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President Barack Obama reacts to his daughter Malia as they boarded Air Force One on Thursday, April 7 for a trip to Chicago, IL. (Via The White House / Pete Souza)

Our Week In The Web: April 8, 2016

We tried out Facebook Live -- so did it work? Should we try it again? Tell us!

Apr 8, 2016

An unidentified infant (and future President?) stands behind a miniature presidential podium at the White House during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday, March 28, 2016. (Courtesy IJR)

Our Week In The Web: April 1, 2016

A Presidential Infant, and further words on the way we share content on your Twitter feeds.

Apr 1, 2016

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama dance the tango with tango dancers during the State Dinner at the Centro Cultural Kirchner, Wednesday, March 23, 2016, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Our Week In The Web: March 25, 2016

Our SoundCloud is back! (Did you miss it? We sure did). Plus, the tango.

Mar 25, 2016

In this screenshot from the National Geographic's Eagle Cam, the First Lady and President eagles sit in their nest in the Washington, D.C. National Arboretum. (Via National Geographic )

Our Week In The Web: March 18, 2016

Mr. President and the First Lady have a baby (their bald eagle versions, that is) and our newsletter continues apace. Have you signed up yet? (There's still time.)

Mar 18, 2016

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau listens as President Barack Obama speaks during a bilateral news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Our Week In The Web: March 11, 2016

#MemeInHistory, Trudeau in D.C. and where content goes when we change topics last minute.

Mar 11, 2016

Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko, left, Sergey Volkov, center, and U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly rest in chairs outside the Soyuz TMA-18M space capsule after they landed in a remote area outside the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Wednesday, March 2, 2016. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)

Our Week In The Web: March 4, 2016

We aim for free speech -- but that doesn't mean we won't block your Twitter account if you send us crude messages.

Mar 4, 2016

We will never forget. (Associated Press)

Our Week In The Web: February 26, 2016

An argument for why February 26, 2015 may just have been the best day ever on the Internet, and a call for help in our Internet of the future.

Feb 26, 2016

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a Republican Presidential candidate, tweeted this photo of his personalized gun on Tuesday, February 16, 2016.(Twitter / Jeb Bush Campaign)

Our Week In The Web: February 19, 2016

The newsletter adventure continues, Jeb Bush tweets an awkward photo and Dolly Parton sounds like Ray LaMontaigne. Internet, assemble!

Feb 19, 2016

The iconic painting, "Whistler's Mother," superimposed with an equally iconic and more recently disinterested New Hampshire diner occupant. (Creative Commons/ Nick Andersen, WBUR / New Hampshire Union Leader)

Our Week In The Web: February 12, 2016

Newsletters, disinterested diner women and a place for your feedback. The Internet is vast, friends.

Feb 12, 2016

Pharmaceutical chief Martin Shkreli listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016, during the House Committee on Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on his former company's decision to raise the price of a lifesaving medicine. Shkreli refused to testify before U.S. lawmakers who excoriated him over severe hikes for a drug sold by a company that he acquired. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Our Week In The Web: February 5, 2016

Spread the word -- we FINALLY have both a new website (in beta) and a new newsletter. Sign up, visit and see what's happening in the On Point digital universe.

Feb 5, 2016

The On Point Radio staff's favorite Bernese Mountain Dog, Dogg Frank, poses in a mock ad for our Friday, January 29 show on the history of the dog. (Katherine Brewer / Nick Andersen / WBUR)

Our Week In The Web: January 29, 2016

We're starting a newsletter! (But you can't sign up yet). And a web bot generates presidential poetry of all kinds of beauty.

Jan 29, 2016

Xueyu Zeng, of Towson, Md., sweeps snow from a walkway in Towson, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, after a snow fell the night before.. The northern mid-Atlantic region, including Baltimore, Washington and Philadelphia, is preparing for a weekend snowstorm that is now forecast to reach blizzard conditions. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

Our Week In The Web: January 22, 2016

It's going to snow -- or it's already snowing, or it won't snow at all. Good thing we have content and audio and more to share!

Jan 22, 2016

In this file photo, actor Alan Rickman attends the premiere of "A Little Chaos" at the Museum of Modern Art on Wednesday, June 17, 2015, in New York. Rickman passed away after a battle with cancer on January 14, 2016. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Our Week In The Web: January 15, 2016

Yet another reminder about comment moderation -- again!

Jan 15, 2016

The clock strikes midnight at the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration on Dec. 31, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

Our Year In The Web: 2015

Here's one more 'Best of 2015' list for you -- the most listened-to On Point shows from last year!

Jan 8, 2016

But do you, really? (Twitter)

Our Week In The Web: December 18, 2015

More on comments, and the making and deleting of them, and also cats.

Dec 18, 2015

Congressmen and blank speak at a press conference on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, December 8, 2015. (Matt Fuller / Huffington Post)

Our Week In The Web: December 11, 2015

A lonely press conference, a bit of behind-the-scenes back story on our books links and the inner (imagined) thoughts of Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Dec 11, 2015

CORRECTIONS PLACE TO PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY FAIR GROUND FROM PRINCE WILLAM COUNTY FAIRGROUND - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump autographs a supporter's chest following his speech at a campaign rally at the Prince William County Fair Ground, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, in Manassas, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Our Week In The Web: December 4, 2015

When topics change, how do you want us to let you know about it? Plus, your angry comments and a litany of lengthy tags.

Dec 4, 2015

Our web producer searched for "Thanksgiving Travel" on Creative Commons, and this showed up. We don't understand it, either. (Flickr)

Our Week In The Web: November 20, 2015

Podcast hiccups, podcast fixes and the best way to get in touch with us when you have audio issues.

Nov 20, 2015

A sign warning people not to feed the ponies on the Quantock Hills in Somerset, England. October 24 2015. (Western Morning News)

Our Week In The Web: November 13, 2015

In which we explain why our podcasts disappeared / showed up late / were dramatically shorter than usual, and warnings are issued about the ponies.

Nov 13, 2015

In this Oct. 28, 2015 photo provided by Ken Hunter, part of an unmanned Army surveillance blimp hangs off a group of trees after crash landing near Muncy, Pa. (AP)

Our Week In The Web: October 30, 2015

Could YOU get this terrible English-language Chinese propaganda video stuck in YOUR head? Find out here!

Oct 30, 2015