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Late last week, Congressman Kevin McCarthy abruptly withdrew his name from the running to be the next Speaker of the House. The California Republican was…

This weekend, an army of activist brass bands descends on Somerville to celebrate the tenth annual HONK! Fest. To celebrate, Jim Braude and Margery Eagan…

In the wake of the shooting at Umpqua Community College in Oregon, Democrats in Congress have launched a renewed push for gun control legislation like…

Doctors Without Borders, the international organization in charge of a hospital in Afghanistan bombed by an American airstrike this weekend, has called…

Thomas Hughes was a 29 year old investment banker at the prestige firm of Moelis & Company when he missed a family Easter brunch at the Yale Club in New…

Over the weekend, an American airstrike in the northern city of Kunduz, Afghanistan led 12 staff members and seven patients dead at a hospital run by the…

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Monday, November 05th, 2018. Charlie Chieppo, from Chieppo Strategies, and Shannon O’Brien, former State Treasurer and Democratic nominee for governor, joined to talk about tomorrow's midterms. The GroundTruth Project's Charlie Sennott discussed the legacy of Germany's Angela Merkel. Voter turnout is expected to be high for the midterms, but many people still believe that their vote has no impact and choose not to participate in the elections. We opened the lines to hear if you are one of these people or know anyone who is choosing not to vote. Pete Souza, former White House photographer for Barack Obama, discussed his new book, Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents. Reverends Irene Monroe and Emmett Price joined us for another edition of All Revved Up. Poet Richard Blanco gave us some election themed poetry. Daylight savings was on Sunday, so you know what that means, our annual conversation on whether or not you think we should keep daylight savings.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Friday, November 11th, 2018. We asked you about negative campaigning. Do you find that you are more responsive to a candidate who points out the flaws of an opponent? Or one who campaigns on a positive message? Shirley Leung, interim editorial page editor for the Boston Globe, discussed her paper's endorsements in local races. Beat the Press host Emily Rooney shared her thoughts on infamous mobster Whitey Bulger's death in prison. Google employees across the country — including at their offices in Cambridge — staged a walk-out to protest the company's sexual harassment policies. Tech writer Andy Ihnatko explained. Callie Crossley, host of "Under the Radar with Callie Crossley," looked at Oprah Winfrey stumping for gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in Georgia and a viral article explaining why some young people aren't voting this year. Playwright Ryan Landry gave us his thoughts about about the new Freddie Mercury/Queen biopic. We're pitting donkeys against elephants for our election-themed News Quiz. Bill Langbauer is an elephant expert and a professor at Bridgewater State University, and Judy Ballantine is a founding member of "Save Your Ass Long Ear Rescue."

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, November 1st, 2018. MSNBC Host Chuck Todd joined us for his take on the latest political headlines, including President Trump’s racially-charged advertisement and his recent comments on the immigrant caravan headed for the southern U.S. border. We continued that conversation with Gil Kerlikowske, former commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Then we opened the lines to ask you, what do you make of all this? Were you put off by Trump’s use of race and immigration issues in an advertisement? Environmentalist, author and founder of 350.org Bill McKibben joined us to discuss the status of our planet — and how climate change may be affecting us much more quickly than previously anticipated. Media Maven Sue O’Connell, host of NECN's "The Take" and longtime co-publisher of New England's largest LGBTQ paper, "Bay Windows," joined us to discuss Caitlyn Jenner’s change of heart on Trump. Former Education Secretary Paul Reville checked in on the ongoing Harvard affirmative action lawsuit. Frontline producer James Jacoby joined us to talk about his latest film, "The Facebook Dilemma,"discussing how our relationship with the social network has impacted our world. Then we opened up the lines to ask you — with the way Facebook has revealed itself to be more than just a “place to connect,” are you disconnecting yourself from the site? Do you still use Facebook?

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Wednesday, October 31st, 2018. We talked with WGBH reporter Craig LeMoult about what he saw on the ground before and during the Red Sox victory parade. As the parade happened outside, we opened up the lines to hear how our listeners felt about the Red Sox’s big World Series win. WGBH Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen dropped by the BPL to give us a preview of what to expect from the new movie “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” which opens up nationwide in theatres tomorrow, and the Museum of Fine Arts’ new Winnie the Pooh exhibit. National security expert Juliette Kayyem joined us to talk about the latest developments in the mass shooting that took place at a synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday. In the wake of the Pittsburgh shooting, medical ethicist Art Caplan joined us to talk about why healthcare professionals have an ethical duty to treat any patient, even if that person committed an atrocity. Brian McCreath executive producer of “In Concert” on WCRB, Rob Hochschild Associate Professor of Liberal Arts at Berklee College of Music, and Brian O’Donovan host of “A Celtic Sojourn” on WGBH gave us a preview of upcoming concerts in the Boston area.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Tuesday, October 30th, 2018. We asked you about President Donald Trump stoking fears about immigration ahead of the midterms. Where are you on this, and where do you think Americans at large are on this? Sports reporter Trenni Kusnierek shared her stories from the Red Sox winning the World Series. We talked with both sides of Ballot Question 1 on nurse staffing requirements. Terry Hudson-Jinks of Tufts Medical Center represented the "no" side of the debate, and Karen Coughlin of the Massachusetts Nursing Association represented the "yes" side of the debate. It's time for BPR Book Club! We took your calls about Herman Melville's classic adventure tale, "Moby-Dick." Food writer Corby Kummer shared new data suggesting that iPad cash registers are guilting customers into tipping more. Then we got your take: Has this been true, in your experience?