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Got an icicle the size of a Volkswagen hanging off your roof? Tom Silva and Norm Abram are here to help. The two This Old House experts joined Jim and…

David Axelrod is a grizzled veteran of American politics, first covering it as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune and then working campaigns for Richard…

Before you climb up onto your roof with a shovel* to clear off the forty feet of snow that’s accumulated in the past few days, you may want to listen to…

“American Sniper”—the Clint Eastwood blockbuster about real-life Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle—has broken record after record at the box office. But the…

Oh, how the tables have turned. High School Quiz Show host Billy Costa put Jim Braude and Margery Eagan on the other side of the answer sheet this week…

After ISIS released video of the brutal murder of Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kaseasbeh, the reaction of the pilot’s home country was swift. By dawn, two…

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Wednesday, March 20th, 2019.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Tuesday, March 19th, 3/19/19. Earlier this week, The New York Times explored the phenomenon of "snowplow parents," or parents who go out of their way to remove obstacles in their children's lives. We opened up the lines and asked our listeners: Can you relate? Anchor and reporter with NBC Sports Boston Trenni Kusnierek updated us on Patriots owner Bob Kraft's prostitution scandal. Boston City Council President Andrea Campbell discussed how to make nightlife in Boston safer after two recent attacks on young women. Is it time for the MBTA and universities to cover the cost of public transportation for students? Shirley Leung, The Boston Globe’s interim editorial page editor, weighed in. The message on eggs is getting scrambled once again: A new study found that eating three or more eggs a week increases your risk of heart disease and early death. We asked our listeners: Is it impossible to keep up with these contradictory studies? John King, CNN’s chief national correspondent and the anchor of "Inside Politics," shared the latest news from Washington, D.C. Carolyn Beeler, environmental reporter at PRI's The World, shared her last dispatch from Antarctica.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Monday, March 18th, 2018. Geoff Diehl and Jeffrey Sanchez joined us for our political round table. Charlie Sennott, WGBH news analyst and CEO of The GroundTruth Project, joined us to discuss the response to last week’s shootings in New Zealand. We spoke with medical ethicist Art Caplan about the prevalence of suicide among medical professionals. Corby Kummer, a senior editor at The Atlantic, joined us to discuss how similar tactics used to sell tobacco are used to market sugary beverages to children. We opened up our phone lines to ask for our listeners’ reactions to last week's shootings in New Zealand. Reverend Irene Monroe joined us to share her thoughts on the college admissions scandal. We spoke with television and pop culture expert Bob Thompson about what he watched on TV last week.

Food critic Corby Kummer joined Boston Public Radio to discuss the new guidelines the USDA released for how meat companies should respond to costumers who find contaminates in their meat.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Friday, March 15th, 2018. The college admissions scam has revealed the lengths to which wealthy and famous parents will go to get their children into elite schools. But does it also say something about our obsession with college admissions more generally? Are parents putting too much pressure on their kids to get into the "right" school? We opened up the lines and ask you. In a stunning election, Fall River voters recalled Mayor Jasiel Correia from office — and then immediately voted him back in. Shirley Leung, interim editorial page editor for the Boston Globe, explained what happened and where the city should go from here. Emily Rooney, host of "Beat the Press," shared her famous list of observations and frustrations. Senator Elizabeth Warren sent shockwaves through Silicon Valley this week when she proposed breaking up tech giants like Amazon. Tech writer, blogger, and podcaster Andy Ihnatko explained. The Mueller investigation is reportedly winding down. We got insight from legal expert Michael Zeldin, a resident fellow at the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School, a CNN legal analyst, and former colleague of Mueller's. Is it time for Massachusetts to consider safe injection sites to combat the opioid crisis? Callie Crossley, host of "Under the Radar with Callie Crossley," weighed in. Our Friday News Quiz featured actors Lily Santiago and George Hampe, who star in a new production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet from the Huntington Theatre Company.