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With districts still deciding whether to open in person or fully remote, and fewer child care centers opening, parents are seeking alternative options.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright has taken to the internet to highlight a series of overlooked or never-produced plays during the coronavirus pandemic.

Biden announced Harris as his running mate this week.

Oster said districts need to prepare for the reality that there will be COVID-19 cases in schools if they reopen in person and be able to respond fluidly.

The city councilor says the school district hasn't answered questions about how to equitably or safely execute a hybrid model.

Economist Jon Gruber discussed President Trump's latest executive orders amid the pandemic.

Today on Boston Public Radio: Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung discussed the USWNT’s fight for equal pay. We opened up the lines and asked listeners about burnout, a syndrome resulting from — as Katie Johnston writes in the Boston Globe — “chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed.” Do you have it? Is your burnout score as high as Jim’s? Homeland security expert Juliette Kayyem discussed the Jeffrey Epstein case. Boston Globe columnist and author Alex Beam discussed Norman Mailer’s take on the moon landing 50 years ago. New Boston Public Schools superintendent Brenda Cassellius stopped in to chat about her first days on the job. Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn explained the leadership steps and qualities that allowed Americans to put the first man on the moon. Medical ethicist Arthur Caplan looked at an announcement from Netflix to remove images of tobacco use from future programming.

Today on Boston Public Radio: We opened up the phone lines and asked listeners for their thoughts on the Jeffrey Epstein case. We discussed the US Women's Soccer Team's fight for gender pay parity with NBC Sports Boston reporter Trenni Kusnierek. Former Secretary of Transportation James Aloisi and Chris Dempsey, Director of Transportation for Massachusetts, joined to weigh in on the controversy surrounding the management of the RMV and the recent MBTA fare hikes. Legal analyst Michael Zeldin looked at former special counsel Robert Mueller's upcoming congressional testimony. Boston Globe travel writer Chris Muther gave us his take on the rooms at the Encore Casino. We got the latest in national politics from CNN's John King. Could you pass a U.S. Citizenship test? We opened up the lines and quizzed listeners.

Today on Boston Public Radio: Our political roundtable, featuring analyst and principle of Chieppo Strategies Charlie Chieppo and commentator and senior fellow with the Independent Women’s Forum Jennifer Braceras, tackled the latest headlines. Charles Sennott, founder of The GroundTruth Project, discussed Iran’s announcement that it will enrich uranium beyond the levels allowed under the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal. We opened up the lines and asked listeners about the USWNT’s big win at the World Cup. Will it advance the team’s quest for equal pay with their male counterparts? TV authority Bob Thompson shared his best and worst television moments of the week. Reverends Irene Monroe and Emmett Price discussed their new podcast, “All Rev’d Up.” Naturalist Sy Montgomery shared her new book, “The Magnificent Migration,” about wildebeests migrating across the Serengeti. Musician Livingston Taylor previewed his upcoming show at the Wilbur.

Today on Boston Public Radio: New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe discussed his latest book, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland. Cartoonist Roz CHast and humorist Patricia Marx discussed their latest collaboration, Why Don’t You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It? A Mother’s Suggestions. Comedian Jay Pharaoh joined us to talk about his latest projects, including a new standup tour, web series, and the movie Unsane, directed by Stephen Soderberg. Judge Richard Gergel discussed his latest book, Unexampled Courage, which recounts a racist attack on a South Carolina native after World War II and how that episode sparked the civil rights movement. Harvard Business School’s Michael Norton joined us to go over his latest research on identity branding. Norton is the Harold M. Brierly Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. His latest book is Happy Money, the Science of Happier Spending. The alt-rock band Guster joined us for an in-studio performance of their latest album, Look Alive

Today on Boston Public Radio: Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian spent over a year in an Iranian prison. He joined Jim and Margery to talk about his incarceration. It’s the subject of his latest book, Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison — Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out. New Yorker writer Susan Orlean discussed her fascination with a fire that ravaged the Los Angeles Central Public Library, which she wove into her latest publication The Library Book, soon to be a TV miniseries. Jack Bishop, from America’s Test Kitchen, discusses his latest cookbook, Tasting Italy: A Culinary Journey. Investor Roger McNamee helped to build Facebook. In his latest book he writes about how he’s come to regret it. He discussed *Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe, *with Jim and Margery. Julian Zelizer discussed his latest book, *Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974. *Zelizer is an analyst for CNN and a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. Poet Richard Blanco discussed the work of poet Ada Limón. Blanco is the fifth presidential inaugural poet in U.S. history. His new book How To Love A Country deals with various socio-political issues that shadow America.