Here & Now’s Alex Ashlock lost his mother in 2003, but not a day goes by that he doesn’t want to call her.

The genre-bending string quartet Brooklyn Rider performed live for On Point, and talked classical music’s future and the art of blending sounds from around the world.

Some top allergy doctors joined On Point for our show on kids and food allergies. Allergies are definitely on the rise, but doctors and researchers don’t exactly know why. But for the 1 in 13 children who are threatened by foods many of us take for granted like nuts, dairy, seafood, wheat and soy—the why isn’t as important as the how. How do you treat it and how can we minimize life-threatening situations from happening?

As the housing market looks to be on the rebound, our guests Karl Case and Christopher Mayer worked out what higher housing numbers really mean for the economy, homeowners, and Americans on the lookout for their dream home.

We talked about the possibility of U.S. intervention in Syria today, with Shadi Hamid — director of research at the Brookings Doha Center — and Joshua Landis — director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma.

Yesterday, Tom hosted ” Boston After The Bombings: A Public Conversation Of Hope And Healing,” recorded in front of a live audience yesterday at the Cutler Majestic Theatre in Boston. You can listen to the full discussion here.

The makeshift memorials that sprang up around the Boston Marathon crime scene have been moved to Copley Square Park. Here & Now’s Alex Ashlock pays a visit.

Here & Now producer Emiko Tamagawa doesn’t run. But she loves the Boston Marathon and spotting those brightly colored bags.