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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…

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…

Kevin O’Connor and Richard Trethewey from "This Old House" took your questions and ours. Plus, Emily Rooney's famous list, Callie Crossley, Shirley Leung on death taxes, and a special opera news quiz. (Full show 11/3/17)

Oystermen Rowan Jacobsen and John Brawley joined us to discuss the oyster industry and what makes the perfect oyster. Plus, NBC's Chuck Todd, Congressman Capuano, writer Jennifer Eagan on her latest book, and Andrea Cabral. (Full Show 11/02/17)

We opened the lines to hear if you think the men who have been complicit by not reporting rampant sexual abuse are just as guilty as the sexual abusers. Plus, Juliette Kayyem on last night's terrorist attack in NYC, Frontline's Michael Kirk on their new Putin documentary, Nancy Koehn, Jared Bowen. (Full Show 11/1/17)

In celebration of Halloween, we watch Pyscho this month for our Cinema Classic Challenge. We opened the lines to hear if you still think this 1960 classic holds up. Plus, medical ethicist Art Caplan, Rep, Steve Lynch, Walt Willet on his new nutrition book, and food critic Corby Cummer. (Full Show 10/31)

Joanna Weiss and Jack Sullivan joined us to discuss the bombshell that was today's indictments from Mueller's Russian investigation. Plus, All Revved Up, Charlie Sennott, Richard Blanco, and TV expert Bob Thompson. (Full Show 10/30/17)