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‘Serial’ makers give Boston audience a peek behind the scenes

BOSTON – In a setting normally reserved for professional musicians in tuxedos, two public radio producers, clad in casual dress pants and button-down tops, took to the Symphony Hall stage Wednesday night to casually discuss "Serial," a podcast phenomenon that took the media world by surprise. National Public Radio&

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Boston Pops, UConn puppet masters join up in Symphony Hall

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — When Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart asked the University of Connecticut to provide a guest narrator to read "A Visit From St. Nicholas" during a 2014 holiday concert at the school, he was expecting to get UConn's president or perhaps a distinguished professor.