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Boston Pedicab


On today’s show I’ll talk to a driver — or I guess I should say rider — for Boston’s most unusual taxicab company, Boston Pedicab. I found my guest at the AltWheels Festival last weekend, where he sat among million-dollar hydrogen-powered cars and hi-tech hybrids on the simplest (and probably the greenest) vehicle at the […]

 
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Spare Change News


For this episode, I took a good look at something many of us find ourselves pointedly avoiding: Spare Change News, a newspaper sold - and written - by Boston’s homeless.
Of course, Spare Change News doesn’t just help the homeless; the vendors may have a place to live (and even a job). The paper is there […]

 
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T.J. Scallywaggle’s


For this week’s show I went out for pizza — and came back with a meat-less, cheese-less pie that’s pretty close to the real thing.
T.J. Scallywaggle’s Vegan House of Pizza & Subs sells all of the standard pizza-place “comfort foods” without many of the standard ingredients. I found the idea unusual (to say the least!) […]

 
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