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"The administration needs to catch up" on vaccine mandates, Wu said today on BPR.

Downie said the move, while only helpful in the short term, was likely to buy time for families working to get their hands on federal aid money.

Boston mayoral candidate John Barros joined Boston Public Radio for a wide-ranging interview about his candidacy.

The Rhode Island senator said he doesn't expect his voice is enough to change Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's mind on the issue of stepping down from the nation's highest court while Democrats maintain power.

Family medicine doctor Katherine Gergen Barnett joined Boston Public Radio to go over the latest COVID-19 developments and take listener calls.

Medvedow said she and other Boston museum directors are weighing whether to reimpose mask rules — but not closing.

Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner discusses the election officials who fear Trump administration interference in the midterms. Then it's Live Music Friday with Cambridge Symphony Orchestra performing excerpts from Bach's Toccata & Fugue in D minor to get us in the Halloween spirit. NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell discusses her coverage of the Matthew Farwell trial. And Meredith Goldstein of Boston Globe's Love Letters on whether love is truly blind.

Not My Politics is a new show from GBH News focusing on young people in politics, hosted by Zoe Mathews.In this episode: Jared Valanzola, Chair of the Massachusetts Young Republicans and a Plymouth County Commissioner & Nicole Hadar, who just interned with Brian Shortsleeve's GOP campaign for governor, discuss the state of right-leaning politics in the United States.Follow us on Instagram @GBH_NotMyPolitics and stay tuned for more episodes.

This is “BPR Talks” – where we feature the call-in segments of the day. If you’re looking for the full two hours with guests, you can find the full episode right here in the same feed.Today on the show: With so much of the midterm attention on races elsewhere, what are you excited about closer to home: Minogue Healey? Markey Deaton? The 59 ballot questions? How are you preparing for Tuesday in Massachusetts? Then, of course, it’s Am I The A-hole Thursday. AirBnB has new rules on how guests should leave a place after staying, forbidding hosts from requiring complicated clean-ups… so we’re opening the phone and text lines to you: what’s the etiquette on cleaning a short-term rental? Listen in to find out!

Political commentator Chuck Todd discussing the latest national headlines.Andrea Cabral on the latest DOJ actions ahead of the midterms.The Huntington's Loretta Greco & actors Karl Kenzler and Karen Killeen from To Kill a Mockingbird.Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley discusses attacks on Black women in leadership, ala Ilhan Omar,

A rolling election segment with brief call-ins from Amy Carnevale of the MassGOP, Katie Theoharides of the Trustees of Reservations, and Evan Horowitz of Tufts CSPA.Jacob Weisberg, author of "Profiles in Cowardice: A Study of Collaboration in the Trump Era"Howard Mansfield, author of "Invisible Monuments"Emily Judem and immigration attorney Jonathan Ng join to discuss GBH's latest documentary following a woman in Chelsea whose husband was taken by ICE.