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WGBH-FM: WGBH Forum Network: Current Events Podcast






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Hear perspectives from leading professors, economists, policymakers, authors, and community leaders on the topics impacting your daily life. WGBH's Forum Network Current Events podcast provides you with deeper engagement and a variety of viewpoints on today's hot-button issues, including politics, economics, U.S. and world events, and more.


Feed: http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=510007
Web: http://www.forum-network.org

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