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Feeling a little hungry right now? You will be after this week's News Quiz, where top-notch chefs Jody Adams of Rialto and Trade and Steve DiFillippo of…

Get in the Halloween spirit with Boston Public Radio's Friday News Quiz! This week, Chuck Lechien, Jr., founder and creative director of the Boston Circus…

Michael Dukakis testified in defense of alleged terrorist Jahar Tsarnaev's friend Robel Phillipos. What do you think about Dukakis' move?Corby Kummer…

On Monday, Boston Public Radio hosted a debate about the first question on the state's November ballot: changing the state's gas tax law so it's not…

Should Columbus Day be nixed and renamed Indigenous People's Day? We took your calls.Columnists Joan Venocchi of the Boston Globe and Peter Gelzinis of…

Food writer Corby Kummer joined Boston Public Radio to discuss the payments the USDA will distribute to farmers hit by retaliatory tariffs.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Monday, September 3rd, 2018. This week Boston Public Radio is revisiting some of our favorite conversations. In this episode you'll hear: Jon Meacham on his new book,* The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels.* Lawrence O’Donnell about his book, Deadly Force: A Police Shooting and My family’s Search for the Truth. Caitlin Moran about her lastest novel,* How to Be Famous.* Tom Papa on his latest book,* Your Dad Stole My Rake and Other Dilemma’s.* Richard Blanco, the fifth presidential inaugural poet in U.S. history, joined us for another edition of Village Voice. Harvard Historian Nancy Koehn discussed the qualities that made George Washington an extraordinary leader.

The full broadcast from Boston Public Radio from Friday, August 31st, 2018. This week Boston Public Radio is revisiting some of our favorite conversations. In this episode you'll hear: We spoke with Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt about their new book, How Democracies Die. Michael Norton broke down the correlation between our appetite for risk and our appetite for ordering desert. Steve Coll discussed his new book, Directorate S: An Account of one of the great tragedies of our age – America’s failing policies in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Former Secretary of Labor Robert discussed his recipe for a just society. It’s the subject of his new book, The Common Good. Harvard linguist Steven pinker discussed his latest book, Enlightenment Now. Meredith Goldstein, the woman behind the Boston Globe’s advice columnist* Love Letters, joined us to talk about her new book, *Can’t Help Myself.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, August 29th, 2018 This week Boston Public Radio is revisiting some of our favorite conversations. In this episode you'll hear: Tina Brown joined us to talk about her latest book, The Vanity Fair Diaries. We opened the lines and asked you about your Q-tip IQ. Do you actually follow the instructions or do you take the cotton swab plunger—even if it means you might have to go to the ER? We talked to former White House Photographer Pete Souza, who put eight years of the Obama administration into his latest book, Obama: An Intimate Portrait. Novelist Meg Wolitzer discusses her latest book, The Female Persuasion. Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes, a wife and husband who survived the Boston Marathon Bombing, have written a children's book about another partnership—the one between Jessica and her service dog rescue, Rescue and Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship. Cecile Richards, the outgoing president of Planned Parenthood, discussed what she’s doing next to keep the fight for women’s rights alive and well.

This week Boston Public Radio is revisiting some of our favorite conversations. In this episode you'll hear: We celebrated Leonard Bernstein’s centennial with his daughters Nina Bernstein Simmons and Jamie Bernstein We open the lines and asked you about Updike’s Rabbit series being adapted to TV. What do you think have been the best and worst adaptations of books onto the big and small screen? Alex Beam joined us for one of his famous explainers. The makers of* FRONTLINE's *Oscar nominated documentary, *Abacus: Small Enough to Jail, *joined us to talk about their award winning film. Kevin Young discussed his book,* Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-facts, and Fake News.* We talked to Gar Alpervitz, who was instrumental in making the Pentagon Papers public. Sy Montgomery joined us for another edition of the Afternoon Zoo.