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In Ezra Klein’s book “Why We’re Polarized,” he explores the reasons and history behind America's political divisions.

The former Mass. Education Secretary said he expects a more severe response from the university once an internal investigation is concluded.

On Wednesday, Dershowitz said that advanced a controversial legal theory in which he claimed a president could invite electoral interference from a foreign power to aid them because it would be in the public interest.

Trump defense attorney Alan Dershowitz argued in the impeachment trial the president is allowed to engage in a quid pro quo.

What would the former Patriots player and convicted murderer have been like without football brain injuries?

Yes, we should be focusing on the flu, but we should also be wary of just how unprepared we are for an outbreak in America.

Today on Boston Public Radio: We went over the latest political headlines with Frank Phillips and Peter Gelzinis. Phillips is the State House Bureau Chief for The Boston Globe* *and Gelzinis is a columnist emeritus for The Boston Herald. Deal or no deal? Charles Sennott, WGBH news analyst and founder of The GroundTruth Project, talked about the latest on Brexit and what it means for Prime Minister Theresa May. In a recent piece for New York magazine, former Nevada state politician Lucy Flores alleged that Joe Biden inappropriately touched her at a political rally. We asked our listeners: Does Biden's history disqualify him from running for president? Television expert Bob Thompson weighed in on the final season of "Veep" and shared his picks for the best and worst TV of the week. Thompson is the founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture and a Trustee Professor of Television and Popular Culture at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse. For seven weeks, Carolyn Beeler — the environmental reporter for The World — was on an Antarctic expedition living and working among a group of scientists who were studying Thwaites Glacier. She shared her takeaways from the trip. Richard Blanco helped us ring in National Poetry Month by teaching Jim and Margery how to pen their own acrostic poems. Blanco is the fifth inaugural poet in U.S. history and author of, most recently, "How To Love A Country." Joe Mathieu, host of WGBH's Morning Edition*, *shared his reflections on a recent reporting trip to Cuba with Congressman Jim McGovern.

Attorney General Maura Healey took our questions and yours on “Ask the AG.” Emily Rooney, host of “Beat the Press,” discussed Betsy DeVos’s attempt to cut Special Olympics funding and shared her famous List. Tech writer Andy Ihnatko looked at Facebook’s push to ban white nationalism from its platform. “Under the Radar” host Callie Crossley weighed in on the rumors about Joe Biden picking Stacey Abrams as his VP candidate. We opened up the lines and asked you: When you are witness to acts of racism, how do you deal with it? Two stars of the new ‘Hamilton’ parody, Dominic Pecikonis and Marissa Hecker, ‘Spamilton' faced off on our Friday News Quiz.

We kicked off the show by asking our listeners about the recent barrage of high-profile legal cases involving the rich and famous. Does the justice system only work for the wealthy and well-connected? If you’re just a regular Joe Lunchbox in East Overshoe, is the system inherently designed against you? Now that we know the Mueller report was at least 300 pages, what are we to make of William Barr's four-page memo? We discussed this with Michael Zeldin, a former colleague of Mueller, a legal analyst for CNN and a resident fellow at the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School. Then we opened the lines so our listeners could ask him about Barr's interpretation of the Mueller report. Why did prosecutors dismiss charges against actor Jussie Smollett? Former Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral joins us for that and more on this week’s edition of Law and Order. Cabral is the former secretary of public safety and current chief executive officer of Ascend. The Pentagon is cannibalizing its military budget to fund Trump’s border wall — will this compromise security elsewhere? Ali Noorani, the executive director of the National Immigration Forum, joined us to discuss this and more. The Midwest is seeing historic floods. What does this mean, and whas is the cause? WGBH science correspondent Heather Goldstone joined us to discuss this and more. Goldstone is an expert in ocean science and host of Living Lab Radio. Then we got uncorked with Jonathan Alsop, the founder of the Boston Wine School and the new Boston Wine School Wine Club. And finally, Elizabeth McGovern is known for her role as Lady Grantham on Masterpiece’s "Downton Abbey." Now McGovern is taking on a new role: film producer. In her new film, "The Chaperone," McGovern stars both behind the camera and in front of it. She joined us to talk about the experience.

Homeland security expert Juliette Kayyem gave us her take on the Mueller report. We opened up the lines and asked you about Bob Kraft’s apology. Sports reporter Trenni Kusnierek called in from Seattle ahead of Opening Day. Medical ethicist Arthur Caplan looked at a new challenge from the Trump Administration to the Affordable Care Act. WGBH Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen shared his picks for the best arts and cultural events around town this week. Are jumbo serving sizes a recipe for disaster when it comes to food waste? We opened up the lines and asked you about giant serving sizes at restaurants.

Food writer Corby Kummer says you should assume portion sizes at restaurant are twice as big as what you should be eating in one meal.