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Tom called into Boston Public Radio on Tuesday and shared his story with hosts Jim Braude and Margery Eagan.

Images of the Jamaica Plain resident in a cowboy hat who rushed to the aid of the victims of the Boston Marathon explosions have become a symbol of the power and resilience of the human spirit in the face of tragedy. 

Jim Braude and Margery Eagan did a special edition of Boston Public Radio Tuesday in the wake of the Marathon bombing. Guests included Boston Globe's Juliette Kayyem, WGBH's Senior Investigative Reporter Phillip Martin, and WGBH's Edgar B. Herwick III. Jim and Margery also took many listener calls.

Hear hour three of BPR's coverage here.

Today, Boston Public Radio turned to the Boston Globe's Sarah Rodman and the guy behind our Curiosity Desk, Edgar B Herwick III, for some tips on new music worth digging into, from artists well-known and obscure. Here are a few of their favorites:

New Music Picks from Sarah Rodman, Boston Globe Pop Music and TV Critic:

"Someone Will" by Dawes, from "Stories Don't End"

Boston Public Radio's Jim Braude and Margery Eagan spoke with two people on Monday who are working to prove that less really can be more:

Have you wondered what is, exactly, the so-called "God particle?" Scientists recently confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson, but non-science types may have found scientists' explanation of the particle a little ... wanting.

Enter Brian Greene. Greene is a professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University, and he completed a feat that falls somewhere just behind the discovery of the Higgs boson itself — explaining it in layman's terms. Have a listen.