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Greater Boston host, Emily Rooney, joined Jim Braude and Margery Eagan this week for another installment of her weekly list of obsessions and…

Independent candidates Evan Falchuk and Jeff McCormick joined Jim Braude and Margery Eagan on Boston Public Radio. Highlights include:Evan FalchukJeff…

Three weeks have now passed since protests began at the grocery store chain Market Basket. If the latest news out of the company -- that it is drastically…

Back in the day, if you wanted to spend the night in a yurt, you’d have to build your own frame and schlep it across the Mongolion steppe on the back of…

Recent developments in facial recognition technology have made it possible to measure a person’s lifespan based on facial appearance, and insurance…

Today:Columbia’s Mahmoud Khalil is being held in Louisiana, awaiting his fate after the federal government targeted him for his pro-Palestine advocacy – We speak with one of the members of his legal team, the head of the New York Civil Liberties Union, Donna Lieberman.Dan Primack is the business editor at Axios. He discusses the latest on interest rates and the fed – holding steady at least for now -- and the fate of Tesla.

Political analyst Chuck Todd returns for his weekly D.C. news roundupFormer secretary of public safety Andrea Cabral weighs in on the deportation of RI doctor Rasha Alawieh. She also discusses the Trump administration's attempts to bypass the judiciary.Dan Primack, business editor over at Axios, talks about the Fed's latest decision to keep interest rates steady because of ongoing economic uncertainty.Donna Lieberman leads the New York Civil Liberties Union. She joins us to talk about her role defending detained Colombia University student and green card-holder Mahmoud Khalil.

BPR Full Show 3/19: Pump the Brakes? Boston’s Bike Lane Dilemma

Today:Marc Dunkelman argues the abject failure of progressive politics to get things done played a role in the rise of Trumpism. He joins to discuss his book “Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress – and How to Bring It Back.”And, despite their name, there’s actually very little that we know about the mating habits of the majestic humpback whale. We talk about the first recorded mating observance of the humpback, between two male whales, with naturalist Sy Montgomery.

BPR Full Show 3/18: Massachusetts Women's Hall Of Fame