We take listener calls with Marie-Frances Rivera, President of the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, and Jim Stergios, executive director of the Pioneer Institute, on the Boston preliminary election results and infrastructure challenges facing the Commonwealth.

We take calls and talk to Jim Stergios, Executive Director of the think-tank Pioneer Institute, and Marie-Frances Rivera, President of the Massachusetts Budget Policy Center, to break down all this and more.

With the Red Sox decimated by a still-ongoing COVID outbreak, they are still somehow clinging to a playoff spot. So, what are their chances to actually contend in the postseason? And what lessons can we learn from the team's handling of the pandemic? We Check the Score with Radio Boston's Chris Citorik.

Plus, how some new changes will make healthcare more affordable and easier to access for some trans and non-binary Massachusetts residents. Also, we check in with Massachusetts Congressman Bill Keating.

We talk to local school administrators to understand the root of the problem.

Effective September 1, MassHealth issued updates to what's considered "medically necessary," in gender-affirming healthcare.

Congressman Bill Keating talks Afghanistan, spending, and infrastructure.

We've talked a lot about the Boston mayoral race, but there were some other fascinating preliminaries Tuesday in communities from Lynn to Newton, Gloucester and Framingham, where incumbents defended, open seats were contested, and everything from race, to gender, to COVID, was at play.

Plus, is Boston the most racist city? We take your calls.

Journalist Dart Adams says that Black Bostonians are often left out of debates about how racist the city is or isn't.