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Mayor Wu told GBH News that despite the issues on Tuesday morning she is optimistic about the MBTA.

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Healey says the $1 billion in tax breaks were "imperative," despite a projected revenue shortfall.

Today, Governor Maura Healey joins Jim Braude and Margery Eagan on Boston Public Radio from 12pm to 1pm.

Attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan and Ron Fein from Free Speech For People discuss requesting the removal of former President Donald Trump from Massachusetts' Republican presidential primary ballot.

The founders of Privé Parking and RoseMark Production reflect on the city's commitment to Black-owned businesses following the NAACP convention last summer.

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: because we love lunch, and politics. How are you navigating the minefield of other parents about the decision to include sweet treats like Oreos in little Timmy’s lunchbox? Should the whole class, or office, be ultra-processed and sugar-free to remove any temptation…or joy…from lunchtime?Listen in to find out!

Governor Maura Healey 11-12 for Ask the Gov.Ken Casey, frontman of the Dropkick Murphys, on the pressures on artists to not be political these days, and why the Murphys have been Very Punk about that since the 1990s.Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung on Boston's new economic chief and other business headlines.

Welcome to our new rendition of the Best of BPR Podcast! In this new version, we will be publishing the week's top segments. In case you're missing us over the weekend... now you have something to listen to!On today's Show: Patriot’s owner Robert Kraft has banned rapper Macklemore from performing at Gillette over his pro-Palestinian comments. Is this a free speech issue? And have we all forgotten about the horrors continuing in Gaza and the West Bank? Then, we’ll end the show with some tittle-tattle. Is it possible to be an ethical gossip? Or does talking about other people — even when it’s your job — blur moral principles?

Trenni Casey discussing the start of the NFL season, and Robert Kraft barring Macklemore from playing at Gillette for his pro-Palestine statements.Joshua Croke, founder/president of Love Your Labels joins ahead of Worcester's Queer AF fashion show; models Ray and Audacious will walk the BPR red carpet.Dr. Vanessa Kerry, CEO of Seed Global Health, joins to discuss the status of global health systems.Retired psychoanalyst Leonard Glass zooms in to discuss Trump's mental status and the Goldwater Rule.

Boston Globe editor Brian McGrory joining for a Monday news roundup.Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett discussing the do's and don'ts of using AI for your health questions and other headlines in health.Eddie Wright, an exoneree who spent 40 years in prison, and Jacqueline Fonseca, intake coordinator at the New England Innocence Project, join to discuss the "Voices of the Innocent" event at City Winery this week, and Corby Kummer discusses the collapse of our food system — even "expensive" groceries are getting less safe to eat, millions have been dropped from SNAP food assistance, and ranchers and farmers are struggling under Trump's policies.