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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

Introducing: "What Is Owed?"

An episode from a new GBH News Podcast about reparations: "When a City Tries to Heal Itself" Boston, a city entrenched... more

29 Feb 2024 · 32 minutes
Introducing: Detours from Antiques Roadshow

An episode from our colleagues at Detours: The Hardest Fact I Ever Checked Adam Monahan, producer for GBH’s Antiques Roadshow, attempts... more

29 Jan 2024 · 36 minutes
Introducing: The Frontline Dispatch

An episode from our colleagues at The Frontline Dispatch: Documenting the Siege of Mariupol 20 Days in Mariupol is an unflinching,... more

03 Jan 2024 · 22 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
The Big Dig
Introducing: "What Is Owed?"
The Big Dig