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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.…

Keith Lockhart and Ron Della Chiesa joined us for a musical news quiz.

The full broadcast from 2/22/18. Featuring: Chuck Todd, we opened the lines to hear your thoughts on gun reform. Andrea Cabral on gun and justice reform, Congressman Steve Lynch, columnist Alex Beam, and wine expert Johnathan Alsop.

U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch weighed in on a longtime dispute between Mass. State Police and the Boston Police Department over who should have jurisdiction over the Seaport District, arguing that the responsibility should be shared.

In the wake of another school shooting, we opened the lines to hear if you actually think Congress will finally pass comprehensive gun reform. Plus, Congressman Bill Keating on gun reform, Trenni Kusnierek called in from the Olympics, national security expert Juliette Kayyem, writer Maggie Jones, tech expert Andy Inhatko, and Connecticut Gov. Dan Mally,

It seems that infidelity and they presidency go hand in hand. Why does the public give them a pass though like JFK, Clinton, and now Trump? Are finally ready to stop accepting the adulterous politician? We opened the lines to get your thoughts. Plus, Frontline's Martin Smith, TV expert Bob Thompson, Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn, CNN's John King, and Steve Coll on his new book on the war in Afghanistan.