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Airplanes may be cleaner than they've ever been, but this travel writer still won't fly.

Irene Monroe and Emmett Price reflected on the use of terms like "cake walk," and even "picnic" in everyday American speech.

Instead of premiering in theaters, the live action adaption of Mulan has been released on Disney+, but for a fee.

Blanco described Laux as "subtly powerful."

"The Massachusetts Playbook" author called in to Boston Public Radio to discuss the latest headlines in Mass. politics.

Rates of infections will increase until a vaccine or a change in leadership arrives, Kayyem said.

Today:Cellist Yo Yo Ma previews his sold out Celebrity Series of Boston performance is this Friday at Symphony Hall: “We the People: Celebrating Our Shared Humanity.” It will be simulcast free of charge at more than 20 venues across the state, from Cape Cod to North Adams. For more information, go to CelebritySeries.Org

BPR Full Show 11/19: Yo-Yo Ma Gets A Smug Mug!

BPR Full Show 11/18: Ask The Mayor November Edition

Today:Rickey McGee was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the shooting death of a convenience store clerk who was killed during a robbery in the Fenway. For 28 years, McGee maintained his innocence. Behind bars, he co-founded the Harriet Tubman Project in 2021, which brings together incarcerated people fighting wrongful convictions.In October he was released from prison, and thanks to McGee’s own advocacy and the Innocence Program at the Public Defender’s Office, prosecutors officially dropped the murder case after new evidence weakened the testimony of the prosecution's main witness. McGee joined Jim and Margery in Studio 3 on Monday with his partner Jacqueline Fonseca, who works for the New England Innocence Project.

BPR Full Show 11/17: Trump Economic Storm