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On his latest trip to Rome, Rick Steves’ longtime tour guide was nervous because she had not given a tour in almost two years. “She was tearful at the end…

Erica Walker said loud noises can trigger a person's fight-or-flight response

It’s been five years since Massachusetts voters legalized recreational marijuana

The group can be found at the Smith Field playground rink in Allston once a week.

Erik Edstrom, who served in Afghanistan, thinks the government has failed both its military and Afghan citizens.

At the end of October, the state House of Representatives passed a $3.65 billion spending package aimed at COVID-19 recovery. The package is currently up…

Catherine D’Amato and Andrew Morehouse on food stability in the commonwealth. Catherine heads the Greater Boston Food Bank, Andrew is Executive Director of the Food Bank of Western MassachusettsAndrea Cabral on the Jeffrey Epstein files and federal officials charging a Karen Read grand juror with criminal contempt for allegedly leaking information about the trial.Shirley Leung on her reporting on an influx of chain restaurants in ChinatownMara Dolan and Jen O'Brien are two attorneys joining to discuss their role in an ongoing strike for higher pay that’s left thousands of defendants without representation.May Pang is the former partner of Beatle John Lennon, who dates the musician over an 18-month period that’s come to be known as his “lost weekend.” She’s touring the country with photos she captured during that era, and she’s appearing this weekend at Bridge Gallery in Cambridge.

Today:May Pang dated John Lennon in her early 20s, and has the photos to prove it. She joins us to discuss her new pop-up art installation, featuring photos of their time together, in Cambridge, titled The Lost Weekend: The Photography of May Pang.And, public bar advocates in Massachusetts get paid less than in surrounding states to represent indigent clients. They’ve been on strike for better pay since late May, and some people charged with violent crimes are being released because their court proceedings can’t continue without representation. We talk with two of the striking lawyers: Mara Dolan and Jennifer O’Brien.

National security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses millions of undocumented immigrants no longer eligible for bond hearings, according to ICE. Plus, the misinformation/psychological warfare at play in the Israel-Iran war.Carol Rose, executive director of the ACLU of Mass, discusses a federal court certifying a nationwide class action protecting babies from Trump's birthright citizenship order, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson speaking out.Ken Casey, Dropkick Murphys frontman, joins to discuss their new album "For the People," and his repeated warnings that the Trump administration is engaging in a class war.David Folkenflik, NPR media correspondent, on the rescission efforts in Washington to pull funding for foreign aid and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.Farmers Michael Montuori of Allandale Farm and Danielle Andrews of The Food Project join to discuss urban farming, connecting communities to their food sources, and impacts of federal funding cuts to food benefits.

Today:Ken Casey, co-founder of the Dropkick Murphys, zooms into the show to discuss their new album "For the People" and the band's decades-long history of showing up and speaking out.And, NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik joins for a quick update on the efforts to claw back millions from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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