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Senator Ed Markey believes that Congress is past due for a historic showdown on gun control."I think we're close to a tipping point," Markey said on…

Late last week, Congressman Kevin McCarthy abruptly withdrew his name from the running to be the next Speaker of the House. The California Republican was…

This weekend, an army of activist brass bands descends on Somerville to celebrate the tenth annual HONK! Fest. To celebrate, Jim Braude and Margery Eagan…

In the wake of the shooting at Umpqua Community College in Oregon, Democrats in Congress have launched a renewed push for gun control legislation like…

Doctors Without Borders, the international organization in charge of a hospital in Afghanistan bombed by an American airstrike this weekend, has called…

Thomas Hughes was a 29 year old investment banker at the prestige firm of Moelis & Company when he missed a family Easter brunch at the Yale Club in New…

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Tuesday, August 28th, 2018 This week Boston Public Radio is revisiting some of our favorite conversations. In this episode you'll hear: ESPN’s Howard Bryant discussed his new book, "The Heritage: Black Athletes, a Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism." Sociologist Michael Eric Dyson discussed his new book, "What Truth Sounds Like: RFK, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race In America." Harvard’s Stephen Greenblatt looked at his new book on politics, "Tyrant: Shakespeare On Politics." Sy Montgomery, journalist and naturalist, talked about her latest book, "The Hyena Scientist." Just in time for the end of summer, John Hodgman discussed his book "Vacationland: True Stories From Painful Beaches." Actor and activist **George Takei discussed the musical "Allegiance," which is based on his real-life experience of living in **a Japanese-American internment camp.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Monday, August 27th, 2018. This week, Boston Public Radio is revisiting some of our favorite conversations. In this show, you'll hear: MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell discussed his book "Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics." Harvard Business School’s Michael Norton explained his research on how our tolerance for financial risk can be determined by what we order for dessert. Khizr Khan discussed his memoir "An American Family: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice." Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer-prize winning novelist, recreates the world of the 1940s Brooklyn Navy Yard in her new novel "Manhattan Beach." Actor, comedian, and vocalist Lea DeLaria of "Orange Is The New Black" discussed her career on the small screen and the big stage.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Friday, August 8th, 2018.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, August 23rd, 2018. Chuck Todd, host of NBC's Meet the Press, shared the latest on the plea deal granted to longtime Trump lawyer Michael Cohen and other news from Washington, D.C. We asked you about the White House's relationship to "truthiness." Are you someone who sees the importance of truth degrading in your own life? Former Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral discussed the Trump investigation, a vote to license marijuana testing labs in Massachusetts, and other criminal justice news. Attorney General Maura Healey took our questions and yours. Medical ethicist Arthur Caplan looked at a study on the positive impact of black doctors on the health of black patients. We know who the famous Renaissance men are, but what about the women? Brandeis Professor Ramie Targoff's new book profiles one of the most famous — and also, paradoxically, most forgotten — woman of the Renaissance, Vittoria Colonna. Summer is winding down, and nearly half of us won't be taking vacation to enjoy it. We're asking you: Did you get a vacation this summer? Or did you find yourself checking your work email the entire time you were away? Have you figured out how to take vacation and enjoy it?

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018. Yesterday might very well be the worst day in Trump’s presidency, with two men from his innermost circle sharing a remarkable split screen moment. One one side of the screen a jury finds his former campaign manager Paul Manafort guilty on eight counts of tax fraud. On the other side of the screen, Trump’s former fixer, Michael Cohen pleads guilty to Tax evasion, campaign finance violations involving hush money payments to Stormy Daniels and he admits he broke the law at the direction of “a candidate for federal office.” So what does this mean, now that Michael Cohen has implicated President Trump as a co-conspirator? Attorney Dan Small is a partner in Holland & Knight's Miami and Boston offices and a former prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice. He joins us to discuss. When it comes to re-branding we’re opening the lines, asking you about Dunkin’s "dos and donuts." Yesterday the franchise announced that 30 of its Boston Stores will get a makeover, with less emphasis on the donuts and more emphasis on giving customers a “ modern in-store experience.” It turns out dropping "Donuts" from the name is part of this overhaul. First off, it’s it’s just Dunkin’ without the donuts, what exactly are you dunking? Secondly, is a 21st century style coffee house what we want out of a Dunkin donuts? We opened the lines to ask you. Then, Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam is here for his weekly roundup of Esoterica. Then, NBC Sports’ Trenni Kusnierek talks about wooing the soon-to-be WooSox to Worcester. We unpack the importance of a permanent Superintendent of Boston Schools with Paul Reville — he’s a professor at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education where he also runs the Education Redesign Lab, and he’s the state’s former secretary of Education. Then, the power of Jimmy Carter’s no frills post-presidency with Harvard historian Nancy Koehn. Naturalist and journalist Sy Montgomery joins us for her monthly edition of The Afternoon Zoo, a conversation at the intersection of animal and human behavior. And finally, this summer marks the 60th anniversary of Paddington and among the celebrations is the exhibit, “Paddington Comes to America,” which you can catch at the Eric Carle Museum in Amherst through October 7th. We spoke with R.W. Alley, who for Twenty years has illustrated Michael Bond’s Paddington Bear books.