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Pelton will begin his tenure at the philanthropic organization in June, after nearly 10 years leading Emerson College.

During the "Boston Public Radio" interview, Rev. Monroe said she worries touting the President-elect's Catholicism would create a political double-standard, calling it "a slippery slope."

The national security analyst and CNN contributor said Americans have "every reason to be happy,” even if we have to hunker down for a while longer.

Irene Monroe and Emmett Price talked about the whitewashed legacy of British colonists.

'We're watching very closely.'

The frequent Boston Public Radio contributor said she's confident that GOP litigation won't hold up in court, but warned that the wider effort to call election results into question may well bring "catastrophic" harm to U.S. democratic integrity.

BPR Full Show 4/9: Former Secretary John Kerry And The Iran War

Tufts International Politics professor Daniel Drezner discusses the latest developments in Iran, after President Trump announced last night there would be a two-week cease fire.Naturalist Sy Montgomery explains how New Hampshire's new turtle tunnels are reducing amphibian and reptile road mortality rates.Lyndia Downie, executive director at Pine Street Inn, discusses how they've been expanding transitional housing, and how the city's unhoused population fared during a particularly cold winter. Boston Athletic Association's Scott Stover discusses Boston Marathon sustainability efforts.

BPR Full Show 4/7: Trump Threatens Iran

We check back in with two Boston-based Black business owners to about the reality of doing business with the city and the Commonwealth: Ricardo Pierre Louis, the Founder & CEO of Privé Parking, and Rose Staram, owner and founder of RoseMark Production.MIT economist Jon Gruber discusses the long-term economic impacts of a war in Iran.Mitchell Garabedian, renowned Catholic Sex scandal victims' attorney and advocate, joins with a survivor of the Catholic Sex Scandal, Dr. Herbert Brennan, to discuss a new report out of Rhode Island.GBH’s Jared Bowen reviews The Outsiders, now playing in Boston.

Jill Abramson, former executive editor of the NYT, zooms in for Press Play.Poet Robert Pinsky performs for Live Music Friday.NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell discusses SCOTUS' ruling against a conversion therapy ban.And Boston Globe travel writer Christopher Muther zooms in to praise Peeps marshmallows.