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The Harvard economist said voting campaigns can be effective, but work best under specific circumstances.

Taza Chocolate co-founders speak about their transparent supply chain and unique chocolate making process.

Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg’s campaign said that he regrets the New York Police Department’s controversial use of stop-and-frisk while he was Mayor of New York City, and that he has realized the impact the technique had on communities of color.

"Do I think the Pentagon is now going to investigate? I think the answer is no."

Bloomberg should pay off all the fines preventing ex-felons from voting, Cabral said.

"I'm an engineer, we never use the word 'perfect,'" Sununu said. "But we will get it 100% right.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Monday, March 11th, 2019.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Friday, March 8th, 2019. We opened up the phone lines to ask how our listeners feel about a proposal to lower the voting age to 16. The Boston Globe’s Consumer Advocacy Reporter Sean Murphy joined us to discuss some of his most recent reporting. Mayor Marty Walsh stopped by the Boston Public Library for another edition of “Ask the Mayor.” Under the Radar host Callie Crossley joined us to discuss Joe Biden’s record on desegregation in the 1970s. We spoke with New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe about his new book “Say Nothing” Erin Connor and Rebecca Roth Gollo of Blackbird Doughnuts joined us for our weekly news quiz.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, March 7th, 2019 Chuck Todd, the moderator of Meet the Press, host of Meet the Press Daily on MSNBC, and the political director for NBC news, called in to talk about the split in the house over Rep. Ilhan Omar’s alleged anti-Semitic remarks about Israel. In light of a New Yorker story on the close collaboration between Trump and Fox News, Democrats have spoken out against the station hosting any presidential debates. We opened the lines to hear if you think this is the right decision. Mike Astrue, the commissioner of the Social Security Administration from 2007 to 2013, explained the 25th Amendment. He also served as Associate Counsel to the President of the United States at the White House in the Reagan and George Bush Sr administrations. Andrea Cabral, former Suffolk County sheriff, former secretary of public safety, and CEO of Ascend, discussed the revelation that Michael Cohen allegedly lied during his recent testimony about asking for a pardon. Sue O’Connell, co-publisher of Bay Windows and The South End News, and host of NECN’s The Take with Sue O’Connell, talked about the recent confirmation of a judge who interned at an anti-LGBTQ group. Paul Reville, former secretary of education and a professor at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education where he also runs the Education Redesign Lab, talked about why it is taking so long for the Boston Public School system to find a new superintendent Boston Mayor Marty Walsh will be proposing a reduction of the speed limit in Boston neighborhoods to 20 miles per hour today. We went to the phones to hear if you think this proposal will prevent accidents or create more. Ali Noorani, executive director of the National Immigration Forum, discussed the latest news on Trump's boarder wall emergency. Noorani's latest book is, "There Goes the Neighborhood: How Communities Overcome Prejudice and Meet the Challenge of American Immigration."

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Wednesday, March 6th, 2019. A new study from PredictWise in collaboration with The Atlantic ranked every county in Massachusetts as being in the 99th or 100th percentile for "more prejudiced" in terms of political tolerance, or lack thereof. We opened up the lines to ask our listeners, Do you think this is true? And if so, why? A second patient is in remission of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant. Joining us to discuss what this means for HIV research and the future of finding a cure is Art Caplan, the Drs. William F and Virginia Connolly Mitty Chair, and director of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Langone Medical Center. He’s also the co-host of the Everyday Ethics podcast. We checked in on the ongoing search for Boston’s Superintendent of Schools with Shirley Leung, the Boston Globe’s Interim Editorial Page editor. Conan Harris and Mark Culliton of College Bound Dorchester joined us to discuss their new initiative to get gang members off the street and into college. Mark Culliton is the CEO of College Bound Dorchester and Conan Harris serves as the organization’s Senior Vice President of Policy and External Affairs. Tom Jennings, the producer of new Frontline documentary "Right to Fail," discusses Frontline’s new film about New York City’s landmark ruling to let people in assisted housing live independently — and how that decision has backfired. In our discussion with medical ethicist Art Caplan, we discussed the largely ignored reason why many people faint at the sight of blood, a phenomenon called vasovagal syncope. We opened the lines to ask our listeners about their experience. And finally, we checked in with Carolyn Beeler, environment reporter for PRI’s The World, who gave us an update on her Antarctica expedition to Thwaites Glacier.

Food critic Corby Kummer joined BPR to talk about how fast food keeps getting worse for you.