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The former national security adviser's new book contains allegations that Trump should have been investigated more broadly for impeachable offenses.

A COVID-19 vaccine will take a long time to develop. In the meantime, can we incentivize big pharma to look into generic treatments?

The Supreme Court has recognized that a person's sex is partly a matter of choice, not just biology, Caplan said.

The chief national correspondent for CNN said Monday's ruling could very well halt recent Trump administration rollbacks to LGBTQ protections.

The NBC Sports Boston anchor discussed a new coalition formed by Kyrie Irving and Avery Bradley that's raising questions about pandemic safety, and the ethics of playing amid Black Lives Matter protests.

Can a policing strategy adapted from the military be part of a reformists' toolkit?

This is “BPR Talks” – where we feature the call-in segments of the day. If you’re looking for the full two hours with guests, you can find the full episode right here in the same feed.Today on the show: We ask listeners about Ossoff's criticism of Donald Trump during a recent rally speech, then we end the show by asking listeners about taking kids places, should kids be allowed to sit at the bar as long as they behave well?Listen in to find out!

Paul Heslop, UN Senior Mine Action Advisor in Ukraine, zooms in to discuss the demining efforts in Ukraine.Dan Primack, Axios business editor, delivers a private equity explainer and discusses the Amazon AI training facility shredding rare books once they scan them.CNN's John King discusses the Dems changing up the voting calendar, and the Trump administration's campaign for private state voter data.

We air a conversation Jim and Margery had with Sasha Waters, filmmaker behind the new Mary Oliver documentary.Hiawatha Bray joins to discuss the AI slop and datacenter backlash.Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Princeton professor, discusses the dismissal of Trump's antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard, and Tyler Austin Harper's Atlantic piece on quitting the tenure track.Sy Montgomery zooms in to discuss Jinny Lu, the world's ugliest dog ... a group of marmots turning to OnlyFans to raise some money ... and a pet goose named Goosey who honked to alert their family of a barn fire, saving all their animals.

This is “BPR Talks” – where we feature the call-in segments of the day. If you’re looking for the full two hours with guests, you can find the full episode right here in the same feed.Today on the show: We ask listeners how they are dealing with back to school shopping with inflation on the rise. Then, we ask listeners what they're sneaking into Fenway Park and the movie theater.Listen in to find out!

Welcome to our new rendition of the Best of BPR Podcast! In this new version, we will be publishing the week's top segments. In case you're missing us over the weekend... now you have something to listen to!On today's Show: Massachusetts Congressman Seth Moulton, joins us as he challenges Senator Ed Markey in the Democratic Primary (we heard from Markey this week)We check in on the Lowell Data Center battle – with MassINC’s Mary Wambui, one of ten Lowell residents joining in a lawsuit against the state regarding the center’s planned expansion, and Jake Fortes, founder of the grassroots advocacy group Honest Future for Lowell.We speak with Natick journalist David Steiner, as he and his wife settle with eBay.