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Singer Thea Hopkins of the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe performed some of her songs and reflected on recent headlines.

Disinformation around the voting process and confidence around Harris' chances of winning could stoke violence on Nov. 5.

NBC Boston sports reporter Trenni Casey discussed the rise of flag football, a safer alternative to tackle football.

Marty Baron was quick to call out The Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos for yielding to pressure from former President Donald Trump.

Music Worcester Executive Director Adrian Finlay and performer Zlatomir Fung discuss the inspiration for "The Complete Bach."

Gina McCarthy, the first White House national climate advisor under the Biden administration, & Johanna Neumann, Senior Director for the Campaign for 100% Renewable Energy at Environment America, discussed the stakes for this November’s election as it relates to climate action.

Maria Ressa is the CEO and co-founder of the Filipino news service Rappler. In 2021 she won the Nobel Peace Prize for her commitment to a free press, reporting on dictator Rodrigo Duterte. Amy Spitalnik is CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs. She’ll discuss antisemitism in America and those who argue it’s being politicized by the far-right. Jessica Tang is President of AFT Massachusetts, she joins ahead of an appearance at a May Day rally on Boston Common. Jelani Cobb is Dean of the Colombia Journalism School and writer for the New Yorker. He talks about Columbia in Trump’s crosshairs and journalism’s role holding Trump 2.0 to account.

Today:Patty Talahongva discusses her new film for Frontline, documenting climate devastation in Alaska for native communities; and the cultural impacts of forced relocation, first at direct hands of the American government, and now at the hands of its inability to deal with climate change.Then, it’s our favorite Hancock NH resident, author and naturalist Sy Montgomery on boozy chimps caught on camera getting loaded off of fermented breadfruit.

GBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen discusses an Edvard Munch exhibit at the Harvard Art Museum and Francis Ford Coppola at a 'Megalopolis' showing at the Coolidge Corner Theater.Patty Tahalongva is director, producer and writer of PBS Frontline's latest film "Alaska's Vanishing Native Villages." She joins via zoom to discuss the film, which follows the immediate impacts of climate change on indigenous communities forced to relocate.Naturalist and author Sy Montgomery talks about crows with math skills, booze-fueled feasts for wild chimps and the Cape Ann woodpecker.Former Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral on the Justice Department halting funds for victims of hate crimes and child abuse, and a new report from Harvard University report on antisemitism and Islamophobia on campus.

Today:Lawyers Defending American Democracy Executive Director Lauren Stiller Rikleen and former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbargar discuss attacks on the American legal system, and what their group is doing to hold bad actors to account.

NBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey discusses the Bill Belichick CBS interview, the NFL draft and someone who heckled Jarren Duran over his disclosure of suicidality.Lauren Rikleen and Scott Harshbargar of Lawyers Defending American Democracy join to discuss their efforts to defend the rule of law. Harshbargar is the co-founder and Rikleen is executive director.Sisters Vanessa and Casey White of Jaju Pierogi join at the BPL to discuss their growing pierogi business and their Shark Tank appearance, which airs on May 2.CNN's John King zooms in to discuss how Trump supporters are feeling about the first 100 days and the leftward turn in Canada's election.