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As the novel coronavirus responsible for the outbreak of COVID-19 continues to spread, there is a growing chorus of people calling for the release of prisoners who either no longer pose a threat to society or committed nonviolent offenses and are vulnerable to fatally contracting the disease

Members of the House are expected to vote Thursday on a $2.2 trillion economic relief bill to mitigate financial effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

The "Meet the Press" moderator also defended former Vice President Joe Biden's limited public response to the pandemic.

Sports reporter Trenni Kusnierek says that Brady is promoting dangerous advertising during the coronavirus pandemic.

Former education secretary says state education officials need to make determinations about learning requirements as school shifts online.

In response to the outbreak, MassInc conducted a tracking poll, sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, to gauge public sentiment about COVID-19 within Massachusetts.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Friday, March 1st, 2019. We spoke with legal analyst Michael Zeldin about Michael Cohen’s testimony in front of the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Wednesday. We opened up the lines to ask our listeners if they think they could unplug themselves from technology for 24 hours. Tech writer, blogger and podcaster Andy Ihnatko (@Ihnatko on Twitter) joined us to discuss MobiCom 2019, the Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking Interim editorial page editor for the Boston Globe, Shirley Leung joined us to discuss the controversy surrounding the licensing of the Encore Casino in Everett. We spoke with Under the Radar host Callie Crossley about allegations that North Carolina congressman Mark Meadows is racist. Chef Tiffani Faison and her wife and business partner Kelly Walsh joined us for our weekly news quiz.

Food critic Corby Kummer joined BPR to talk about why American's aren't eating as many Kraft singles as they used to and the overall decline of processed cheese consumption.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, February 28th, 2019.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Tuesday, February 26th, 2019. Art Caplan, the director of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Langone Medical Center, discussed Trump's proposal for dealing with drug dealers and the future of tackle football. Caplan is also a Drs. William F and Virginia Connolly Mitty chair and the co-host of the *Everyday Ethics *podcast. Boston Globe Columnist, Alex Beam, whose latest book is “The Feud: Vladimir Nabakov, Edmund Wilson and the End of a Beautiful Friendship,” was joined by syndicated religion columnist and the Boston voice for Detour’s African American Heritage Trail Reverend Irene Monroe, to talk about the "Autobiography of Malcom X" for this month's BPR book club. Patriots owner Robert Kraft is being charged with two counts of soliciting prostitution from a message parlor in Jupiter, Florida. We opened the lines to hear how these charges will impact your opinion of the Patriots and of Kraft. Attorney General Maura Healey joined us to take our questions and yours. CNN’s Chief National Correspondent John King called into to give us a preview of tomorrow's Michael Cohen hearing. King is also the host of* Inside Politics*, which you can catch Sunday mornings at 8:00 and weekdays at noon. Carolyn Beeler, the environment reporter for The World, called us from Antarctica, where she’s embedded with the research vessel the Nathaniel B. Palmer, which is on expedition to Thwaites Glacier.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Monday, February 25th, 2019. Jennifer Nassour, former chairman of the MassGOP and COO of ReflectUS, and Steve Kerrigan, president and co-founder of the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund and former CEO of the DNC, joined us to talk about the latest political headlines and preview Michael Cohen testimony on Wednesday. Charlie Sennott, WGBH news analyst and the founder of the GroundTruth Project, discussed President Trump's peace summit with North Korean leader Kim Jung Un in Vietnam this week. Roger McNamee, the founding partner of the venture capital firm Elevation Partners, talked about his new book, * Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe* Keith Lockhart, Boston POPS Conductor, previewed the upcoming season of the POPS. Irene Monroe,syndicated religion columnist, the Boston voice for Detour’s African American Heritage Trail, a visiting researcher in the Religion and Conflict Transformation Program at Boston University School of Theology, and Emmett Price, professor and founding executive director of the Institute for the Study of the Black Christian Experience at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, talked about the recent Vatican summit on the church's legacy of sexual abuse. Robert Thompson, founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture and a trustee professor of television and popular culture at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse, talked about the Oscars and what to watch this week. We opened the lines to hear what you thought about last night's Oscars.