We ask experts about how to help our feline friends live their best lives.

A fire on the Orange Line last week and a runaway Red Line train this week are the latest in a string of incidents the beleaguered MBTA has experienced.

Advocates are calling for minor league players to be paid a living wage. We discuss it with Harry Marino, executive director of Advocates for Minor Leaguers. Then, we check in with Boston Globe sports reporter Alex Speier on minor league pay, as well as David Ortiz's induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Beacon Hill lawmakers are under deadline. With just days left in the legislative session, bills focused on sports betting, child care reform and stronger abortion protections remain in limbo.

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.