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Does anyone look cool in a turtleneck?That’s the question posed by writer Troy Patterson is his latest article for the New York Times: “Can The Turtleneck…

At 10 in the morning on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey registered a 5.1 magnitude seismic event in the northern region of perhaps the most reclusive…

On Saturday, protestors in the Iranian capital of Tehran stormed the Saudi Arabian embassy, raiding it and setting it on fire.They were protesting Saudi…

Is ISIS really using videos of Donald Trump for recruitment?That’s the claim Hillary Clinton made in a Democratic debate last Saturday, saying: “He is…

Amid the circus of the 2016 political primaries, President George H. W. Bush—the careful, soft-spoken Senator who hated talking about himself—seems almost…

Nothing says “the holidays” like bagpipe music! To that end, drummer Brian Morgan and piper Graeme Blackman of the Stuart Highlanders Pipe Band…

BPR Full Show 2/13: Mild And Spicy

We start the show with "Ask the Mayor" with Michelle Wu. Harvard national security analyst Juliette Kayyem discusses President Trump's posturing on Gaza and attempts within the government to shield itself from DOGE.Ashish Jha, dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health, on the Trump administration's assault on science and health research. Naturalist Sy Montgomery says its the season of love --- and not just for humans. New England foxes, skunks, coyotes, racoons, mink, and barred owls are getting hot and heavy around Valentine's Day.

Today:Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joined Jim and Margery at the Boston Public Library on Feb. 12, 2025. She discusses her upcoming testimony before Congress, Josh Kraft entering the Boston mayoral race, and the latest on plans for a soccer-specific stadium in neighboring Everett.

Today:Civil rights attorney Alejandra Caraballo discusses Trump's attacks on transgender people via executive order, and the institutions complying with alarming speed.Then, Nikki Shults and Stephen Pina of Everyday Boston join to spread some kindness with a card-writing campaign.

LGBTQ civil rights attorney Alejandra Caraballo on threats to gender affirming care and bans against transgender people in college sports and the militaryACLU of Massachusetts' Carol Rose on the history of birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court Nikki Shults and Stephen Pina of Everyday Boston discussed their "Love Your Wicked Awesome Neighbor” program, where people can write cards so strangers throughout the city will feel less alone around Valentines Day.CNN’s John King on national politics news