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The former British Ambassador to Lebanon Tom Fletcher has achieved a rare distinction among those who have recently left their jobs: his resignation…

According to a recent piece in the Boston Globe, local Springfield man Joshua Washburn found his calling by traveling to Syria and taking up arms against…

"Hey Juliet, are you home? Want to get pizza, watch Netflix, and chill?"That's how Romeo may have tried to woo Juliet in Shakespeare's famous romantic…

Metered parking rates in Boston will not increase from $1.50 to $7 per hour, Mayor Marty Walsh said on Boston Public Radio Friday. "It's just not…

As part of his historic visit to the United States this week, Pope Francis will be traveling from one extreme of American power—the hallowed chambers of…

Last week, General Lloyd Austin of U.S. Central Command told Congress that a $500 million effort to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels had yielded a…

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, March 29, 2018. This month, Utah reportedly became the first state to legalize "free-range parenting" with a law that prohibits parents from being charged with neglect if they let their children go to and from school alone, play outside unsupervised, or stay at home unattended. Are you on board? We opened up the lines and got your take.Poet Richard Blanco celebrated Women's History Month by examining two works by Anne Sexton and Mary Oliver.Former Suffolk Country sheriff Andrea Cabral discussed the Trump Administration's proposal to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.Author and columnist Alex Beam looked at how some cemeteries are developing programming toattract more living visitors.?Ben Mezrich's 2009 book "The Accidental Billionaires," became the source material for the 2010 film "The Social Network." He joined us to chronicle Facebook's rise from a humble Harvard Yard startup to an organization embroiled in scandal with the recent Cambridge Analytica revelations.Host Kevin O'Connor and masonry expert Mark McCullough took your home improvement questions for Ask This Old House.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Wednesday, March 28th, 2018. We kicked off the show by opening the lines and asking you about spring cleaning: have you mastered the purge like a regular Marie Kondo, or are you a hoarder extaordinaire? Then, Mark Updegrove, who is the president and CEO of the LBJ Foundation in Austin and an author, journalist and historian, joined us to chat about his latest book, "The Last Republicans: Inside the Extraordinary Relationship Between George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush." National security expert Juliette Kayyem tackled the worldwide expunging of Russian diplomats and the logic behind a citizenship question on the 2020 census. Medical ethicist Art Caplan discussed on the latest medical ethics headlines, including the rise in obesity ratesamong American adults.Tech whiz Andy Ihnatko gave his take on recent news at the intersection of tech, policy and culture — and tell us what, exactly, a "raspberry pi" is.Then, it’s mating season in the natural kingdom — author and naturalist Sy Montgomery joined us to talk about the challenges that poses for endangered species.And finally, WGBH's Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen reviews this week's local arts and culture and answers the question: Does a new movie about the Chappaquiddick incident in which Sen. Ted Kennedy drove his car off a bridge get closer to the truth than the mediated version in real life?

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Tuesday, March 27th, 2018. We asked you about a string of recent controversies involving Massachusetts State Police, including an alleged overtime scam. Has the state's leadership done enough to keep the agency accountable? Sports reporter Trenni Kusnierick discussed a PSA created by the Sacramento Kings and the Boston Celtics about the killing of Stephon Clark.? Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery also discussed Clark's death and the use of fatal police force in the United States. Instead of users quitting Facebook, should CEO Mark Zuckerberg be the one to quit? Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn weighed in. What does it take for a panda living in captivity to discover its inner bear and survive in the wild? That's the subject of a new documentary,"Pandas." We talked to filmmaker Drew Fellman and wildlife biologist and "bear whisperer" B** en Kilham. ?Boston Globe travel writer Chris Muther, ultraviolet flashlight in hand, has done a study of the cleanliness of hotel sheets. He shared his findings, and then we asked you to share your hotel horror stories.**

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Monday, March 26, 2018. Jennifer Braceras, a conservative columnist for the Wall Street Journal and National Review, and Steve Kerrigan, former CEO of the National Democratic Convention, joined us to discuss the national and local political headlines. Saturday's March For Life was an impassioned call for sensible gun reform that was hard not to be swayed by. We opened the lines to hear your thoughts on the march and If you believe this movement will result in actual change. The Groundtruth Project's Charlie Sennott joined us to discuss the new National Security Advisor John Bolton. Former Secretary of Education Paul Reville was in the studio to talk about Betsy DeVos's school safety budget proposal and her rough 60 Minutes interview. Reverends Irene Monroe and Emmet Price joined us for another edition of All Revved Up. TV expert Bob Thompson gave us his list of the best and worst shows on TV. Boston traffic is historically bad. We opened the lines to hear your commute horror stories and how you stay mentally sane in traffic.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Friday, March 23, 2018. Chuck Todd of NBC's Meet The Press joined Boston Public Radio to give his predictions for what would happen in a fight between former Vice President Joe Biden and current POTUS Donald Trump.We took your calls about whether or not the salacious details coming out of the White House are too much. Are you overwhelmed by back-to-back interviews with adult entertainment stars claiming they had affairs with the president? The World's Jason Margolis talked about how globalism is affecting cities and towns in the U.S. Emily Rooney joined us for her famous list of fixations and fulminations. Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey took our questions and yours for this month's edition of Ask The Attorney General.Callie Crossley explained the regulatory hurdles to starting new food truck businesses in the city of Boston. Rob Burns, co-founder ofNight Shift Brewing and President of the Mass Brewers Guild and Keith Sullivan,co-founder of Medusa Brewing and Vice President of the Mass Brewers Guild joined us to try their hands at our famous Friday news quiz. They also gave us a preview of next month's Power Beer Fest.