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For the first time in decades, voters in Myanmar—which, until a few years ago, was ruled by a military junta—cast their votes in a nationwide election…

If jazz music is poetry in motion, then Robert Pinsky and Laurence Hobgood—a poet and jazz pianist, respectively—take it to a whole other level. They’ve…

Congressman Jim McGovern says there’s a better way to honor American veterans than bankrolling lavish patriotic displays at professional sports games—and…

Barack Obama was going to be the president to end two wars. Could he start a third?Last week, the White House announced that American advisers will be…

If you didn’t know the Omni Parker Hotel in Boston was haunted (it is!) then you might want to listen to this week’s News Quiz from Boston Public Radio.…

The Massachusetts Department of Children and Families needs significant reform to prevent future child abuse cases like the death of Bella Bond, said…

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from 2/27/18 featuring: Medical ethicist Art Caplan, food writer Corby Kummer, writer Amy Chua on her new book, "Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations," CNN's John King, and Harvard historian Nancy Koehn.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from 2/26/18. Charlie Chieppoe and Shannon O'Brien joined us for a political roundtable. The GroundTruth Projects Charlie Sennott updated us with the latest news on North Korea. Boston Police commissioner Bill took your questions. Reverends Irene Monroe and Emmett Price joined us for another edition of All Revved. TV expert Bob Thompson gave us his list of the best and worst shows on TV.

Keith Lockhart and Ron Della Chiesa joined us for a musical news quiz.

The Boston Public Radio Full Broadcast from 2/23/18. Featuring: Trenni Kusnierek calling from the Olympics, we opened the lines to hear your thoughts on Trump's latest suggestions for gun reform, Boston Globe's Shirley Leung, WGBH's Emily Rooney, Economist Robert Reich, and Keith Lockhart and Ron Della Chiesa joined us for the news quiz.

The full broadcast from 2/22/18. Featuring: Chuck Todd, we opened the lines to hear your thoughts on gun reform. Andrea Cabral on gun and justice reform, Congressman Steve Lynch, columnist Alex Beam, and wine expert Johnathan Alsop.