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Regional News: Plans for a Cape Cod drug rehab facility next to a grade school stirs controversy, and worries that plummeting milk prices will drive up New England farmer suicides. Plus, former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on a memoir tour in his homestate of Rhode Island.

Later in the show, when Serena Williams spoke out about her life threatening childbirth, that was the first time many became aware of the rising number of childbirth and pregnancy complications. And learned that millions of women most at risk are without the critical support they need. Starting tomorrow researchers will explore innovative solutions to the problem in a first of its kind Boston conference.

Guests:

• Arnie Arnesen, host of “The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen,” which airs daily on WNHN FM 94.7. Follow @pchowder

• Philip Eil, freelance journalist based in Providence, Rhode Island. Follow @phileil

• Patrick Cassidy, news editor of the Cape Cod Times. Follow @PCassidyCCT

• Lois McCloskey, organizer of "Bridging the Chasm between Pregnancy and Women’s Health over the Life Course,” conference. She is director of the Boston University Center of Excellence for Maternal and Child Health, and an Associate Professor and Associate Chair of the Community Health Sciences at BU’s School of Public Health.

• Aviva Lee-Parritz, Chair of Ob-Gyn at Boston University School of Medicine, and a physician at the Boston Medical Center with a focus on women’s health, especially diabetes in pregnancy

• And Letrez Cole, who had her first baby 18 months ago after a pregnancy complicated by gestational diabetes. She joined us from 89.3 WRKF studio in Baton Rouge Louisiana.

In Season One's penultimate episode, Spurlock picks the brains of "Reason" magazine's editor-at-large Matt Welch, The Dead Ladies Project author Jessa Crispin, and of course, musical sensei Jon Spurney. More army bans, birth certificates, Ryan roasts, the Russia pivot, viral clapping, me too, pay-per-view: Mueller v Spicer, singularity, and the JFK assassination! What's next? UFO's?! Spoiler alert: there are no aliens on this week's awesome show.

The profs talk about a bunch of stuff, including, Manafort's wire tapping under subpoena; the Graham-Cassidy healthcare bill; corporate Bachelor—Amazon edition, which city will get the rose; Spicey rocks the Emmys; Hillary speaks and the Presidents' global vision after his talk to the United Nations.

The Better Care Reconciliation Act has just 17% support from the American public. Is it irreconcilable?

Well that escalated quickly.

Maureen and Dan play catch up with the events surrounding the sudden firing of FBI Director James Comey. Sure, he didn't do well by Clinton's emails, but all indications are he was leading pretty deep investigations into all this Trump Russia stuff.

Aaand, now he's not. That's convenient.

Oh, and the Russia stuff? Now they're in the Oval Office too. Sure, why not.

We also learn about Trump's dessert preferences, what he likes on his salad (surprisingly, not Russian Dressing), and Maureen begins to build a Stranger Things-inspired Spicer Light Wall to get readings from the Sean Spicer stuck in the upside down.

There's a lot of smoke, there's a lot of fire, there's a lot of truth and a lot of fiction too. To help them wrap their heads around it all, Maureen and Dan are joined by Mother Jones' Editor in Chief Clara Jeffery as well.

SHOW NOTES:

• Clara Jeffery is the Editor-in-Chief of Mother Jones, whose coverage of Trump, Russia, and the repercussions of the election has been phenomenal. Support journalism!
• The pecan pie Dan references is from the Carmeilla Grill in New Orleans. Go. You will not be disappointed.
• The Watergate book Maureen has been listening to (after she finished All the President's Men) is [Washington Journal: Reporting Watergate and Richard Nixon's Downfall](Washington Journal: Reporting Watergate and Richard Nixon's Downfall ) by Elizabeth Drew.
• The organ music you hear on this (and other) episodes is performed by Josh Kantor, who in addition to being the official organist of Says Who moonlights as the official organist of the Boston Red Sox. You can hear him play at every home game this year.

Your Intrepid Hosts: Maureen Johnson and Dan Sinker

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