Media

In addition to the essays I have written on Medium (links there) I have made appearances in Boston television, radio, newspapers, and magazines. Most recently, I am a regular occasional guest on WBUR's Radio Boston for political analysis, I have been on TV a few times, and I have written several op-eds for Commonwealth Magazine. Most recently I have written a piece for Commonwealth and been on their podcast.

Magazines

Commonwealth Beacon [Magazine] (1/2/2024): Why is Massachusetts Always in a State of Emergency? I wrote an 2,500 word piece about the Civil Defense Act, gubernatorial power, and how our lazy legislature is outsourcing its hardest problems to governors.

Commonwealth Magazine (3/9/2023): DiZoglio’s audit of Legislature seems straight out of Hollywood I wrote an 1,200 word piece about the bold gambit of the new state auditor to try to open up the Massachusetts legislature, and whether it was a good idea.

Commonwealth Magazine (7/17/2022): MBTA turnaround taking longer than we want I wrote an 1,800 word piece about the state of the troubled MBTA, what has been accomplished and what Baker’s strategy was.

Commonwealth Magazine (5/24/2022): The Book of Baker In May, Charlie Baker and his former Chief of Staff Steve Kadish wrote a handbook on how to improve government. But I saw larger, important ideas on how and why this administration succeeded. Commonwealth recuited two people to write a positive and negative review. Mine ran first.

Commonwealth Magazine (2/18/2022): Massachusetts citizenship and the importance of state power. I wrote that the proposed law to give driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants opened the door to a new Massachusetts citizenship.

Commonwealth Magazine (3/24/2021): Why states have a problem with tech I wrote about recent failures in state vaccination web technology, and what the real reasons are that Massachusetts and other state governments struggle with tech issues.

Commonwealth Magazine (11/2019): Is Baker launching a new state political party? A new centrist SuperPAC suggests he is. Oddly, the Boston Herald did a whole piece about what I said, and everyone weighed in on it, though they didn’t mention me at all.

Columbia Journalism Review (9/2014): Why were Massachusetts reporters slow to probe the health exchange meltdown? Trudy Lieberman interviewed me about my Health Connector Autopsy Report and whether the Boston media had missed the significance of the story.

Commonwealth Magazine (8/2018): Baker's Creative Friction This 1500-word piece was about how the governor creates value for Republicans - and everyone else - by creating friction with Democrats and their special interests on Beacon Hill.

Radio

WBUR Radio Boston (2/23/2024) After Milton referendum, housing advocates sift through optimism and pessimism Host Tiziana Dearing and guests Ed Lyons, Salim Furth discuss the meaning and repercussions of Milton’s rejection of the MBTA housing law.

WBUR Radio Boston (1/17/2024) Previewing Healey's first State of the Commonwealth Address Host Tiziana Dearing and guests Ed Lyons, Gary Daffin discuss Governor Healey’s address.

WBUR Radio Boston (12/15/2022) A look at transition teams as Healey preps to take office in January Host Tiziana Dearing and guests Ed Lyons, Jackie Jenkins Scott, and Bill Walczak.

WBUR Radio Boston (2/18/2022) Week in Review: What's going on with mask mandates, Mayor Wu protests and drivers licenses for undocumented residents. Host Tiziana Dearing and guests Ed Lyons and Renee Landers.

WBUR Radio Boston (1/25/2022) State of the Commonwealth preview and Bingo game. Host Tiziana Dearing and guests Ed Lyons and Joan Vennochi predict and play with potential topics for Governor Baker’s annual address.

WBUR Radio Boston (10/22/2021) Week in Review: Acting Mayor Janey declares homelessness a public health crisis, and the latest on COVID boosters and vaccines for children. Host Tiziana Dearing and guests Ed Lyons and Marie-Frances Rivera.

WBUR Radio Boston (7/16/2021) Week In Review: MassGOP, Exam School Equity, And Concerning COVID Trends Host Tiziana Dearing and guests Ed Lyons and Marie St. Fleur, on the MassGOP, Boston Latin admissions, and breakthrough COVID cases.

WBUR Radio Boston (6/4/2021) Week-In-Review: Reopening, Republican Rifts, And Boston Police Drama Host Tiziana Dearing and guests Ed Lyons and Setti Warren

WBUR Radio Boston (3/26/2021) Week In Review: Transition In The Boston Mayor's Office, Pandemic Woes Host Tiziana Dearing and guests Ed Lyons and Renee Graham on the new Boston Mayor Kim Janey and Gov. Baker’s vaccination progress.

