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We opened the show to get your reactions to the overturning of Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction in New York.

Bermuda Search Party (formerly Q-Tip Bandits) performed for Live Music Friday, ahead of a performance this weekend at the Town & City Festival in Lowell.

Howard Mansfield is a writer and author of the new book "I Will Tell No Stories: What Our Fathers Left Unsaid About World War II." He joined via zoom to discuss.

NBC Boston's Sue O’Connell debriefed her coverage of the Karen Read trial and the clearing of pro-Palestinian encampments at Emerson College.

Executive arts editor Jared Bowen returned for a weekly arts rundown on Beau McCall's "Buttons On!" at the Fuller Craft Museum and Julia Swanson’s “Art Walk Project.”

Boston Globe columnist Marcela Garcia talked about the violence in Haiti and what role the U.S. should play.

Rep. Bill Keating joined fresh off a trip to Kiev, Ukraine where he met with President Zelensky.

Then we ended the show to talk about car horn etiquette.

Short show today because of NPR Special Coverage on Trump's immunity Supreme Court hearing.

Andrea Cabral offered reactions to SCOTUS hearings.

Corby Kummer on the cost/benefit analysis of living next to a Dunkin’ Donuts

Who's the a-hole? A dinner host asked a friend to bring tomato paste... now the friend wants the dinner host to pay them back. We discussed with our listeners.

We opened the lines to discuss the pro-Palestinian protests happening across the nation on campuses.

Melissa Hoffer is the state’s first-ever Climate Chief. She joined to talk about her role and the latest environmental headlines.

Juliette Kayyem weighed in on pro-Palestine protests on college campuses and more.

Meredith Goldstein returned to recap her latest Love Letters advice columns.

Sy Montgomery talked about new research on animal consciousness and homesick celebrity seal.

Nancy Gertner reacted to the latest Supreme Court news… she also weighed in on Thursday’s Trump immunity hearings, prosecution of January 6th rioters, and more.

We wrapped up the show with a very thorough discussion on brushing your teeth.

It’s a love double header with Love Letters columnist Meredith Goldstein on what to tell your husband when he won’t brush his teeth, and more relationship advice. Then, naturalist Sy Montgomery discussed why scientists are pushing a new paradigm for animal sentience, saying even insects have feelings.

NBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey talked about controversy on the Brandeis women's basketball team, new conversations about WNBA pay, and Thursday’s NFL draft.

Mass. League of Community Health Centers' Michael Curry weighed in on a possible SCOTUS ban on sleeping outside, new reporting on health disparities worsened by weight loss drugs like Ozempic, and why Massachusetts is committed to spending $1B over the next eight years to support people leaving long-term care facilities.

Former Rep. Joe Kennedy III and former Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone joined for the latest in our series about clean energy companies in the Northeast. Joe Kennedy is currently president of the nonprofit energy group Citizens Energy. Curtatone is president of the Northeast Clean Energy Council.

Biplaw Rai & Kwasi Kwaa from Comfort Kitchen talked about an eventful first year for their restaurant and being finalists for the James Beard Foundation’s “Best New Restaurant” award.

CNN's John King talked about Trump on trial & other political news of the day.

Today on the podcast, Jim Braude and Margery Eagan talk to the NAACP’s Michael Curry, to get an analysis of how the Supreme Court is considering whether cities can punish people for sleeping outside, and the health disparities once again brought to the fore by weight loss drugs. Then Margery grabs her Massachusetts pitchfork and makes a very coherent and well-formed case that we should put tolls on the border with New Hampshire, to keep … well, no one knows why Margery wants the tolls.