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The state legislator joined Boston Public Radio on Wednesday, where he explained how lifting a decades-old happy hour ban could offer much-needed support for struggling restaurants.

The Codman Square Health Center’s Chief Medical Officer talked masking, vaccine requirements and why frisbee golf is a great option for fall sports.

The Harvard Professor and CNN analyst did not mince words when asked her thoughts on the Congressman’s Tuesday visit to Kabul.

Director Summer L. Williams joined Boston Public Radio to talk about the American Repertory Theater’s “Arboretum Experience,” which is open to the public and will run through the fall.

Bobbitt discussed the future of arts in the Commonwealth during an interview on Boston Public Radio Monday.

With FDA approval of Pfizer vaccine, Healey says she expects more mandates to come.

Day two of our broadcast from NEPM in Springfield! FBI director Kash Patel heads to congress today to defend his leadership. We talk to CNN’s John King about this and other political headlines, after the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The Wildflower Alliance offers peer support services in western Mass. We talk to Ephraim Akiva and Tokyo Baldwin about their harm reduction and mental health work.We check in with the Mass League of Community Health Center's Michael Curry on the impact of private equity in healthcare, the efforts by the Trump administration to erase Black history, and why Black students are flocking to HBCU’s in the Trump era.NEPM executive editor Elizabeth Román joins with Big E vendor Joe Deedy, owner of Moolicious Farm. Attorney General Andrea Campbell joins for Ask The AG.

It's the first day of our special broadcast from NEPM studios in Springfield. Former Gov. Deval Patrick discusses the deep polarization of this moment and how citizens and Democrats should respond. Congressman Jim McGovern discusses ballooning grocery prices as Trump tariffs pile up, and his new constitutional amendment to end big money in politics. And we get his thoughts on security in Congress after the assassination of Charlie KirkNew England tourism takes a hit as Canadians stay home to protest trade sanctions. PBS European travel guru Rick Steves joins us to talk about that, plus, sights and travel tips from his recent trip – a vacation? – to Italy. Sarah and Ryan Voiland of Red Fire Farm in Granby to discuss what it’s like to run a working farm in 2025, and their lawsuit against the Trump administration to unfreeze USDA grant money.

GBH's Adam Reilly and The Boston Globe's Lylah Alphonse join for Press Play, discussing the widely spread video of Charlie Kirk's shooting in this current era of content moderation online. Plus, the Murdoch succession plan, and Bari Weiss at CBS.GBH's Callie Crossley discusses the firing of Artie T, Josh Kraft's "most unlikeable campaign for mayor in Boston history" and more.White Snake Projects joins us for Live Music Friday. They are unveiling a new directory for Native American performing artists. Cerise Jacobs of WSP, Jean-Luc Pierite of North American Indian Center of Boston and singer/songwriter Thea Hopkins are our guests.Mara Dolan of the Massachusetts Governor's Council discusses flags at half-mast and gives an update on bar advocates. Joanne Chang join with Efrain Gutierrez to discuss Flour Bakery's partnership with Pine Street Inn for job training. Efrain is a graduate of the program and is now employed at Flour.

Chuck Todd, political commentator, opens the show with reactions and updates from the killing of Charlie Kirk.Former public safety secretary Andrea Cabral reactions to Kirk news. Former education secretary Paul Reville discusses how young conservatives on college campus are responding to the killing of Charlie Kirk, and the reality for BPS and schools across the state around ICE family separations.National security expert Juliette Kayyem joins to discuss the increasing normalization of political violence.Lindsay O'Donovan, Maeve Gilchrist and accordion player Diarmuid Ó Meachair discuss the Rockport Celtic Festival, starting tomorrow.

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