WBUR Radio Boston (2/5/2021) Week In Review: BPD Commissioner Allegations, Walsh In Washington, State Vaccine Rollout Host Tiziana Dearing and guests Ed Lyons and Tito Jackson on the legacy of Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and Gov. Baker’s vaccination progress.

WBUR Radio Boston (12/23/2020) Local Reactions To Gov. Baker's Latest COVID-19 Restrictions Host Tiziana Dearing and guests Ed Lyons and Michael Curry.

WBUR Radio Boston (12/4/2020) Week In Review: Coronavirus Is Raging, Police Reform Could Be Imminent Host Tiziana Dearing and guests Ed Lyons and Boston Globe columnist Marcia Garcia.

WBUR Radio Boston (11/2020) Week In Review: The Friday Before The Election Host Tiziana Dearing and guests Ed Lyons and former Boston Councilor Tito Jackson

WBUR Radio Boston (10/2020) Week In Review: Coronavirus Concerns Delay Boston School Plans, Trump Returns To White House, ICE Agents Stop A Black Jogger Host Tiziana Dearing and guests Ed Lyons and Marie St. Fleur

WBUR Radio Boston (8/2020) Week In Review: What To Do About Schools, And Kamala Harris Makes History Host Tiziana Dearing and guests Ed Lyons and Renee Landers of Suffolk University.

WBUR Radio Boston (4/2020) Week in Review: The Coronavirus Surge and Racial Inequalities Host Tiziana Dearing and guests Ed Lyons and Renee Graham of the Boston Globe.

WBUR Radio Boston (3/2020) Week In Review: The Impacts Of The Coronavirus Host Tiziana Dearing and guests Ed Lyons and Renee Graham of the Boston Globe.

WBUR Radio Boston (1/2020) Week In Review: Iraq Strike, 2020 Race, State Politics Look Ahead Host Tiziana Dearing and guests Ed Lyons and John Carroll. (starting 15:15 to the end)

WBUR Radio Boston (11/2019) Week In Review: Boston College Suicide Case, Taxes For Transportation, Impeachment Resolution Vote Host Tiziana Dearing and guests Ed Lyons and Setti Warren.

WBUR Radio Boston (10/2019) The State of the Massachusetts Republican Party Host Tiziana Dearing and guests Ed Lyons and Jennifer Braceras discuss the divide in the party over Trump and impeachment.

WBUR Radio Boston (9/2019) Week In Review: Boston Courtroom Drama, Arrests At Straight Pride Parade, Influence Of Zoning Board Host Tiziana Dearing and guests Ed Lyons and WBUR senior news analyst John Carroll.

WBUR Radio Boston (7/2019) Week In Review: Epstein, Facial Recognition, Progressives Vs. Pelosi Host Tiziana Dearing and guests Ed Lyons and The Boston Globe’s Renee Graham.

WBUR Radio Boston (5/2019) Week-In-Review: Trump's Immigration Proposal, Abortion Laws, 2020 Democrats. Host Chris Citorik looks at the top headlines of the week with our Week-In-Review panelists, starting with President Trump's new immigration proposal. Ed Lyons and The Boston Globe’s Shira Center were the two panelists.

WBUR Radio Boston (3/2019) Study Suggests Suffolk County Is The Most 'Politically Intolerant' Place Nationwide. Chris Citoric interviews Jordan Powers and Ed Lyons about a study in the Atlantic that says Boston is intolerant.

WBUR Radio Boston (3/2019) Mass. Politicians Propose Lowering National Voting Age To 16 Guest host Callum Borchers interviews Congressman Jim McGovern, Boston City Councilor Josh Zakim, then Ed Lyons about the proposal in Congress.

WBUR Radio Boston (2/2019) Week In Review: SOTU, Warren 2020, And Climate Change Guest host Anthony Brooks interviews Ed Lyons and Susan Tracy about Trump, Warren, and climate policy from the Green New Deal to Governor Baker’s visit to testify in Congress.

WBUR Radio Boston (1/2019) Week In Review: Warren In Iowa, Gov. Baker's Second Term, National Grid Lockout Nears End Guest Host Evan Horowitz has guests Susan Tracy and Ed Lyons to talk about these three issues.

