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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…

Today:CNN chief national correspondent John King discusses the government shutdown and the ceasefire in Gaza. And we open the lines to get listener thoughts about peace in the Middle East.

NBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey discusses the fall of Bill Belichick.Food policy analyst Corby Kummer discusses the closure of the Urban Grape amid financial strugglesBoston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung discusses the battle on Beacon Hill over a proposal to raise taxes on offshore corporate income; and the local impacts of the government shutdown and Trump's tariffsCNN's John King discusses Trump's statements on the insurrection act, as cities prep for another round of No Kings rallies this weekend.

Today: Boston Baroque joins for Live Music Friday.Their season opens this weekend with two shows at NEC’s Jordan Hall tomorrow and Sunday. Led by a man The Guardian once called “The Bad Boy of Baroque,” all the way from the UK – Christian Curnyn. Also here: Boston Baroque Executive Director Sarah Radcliffe-Mars and Concertmaster and associate artistic director, a familiar face to this show, Christina Day-Martinson.

GBH's Adam Reilly and The Bay State Banner's Ron Mitchell join for Press Play media analysis. They talk about Pete Hegseth’s effort to muzzle press Pentagon access, Trump’s claim that flag burning no longer falls under first amendment-protected speech, Bari Weiss at CBS News, and other media headlines.NBC Boston's Sue O’Connell on the O’Keefe family’s wrongful death lawsuit against Karen Read, plans for a refresh of the Kowloon, and Amazon's Melania Trump documentary coming to theaters in January.Boston Medical Center's Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett reacts to a Washington Post op-ed by six former U.S. surgeons general arguing RFK Jr. is putting American’s health at risk.Boston Baroque performs for Live Music Friday. We talk with Sarah Radcliffe Marrs and Christina Day-Martinson, plus guest conductor Christian Curnyn (who The Guardian has called “The Bad Boy of Baroque").

Today:Providence College professor Thea Riofrancos joins to discuss her new book "Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism."