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Joe Spaulding, the longtime president and CEO of the Boch Center, first met the theater’s current namesake in the ticket line for a Cat Stevens concert. The rest is history.

But Republican Michael Sullivan, former U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, disagreed: “I felt a great deal of sadness.”

President and CEO of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers Michael Curry spoke about new COVID-19 variant called FLiRt and the impact on Black and Brown communities who struggle with long COVID.

Katie Theoharides discussed the new parking system at Crane Beach and the impact of climate change on shoreline access.

Moulton and a group of bipartisan veterans washed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial ahead of Monday's ceremonies.

Director of the Food and Society policy program at the Aspen Institute, Corby Kummer, explained why shoppers in Massachusetts, especially in Boston, are facing higher grocery costs.

The Culture Show's Jared Bowen discusses ABC signing Kimmel to a one-year contract a social media ban for kids in Australia and his interview with Patti Smith.Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem on cracks showing in the Trump Cabinet — namely, Pete Hegseth and Kristi Noem.Franchie Viaud of JustBookish in Dorchester and Cathy and Bruce Jacobs of Turtle Books in Brookline join for an indie bookstore panel.Musician Will Dailey performs ahead a show at the Paradise Rock Club this weekend.Naturalist Sy Montgomery joins via zoom for the Afternoon Zoo to talk piano-playing octopuses and falcons protecting cherry crops in Michigan.

Today:Franchie Viaud, bookstore manager at Just Book-ish in Dorchester, and Cathy and Bruce Jacobs, co-owners of Turtle Books in Brookline, discuss the importance of independent bookstores.And, musician Will Dailey joins ahead of a show at the Paradise Rock Club.

Today: We get your thoughts on the nativity scene put up by St. Susanna Parish, featuring a sign reading "ICE was here" in the spot where Jesus, Mary and Joseph are usually centered in the manger.

CNN's John King zooms in for a politics roundupACLU of MA executive director Carol Rose discusses some of their high profile cases this year; the ACLU birthright citizenship case picked by SCOTUS to debate the merits, their work monitoring Flock's surveillance network, and moreAuthor Jeff Pearlman discusses his book "Only God Can Judge Me" about Tupac ShakurState Rep. David Muradian and David Nangle, Executive Director of SIGMA (Stop iGaming) discuss the state's new proposed gambling rules

Today: We speak with GBH News reporter Sarah Betancourt and Project Citizenship executive director Gail Breslow about an incident at a Faneuil Hall naturalization ceremony last week, where people were pulled out of line based on their country of origin and prohibited from finishing the years-long process, based on new guidance from the Trump administration.And, award-winning cookbook author Dorie Greenspan discusses her latest book, "Dorie's Anytime Cakes."