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In the new season of White Lies, hosts Chip Brantley and Andrew Beck Grace go searching for answers to the questions raised by a photograph from 1991 of a prison takeover in rural Alabama. They uncover a sprawling story: a mass exodus across the sea from Cuba, a secret list, and a betrayal at the heart of this country's ideals.

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Today at 6pm - WBUR Town Hall: Radio Boston's Tiziana Dearing asks what a post-pandemic world will look like, with Tufts Medical Center's Dr. Helen Boucher, Simmons College president Dr. Lynn Perry Wooten, and MFA director Matthew Teitelbaum.

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Got some paint, brushes and a cup of water? Join designer Ayana Mack on Thursday at 4pm for a step-by-step guide to creating a summer-themed painting. By the end you'll have your own beach painting to hang up on your wall - perfect for painters of all experience levels and especially fun for kids!

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At 6 p.m. - WBUR Town Hall: COVID-19 And The Presidential Election.
WBUR political reporter Anthony Brooks asks how the pandemic could affect the outcome of the November election, with correspondent Kimberly Atkins, and political analysts Shermichael Singleton and Joel Payne.

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At 6 p.m. - WBUR Town Hall: Health Before Profits - Businesses Step Up During COVID-19.
Reporter Zeninjor Enwemeka talks with business leaders from Wayfair, New Balance and Lovepop, which all pivoted production to start making masks, hospital beds and linens when they heard supplies were scarce.

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At 6 p.m. - WBUR Town Hall: George Floyd, An American Reckoning. WBUR reporter Kimberly Atkins talks with Monica Cannon-Grant, founder of Violence in Boston, Rev. Willie Bodrick II, associate pastor at Twelfth Baptist Church, and former Mass. Governor Deval Patrick.

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Combating misinformation about COVID-19 is the topic at the WBUR Town Hall tomorrow (Tuesday 6pm). Endless Thread hosts Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson talk with epidemiologist Dr. Rene Najera, and Harvard Professor Joan Donovan about the effects of disinformation campaigns, and how you can learn to spot and avoid misinformation.

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Tune in now for our Town Hall: COVID-19's Impact on Education: WBUR education editor Kathleen McNerney talks with Thabiti Brown, head of Codman Academy, and Margaret McKenna, educator and civil rights attorney. Currently talking about preschool learning, and the importance of investing in young students.

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At 6 p.m. - WBUR Town Hall - COVID-19's Impact on Education: WBUR education editor Kathleen McNerney talks with Thabiti Brown, head of Codman Academy, and Margaret McKenna, educator and civil rights attorney, and asks what the potential long term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic may be on learning and families?

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At 6 p.m. - WBUR Town Hall: How acting on climate change could help prevent future pandemics.
Environment Editor Barbara Moran talks with pediatrician and director of Harvard’s Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment, Dr. Aaron Bernstein, about how preventing deforestation, rethinking agricultural practices and reducing air pollution could help protect us from viruses like COVID-19.

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