 6: The Up Down Charts

As work progresses through the 1990s and the tunnels take shape, the true cost of the Big Dig remains unknown... more

25 Oct 2023 · 50 minutes
Part 5: Hatchet Man vs. the 800 Pound Gorilla

In 1991, the Big Dig is handed off to a new leader – the brash, aggressive, hatchet-toting Jim Kerasiotes –... more

18 Oct 2023 · 53 minutes
Part 4: The Double Cross

The project faces an unexpected challenge on the home front: resistance from local environmentalists and residents – the very people... more

11 Oct 2023 · 56 minutes
Part 3: All Politics is Local

The Big Dig needs federal funding. House Speaker Tip O’Neill is determined to get it; President Ronald Reagan is determined... more

04 Oct 2023 · 53 minutes
Part 2: Unholy Alliance

In the early 1970s a radical idea took shape: tearing down Boston’s elevated downtown highway, and rebuilding it underground. But... more

27 Sep 2023 · 52 minutes
Part 1: We Were Wrong

There is a strange irony behind the Big Dig: the most expensive highway project ever built in America began with... more

27 Sep 2023 · 54 minutes
The Big Dig
A note from The Big Dig team
The Big Dig