WBUR Radio Boston (12/2018) Elizabeth Warren One Step Closer To Running For President In 2020: Elizabeth Warren announced she is running for president, and Ed was on at the end (19 mins in) to talk about his reaction.

WBUR Radio Boston (10/2018) Week In Review: Fiery Debates, Domestic Terror, Merrimack Valley; Guest Host Deb Becker asks former Newton Mayor and gubernatorial candidate Setti Warren and Ed Lyons about our political debates, the mail bomber, and more.

WBUR Radio Boston (9/2018) Conservatives Give Their Take On State Primary Results Guest Chris Citorik asked Ed Lyons and Jennifer Braceras about the primary results in the MassGOP.

WBUR Radio Boston (8/2018) Week In Review: Local Politics And The Catholic Church Guest Chris Citorik hosts Ed Lyons and Michael Curry of the NAACP about news of the week. It was about primary races on both sides, the scandals in The Catholic Church, and the funeral of John McCain.

WBUR Radio Boston (5/2018) Week In Review: UMass Boston, ICE Hearings, New NFL Anthem Policy Guest host Deb Becker hosts Ed Lyons and Michael Curry of the NAACP about news of the week. The most meaningful segment starts at 12:20, when we discussed the NFL Anthem racial protests.

WBUR Radio Boston (4/2018) Scott Lively Will Face Gov. Baker In Primary After The Mass. GOP Convention Meghna Chakrabarti grills the controversial pastor for 20 straight minutes, then Ed comes in for 5 minutes of follow-up (at 19:57 in) about Lively, the convention, the MassGOP, and Governor Baker.

WGBH Radio Scrum Podcast: (4/2018) GOP Rumbles in Worcester. Antonio Caban, Peter Kadzis, and Adam Reilly interview a trio of people, including Ed, Amy Carnevale, Geoff Diehl, and Michael Jonas of Commonwealth Magazine.

WBUR Radio Boston (4/2018) Week In Review: Mount Ida College Closing, Ashbrook Apology Meghna Chakrabarti hosted this show with guests Ed Lyons and John Carroll, professor of communication at Boston University and senior analyst for WBUR.

WBUR Radio Boston (3/2018) Week In Review: Gun Debate, State Police Turmoil Deb Becker hosted this show with guests Ed Lyons and Renee Graham, a columnist for the Boston Globe.

WBUR Radio Boston (1/2018) Evaluating Gov. Baker On His 2017 Performance Meghna Chakrabarti hosted this show with guests Ed Lyons and Tiziana Dearing, co-director of the Center for Social Innovation at Boston College, and a member of WBUR's executive advisory board.

WBUR Radio Boston (12/2017) Week In Review: Politics And Sexual Harassment, Alleged Child Welfare Gaps Meghna Chakrabarti hosted this show with guests Ed Lyons and Michael Curry, former head of the Boston NAACP.

WGBH Radio Scrum Podcast: (4/2017) A Podcast Crossover Of Epic Proportions: The Lincoln Review Joins The Scrum Adam Reilly and Peter Kadzis interview Ed Lyons and Jeff Semon about state Republican politics, and the big 2018 races.

Boston Herald Radio (8/2014): Health Connector Autopsy Report Interview of Ed Lyons by Rob Eno

Web and Podcasts

The Codcast (5/2023) Commonwealth Magainze in their Codcast podcast takes on a huge issue: “Has party imbalance broken Massachusetts Democracy?” The answer was yes - and the commentary was sharp. Story and podcast here.

WBUR News (8/2020) I was interviewed about the 2020 Republican National Convention and what room it did - or did not leave for moderate Republicans like Governor Baker and myself. Story and segment here.

The Codcast (11/2019) “What’s Behind the Split In the MassGOP?” This MassINC podcast was about the article I wrote for Commonwealth Magazine on Mass Majority. It was moderated by Bruce Mohl and the other guest was MasGOP State Committee Member Todd Taylor. The link to the podcast is here. The link to the story that was written about the podcast is here. Podcast was 26 minutes.

WBGH Scrum (11/2019) “Has Charlie Baker launched his own political party?” Adam Reilly and Peter Kadzis interviewed me for 16 intense minutes (starting at 8-min mark) on Governor Baker, the Mass Majority SuperPAC, and a potential third term for our governor.

The Horse Race (1/2019) “Hammar Nails It” In the first 13 minutes of this episode, MassInc Polling President Steve Koczela and guest co-host Sam Hammar interview Ed about his latest essay, “Drinking the Sand” - and talks about the present state of the MassGOP.

