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Presidential candidate and former governor of Maryland Martin O'Malley joined Jim Braude and Margery Eagan for Boston Public Radio. Highlights from the…

Next time you read a psychology study that makes you scratch your head, trust your instincts. A new yearlong effort to reproduce 100 studies from 3…

Lawrence Lessig wants to be president. But when he gets there, he only wants to do one thing: enact a law called the Citizen Equality Act. Then he'll…

"For scientific discovery give me Scott; for speed and efficiency of travel give me Amundsen; but when disaster strikes and all hope is gone, get down on…

This weekend, Hungarian police made a fifth arrest connected to the death of the 71 migrant workers whose corpses were found in a truck abandoned in…

This week, Boston Public Radio is revisiting some of our favorite conversations from the past few months. Here's what's on the docket for Friday, August…

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio form Friday, April 21, 2018. We opened up the lines to you about today's holiday, 4/20, and how you're feeling about recreational marijuana coming to the commonwealth this summer. Chef, teacher and writer Annie Copps joined us to talk about her new cookbook, "A Little Taste Of Cape Cod." Emily Rooney read from her famous list of fixations and fulminations and gave her take on a scandal brewing at the Boston Globe. Business columnist Shirley Leung explained the latest news regarding the candy company NECCO. We took your calls about mindful vacation — do you think you could really unplug while getting away? Callie Crossley talked through Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer Prize, the most recent Bill Cosby trial testimony and two black men arrested at Starbucks. The founders of Hermit Woods Winery tried their hands at our famous Friday News Quiz.

Hermit Wood Winery co-founders Ken Hardcastle and Bob Manley joined Boston Public Radio to talk about their wine and compete in this week’s news quiz.

Governor Charlie Baker joined us to take your questions and ours in this month's edition of ask the governor.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, April 19th, 2018. Congressman Michael Capuano joined us for another look behind the congressional curtain. Yesterday, we asked you about the thousands of Starbucks employees who are getting racial sensitivity training after two black men were arrested at a Starbucks in Philadelphia for trespassing. Today, we asked you about your experiences with sensitivity training and if you think they work. Governor Charlie Baker joined us take your questions and ours on this month's ask the governor segment. With the price of colleges continuing to skyrocket, we opened the lines and asked you if you wished you had avoided student loans and gone to a community college. NECN's Sue O' Connell joined us to talk more about the college vs. community college debate.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Wednesday, April 18, 2018. In the past week, two events have yet again sparked a conversation about race in our country. Two black men were arrested while waiting for a friend at a Philadelphia Starbucks, and a black Harvard student was brutally beaten by police in Cambridge. We opened the lines and asked you if we can ever get that national conversation about race right. Jennifer Nassour, former chair of the Mass GOP, founder of Conservative Women for a Better Future, and counsel to Rubin and Rudman --along with Steve Kerrigan, President and co-founder of the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund and former CEO of the DNC--talked local and national politics. National security expert Juliette Kayyem updated us on the most recent developments in the Russian investigation. Writer and historian Timothy Snyder talked about his newest book, "The Road to Unfreedom." Former Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral gave her thoughts on the recent change to Vermont gun laws. WGBH’s Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen reviewed Amy Schumer's new movie, "I Feel Pretty."