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When NSA contractor Edward Snowden first released thousand and thousands of documents about the agency's secret worldwide surveillance apparatus, the…

Congressman Stephen Lynch voiced strong support for legislation that would make it easier for the families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia for…

The Biggest loser reality show has gotten a lot of attention lately off of a recent study that tracked 14 of the contestants who all lost massive amounts…

Just as the state voted to move ahead with a (scaled-down version of) the Green Line Extension, and it looks like the South Station Expansion project may…

Happy International Women's Day! To celebrate, I've put together a list of six women who rocked Boston this year. These women showed strength and…

CNN's John King called in to discuss the primaries and other political headlines of the day. A new tax that will tax millionaires an additional four…

Today on Boston Public Radio: Chuck Todd, host of “Meet the Press,” weighed in on the latest national news. We asked you about Amy McGrath, who is challenging Mitch McConnell in Kentucky for his Senate seat, and her flip-flop on whether she would have voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court justice. Former Suffolk County sheriff Andrea Cabral weighed in on the news that ICE is preparing to conduct immigration raids in major American cities. Poet Richard Blanco shared some of his favorite works about summer and the Fourth of July. Former state Secretary of Education and Harvard Graduate School of Education professor Paul Reville discussed new BPS superintendent Brenda Cassellius and her first days on the job. Chris Wilkins and Jo Frances Meyer of the Boston Landmarks Orchestra previewed their season of free outdoor summer concerts. WGBH News reporter Bianca Vásquez-Toness shared her new reporting on how Boston’s Latinx parents are under-represented in school decisions.

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