Jack Gately's Mini Studio (9/2018): Video Interview with Ed Lyons. Jack interviewed me - about me and politics for 30 minutes. We covered state politics, how to be a moderate, Boston's gentrification, and more.

The Codcast (8/2018) "Baker's Creative Friction" This MassINC podcast was about the article I wrote for Commonwealth Magazine. It was moderated by Bruce Mohl and the guest from the left was former Massachusetts Democratic Chairman John Walsh. It was 30 minutes.

The Horse Race (5/2018) "We'll Do It Lively". This podcast, sponsored by MassInc and Commonwealth Magazine, was a recap of the MassGOP Convention. Hosted by Steve Koczela and Lauren Dezenski, with guest Michael Jonas, Jon Fetherston, and myself.

WGBH Scrum (4/2018) GOP Rumbles in Worcester. I was interviewed right after the MassGOP Convention about what happened. Hosted by Antonio Caban, with Adam Reilly, Peter Kadzis, Michael Jonas, Geoff Diehl, Amy Carnevale, and myself.

Cognoscenti of WBUR (4/2018) Cognoscenti - a web property of WBUR - asked for essays about memories of the Boston Marathon Bombing. I submitted one, and they chose it. They ran a series of excerpts of all the essays that were submitted. That list of excerpts was published here.

WGBH Scrum (4/2017) A Crossover of Epic Proportions. Jeff Semon and I, doing the Lincoln Review, appeared with the two hosts of the Scrum in the open studio of the Boston Public Library.

Television

WGBH Boston (2/2021): "Marjorie Taylor Greene and the Future of the GOP.” I was one of two panelists with Adam Reilly talking about the controversy over the QAnon Congresswoman.

NECN (11/2020): "GOP Activist discusses close election and senate race in Maine” NECN/NBC host Susan Tran interviewed me about the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election and the undecided senate race in Maine.

NECN (12/2018): "The Future of the MassGOP" The MassGOP chairman’s race was discussed on “The Take” with Sue O’Connell. I appeared with Lou Murray and Dennis Galvin.

WGBH Boston (8/2017): "Could Restlessness On The Right Put Charlie Baker At Risk?" I was interviewed for Greater Boston show on my essay about Baker Trump, and the MassGOP.

NBC Boston (5/2017) : "Man Embarks on Year-Long Adventure to Photograph Boston's 300 Parks" A 2-minute segment interviewing us about the journey.

Boston News Network (2014-2015)

"Debate Over Boston Olympics" (6/2015) - I was interviewed for Boston Neighborhood News about my essay, "A Prayer to Athena" - in support of a Boston Olympic bid.

"Report Dissects Failings of Health Connector" (8/2014) I was interviewed for Boston Neighborhood News about my Health Connector Autopsy Report.

Newspapers

Boston Globe (2017)

"What I learned from visiting every park in Boston" (8/2017) I wrote a piece for Globe Ideas on how the city's park system could be improved, based on what I saw on our journey.

"A local man who visited 350 parks says you need to know about these 9 hidden gems" (6/2017) - a Boston.com story written by Kristi Palma about our parks adventure focusing on parks few know about.

"The dad who visited 350 local parks says these 7 will thrill your kids" (6/2017) - a follow-up story focusing on parks that have great playgrounds for kids.

I've been mentioned in the Globe a few times. Such as this story about a state representative campaign where I was a senior adviser, and this Jeff Jacoby column.

Also, my tweets have been in the Boston Globe at least three times. such as here, here, and here.

New Boston Post (2016-2017)

"MassGOP Chairman Must be a Realist" (1/2017) - an op-ed about the election of the chairman of the Republican Party, and why Kirsten Hughes should be re-elected.

"The case against Chanel Prunier" (3/2016) - an op-ed I wrote explaining why the Massachusetts National Republican Committeewoman had to go.

"There's no Diversity Problem at Boston Latin" (6/2016) - an op-ed I wrote challenging the narrative that Boston Latin had a diversity problem, in light of accusations of racism at the exam school.

"Education without the Degree" (9/2016) - an op-ed about the value of a college degree in light of increasingly sophisticated online options.

Associated Press (5/2015) "F-bombs, shouting: Uncivil discourse on Boston's Olympic bid" I was interviewed by Bill Kole about the Boston Olympics debate in an Associated Press story that ran in lots of papers.