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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joined for Ask The Mayor.

Trenni Casey, anchor/reporter NBC Sports Boston discussed the NBA playoffs.

CNN's John King discussed the latest national political headlines.

State auditor Diana DiZoglio discussed her efforts to audit the legislature.

We wrapped up our show by discussing bad neighbors.

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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joins Jim and Margery at the Boston Public Library on June 11, 2024.

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Harvard’s Khalil Gibran Muhammad puts it bluntly: right-wing attacks against diversity efforts are succeeding in bringing our nation backwards. He joins us to talk about what we can all do to continue moving towards a more equitable society.


And we ask the audience: is public shaming online the best way to keep drivers out of the bus lanes?

We opened the show to get your reactions to the demise of the "millionaire's tax" on Beacon Hill.

Medical ethicist Art Caplan discusses our aging prison population, the rise in home health tests for all sorts of things since COVID popularized them.

Charlie Sennott, of the GroundTruth Project, discusses the far-right gains in EU parliamentary elections, and the latest in Israel/Gaza.

Paul Reville, former education secretary, discusses Massachusetts' plan to overhaul a key educator licensing exam in an effort to better serve students of color.

Billionaire Frank McCourt discusses his book: "OUR BIGGEST FIGHT: Reclaiming Liberty, Humanity, and Dignity in the Digital Age."

Harvard Kennedy School's Khalil Gibran Muhammad discusses Harvard's "institutional neutrality" and Evanston Illinois facing a lawsuit for its reparations effort.

Then we looked at the online world of shaming people for parking in the bike lane.

TJX stores plan to have their employees wear bodycams inside stores to prevent shoplifting.

Singer/songwriter Danielle Miraglia is our guest for Live Music Friday, she’s playing tonight in Rockport and tomorrow in Hopkinton.

Callie Crossley on the FDA reversing its ban on Juul vapes, and conversation around privilege in the WNBA re: Caitlyn Clark.

Adrianna Boulin & Gary Gary Daffin from Boston Pride for the People joined ahead of tomorrow’s parade to talk about the state of Boston Pride, LGBT acceptance and more…

Sue O’Connell on coverage of Karen Read for NBC, she’ll Zoom in to talk through the latest, plus the race to be Trump’s VP, Steve Bannon getting ordered to surrender to prison by July, and her latest coyote sighting.

Shirley Leung on the latest in her series about Boston’s broken liquor license system… also, Boston City Council passing a new property tax proposal, a booming Asian community in Malden, and the mayoral candidates looking to unseat Mayor Wu.

Shorts in the office? Yay or nay? We opened the lines.

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This year’s Boston’s Pride For The People Pride Parade & Festival kicks off tomorrow. Organization President Adrianna Bolin and development & parade co-chair, Gary Daffin join us in Studio 3 to preview the festivities.

And, Danielle Miraglia joins us in Studio 3 for Live Music Friday. She’s got a brand new single out today, and if you want to catch her live in person, she’s playing two shows locally this weekend.