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Film is changing as Amazon and Netflix break into production.

It's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas.

Irene Monroe and Emmett G. Price III discussed the widespread support for President Trump within America's evangelical circles.

Some Democrats are concerned that Nadler won't be as effective as Adam Schiff in leading the hearings.

Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren want to increase taxes on the rich.

The latest film from Martin Scorsese is distributed by Netflix.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Monday, October 22nd, 2018

Food critic Corby Kummer joined Boston Public Radio to talk about a study that says climate change could cause the price of beer to rise.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Friday, October 19th, 2018.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, October 18th, 2018. Will former deputy DNC chair and Minnesota congressman Keith Ellison lose his bid for Minnesota attorney general due to allegations of dishonesty, infidelity and emotional abuse by an ex-girlfriend? We discuss with New York Times reporter Farah Stockman. If you missed last night's gubernatorial debate with incumbent Charlie Baker and his challenger Jay Gonzalez, we caught you up and got your take on Baker’s stance on U.S. Senate candidate Geoff Diehl, who Baker first waffled on and then said he would vote for in a post-debate media scrum. Then, don’t mess with Texas. Getting schooled on how to interact with police is now a high school graduation requirement for teens in the Lonestar state — former sheriff and Mass. Secretary of Public Safety Andrea Cabral joins us for that and more on this week’s edition of Law and Order. Then, a break from the doom and gloom with a more uplifting topic — all about the transcendent powers of music with Mark Volpe, president and chief executive officer of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and BSO’s Artistic Administrator Tony Fogg. Then, it’s Harvard on trial. Former Secretary of Education Paul Reville joins us to talk about claims that the university’s admissions policies discriminate against Asian-American applicants. Boston Globe Columnist Alex Beam joins us for his famous explainer — and why he’s mad at millennials for “killing” American cheese.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Wednesday, October 17th, 2018. We kicked things off ahead of tonight’s gubernatorial debate at 7 p.m. (here at WGBH on Channel 2 and online at wgbhnews.org) by asking you: what questions would you like Jim and Margery to ask candidates Charlie Baker and Jay Gonzales? At what point does ancestry equal ethnicity? By publicizing her DNA analysis is Sen. Elizabeth Warren heading down an ethical slippery slope? Medical ethicist Art Caplan joins us for that and more. If Trump clings to the arms deal and defends Saudi Arabia in the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, will the US ever regain credibility when it comes to human rights? Joining us for her take on this, the rising death toll from Hurricane Michael and other national security headlines is Juliette Kayyem. She’s on the faculty at Harvard’s Kennedy School, an analyst for CNN and CEO of ZEMCAR. A new NOVA documentary looks at the cutting-edge work of doctors and scientists as they explore how addiction affects the brain, and how we should address our opioid crisis. Nancy Koehn, Harvard Business School historian, chats with us about corporations encouraging their employees to vote — and democracy in a capitalist world And finally, naturalist Sy Montgomery discusses animals in custody decisions and homosexuality in the animal world