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President Joe Biden wants to pay for government services through higher tax rates, but the House Ways and Means chair isn't sold.

Could a juror misrepresenting himself be grounds for an appeal?

The Coolidge Corner Theater CEO and executive director said she teared up the first time she stepped back into the cinema, which has been closed since March 2020.

Sen. Tim Scott, Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden all said that America is not racist last week.

Naturalist Sy Montgomery tells us how to help our pets adjust when we head back into the office.

Andrea Cabral spoke about the importance of the Justice Department stepping in to defend laws where states won't.

BPR Full Show 10/9: Don't Talk To Me Until I've Had My Coffee!

Today:Political philosopher Michael Sandel, author of “Democracy’s Discontent" joins Jim and Margery at the Boston Public Library.

The Culture Show's Jared Bowen on Bob Ross' paintings on the auction block to support public media, "Sardines" at the Huntington, Taylor Swift's record-breaking record sales, and other arts and culture news. Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem on President Trump's troop orders to Portland and Chicago, the air traffic controller debacle nationwide, and more. Political philosopher Michael Sandel (author of the celebrated 1996 book "Democracy's Discontent") joins us ahead of his GBH Ralph Lowell Annual Lecture Thursday night.Tufts food policy analyst Corby Kummer is joined by retiring Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema, who exposes his face to us for the first time.

BPR Full Show 10/7:

Today:Carol Rose, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, discusses our constitutional crisis, as the Supreme Court starts a new term.