- Chuck Todd, host of NBC's Meet the Press, shared the latest on the plea deal granted to longtime Trump lawyer Michael Cohen and other news from Washington, D.C.
- We asked you about the White House's relationship to "truthiness." Are you someone who sees the importance of truth degrading in your own life?
- Former Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral discussed the Trump investigation, a vote to license marijuana testing labs in Massachusetts, and other criminal justice news.
- Attorney General Maura Healey took our questions and yours.
- Medical ethicist Arthur Caplan looked at a study on the positive impact of black doctors on the health of black patients.
- We know who the famous Renaissance men are, but what about the women? Brandeis Professor Ramie Targoff's new book profiles one of the most famous — and also, paradoxically, most forgotten — woman of the Renaissance, Vittoria Colonna.
- Summer is winding down, and nearly half of us won't be taking vacation to enjoy it. We're asking you: Did you get a vacation this summer? Or did you find yourself checking your work email the entire time you were away? Have you figured out how to take vacation and enjoy it?