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Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. How Memory Works  (First) | Assessing Where Israel Went Wrong in Gaza (Starts at 18:45) | Introducing the 2024 Public Song Project (Starts at 54:15) If you don’t subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here. Read the full…

A ship carrying much- needed humanitarian aid for Gaza is expected to set sail from Cyprus this weekend – we hear from someone on board. Show more A ship carrying much- needed humanitarian aid for Gaza is expected to set sail from Cyprus this weekend – we talk to someone on board. And we hear…

Anastasios Adamopoulos was driving a city bus early Monday morning in Chicago when he saw homes on fire. He stopped to help. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP How did your work week begin? Early wake-up? Dozens of unread emails? Long line at Starbucks? Anastasios Adamopoulos was at the wheel of his Route 71 South Shore Chicago Transit…

On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on President Biden’s State of the Union address and the politics of memory, versus the politics of hope. About: On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world. Read the full article…

Heidi has a little neighborhood bird that freaks out several times a day and starts pecking away on the chrome of her Lincoln, thinking that it is defending it’s territory. Will Click and Clack recommend extensive efforts to save the little guy or should Heid just ‘brick him’? Find out on this episode of the…

Friday on the NewsHour, the Senate races to pass a spending package and avoid a government shutdown. Why many Americans feel unhappy about the economy despite indicators that say it’s improving. Hungary’s far-right prime minister Viktor Orbán visits the U.S. and is meeting with Trump, but not Biden. Plus, the sound designer of “The Zone…

Children carry kitchen utensils as they walk toward a food distribution point in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. -/AFP via Getty Images President Biden delivered his State of the Union address Thursday evening. It was fiery, but was it enough to convince…

When supply chains were backed up early in the pandemic, some businesses bulked up on warehouse space. Now that inventory is no longer a problem, what to do with the excess? And in the art world, some nonprofits are trying to buy real estate, which comes with benefits and financial hurdles. Also in this episode:…

When you sit down to watch the Oscars, what you are really watching is the final battle in a months-long war of financial engineering and campaign strategy. Because in Hollywood, every year is an election year. A small army of Oscars campaign strategists help studios and streamers deploy tens of millions of dollars to sway…

Sign up for the On Point newsletter here.  This rebroadcast originally aired on February 28th, 2023. Millions of Americans sell their blood plasma every year. It’s part of a global, multibillion dollar business. “If you go to the Red Cross … you are limited to donating 13 times a year — once every 28 days,” Kathleen…