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Our weekly news quiz featured Shakespearean shenanigans.

When Botham Jean’s brother Brandt took the stand at the sentencing of his brother’s killer Amber Guyger, he had an unusual request for the judge. On the stand, Brandt forgave Guyger for killing his brother, and asked the judge if he could hug her. The judge allowed it.

Harvard's admissions process passes muster in federal court, but isn't perfect, Reville said.

Roosevelt introduced sweeping progressive policies with his New Deal. Can today's progressives do the same around climate change?

MGH employees do more than take care of patients — they also sing!

The civil rights organization wants more information about potential civil rights violations.

The full episode of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, April 26, 2018. Featuring: NBC host Chuck Todd, Edgar B. Herwick III of WGBH's Curiosity Desk, author Robert Kuttner, Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn, and Boston Globe columnist and noted local curmudgeon Alex Beam.

The full episode of Boston Public Radio from Wednesday, April 25, 2018. Featuring: WGBH arts editor Jared Bowen, homeland security expert Juliette Kayyem, Boston Globe consumer protections reporter Sean Murphy, medical ethicist Arthur Caplan, and Harvard Graduate School of Education professor Paul Reville.

Attorney General Maura Healey took your questions and ours.

The full episode of Boston Public Radio from Tuesday, April 24, 2018. Featuring: Attorney General Maura Healey, sports reporter Trenni Kusnierick, food editor and writer Corby Kummer, and CNN's John King.

The full broadcast from Monday, April 23, 2018. Includes: Political roundtable with writer Joanna Weiss and Boston Globe State House bureau chief Frank Phillips, Charles Sennott of The GroundTruth Project, Reverends Irene Monroe and Emmett Price, Eric Jackson of "Eric In The Evening," and Heather Goldstone of "Living Lab Radio."