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It's graduation season, so we opened the show by asking listeners what they remember about their commencement ceremonies.

Radius Ensemble is a contemporary chamber group celebrating their 25th season, which culminates next Thursday with a performance at Longy. They'll join to debut brand-new music and celebrate unsung 18th century Black composer Chevalier De St. Georges.

NBC Boston's Sue O'Connell gave us the latest on the Karen Read trial, Barron Trump's foray into politics, journalist John Kahn's comments about journalism in 2024, and the RFK brain worm.

Doris Kearns Goodwin reflected on her life & legacy, as well as her best-selling new memoir “An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s."

GBH's Jared Bowen talked Boston Ballet’s Spring Experience, a new photography exhibit at the Worcester Art Museum, and a Bedford tennis court’s starring role in the sexy tennis thriller Challengers.

Then, we asked listeners about Mother's Day.

Today: Presidential biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin joins Jim and Margery at the Boston Public Library to discuss her new memoir: "An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s."

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Former Massachusetts secretary of public safety Andrea Cabral discusses how the testimony of Stephanie Clifford, aka Stormy Daniels, led to Trump’s lawyers asking for a mistrial.

Then it's Am I The A-Hole: This week's prompt involves a man who refused to lend his lawnmower to a neighbor, who proceeded to badmouth him to all their other neighbors. Who's the jerk: The guy who refuses to lend his lawnmower to a neighbor, or the guy who complains about him around town for not lending it out?

NBC's Chuck Todd discussed his latest column on why Trump and Biden should just say sorry for their mistakes and that might save democracy.

Andrea Cabral, former public safety secretary, discussed the latest in Trump's trial with Stephanie Clifford & an East Boston firm fined nearly 500k after the death of a window washer who fell due to faulty equipment.

Paul Reville, former education secretary, discussed the Congressional hearing on anti-semitism and a SCOTUS cast about Boston exam school admission.

Boston Globe film critic Odie Henderson reviewed of the Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Fall Guy and Nowhere Special.

MIT economist Jon Gruber brought an economist's-eye view to bird flu and protecting against future pandemics.

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Executive director of the ACLU of Massachusetts, Carol Rose, discusses whether local university and city leaders are crossing first amendment lines on the issue of student protests, and what the American public loses out on without cameras in Trump's courtroom.

Then, it’s animal authority Sy Montgomery on an incredible story of an Orangutan treating a wound with a plant, new research into sperm whale communication, and what to do if your dog gets in the way of you getting it on…

We opened the show by asking you about the pros and cons of AirBnB.

Sports authority Trenni Casey discussed the Tom Brady roast and the Bruins making it to round two of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Food policy analyst Corby Kummer discussed what, if anything, "queer food" is, which is the focus of a Boston University conference. Plus, why consumers are ditching big brands due to high costs.

Lee Pelton of the Boston Foundation discussed campus protests, bringing his perspective as a former President of Emerson College.

Conductor Keith Lockhart discussed the spring season of the Boston Pops.

Mayor Wu joined for Ask The Mayor.