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Our Thursday show started with Chuck Todd giving us his D.C. roundup

We opened the lines to talk about our values and principles.

Andrea Cabral gave her take on cannabis restrictions on Martha’s Vineyard and new sexual accusations against rap mogul Sean Combs.

Rick Steves returned from a month-long excursion to Rome, Assisi, Orvieto, Naples, the Amalfi Coast, and London.

Today:

Even if you’ve read every article on bird flu, it’s hard to tell exactly what the risk factor is. Two experts from BU and Harvard join us to make sense of it all.

And, Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse Zooms in to talk about our extremist Supreme Court – and why we should all care about Justice Alito flying an upside-down American flag outside his home after January 6th.

We opened the lines to discuss how climate change will impact elections this year.

National security expert Juliette Kayyem discussed the possible collapse of home insurance and Ireland, Spain and Norway recognizing Palestine as a state.

Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung discussed the best dim sum in Greater Boston, and her latest podcast on Karen Read.

Naturalist Sy Montgomery talked about new rules that let every Bostonian keep bees, and the mysterious origins of cockroaches.

Nahid Bhadelia, associate professor of infectious diseases at BU & Bill Hanage, Chan school of Public Health epidemiologist joined for a bird flu panel.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse discussed corruption on the Supreme Court.

We ended the show today by talking about funny open house experiences.

NBC Sports Boston anchor-reporter Trenni Casey discussed golfer Scott Scheffler getting arrested during the PGA championship, plus, the latest on the PWHL and Celtics playoffs.

Michael Curry of the NAACP & MA League of Community Health Centers discussed Biden's outreach to Black voters and the plight of our overworked primary care physicians.

Food policy analyst Corby Kummer discussed the rise in grocery prices in Massachusetts and his Boston University commencement speech.

Boston Globe travel writer Christopher Muther discussed the "over-the-top pleasures" of Abu Dhabi and his slow travel tour through Canada on a sleeper train.

CNN's John King discussed the latest in national politics.

Today: Andrea Cabral fills in for Margery.

We talk with New York Times contributing editor Jessica Bennett about the Manhattan trial where Trump, Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen all give their best performances – Bennett writes about the gender dynamics and sexism at play in the unprecedented criminal case against a former president.

Then, as we all know, except maybe the aforementioned former president … Words matter. We get listener thoughts on the words we just can’t stand.

New York Times' contributing editor Jessica Bennett discussed the Manhattan Trump trial from a gender dynamics lens.

Medical ethicist Art Caplan discussed how nearly half of cancer patients have medical debt, despite most being insured; and America's inflated "wellness market."

Author and etymologist Jess Zafarris discussed her book "Words from Hell."

Harvard's Khalil Gibran Muhammad focused on the rollback of DEI and the latest on campus protests.

Ilan Stavans of Amherst College discussed how sexism still affects elected politicians who are women, and Mexico's first presidential race where both candidates are women.