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America has a complicated relationship with religious dogma. It inspires reverence and provokes revolt. The nation's oldest living president, 90 year old…

It's a story that, by now, is tragically familiar: an American hostage, alone with his captor in the desert, executed on camera by militants of the…

Charlie Sennott drops by to discuss ISIS' execution of a US Aid worker, gives us a G-20 debrief, and previews GroundTruth's investigative reporting on how…

Need a refresher course on world history? We've got you covered. Or rather, the folks of "The Folklorist"—a New England Emmy-winning history show on…

The sleepy town of Westminster, Massachusetts made waves this week when it proposed a ban on the sale of tobacco products, including cigarettes. That got…

Kelly Beatty, of Sky and Telescope joins us to marvel at the European Space Agency, and their space craft, Rosetta's ten year journey to land on a comet.…

Food critic Corby Kummer joined BPR to talk about the closing of famed restaurant, L'Espalier.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, January 3rd, 2018. The 116th Congress was sworn in today, making the Democrats in control of the house once again. We opened the lines to here what you would like to see accomplished from this new Congress. Immigration advocate Ali Noorani called in to discuss the latest immigration news. Former Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral called in to discuss California governor Jerry Brown's call for a re-examination of the DNA evidence used to convict death row inmate Kevin Cooper. Food critic Corby Kummer helped eulogize the restaurants we lost in 2018. WGBH's Joe Matthieu called in from Washington D.C. to talk about the swearing in of the 116th Congress. Peter DeMarco joined us to talk about the preventable death of his wife Laura and how hospitals can prevent further tragedy. Boston Globe columnist explained why* Catcher in the Rye* is no longer relevant

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Wednesday, January 1st, 2018. We’re only two days into 2019, and all anyone can talk about is 2020: particularly after Sen. Elizabeth Warren dropped a video on Dec. 31 announcing she’s launching an “exploratory committee” to look into running for president. We discussed this and other political headlines with news analysts Charlie Chieppo and Shannon O’Brien. Then we opened up the lines to ask our listeners what they think of Elizabeth Warren’s possible bid for the 2020 election. National security expert Juliette Kayyem joined us to discuss what’s next for the Dept. of Defense now that former Secretary James Mattis is out. We went over the latest in medical ethics dilemmas with medical ethicist Art Caplan. In December, two men competed to make exploration history, each carrying a heavy sled over a frozen landscape to be the first to cross Antarctica solo and unaided. Harvard historian Nancy Koehn joined us to explain. WGBH’s Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen joins us to discuss Oscar nominations and the films currently out in theaters. On Christmas eve this year, the Boston Globe announced that they’re cutting down the comic strip section of the paper. We opened the lines to ask our listeners: are you enraged at the loss of Ippy the Pinhead, or are comic junkie days a thing of the past?

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Friday, December 21st, 2018. We opened up the lines and asked you about the resignation of Defense Secretary James Mattis. Are you concerned the president is making important policy decisions against the advice of his advisers? Rocker Peter Wolf previewed his upcoming New Year's Eve show. Callie Crossley, host of Under the Radar with Callie Crossley, discussed her annual round-up of wacky and wonderful Christmas songs. Emily Rooney, host of Beat the Press, shared her famous list of observations and frustrations. Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey took our questions and yours. The folks behind Community Servings, an organization that brings meals to critically and chronically ill people, faced off on our Friday News Quiz.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, December 20th, 2018.