Hear me on the radio

• ‘Bardcore’ trend sees modern pop songs reimagined with a medieval twist. A look at the ‘Bardcore’ micro-trend on YouTube, where musicians cover modern pop songs in a ‘medieval’ style.

• Need tips on surviving social isolation? Ask this astronaut. Astronaut Cady Coleman spent six months living on the International Space Station, an experience that gives her surprising insight on living through the coronavirus lockdown.

• Historian pushes for mural memorializing Jack the Ripper’s victims. In Whitechapel, the London neighborhood Jack the Ripper once terrorized, there is a growing call to refocus attention on the killer’s victims.

• Analog relic disappears from Singapore airport. Singapore's Changi Airport recently retired its Solari board, the analog arrivals and departures sign with an iconic fluttering sound. But this retro technology may experience a hipster revival.

• The emotional lives of cows. New research looks at how cows communicate with each other.

• Rise of a cat influencer. Bilbo is a large cat with an even larger platform.

• Tracking whales from space. A new initiative based in Boston uses satellite images to track whale populations.

• A Whale of A Tale: BPR’s Book Club Reads ‘Moby-Dick.’ I discuss the lure of the open ocean, whale blubber, and cruel, cruel fate on WGBH Radio.

Hear radio I’ve produced

• The world celebrates Eid. The World’s listeners share what Eid al-Fitr means to them in 2021.

• Mariachi musician Mireya Ramos on her accidental year in New Zealand. She explains how she’s made music with her band from afar this past year.

• Musician and activist Nitin Sawhney responds to this moment. The musician and composer discusses how his work speaks to current events.

• Vaccine envy? There’s a German word for that. An interview with a researcher tracking the new German vocabulary that’s been generated by the pandemic.

• NASA’s first-ever Spanish language broadcast for a planetary landing. An interview with the NASA aerospace engineer who hosted the Spanish language broadcast of the Perseverance landing.

• 'First Lady of Physics' Chien-Shiung Wu honored with US postage stamp. An interview with the groundbreaking scientist’s granddaughter.

• A post-America world: Biden’s challenges begin at home, former diplomat Richard Haass says. He believes America’s global influence may be waning.

• The pop culture that got us through 2020. A roundtable discussion I produced with The World’s reporters on the poetry, comedy, movies, and more that were bright lights in a difficult year.

• Centuries ago, Spanish writers challenged gender norms and barriers. An interview with the curator of a new exhibit in Madrid on the groundbreaking writers of Spain’s Golden Age.

• Black history is ‘integral part’ of British culture, says Black Curriculum founder. An interview with the founder of an organiztion in Britain working to expand the teaching of Black history in UK schools.

• SCOTUS ruled in favor of DACA. A permanent solution is still needed, advocates say. An interview with an immigration policy analyst and DACA recipient on the court’s decision.

• This Zimbabwe rom-com could be your next Netflix binge. An interview with the producer of the film “Cook Off.”

• Art, poetry and ... zombies? The surprising cultural contributions of the 1918 influenza pandemic. An interview with a scholar probing the pandemic’s cultural influence.

• Hey, quarantine bakers: Behold, the world’s only sourdough library. An interview with the man cataloguing the world’s sourdough starters.

• Without support for India's poorest people, lockdown risks failure. An interview with India’s former health secretary.

• Collecting the sounds of lockdown. An interview with an artist archiving the sounds of the coronavirus lockdown around the world.

• Scottish town wants its witch bones back. An interview with the local Scottish leader trying to create a memorial for an18th-century woman convicted of witchcraft.

• Toronto Raptors release a team-branded hijab. An interview with the local sports club founder who inspired the move.

Read stories I’ve reported

• What should a First Lady do? Eliza Reid, the first lady of Iceland, is challenging traditional ideas and assumptions about the role.

• Democracy tourism takes Massachusetts residents out of the blue bubble. “Trip to Flip” connects Massachusetts residents with campaigns in swing states hungry for volunteers.

• Baker cancels National Guard deployment to border, citing 'inhumane' treatment of children and families. I broke the story that Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker canceled a planned deployment of National Guard troops to the Southwest border in protest of the Trump administration's family separation policy. My report was cited by NPR, The Hill, and MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show, among others. Read my follow-up report on how other New England governors responded here.

• Meet the man who saves snowy owls from Logan airport. For decades, Norman Smith has been rescuing birds from sticky situations.

• In Quincy, an animal hospital rescues a growing number of sea turtles stranded on Cape Cod. An old shipyard in Quincy houses one of the world’s most robust sea turtle rehabilitation centers.

• Citizen scientists take the pulse of the Arnold Arboretum's trees. A citizen science project gathers information about climate change,and encourages volunteers to get in touch with their surroundings.

• Mayor's 'Mural Crew' deploys young artists to beautify Boston. For decades, young artists employed by the Mayor’s Mural Crew summer program have created iconic works of public art around the city.

• This company is like Uber, but for garbage. Tracking the rise of curbside composting services in Boston.

• Speak Russian? There's a competition for that. Foreign language programs in American schools expand and contract depending on the geopolitics of the day. Many Russian programs shrunk following the end of the Cold War, but have seen a resurgence in recent years.