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As Muslims prepare to observe Eid al-Adha, Palestinian locals are navigating the holiday with grief and resilience during the ongoing war in Gaza.

Nicholas Burns, who now teaches at Harvard, applauded a federal judge’s decision to continue blocking Trump’s ban on international student enrollment.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu questioned Josh Kraft’s fitness to lead Boston.

Assumption University President Greg Weiner said two things can be true: federal government overreach threatens academic freedom and schools must address failings on viewpoint diversity.

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin talks new History Channel docu-series and puts our current political turmoil into historical context.

The Massachusetts congresswoman said cutting people’s wages to pay back student loans is “cruel” — especially at a time of economic uncertainty.

Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner discusses the election officials who fear Trump administration interference in the midterms. Then it's Live Music Friday with Cambridge Symphony Orchestra performing excerpts from Bach's Toccata & Fugue in D minor to get us in the Halloween spirit. NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell discusses her coverage of the Matthew Farwell trial. And Meredith Goldstein of Boston Globe's Love Letters on whether love is truly blind.

Not My Politics is a new show from GBH News focusing on young people in politics, hosted by Zoe Mathews.In this episode: Jared Valanzola, Chair of the Massachusetts Young Republicans and a Plymouth County Commissioner & Nicole Hadar, who just interned with Brian Shortsleeve's GOP campaign for governor, discuss the state of right-leaning politics in the United States.Follow us on Instagram @GBH_NotMyPolitics and stay tuned for more episodes.

This is “BPR Talks” – where we feature the call-in segments of the day. If you’re looking for the full two hours with guests, you can find the full episode right here in the same feed.Today on the show: With so much of the midterm attention on races elsewhere, what are you excited about closer to home: Minogue Healey? Markey Deaton? The 59 ballot questions? How are you preparing for Tuesday in Massachusetts? Then, of course, it’s Am I The A-hole Thursday. AirBnB has new rules on how guests should leave a place after staying, forbidding hosts from requiring complicated clean-ups… so we’re opening the phone and text lines to you: what’s the etiquette on cleaning a short-term rental? Listen in to find out!

A rolling election segment with brief call-ins from Amy Carnevale of the MassGOP, Katie Theoharides of the Trustees of Reservations, and Evan Horowitz of Tufts CSPA.Jacob Weisberg, author of "Profiles in Cowardice: A Study of Collaboration in the Trump Era"Howard Mansfield, author of "Invisible Monuments"Emily Judem and immigration attorney Jonathan Ng join to discuss GBH's latest documentary following a woman in Chelsea whose husband was taken by ICE.

This is “BPR Talks” – where we feature the call-in segments of the day. If you’re looking for the full two hours with guests, you can find the full episode right here in the same feed.Today on the show: With less than a week until election day, it’s the economy, stupid. As voters rank the cost of living in America their number one issue, we’ll open the phone and text lines to ask what you’ve scaled back on, to get by? We’ll end the show with you, and how you’re preparing for the Halloween hordes this weekend. Are you ready to spend more to hand out treats? And where do you stand on the age-old candy corn debate?Listen in to find out!