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The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Monday, April 4, 2018. Michael Curry, attorney, immediate past president of the Boston NAACP, and member of the National NAACP Board of Directors, and Jennifer Nassour, former chair of the Mass GOP, founder of Conservative Women for a Better Future, and counsel to Rubin and Rudman attorneys at law, joined us to discuss the latest political headlines..At least 15 Palestinians are dead and hundreds more have been injured after Israeli troops fired on people who were participating in a border protest in Gaza. Founder of The GroundTruth Project and news analyst Charlie Sennott joined us from Jerusalem to discuss.In an act of resistance, churches across the country are giving sanctuary to immigrants who are facing deportation. Yet on Easter Sunday, President Trump fired off a series of anti-immigration tweets — ranging from calling for a stronger border wall to saying the DACA deal was dead. We opened the lines and asked you, can you be a Christian supporter of Trump and a good Christian?With Stormy Daniels in the news, how should you talk to your kids about porn? We asked Gail Dines, founder and president of Culture Reframed — a health promotion nonprofit organization that recognizes and addresses pornography as the public health crisis of the digital age.Reverends Irene Monroe and Emmett G. Price III stopped by to discuss how the Trump presidency has changed what it means to be an evangelical Christian.TV expert Bob Thompson went over TVs best and worst, and what to watch this week.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Friday, March 30, 2018. A California judge has ruled that coffee sellers in the state have to put a warning label on their coffee that will inform customers that the coffee roasting process produces cancer-causing chemicals. We opened the lines to hear if this will make you question your decision to have a morning coffee. Boston Globe columnist Meredith Goldstein joined us to talk about her new book, "Can't Help Myself: Lessons and Confessions From a Modern Advice Columnist."WGBH'S Emily Rooney gave us her famous list.Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung explained why so many birds are flying into skyscrapers. Famed chef Jacques Pepin joined us to discuss the work he is doing with the Jacques Pepin Foundation.Under The Radar's Callie Crossley talked about the recent backlash the Parkland protesters are receiving. The owners ofThe Urban Gape in the South End, TJ and Hadley Douglass, joined us to talk about their book, Drink Progressively: A Bold New Way to Pair Wine with Food, and to compete in the News Quiz.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, March 29, 2018. This month, Utah reportedly became the first state to legalize "free-range parenting" with a law that prohibits parents from being charged with neglect if they let their children go to and from school alone, play outside unsupervised, or stay at home unattended. Are you on board? We opened up the lines and got your take.Poet Richard Blanco celebrated Women's History Month by examining two works by Anne Sexton and Mary Oliver.Former Suffolk Country sheriff Andrea Cabral discussed the Trump Administration's proposal to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.Author and columnist Alex Beam looked at how some cemeteries are developing programming toattract more living visitors.?Ben Mezrich's 2009 book "The Accidental Billionaires," became the source material for the 2010 film "The Social Network." He joined us to chronicle Facebook's rise from a humble Harvard Yard startup to an organization embroiled in scandal with the recent Cambridge Analytica revelations.Host Kevin O'Connor and masonry expert Mark McCullough took your home improvement questions for Ask This Old House.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Wednesday, March 28th, 2018. We kicked off the show by opening the lines and asking you about spring cleaning: have you mastered the purge like a regular Marie Kondo, or are you a hoarder extaordinaire? Then, Mark Updegrove, who is the president and CEO of the LBJ Foundation in Austin and an author, journalist and historian, joined us to chat about his latest book, "The Last Republicans: Inside the Extraordinary Relationship Between George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush." National security expert Juliette Kayyem tackled the worldwide expunging of Russian diplomats and the logic behind a citizenship question on the 2020 census. Medical ethicist Art Caplan discussed on the latest medical ethics headlines, including the rise in obesity ratesamong American adults.Tech whiz Andy Ihnatko gave his take on recent news at the intersection of tech, policy and culture — and tell us what, exactly, a "raspberry pi" is.Then, it’s mating season in the natural kingdom — author and naturalist Sy Montgomery joined us to talk about the challenges that poses for endangered species.And finally, WGBH's Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen reviews this week's local arts and culture and answers the question: Does a new movie about the Chappaquiddick incident in which Sen. Ted Kennedy drove his car off a bridge get closer to the truth than the mediated version in real life?

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Tuesday, March 27th, 2018. We asked you about a string of recent controversies involving Massachusetts State Police, including an alleged overtime scam. Has the state's leadership done enough to keep the agency accountable? Sports reporter Trenni Kusnierick discussed a PSA created by the Sacramento Kings and the Boston Celtics about the killing of Stephon Clark.? Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery also discussed Clark's death and the use of fatal police force in the United States. Instead of users quitting Facebook, should CEO Mark Zuckerberg be the one to quit? Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn weighed in. What does it take for a panda living in captivity to discover its inner bear and survive in the wild? That's the subject of a new documentary,"Pandas." We talked to filmmaker Drew Fellman and wildlife biologist and "bear whisperer" B** en Kilham. ?Boston Globe travel writer Chris Muther, ultraviolet flashlight in hand, has done a study of the cleanliness of hotel sheets. He shared his findings, and then we asked you to share your hotel horror stories.**