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So leaders are treating the coronavirus pandemic like a war. Should we react with open warfare or surgical strikes?

To President Trump’s statements downplaying the need for more ventilators, the physician said "I kind of want to scream."

Like restaurants and movie theaters, most artistic venues have closed their doors and canceled performances.

A 3D-printer made hundreds of copies of a ventilator piece in high demand.

Food supply anxiety is creating a demand for personal gardens.

As the novel coronavirus responsible for the outbreak of COVID-19 continues to spread, there is a growing chorus of people calling for the release of prisoners who either no longer pose a threat to society or committed nonviolent offenses and are vulnerable to fatally contracting the disease

With a record-setting cold front continuing to freeze out the country, we opened the lines to hear how you have been dealing with the cold. Plus, our political roundtable, medical ethicist Art Caplan, Nancy Koehn and the Carol Rose from the ACLU. (Full Show 1/2/18)

We're on tape today, replaying some of our favorite conversations, which include: - Ron Chernow joins Jim and Margery to talk about his latest biography GRANT. - Harvard Business School's Michael Norton discusses his latest research, which looks at what is more valuable to people, saving money of saving time - author Karl Ove Knaussgard discusses his latest book,Autumn - Patti Smith discusses why she considers herself a writer above all of the other talents she’s known for. It’s the subject of her new memoir Devotion (Why I Write). - Salman Rushdie discusses his new novel, The Golden House—Set against the backdrop of current American culture and politics, it’s a modern epic of loss and reinvention— - Sy Montgomery and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas discuss their new book Tamed and Untamed: Close Encounters of the Animal Kind.

If you can never get a seat at Boston’s wildly popular restaurant Myers and Chang—Myers and Chang can now come to you by way of a great new cookbook, Myers + Chang At Home. Chef Joanne Chang joins Jim and Margery to talk about it. We open up the lines and ask you about the turkeys who have been taking over parts of Massachusetts. Adam Gopnick joins Jim and Margery to regale us with tales of trying to make it New York City, it’s the subject of his new memoir, At the Stranger's Gate: Arrivals in New York. Microsoft exec turned experimental chef Nathan Myhrvold about his latest cookbook—a 50 pound exploration and explanation of bread, Modernist Bread, The Art and Science Jacques Pepin and his granddaughter Shorey join Jim and Margery to talk about their latest collaboration, A Grandfather's Lesson: In the Kitchen With Shorey

2017 was a tough year, so we opened the lines to hear you vent about the worst parts of the year and what you are excited to see in 2018. Plus, food writer Corby Kummer, tech writer Andy Ihnatko, Emily Rooney, Callie Crossley, and a festival news quiz. (Full Show 12/22/17)

Attorney General Maura Healey joined us for another edition of Ask The AG where she took your questions and ours. Plus, medical ethicist Art Caplan, Mass. Senator Ed Markey on the new GOP tax plan, and we opened the lines to hear if you think the man flu is real. (12/21/17)