Plus, what to make of the MBTA as safety incidents pile up.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joins us for our monthly "Mondays with the Mayor." Mayor Wu discusses everything from transportation, to white supremacy, to Lebron James and David Ortiz.

Mayor Michelle Wu joins us to talk heat, COVID and recent events, from new appointments to leadership team to a neo-Nazi rally in Jamaica Plain over the weekend. Then, experts explain the reported rise in rats in the area.

Are there more rats are we are just seeing rats more often? Our reporter Walt Wuthmann dives into his reporting, and John Ulrich from Boston's Inspectional Services joins us to talk about how the city controls the population.

Plus, a puppet show about found family for the kiddos.

We dive beneath the headlines on one of the biggest stories of the week: efforts locally and nationally to protect abortion rights following the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Plus, WBUR senior arts and culture reporter Cristela Guerra recommends four things you can do this weekend.

Author and frequent Today Show contributor Isaac Fitzgerald joins us to talk about his new memoir, "Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional."

Plus, an expert on horseshoe crabs explains how these crabs are being turned into vaccines.

Green crabs are taking over the shores of New England, depleting shellfish reserves and disturbing marine ecosystems at a steady pace. One solution? Drink and eat them.