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Rep. Jim McGovern said House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has a "spine of jellyfish" for voting against the commission to investigate the Jan. 6 riots.

Jill Shah has been instrumental in the launch of Chelsea's universal basic income pilot program, which shows early signs of success.

The Revs. Irene Monroe and Emmett G. Price III doubt white America is ready to grapple with the horrors of slavery.

Rob Anderson, chef and co-owner of The Canteen, talks about how the pandemic has affected business.

An all-virtual option may benefit students with a health condition or who have thrived during remote learning at home.

Dr. Terri Bright gives tips on how to ease pet anxiety as we begin to return to the workplace.

NBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey discusses the Boston group pushing for a new WNBA team and robot umpires in the MLB. Plus, the end of the "tush push" in football. We re-air our conversation with "investigative comedian" Adam Conover, who is performing in Vermont next week.Congressman Bill Keating zooms in to discuss the latest dealmaking with Ukraine and Russia, and why President Trump can be called a Russian "asset."CNN's John King joins via zoom for the latest national political headlines, including his conversations with Trump voters in Colorado.

Political commentator behind The.Ink, Anand Giridharadas discusses the Democrats' business-as-usual response to radical changes, and makes a call to action for the public to rise up where the party is failing. Listeners can access a trial of Anand's newsletter for free here.Tech podcaster Andy Ihnatko discusses Elon Musk's unprecedented access to our data and other sensitive information.

Today:GBH's Adam Reilly and Callie Crossley help us launch our media analysis segment we're calling "Press Play."And, Boston Globe columnist and podcaster Meredith Goldstein discusses some of her latest love letters.

GBH Music is about to kick off a new string of live jazz shows. For this week’s Live Music Friday, we’ll hear from four-time Grammy winner Oscar Stagnaro and his band TRIAD. We’ll also talk about the series with GBH Music's Sam Brewer & JazzBoston’s Ken Field.Retired Federal Judge Nancy Gertner on what courts can and can’t do to reign in Trump’s orders on birthright citizenship and the mass firing of federal officials. Love Letters advice columnist Meredith Goldstein on why our brains lose plasticity as we age and how this impacts our relationships.We launch a new media analysis segment with GBH's Callie Crossley & Adam Reilly.

Political analyst Chuck Todd is back for a D.C. news roundup.Former secretary of public safety Andrea Cabral reflects on the Mayor Eric Adams fiasco and the leader of the “Zizian” cult being held without bail in Maryland. Plus, more law and order headlines. Travel guru Rick Steves has a new book called “On the Hippie Trail,” a collection of journal entries from his youth during travels from Istanbul to Kathmandu in 1978. Investigative comedian Adam Conover of “Adam Ruins Everything” joins ahead of a show at the Wilbur.