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It's day two of Trump's hush money trial and finding potential jurors proves difficult. We opened the lines to discuss.

NBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey with a marathon recap, the Celtic's honoring Mike Gorman and rumors that Rory McIlroy is in talks with Saudi-backed LIV.

GroundTruth's Charlie Sennott on Iran's weekend attack on Israel and how to rebuild the pipeline for local news.

NYU medical ethicist Art Caplan discussed why providers should barter with patients to settle medical bills, why Americans are sleeping less, and new information that connects the US bird flu outbreak to chicken waste fed to cattle.

CNN's John King with the latest political headlines.

Former education secretary Paul Reville discussed Mass. reading reform, why the cost of college keeps rising and a Gobe Magazine-Emerson College poll finding that conservatives think the value of college is declining.

We wrapped up our show by talking about how to get out of a conversation early.

We opened the show by discussing the 128th Boston Marathon

Retired Federal Judge Nancy Gertner on the start of Trump's criminal trial in NY

2018 marathon winner Des Linden, on her memoir "Choosing to Run"

Former police commissioner and prolific marathoner Bill Evans

Journalist Susan Zalkind on "The Waltham Murders"

Bobbi Gibb, on her historic 1966 marathon

Sy Montgomery & Matt Patterson, on their book "Of Time and Turtles" – because life's a marathon, not a sprint, and we could learn a thing or two from the way turtles experience time.

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Retired Judge Nancy Gertner walks us through day one of the first ever criminal trial against a former president – Donald Trump facing criminal charges for “hush money” payments to the adult film actress known as Stormy Daniels.

MBTA general manager Phillip Eng joined for "Ask The GM"

Callie Crossley discussed the death of OJ Simpson and backlash against a Black Romeo & Juliet co-star.

For Live Music Friday, Winkler, an Allston-based indie pop group performed.

Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett discussed spiking rates of anxiety and depression among young people, and how worried should we really be about bird flu.

Corby Kummer discussed France going the way of the all-you-can-eat buffet, and a new EPA rule aimed at curbing PFAs in drinking water.

We ended the show this week by discussing a Porta-Potty report by one of our own producers - the great Hannah Loss.

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MBTA general manager Phillip Eng joins Jim and Margery at the Boston Public Library on April 12, 2024.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley discussed her thoughts on Biden's action on student loans and the war in Gaza.

NBC's Chuck Todd discussed the latest national political headlines.

Andrea Cabral discussed the former Trump exec Allen Weisselberg sentenced to jail for lying; and the parents of a Michigan school shooter being sentenced to 10-15 years for their role.

Tatishe Nteta, professor of political science at UMass Amherst, discussed the role of Black voters this election.

Boston Globe's Shirley Leung discussed the boom in people buying second homes on the cape during the pandemic; and people tearing up their pavement in Somerville to beat the city heat.

AITA for going to rave when my boyfriend's grandma passed away? We posed the question to our listeners to debate.