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In 2011, a Nashville songwriter heard Alex Ashlock’s interview with Paul Monti, who lost his son in Afghanistan. It inspired her to write “I Drive Your Truck.”

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 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.

Our colleague and avid marathoner Karyn Miller-Medzon explains why the bombings won’t deter her next year.

Here & Now’s Alex Ashlock writes about the top women runners competing in the Boston Marathon on Monday, including Shalene Flanagan who’s running it for the first time.

After hearing Alex Ashlock’s piece about a crushing 1970 ACC loss, the news director emeritus at WBFO in Buffalo wrote to say it wasn’t the only basketball disappointment that March.

Here & Now’s Alex Ashlock tells the story of coach Frank McGuire’s 1970 South Carolina team that featured John Roche and Bobby Cremins, and lost in the ACC tournament when Roche got hurt.

If you’re looking for something to do in the Boston area Wednesday, Mar. 13, Here & Now’s Robin Young will be interviewing Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy at the Brattle Theater.

Palindromist Barry Duncan sent this to us in celebration of Argo’s “Best Picture” win.