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In the wake of two corruption scandals in Boston’s City Hall, City Council President Andrea Campbell wants the city to create an office for an independent inspector general.

When mass shooters fit the definition of terrorism, why aren't they charged with it?

Richard Blanco walks Jim and Margery through the writing tool of showing, not telling.

Though the debate over the question is not over, the Supreme Court delivered a strong blow to the Trump administration.

In 2019, several states have passed laws restricting access to abortions, leaving some wondering if it means the end of Roe v. Wade.

Emily Bazelon is the author of "Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration," a new book that examines prosecutorial power, and how that has affected the justice system for decades.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Friday, November 16th, 2018. We opened up the lines to hear how our listeners felt about Congressman Seth Moulton’s fight to make sure Nancy Pelosi is not elected Speaker of the House. Atlantic Senior Editor Corby Kummer stopped by the Boston Public Library to talk about how the results of the midterm elections might influence the farm bill currently being debated in Congress. Beat the Press host Emily Rooney joined us to talk about CNN’s lawsuit against the Trump administration for revoking reporter Jim Acosta’s press pass after a heated exchange between Acosta and the president. We spoke to Boston Globe Interim Editorial Page Editor Shirley Leung about Amazon’s decision not to locate HQ2 in Boston. Under the Radar host Callie Crossley joined us to talk about the treatment of freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez by the beltway press corps. We spoke to playwright Ryan Landry about his upcoming play “A Nightmare on Elf Street.” Hadley and TJ Douglas, the duo behind wine, beer and spirits store The Urban Grape,joined us for our weekly news quiz.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, November 2018. After President Trump called a reporter racist, and has fended off the same accusations against himself, and a deadly shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, we asked our listeners if they feel like hate speech is on the rise. We spoke with former Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral about Trump’s recent support for legislation that would shorten sentences for some drug crimes, and help recently released prisoners reintegrate into society. Tech journalist Andy Ihnatko joined us in the studio to discuss this morning’s major investigation by the New York Times into the inner workings of Facebook as they dealt with the aftermath of the 2016 election and revelations of Russian interference and data breaches. Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam dropped by Studio 3 to tell us a little bit about ranked choice voting. We sat down with former Massachusetts Secretary of Education Paul Reville to discuss what the results of the 2018 midterms mean for education policy in America. We spoke with author Lisa Halliday about her book “Asymmetry.” Wine expert Jonathan Alsop joined us to tell us what wines to keep an eye out for with the holidays just around the corner.

After the NRA told doctors to "stay in their lane" on gun control in response to a paper from the American College of Physicians recommending stronger gun legislation, doctors began firing back. We talked to medical ethicist Art Caplan about that and more. We asked you about a new study from the Lancet suggesting that fertility rates are dropping worldwide. If you have made the decision not to have children, what motivated your decision? Concerns about climate change? Cost? Homeland security expert Juliette Kayyem addressed rumors that Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen may be on the way out of the Trump Administration. WGBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen reviewed the new Gary Hart biopic, "The Front Runner." Heather Goldstone, WCAI science editor, looked ahead to what the midterm elections could mean for the future of climate change policy. Sports writer John Powers discussed his new book, "Fridays With Bill: Inside The Football Mind Of Bill Belichick." From Tupac to Maria Callas, artists are being 'resurrected' in hologram form to perform for live audiences. We opened up the lines and asked you: Would you go see a hologram in concert?

We opened up the lines to hear how our listeners felt about Amazon’s decision not to locate HQ2 in Boston. We asked NBC Sports Reporter Trenni Kusnierek if, after Sunday’s loss to the Tennessee Titans, it’s time for Tom Brady to hang up the cleats. Sue O’Connell, host of NECN’s “The Take,” stopped by the Boston Public Library to give us the details on the controversy surrounding Chick-fil-A’s decision to open a restaurant in Boston. After the Vatican intervened on a meeting of American bishops in Baltimore and asked them to delay a vote on measures that would hold bishops accountable for failing to protect children from sexual abuse, we opened up the lines to hear how our listeners felt about this. We sat down with photographer Jess Dugan and sociologist Vanessa Fabbre to discuss their new book “To Survive on This Shore: Photographs and Interviews With Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Older Adults.” We spoke with CNN’s Chief National Correspondent John King about Nancy Pelosi’s run for speaker of the House again, and what to expect from the 116th Congress. Harvard historian Nancy Koehn joined us to talk about how the results of World War I are still influencing modern global politics today.

We went over the political headlines of the day with Suffolk University's John Nucci and political columnist Jennifer Braceras. Charles Sennott, executive director of The GroundTruth Project, looked at the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I and explained why the Great War still resonates today. A new poll suggests that most Americans think people of the opposite political party are ignorant and spiteful. Are you one of them? Do you think these attitudes have impacted our political discourse? We asked you. Television expert Bob Thompson weighed in on the end of Netflix's "House of Cards" and shared his picks for the best and worst TV of the week. Reverend Irene Monroe and Reverend Emmett Price tackled the moral issues of the day on "All Revved Up." Journalist Peter DeMarco explained how an emergency system's failure resulted in the death of his wife, Laura Levis, at a Somerville hospital. Then we discussed Laura's case with you.