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The Boston Civic Symphony celebrates its 100th year with a performance at Jordan Hall.

Former Suffolk County sheriff Andrea Cabral discussed the legal forces in play in Trump’s upcoming term.

Presidential biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin on what history can tell us about a second Trump presidency.

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.

Alan Khazei, founder of City Year, discusses the value of public service.Alex Green talks about his book A Perfect Turmoil: Walter E. Fernald and the Struggle to Care for America’s Disabled, which is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Senator Ed Markey zooms in to discuss the cost of war with Iran.Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses AI-assisted warfare, and the bomb threat near Gracie Mansion in New York City. Then, Juliette sticks around for our conversation about popcorn.

BPR Full Show 3/10: Ask The Mayor With Mayor Wu

Emerald Necklace Conservancy President Karen Mauney-Brodek and NAACP Boston's Ed Burley join to discuss their group's opposition to Mayor Wu's White Stadium plan.NBC Sports Boston anchor-reporterTrenni Casey on the battle over security funding for the FIFA World Cup in Foxborough.Boston Medical Center's Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett discusses a new study that finds Tylenol use in pregnant women declined after President Trump and RFK Jr.'s made unfounded claims last fall that the drug cases autism. GBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen joins us to discuss the BSO declining to renew Andris Nelsons' contract.

Anand Giridharadas of The.Ink Substack and MSNBC commentator joins for Press Play, our weekly media analysis segment, to discuss Pete Hegseth's Iran press conferences in front of a new, friendlier press corps this week.Flutist Jamie Baum joins us for Live Music Friday, ahead of a show at Scullers on Saturday. Steve Elman, former jazz host and one of Jamie's professional cheerleaders, also joins us in Studio 3.NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell discusses the bar owner facing sanctions for Patriots players' bad behavior, and a rise in homophobic bullying at school hockey programs across the state, in the wake of Heated Rivalry's popularity.

Political commentator Chuck Todd discusses the latest national political headlines and how Republicans are walking a tight-rope between Trump and the party's anti-interventionists. Olga Cherevko is head of communications for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. She joins us again via zoom to discuss how the US-Israel war on Iran is impacting Palestinians.Former secretary of public safety Andrea Cabral on why the Minneapolis prosecutors office is launching an investigation into top border patrol officials.The Culture Show host Jared Bowen joins us briefly to discuss why composer Philip Glass chose to withdraw his Symphony No. 15: Lincoln from the Kennedy Center.And for this week's Am I the A-hole: rims-up or rims-down for storing coffee mugs?