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The stock market floundered this week amid investor concerns over the coronavirus spreading in China. Economist Jonathan Gruber says this has implications across American markets.

Will Boston become a victim of COVID-19?

42 year-old Dave Ayres was named an honorary North Carolinian on Tuesday.

For former Vice President Joe Biden a win in this Saturday’s South Carolina Democratic primary is crucial to proving his viability as a candidate, according to CNN’s Chief National Correspondent.

Boston Latin currently has 8% of Black students in its enrollment, compared to Boston's public schools at 30%.

On Saturday, the United States and the Taliban officially began a seven-day reduction of violence as the precursor to beginning peace talks between the two.

We opened the lines to hear if you think President Trump should be held to the same moral standard as other politicians like Al Franken who have been accused sexual harassment. Plus, Politics with Adam Reilly and Lauren Dezenski, Charlie Sennott on the riots in Jerusalem, All Revved Up with Irene Monroe, Bob Thompson on the best and worst of TV, and poetry with Richard Blanco. (Full Show 12/11/17)

Annie Bartlett, Darren Buck, and Michael Loria from the Hank Wonder Trio joined us for the news quiz. Plus, Tito Jackson, Callie Crossley, Emily Rooney, Shirley Leung, and Brian O'Donovan and fiddler Haley Richardson joined us to celebrate the 15th year anniversary of A Christmas Celtic Sojourn and the 30th anniversary of The Celtic sojourn enterprise. (Full Show 12/08/17)

We took Al Franken's resignation speech live today and open the lines to hear if you think that Franken should have resigned. Plus, Former Secretary of Education Paul Reville, Former Secretary of Public Safety Andrea Cabral, the President and Vice President of the Boston branch of the NAACP Tanisha Sullivan and Segun Idowu, Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam, and writer Kevin Young. (Full Show 12/7/17)

Juliette Kayyem, who has been pretty prescient on the Russia investigation so far, says White House consel Don McGahn is the next person to watch. Plus, Congressman Richard Neal, WGBH Arts Editor Jared Bowen, and "The Take" host Sue O'Connell. (This is the full show from Wednesday, December 6, 2017.)

We asked you if, with the passage of this GOP tax plan, if Trump's populism is dead. Plus, our political roundtable discusses Senate President Stan Rosenberg stepping aside amid an investigation into his husband's alleged sexual harassment, Reverends Irene Monroe and Emmett Price discuss activism in the church, and more. (This is the full show from Monday, December 4, 2017.)