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America may be going through a racial reckoning, but two-thirds of Americans still oppose reparations.

Historian and author Elizabeth Hinton speaks about her latest book.

The PAGU owner, who co-founded the nonprofits Off Their Plate and Project Restore Us during the pandemic, talked reopening and community support during her Monday interview on Boston Public Radio.

In a conservative push, American bishops have voted to draft new guidance that may prohibit Catholics who support abortion rights from taking communion.

Josiah Mayo recounts the whale of tale, and dispels any skeptics.

Historian Kellie Carter Jackson says Juneteenth's federal holiday status "feels very symbolic, but it doesn't feel very substantive."

BPR Full Show 3/12: How To Load The Dishwasher

Alan Khazei, founder of City Year, discusses the value of public service.Alex Green talks about his book A Perfect Turmoil: Walter E. Fernald and the Struggle to Care for America’s Disabled, which is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Senator Ed Markey zooms in to discuss the cost of war with Iran.Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses AI-assisted warfare, and the bomb threat near Gracie Mansion in New York City. Then, Juliette sticks around for our conversation about popcorn.

BPR Full Show 3/10: Ask The Mayor With Mayor Wu

Emerald Necklace Conservancy President Karen Mauney-Brodek and NAACP Boston's Ed Burley join to discuss their group's opposition to Mayor Wu's White Stadium plan.NBC Sports Boston anchor-reporterTrenni Casey on the battle over security funding for the FIFA World Cup in Foxborough.Boston Medical Center's Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett discusses a new study that finds Tylenol use in pregnant women declined after President Trump and RFK Jr.'s made unfounded claims last fall that the drug cases autism. GBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen joins us to discuss the BSO declining to renew Andris Nelsons' contract.

Anand Giridharadas of The.Ink Substack and MSNBC commentator joins for Press Play, our weekly media analysis segment, to discuss Pete Hegseth's Iran press conferences in front of a new, friendlier press corps this week.Flutist Jamie Baum joins us for Live Music Friday, ahead of a show at Scullers on Saturday. Steve Elman, former jazz host and one of Jamie's professional cheerleaders, also joins us in Studio 3.NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell discusses the bar owner facing sanctions for Patriots players' bad behavior, and a rise in homophobic bullying at school hockey programs across the state, in the wake of Heated Rivalry's popularity.