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Former Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety Andrea Cabral joined Jim Braude and Margery Eagan for Open Mic. She gave us her take on the unfolding…

Last week, actor Ben Affleck issued an apology on Facebook after it was revealed he lobbied the filmmakers behind the PBS documentary series "Finding Your…

Today on Boston Public Radio, Jim Braude and Margery Eagan took a look at the country's criminal justice system from three different angles:To hear from…

The FBI arrested six Somali-Americans on Sunday for attempting to travel to Syria and join ISIS. Juliette Kayyem, host of the national security podcast…

Last week, Dan Price—CEO of a credit card payments company called Gravity Payments—decided to raise the minimum wage for all his employees to $70,000,…

For many Bostonians, Patriots' Day marks the unofficial beginning of spring. But of course, as Charles Sennott, head of The GroundTruth Project, points…

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Wednesday, June 27th, 2018.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Tuesday, June 26th, 2018. We asked you: Should former President Barack Obama be out in public moredefending the Democratic Party and stumping for candidates? Or should he let others step in? Sports reporter Trenni Kusnierick discussed the NFL players who wrote an open letter to President Trump calling for criminal justice reform. Christopher Muther, travel writer for The Boston Globe, talked about commercial airlines telling the government not to use their planes to transport migrant children to detention centers. Columnist Alex Beam brought us the latest updates on his favorite World Cup team: Iceland. Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn brought historical context to the Trump administration's use of dehumanizing language to describe immigrants. CNN's John King analyzed the Supreme Court's travel ban decision. We asked you about United Airlines' decision to get rid of their signature in-flight snack, the Stroopwafel. Is this just another indignity that us economy class travelers have to endure?

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Monday, June 25th, 2018. The Trump administration says it has a system for reuniting families separated at the border. Over the weekend, a Democratic delegation toured immigration facilities in Texas to see what exactly that system looks like. Rep. Katherine Clark was among them. She joined us on the line for a debrief about what she did and didn’t see. Then we discussed how the border issue is reverberating locally (and other headlines) with Frank Phillips, state house Bureau Chief for the Boston Globe and Peter Gelzinis, columnist emeritus for the Boston Herald. We continued the immigration conversation with Charlie Sennott of the Groundtruth Project. Boston Public School students aren’t the only ones getting a summer break. Tommy Chang, Boston Public Schools superintendent, has agreed to resign in response to Mayor Walsh’s lack of confidence in Chang’s leadership. Paul Reville, former Secretary of Education and professor at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education, joined us to talk about what this means for the school system and how appealing this position will look to another group of candidates. In the old days the restaurant rules use to be: no shirt, no shoes no service. Now, no service has taken on a new meaning. Sarah Huckabee Sanders learned that the hard way when the owner of the Red Hen restaurant asked her to leave for working for President Donald Trump. Earlier in the week, Secretary of Homeland Security, Kirsten Nielsen, was heckled while eating at a Mexican restaurant. We opened the lines to ask you, where are you on this? Attorney General Jeff Sessions is getting blowback from his own fellow church-goers for his immigration policy and the scripture that he used to defend it. Rev. Irene Monroe discussed that with us. Next, it’s the death of the Frappuccino. Starbucks is putting the blame on people who are trying to avoid their own death by cutting out excess fat and sugar. Food writer Corby Kummer joined us for that and more.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Friday, June 22nd, 2018. We asked you about the immigration crisis. Do you think we have the attention span to stay committed to this issue until productive, lawful, and humane immigration legislation is passed? Columnist Alex Beam discussed the mysterious case of a disappearing local Ulysses scholar. Emily Rooney, host ofBeat the Press, shared her weekly list of frustrations and fulminations. Andy Borowitz of the New Yorker's "Borowitz Report" discussed satire in an age of exaggerations and extremes. Callie Crossley, host of Under the Radar with Callie Crossley, weighed in on the signage at a Baltimore Dunkin' Donuts that went viral. The 'millionaire tax' is dead. Where will the revenue for transportation and schools come from? Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung joined us. Think you know your Jim and Margery trivia? Follow along to a special edition of our Friday News Quiz featuring WGBH's own Edgar B. Herwick III of The Curiosity Deskand Andy Hicks as we quizzed them on our two favorite local hosts.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, June 21st, 2018. Meet The Press host Chuck Todd joined us to talk about the executive order Trump signed yesterday that stopped the "zero tolerance" policy of pulling children away from their parents, and other immigration news. Gil Kerlikowske, the former head of Customs and Border Protection under Barack Obama, joined us to talk about the immigration crisis. Boston City Councilor and candidate for Congress Ayanna Pressley, joined us to talk about inequality in the 7th district. Medical ethicist Art Caplan discussed the impact Trump has been having on health care. Playwright Ryan Landry gave us his social and cultural observations.