• Palestinian civilians on their daily fight for survival
    May 9 2024

    Some Palestinians have been able to flee Gaza. But millions are still there as the Israeli military moves on Rafah, and there’s still no agreement to pause the war.

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    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.

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    47 mins
  • 'The evidence was disappointingly poor': The full interview with Dr. Hilary Cass
    May 8 2024

    British pediatrician Dr. Hilary Cass led a highly anticipated independent scientific review of gender health services for children in England, commissioned by the National Health Service.

    Now popularly known as the 'Cass Review,' it concludes for most young people, "a medical pathway will not be the best way to manage their gender-related distress.” She gave On Point her first broadcast interview in the U.S.

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    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.

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    58 mins
  • 'Cass Review' author: More 'caution' advised for gender-affirming care for youth
    May 8 2024

    A groundbreaking review out of the UK finds “poor” or “low quality” evidence for using puberty blockers and hormones to help gender-distressed young people. Dr. Hilary Cass, who led that review, gives her first U.S. broadcast interview to On Point.

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    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.

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    48 mins
  • Rethinking how dyslexia is diagnosed
    May 7 2024

    Dyslexia affects one in every 5 Americans. But only 2 million are diagnosed and receive the help they need. Why?

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    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.

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    47 mins
  • The story behind 2022's secret Ukraine-Russia peace negotiations
    May 6 2024

    The Russia-Ukraine war has lasted over two years. But just weeks after Russia's 2022 invasion, both sides came close to a settlement that could have ended the war and saved thousands of lives. What happened?

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    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.

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    47 mins
  • The Jackpod: The red hat
    May 3 2024

    On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the power of the MAGA red hat to forge an identity and spread a political message around the world.

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    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.

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    29 mins
  • Is the U.S. a democracy?
    May 3 2024

    For decades some conservative scholars and politicians have asserted the United States is a constitutional republic, not a democracy. So which one is it?

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    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.

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    48 mins
  • 'A most tolerant little town': The forgotten story of desegregation in Clinton, Tennessee
    May 3 2024

    Rebroadcast: In 1956, a federal judge ordered the town of Clinton, Tennessee to desegregate its high school. The unrest that followed tore the town apart.

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    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.

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    47 mins