Bob Oakes

Retired Senior Correspondent and past longtime Host of @WBUR's Morning Edition.

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On @WBUR On Morning Edition (7:50am) & ATC on Weds April 30 - the 50th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon & the end of the @vietnamwar50th - I’ll have the story of US Marines from Massachusetts on the roof of the US Embassy in those harrowing final hours waiting for evacuation.

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50 years to the day of his death
Tuesday April 29 1975 @wbur tells the story of Charlie McMahon from Woburn MA. Once Boys Club ‘Boy of the Year’-he was one of the last US Marines killed in Vietnam. Find the story on @MorningEdition @ATC & https://t.co/Ek5Zirsv7R

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For the 50th Anniversary of the end of the #VietnamWar-for 3 days starting tomorrow @wbur on @MorningEdition we’ll have stories on the last of Massachusetts Marines to evacuate the country & the last to die there.

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For all MD’s, NP’s, med practitioners and All Patients: Watch this Ted Talk by my ENT Dr Mel Thacker. It might save lives!

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A story about Massachusetts natives who lost everything in the California wildfires. Take a look at it - and please do what you can to help if you are so inclined. Thanks!

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Jimmy Carter passes. Very sad.

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Oh wait….is his position
Top Puppet-Master?!

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Help me out please.

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After today’s Capitol Hill debacle I’m confused about GOP hierarchy right now
Is Mr Musk co-Pres Unelected with Mr Trump as co-President Elect-Is he co-VP Unelected with Mr Vance as VP Elect-Is he 1st VP Unelected with Mr Vance as 2nd VP-Or the top conflicted lobbyist/Oligarch?

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If Jeff Bezos fails to explain his decision himself-instead of hanging Publisher Will Lewis out to dry-then add my cancellation to the list as well. The great Post journalists deserve someone better than a coward & a rear-end kisser as an owner.
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Grammy wins me over early in the broadcast tonight as #tracychapman and #lukecombs perform’Fast Car’. Sensational duet!

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MA GOP sources:AG is offering a hefty fine for the 3 players in the Sen.Fattman,ex-chair JimLyons+state party illegal scam to funnel $130,000 into Mrs. Fattman tough 2018 county reelection.Each would pay $31,000. Party needs state comm. approval.The other two are balking. #MAPOLI

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Mon. 3/20 at 6:30pm: Former @WBUR Morning Edition host @bob_oakes moderates a conversation with @NewYorker writer @adamgopnik to discuss his book “The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery." Gopnik will sign books after the event. https://t.co/gF9ukpci7I

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The #GRAMMYs tonight on CBS are proving once again, as they do almost every year, that it IS the best awards show on TV. Great music, moving performances. Hope you are watching or recording!!!

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Have you seen the @springsteen #brucespringsteen video of his version of ‘Nightshift’ - the #Commodores song about Marvin Gaye & Jackie Wilson? It’s excellent!https://t.co/5LnSsmy6jD

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Angry eyes in the sky over #novascotia tonight at sunset as we wait for Tropical Storm/hurricane Fiona.

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@sdooling Shannon. I for one cannot wait to see how you’ll master this next chapter of your life. How lucky for the Boston University students who will have you as their Prof!
Best wishes my friend!

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Read this: an important, well reported story on - How a Mass. law intended to protect victims became a 'gift to abusers' | #WBUR News https://t.co/W4Pi3iK7O7

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@RealBillRussell @espn @NBA @celtics @BR_NBA @usatodaysports @TheAthletic @BostonGlobe @nytimes Stunned at the passing of a legend!