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Congressman Jim McGovern says there's a better way to honor American veterans than bankrolling lavish patriotic displays at professional sports games—and…

Barack Obama was going to be the president to end two wars. Could he start a third?Last week, the White House announced that American advisers will be…

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The Massachusetts Department of Children and Families needs significant reform to prevent future child abuse cases like the death of Bella Bond, said…

Got gripes about the MBTA? So does Stephanie Pollack—and she helps run it. The Transportation Secretary joined Jim Braude and Margery Eagan to discuss her…

Last week, in a mission to rescue 70 hostages being held by the group that calls itself the Islamic State, Army Master Sergeant Joshua Wheeler was killed.…

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

Today on Boston Public Radio: Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian spent over a year in an Iranian prison. He joined Jim and Margery to talk about his incarceration. It’s the subject of his latest book, Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison — Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out. New Yorker writer Susan Orlean discussed her fascination with a fire that ravaged the Los Angeles Central Public Library, which she wove into her latest publication The Library Book, soon to be a TV miniseries. Jack Bishop, from America’s Test Kitchen, discusses his latest cookbook, Tasting Italy: A Culinary Journey. Investor Roger McNamee helped to build Facebook. In his latest book he writes about how he’s come to regret it. He discussed *Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe, *with Jim and Margery. Julian Zelizer discussed his latest book, *Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974. *Zelizer is an analyst for CNN and a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. Poet Richard Blanco discussed the work of poet Ada Limón. Blanco is the fifth presidential inaugural poet in U.S. history. His new book How To Love A Country deals with various socio-political issues that shadow America.

Today on Boston Public Radio: Medical ethicist Art Caplan discussed an increase in diabetics going to Canada to buy insulin due to lower costs. Do those lifelike dolls schools have girls take care of actually reduce teen pregnancy? Does shaving hair actually make it grow back thicker? We opened up the phone lines to ask our listeners about medical myths they find people tend to believe. We broke down the symbolism of President Trump's military parade on the 4th of July and Democrats' recent calls to decriminalize border crossings with national security expert Juliette Kayyem. Tech journalist Andy Ihnatko joined us for a primer on how to get the best pictures out of your iPhone during the 4th of July fireworks. Ali Noorani of the National Immigration Forum examined the new rules that will give Attorney General William Barr more influence over the immigration courts. Author Gary Styneghart discussed his latest book "Lake Success." Author Christopher Castelanni discussed his newest book "Leading Men."

Controversy continues to rise over the living conditions of migrant children living in detention centers in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's custody. Food writer Corby Kummer joined Boston Public Radio on Tuesday to describe the substandard food and resources being offered at the detention centers. "The institutional cruelty of the food that's being fed to people in five detention centers, mostly around Texas, is just disgusting. It's everything processed that's easy to buy, cheap to serve and is associated with obesity, bad dental health, chronic disease like diabetes," he said. Kummer is executive director of the Food and Society policy program at the Aspen Institute, a senior editor at The Atlantic, and a senior lecturer at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy.