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Michael Dukakis testified in defense of alleged terrorist Jahar Tsarnaev’s friend Robel Phillipos. What do you think about Dukakis’ move?Corby Kummer…

On Monday, Boston Public Radio hosted a debate about the first question on the state’s November ballot: changing the state’s gas tax law so it’s not…

Should Columbus Day be nixed and renamed Indigenous People’s Day? We took your calls.Columnists Joan Venocchi of the Boston Globe and Peter Gelzinis of…

Everybody’s got a Bucket List of things they really, really want to do. What’s on Greater Boston host Emily Rooney’s?

300,00 people signed a petition to try to save Excalibur, the dog of the Spanish Ebola patient. Did you? Why are so many people so passionate about saving…

Congressman Stephen Lynch (9th district) checks in with us from Iraq to talk about ISIS, boots on the ground, and Turkey’s role. We talk to you to see…

Today:National security analyst Juliette Kayyem discusses the Trump administration saying they will target schools and churches for immigration raids.And, naturalist Sy Montgomery discusses the changing science around insects' ability to feel pain.

President Donald Trump issued several executive orders that roll back climate progress. We take listener reactions on his energy policies. GBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen discusses a photography exhibit, Cara Romero: Panûpünüwügai (Living Light), at the Hood Museum in Dartmouth, NH. National security analyst Juliette Kayyem discusses Trump's border executive orders and J6 pardons.Mark Pothier and Walter Robinson of the Plymouth Independent discuss local news efforts and clashes with town officials.Naturalist Sy Montgomery zooms in to discuss chimpanzees sharing familial language, insects feeling pain and animals struggling in the LA fires.Now that we know bugs feel pain, will we stop killing them? We ask listeners.

Jeffrey Thielman, president and CEO of the International Institute of New England, on their work resettling refugees and protecting immigrants.David Cash, former regional EPA director for New England, discusses Trump's energy plansShirley Leung on our modern oligarchy, with tech titans on bended knee for Trump.John King on Trump's executive orders

Today:Wrapped up in Trump’s day-one actions were a string of executive orders designed to upend U.S. immigration policy – We talk with Jeffrey Thielman, President and CEO the International Institute of New England. And, David Cash, who until yesterday 11:59 AM headed the New England branch of the Environmental Protection Agency… Now he’s watching Donald Trump do his best to dismantle U.S. climate policy.

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