Golf: “It’s a little window into his soul.”

Coming up on today’s show:

• If baseball is America’s pastime, you might say that golf is the presidential pastime — since the 1890s, U.S. presidents have consistently hit the course. If golf is a measure of an individual’s character, then our next guest says there is a lot of material to work with when it comes to President Donald Trump. Alan Shipnuck is a senior writer at Sports Illustrated, and a columnist for Golf.com. He has chronicled the many rounds the president has played, both before and after taking office.

• Since 9/11, the U.S. has prosecuted 807 people under international terrorism charges. A new analysis from The Intercept reveals that the majority of those cases were not close to committing an act of violence. Trevor Aaronson, the creator of the project and a contributing writer at The Intercept, discusses what the numbers reveal about America’s counterterrorism efforts.

• More than 100 cases involving three Baltimore police officers are under review after video emerged showing one of the officers planting drugs at the scene of an arrest. There is also a second video, obtained by The Baltimore Sun this week, that also allegedly shows officers planting evidence. Kevin Rector, a police and crime reporter for The Baltimore Sun, has the details. 

• In June, a Massachusetts judge found 20-year-old Michelle Carter guilty of involuntary manslaughter, after her boyfriend, Conrad Roy III, committed suicide in 2014. Carter had repeatedly encouraged Roy to commit suicide over text message. On Thursday, the same judge will sentence Carter. Daniel Medwed, WGBH legal analyst and a professor of law and criminal justice at Northeastern University, discusses the legal implications of the conviction.

• There is growing momentum, from activists and former surgeons general, to stop surgeries on intersex newborns, unless in cases where there are life-threatening circumstances. Dr. Arlene Baratz, a Pittsburgh-based radiologist and mother of two intersex adults, weighs in. 

• Of the 900 top grossing movies released over the last nine years, only 34 were directed by women, and only five of those were women of color, according to a recent study by the University of Southern California. Gillian Robespierre, director of the films “Obvious Child” and “Landline,” reflects on the challenges of breaking into an industry that is so resistant to women. 

This episode is hosted by Todd Zwillich.