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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.…

Congresswoman Niki Tsongas joined Jim Braude and Margery Eagan on Boston Public Radio Tuesday. Highlights included:On the upcoming Benghazi hearings in…

The adoption of a landmark nuclear weapons treaty with Iran officially kicked off October 18th, 90 days after the United Nations Security Council…

If someone dared you to jump in to the Charles River for a nice little swim, you might blanch a little bit. But what if someone asked you to drink from…

Governor Charlie Baker's administration is hoping to target the state's opioid crisis with a new bill unveiled Thursday. The bill would limit doctors to…

Senator Ed Markey believes that Congress is past due for a historic showdown on gun control."I think we're close to a tipping point," Markey said on…

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Tuesday, September 4th, 2018 Today is Primary Day in Massachusetts. Jennifer Nassour, founder and president of Conservative Women for a Better Future, and Michael Curry, senior vice president and general counsel at Mass League of Community Health Centers and a member of the national NAACP Board of Directors, analyzed the day's races. We asked you about Nike naming Colin Kaepernick the face of its "Just Do It" advertising campaign. We opened up the lines and asked you about Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearings, which began this morning. Carol Rose, executive director of ACLU Massachusetts, and Rahsaan Hall, director of the ACLU Massachusetts Racial Justice Program, took a closer look at the District Attorney races in Massachusetts today. Food writer and editor Corby Kummer diagnosed the issues facing Boston's restaurant scene. John King, host of CNN's "Inside Politics," brought us the latest news from Washington, including revelations from journalist Bob Woodward's new book about the Trump presidency. Historian Nancy Koehn looked at a new trend among millennials: stowing away enough of their money so they can retire in their 30s and 40s.

Food writer Corby Kummer joined Boston Public Radio to discuss the payments the USDA will distribute to farmers hit by retaliatory tariffs.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Monday, September 3rd, 2018. This week Boston Public Radio is revisiting some of our favorite conversations. In this episode you'll hear: Jon Meacham on his new book,* The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels.* Lawrence O’Donnell about his book, Deadly Force: A Police Shooting and My family’s Search for the Truth. Caitlin Moran about her lastest novel,* How to Be Famous.* Tom Papa on his latest book,* Your Dad Stole My Rake and Other Dilemma’s.* Richard Blanco, the fifth presidential inaugural poet in U.S. history, joined us for another edition of Village Voice. Harvard Historian Nancy Koehn discussed the qualities that made George Washington an extraordinary leader.

The full broadcast from Boston Public Radio from Friday, August 31st, 2018. This week Boston Public Radio is revisiting some of our favorite conversations. In this episode you'll hear: We spoke with Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt about their new book, How Democracies Die. Michael Norton broke down the correlation between our appetite for risk and our appetite for ordering desert. Steve Coll discussed his new book, Directorate S: An Account of one of the great tragedies of our age – America’s failing policies in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Former Secretary of Labor Robert discussed his recipe for a just society. It’s the subject of his new book, The Common Good. Harvard linguist Steven pinker discussed his latest book, Enlightenment Now. Meredith Goldstein, the woman behind the Boston Globe’s advice columnist* Love Letters, joined us to talk about her new book, *Can’t Help Myself.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, August 29th, 2018 This week Boston Public Radio is revisiting some of our favorite conversations. In this episode you'll hear: Tina Brown joined us to talk about her latest book, The Vanity Fair Diaries. We opened the lines and asked you about your Q-tip IQ. Do you actually follow the instructions or do you take the cotton swab plunger—even if it means you might have to go to the ER? We talked to former White House Photographer Pete Souza, who put eight years of the Obama administration into his latest book, Obama: An Intimate Portrait. Novelist Meg Wolitzer discusses her latest book, The Female Persuasion. Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes, a wife and husband who survived the Boston Marathon Bombing, have written a children's book about another partnership—the one between Jessica and her service dog rescue, Rescue and Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship. Cecile Richards, the outgoing president of Planned Parenthood, discussed what she’s doing next to keep the fight for women’s rights alive and well.