• Last night, Congressional Democrats (led by Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy) launched a 15-hour filibuster demanding a vote on gun control reforms. What do you think Congress should do about gun control reform? We opened up the lines and got your take.
  • Are public schools doing enough to fund arts education? Harvard Graduate School of Education professor Paul Reville weighed in.
  • Former Secretary of Public Safety Andrea Cabral looked at the difficulties mistreated prisoners face when they attempt to bring legal suits against prisons.
  • Author and Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam served as master of ceremonies for the first installment of our BPR Summer Book Club on Steve Martin’s “An Object Of Beauty.”
  • Annie Proulx, author of “Brokeback Mountain” and “The Shipping News” fame, tells us about her new novel “Barkskins”—a saga that spans centuries of humans pillaging the Earth’s natural resources for their own ends.