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Richard Blanco, the nation's fifth inaugural poet, shared poems that seize on the changing of the seasons as an opportunity to reflect on death, rebirth, and the passage of time.

As the world watched Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford testify, another major Me Too moment was happening: Bill Cosby was sentenced Tuesday to three to 10 years in prison.

A restaurant in Maine gives new meaning to 'blunt instrument' by getting the lobsters high so that their death is more humane

The congressman and sports reporter will co-host a forum next week about mental health in the U.S.

Like much of his presidency, President Donald Trump is offering to solve a problem his predecessors couldn’t in a manner that bucks the conventional wisdom.

Rep. Geoff Diehl, the endorsed Republican candidate hoping to unseat Sen. Warren, defended President Trump’s White House invitation to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

It is finally election day in Alabama and we opened the lines to get your thoughts on the GOP and where do they go next if Roy Moore wins. Plus, the state of the Wynn casino with Steve Crosby, Boston Glove columnist Shirley Leung, CNN's John King, and more. (Full Show 12/12/17)

We opened the lines to hear if you think President Trump should be held to the same moral standard as other politicians like Al Franken who have been accused sexual harassment. Plus, Politics with Adam Reilly and Lauren Dezenski, Charlie Sennott on the riots in Jerusalem, All Revved Up with Irene Monroe, Bob Thompson on the best and worst of TV, and poetry with Richard Blanco. (Full Show 12/11/17)

Annie Bartlett, Darren Buck, and Michael Loria from the Hank Wonder Trio joined us for the news quiz. Plus, Tito Jackson, Callie Crossley, Emily Rooney, Shirley Leung, and Brian O'Donovan and fiddler Haley Richardson joined us to celebrate the 15th year anniversary of A Christmas Celtic Sojourn and the 30th anniversary of The Celtic sojourn enterprise. (Full Show 12/08/17)

We took Al Franken's resignation speech live today and open the lines to hear if you think that Franken should have resigned. Plus, Former Secretary of Education Paul Reville, Former Secretary of Public Safety Andrea Cabral, the President and Vice President of the Boston branch of the NAACP Tanisha Sullivan and Segun Idowu, Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam, and writer Kevin Young. (Full Show 12/7/17)

Juliette Kayyem, who has been pretty prescient on the Russia investigation so far, says White House consel Don McGahn is the next person to watch. Plus, Congressman Richard Neal, WGBH Arts Editor Jared Bowen, and "The Take" host Sue O'Connell. (This is the full show from Wednesday, December 6, 2017.)