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Less than one percent of the American population makes up today’s military.For the majority of us when we talk about boots on the ground, about surges,…

For the first time in decades, voters in Myanmar—which, until a few years ago, was ruled by a military junta—cast their votes in a nationwide election…

If jazz music is poetry in motion, then Robert Pinsky and Laurence Hobgood—a poet and jazz pianist, respectively—take it to a whole other level. They've…

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…

If you didn't know the Omni Parker Hotel in Boston was haunted (it is!) then you might want to listen to this week's News Quiz from Boston Public Radio.…

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, July 19th, 2018.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Wednesday, July 18th, 2018. We asked you about President Donald Trump saying he misspoke at a press conference yesterday with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. We looked at the criminal justice system through two true crime hit documentaries, "Making a Murderer" and "The Staircase," by talking to the lawyers involved in those cases. Homeland security expert Juliette Kayyem analyzed the Helsinki summit between Trump and Putin and updated us on the Mueller investigation. On Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, state police are acting more like estatepolice — getting high-paying jobs and posh surroundings for work that is low-key. We opened the lines and to get your take. Governor Mike Dukakis talked about his dreams of a North-South rail link and what he sees for the future of the Democratic Party. Are woodchucks betraying their political stripes by attacking Paul Ryan’s car?Naturalist Sy Montgomery joined us for this and other tales from the Animal Kingdom. Is Elon Musk’s high-tech hubris setting him up for a fall? Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn discussed.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Tuesday, July 17th, 2018: Congressman Bill Keating gave his take on the Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki, Finland yesterday. We took your calls about Trump's tone during the summit — did he undermine American intelligence, or is he establishing a good relationship with Russia? Trenni Kusnierek explained why youth soccer participation is way down despite a much-watched World Cup. Emerson College President Lee Pelton and Berklee College of Music President Roger Brown talked about the challenges of educating students in 2018. Travel writer Chris Muther offered his advice for dealing with Airbnb customer service representatives. CNN's John King also weighed in on the meeting between Presidents Trump and Putin. The St. Paul’s Girls School choir joined us for a preview of their performance tomorrow night with the Boston Landmarks Orchestra at 7 p.m. at the Boston Hatch Shell.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Monday, July 16th, 2018. We took on the Putin-Trump press conference in Helsinki and other political headlines with Jessica Tocco, senior vice president at Rasky Partners, and Philip Johnston, president and CEO of Johnston Associates and former chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party. Despite the Russia indictments, nothing has gotten in the way of the Trump and Putin powwow. Washington Post columnist and Tufts Fletcher School professor Daniel Drezner joins us for that and more. At the Republican State Convention three months ago, Governor Charlie Baker told delegates that he backs the death penalty for people who kill police officers. The fatal shooting of a Weymouth police officer and a bystander yesterday opened that debate once again: should Massachusetts reinstate capital punishment for people who kill cops? We opened the lines to ask you. TV authority Bob Thompson joined us for his take on the Emmy nominations, Sacha Baron Cohen’s return to TV and more. In another installment of All Revved Up, Reverends Irene Monroe and Emmett G. Price III join us to take on the moral dilemmas of the day, including the reopening of the Emmett Till case. Then, it's another edition of Village Voice, where we discuss poetry and how it can help us to better understand our lives and our times, with presidential inaugural poet Richard Blanco. We opened up the lines one more time to ask you about the latest in the state trooper scandal.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Friday, July 13th, 2018. We opened up the lines to you about the future of baseball — has America's pastime been relegated to the past by long games, expensive beer and an emphasis on home runs? Emily Rooney joined us for her famous list of fixations and fulminations. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh joined BPR for our monthly installment of "Ask The Mayor." Business columnist Shirley Leung gave us her take on equal pay at the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Under The Radar's Callie Crossley explained how Doug Jones might vote for President Trump's Supreme Court pick. Actor Faran Tahir and the Director Steven Maler joined us for a Commonwealth Shakespeare Company news quiz.