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Edgar runs WGBH's Curiosity Desk, where he aims to dig a little deeper (and sometimes askew) into topics in the news and looks for answers to questions posed by the world around us. His radio features can be heard onWGBH'sMorning Edition and All Things Considered, and he can also be heard regularly with Jim andMargery on Boston Public Radio. His television features can be seen regularly on Greater Boston. Each Friday, he takes 89.7 listeners back in time with his feature, "This Week in Massachusetts History."

On the season finale of Saturday Night Live, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson used the monologue to enlist Tom Hanks to be his 2020 running mate. A "crazy week" in news provided lots of fodder for the show.

This week, Saturday Night Live reimagined a classic kids show, while a suspiciously presidential-sounding "John Miller" called in to an already uncomfortable day on Morning Joe.

The "Queen of Chess" gave away her final match at a major festival to make a point. And it left befuddled chess watchers wondering — in the words of one announcer — "What. Is. Going. On??"

A cold prevented the queen from attending services for the first time anyone can remember. Her prerecorded message offered encouragement to those overwhelmed by the world's problems.

Satirist John Clarke's pitch-perfect portrayal of an Australian senator denying the impact of an oil spill once prompted a Snopes fact-check report.

The New England Patriots face off against the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LII on Sunday. Who will win? These animals make their highly educated guesses.

Just in time for Valentine's Day, commentator Miles Hoffman highlights the most notable of classical music couples.

Baritone James Maddalena created the role of Richard Nixon in John Adams’ opera Nixon in China in 1987. And now, nearly twenty-five years after the…

Keigo Hirakawa is an Ivy League-educated researcher and professor at the University of Dayton. He is also a gifted jazz pianist—and he’s trying to be at...