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Food supply anxiety is creating a demand for personal gardens.

As the novel coronavirus responsible for the outbreak of COVID-19 continues to spread, there is a growing chorus of people calling for the release of prisoners who either no longer pose a threat to society or committed nonviolent offenses and are vulnerable to fatally contracting the disease

Members of the House are expected to vote Thursday on a $2.2 trillion economic relief bill to mitigate financial effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

The "Meet the Press" moderator also defended former Vice President Joe Biden's limited public response to the pandemic.

Sports reporter Trenni Kusnierek says that Brady is promoting dangerous advertising during the coronavirus pandemic.

Former education secretary says state education officials need to make determinations about learning requirements as school shifts online.

Nancy Gertner weighs in on legal fights against Trump's D.C. takeoverKhalil Gibran Muhammad offers thoughts on Trump meddling with the SmithsonianBill McKibben says the sun is “having a moment,” 4.6 billion years on. He’ll join to discuss the future for solar energy, in light of his new book “Here Comes the Sun.”Voices from Ukraine is a new original musical that's touring New England, with a cast of Ukrainian actors sharing their stories of life during wartime. We’ll talk with two of those teenage actors, Sofiia Kopytko and Taisiia Grygorova... plus Susan Mathison from Common Man for Ukraine.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley on the Democrats' strategy on the Epstein files, gerrymandering, and more.National security expert Juliette Kayyem on discuss Trump's push to eliminate mail-in voting, and the coastal threats from Hurricane Erin.Former transit secretary Jim Aloisi joins with former Transportation4Mass director Chris Dempsey for a transit panel.Max Rome of Charles River Watershed Association and Chris Mancini of Save the Harbor/Save the Bay join to talk about urban beaches, water quality and environmental justice.

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NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell guest hosts with Margery while Jim is still out on vacation.Businesses are seeing workforce disruptions with ICE disruptions. We talk to Amherst College’s Ilan Stavans about that, plus, about a new study on how language barriers affect your internet experience.It's still summer movie season. Boston Globe film critic Odie Henderson is back with his unabashed reviews of new summer flicks, including the Freaky Friday sequel and some Disney reboots. For more than 40 years, former labor secretary Robert Reich has been sounding the alarm on rising inequality in America, and how to fix it. He’s out with a new memoir “Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America."It's All Rev’d Up with the Revs Emmett G. Price III and Irene Monroe. They talk about technology and faith: including the rise of Silicon Valley techno-religion, and an AI chatbot for religious questions.

For this week's media analysis segment “Press Play," BU Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies Joan Donovan discusses how mainstream media headlines fail to capture the real story, and how the White House is losing control over Epstein conspiracy theories.Then, it's Live Music Friday with Boston-based rapper and music coach RedShaydez, who is leading a new artist development program called Music Jumpstart. She joins alongside rapper and producer JoiBeatz.Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner on the rule of law under Attorney General Pam Bondi, the latest out of the supreme court, and what’s up with Alan Dershowitz on Martha’s Vineyard.We talk with Rhode Island filmmaker Stephen Smith, an arctic expedition leader, and Brown University polar oceanographer Chris Horvat about their documentary “Beneath the Polar Sun,” ahead of its airing on GBH 44.