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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 Monday, November 19th, 2018. Freelance journalist Joanna Weiss and Dante Ramos, editor of the Ideas section at* The Boston Globe, *joined us to discuss the latest local and national political headlines. The GroundTruth Project's Charlie Sennott talked about the most recent developments in the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. T.V. expert Bob Thompson gave us his list of the best and worst shows on T.V.. ProPublica's A.C. Thompson was in the studio to talk about his new Frontline documentary on the growing threat of radical Neo-Nazi groups in America. Irene Monroe and Emmett Price joined us for another edition of All Revved Up. We opened the lines to hear what you thought about the prospect of electric scooters taking over the streets of Boston as the city's newts form of affordable transportation. Poet Richard Blanco read some poems that helped us help better understand our lives and times.

Food critic and Senior Editor at The Atlantic Corby Kummer Joined Boston Public Radio to talk about the decline of Papa Gino's.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Friday, November 16th, 2018. We opened up the lines to hear how our listeners felt about Congressman Seth Moulton’s fight to make sure Nancy Pelosi is not elected Speaker of the House. Atlantic Senior Editor Corby Kummer stopped by the Boston Public Library to talk about how the results of the midterm elections might influence the farm bill currently being debated in Congress. Beat the Press host Emily Rooney joined us to talk about CNN’s lawsuit against the Trump administration for revoking reporter Jim Acosta’s press pass after a heated exchange between Acosta and the president. We spoke to Boston Globe Interim Editorial Page Editor Shirley Leung about Amazon’s decision not to locate HQ2 in Boston. Under the Radar host Callie Crossley joined us to talk about the treatment of freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez by the beltway press corps. We spoke to playwright Ryan Landry about his upcoming play “A Nightmare on Elf Street.” Hadley and TJ Douglas, the duo behind wine, beer and spirits store The Urban Grape,joined us for our weekly news quiz.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, November 2018. After President Trump called a reporter racist, and has fended off the same accusations against himself, and a deadly shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, we asked our listeners if they feel like hate speech is on the rise. We spoke with former Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral about Trump’s recent support for legislation that would shorten sentences for some drug crimes, and help recently released prisoners reintegrate into society. Tech journalist Andy Ihnatko joined us in the studio to discuss this morning’s major investigation by the New York Times into the inner workings of Facebook as they dealt with the aftermath of the 2016 election and revelations of Russian interference and data breaches. Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam dropped by Studio 3 to tell us a little bit about ranked choice voting. We sat down with former Massachusetts Secretary of Education Paul Reville to discuss what the results of the 2018 midterms mean for education policy in America. We spoke with author Lisa Halliday about her book “Asymmetry.” Wine expert Jonathan Alsop joined us to tell us what wines to keep an eye out for with the holidays just around the corner.

After the NRA told doctors to "stay in their lane" on gun control in response to a paper from the American College of Physicians recommending stronger gun legislation, doctors began firing back. We talked to medical ethicist Art Caplan about that and more. We asked you about a new study from the Lancet suggesting that fertility rates are dropping worldwide. If you have made the decision not to have children, what motivated your decision? Concerns about climate change? Cost? Homeland security expert Juliette Kayyem addressed rumors that Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen may be on the way out of the Trump Administration. WGBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen reviewed the new Gary Hart biopic, "The Front Runner." Heather Goldstone, WCAI science editor, looked ahead to what the midterm elections could mean for the future of climate change policy. Sports writer John Powers discussed his new book, "Fridays With Bill: Inside The Football Mind Of Bill Belichick." From Tupac to Maria Callas, artists are being 'resurrected' in hologram form to perform for live audiences. We opened up the lines and asked you: Would you go see a hologram in concert?