Boston City Councilor Lydia Edwards is pushing for reforms in licensing to change how the city approves and oversees the local industry.

It's commencement season in Boston! We hear highlights from this year's commencement speakers, and are joined by WBUR Edify Reporter Max Larkin, Simmons University President Lynn Perry Wooten, and Jyotika Vallurupalli, a UMass Amherst graduate and one of her university's student commencement speakers.

We take listener questions with Dr. Shira Doron, infectious disease physician and hospital epidemiologist at Tufts Medical Center and Dr. Cassandra Pierre, acting hospital epidemiologist and an infectious diseases physician at Boston Medical Center.

We discuss the week's news and take listener calls with Tito Jackson, former Boston City Councilor and current CEO of Verdant Medical, and Richard Tisei, former Republican leader of the Massachusetts State Senate and a former Republican candidate for Congress.

We talk about why this pollen season seems worse than usual, and what we can expect from seasonal allergies now and in the years ahead.

The report, from a joint legislative committee, says Governor Baker and his top deputies knew the facility was poorly run and critically understaffed well before the pandemic and failed to act.

We talk to The Boston Globe's Jenee Osterheldt, who recently penned a column reflecting on the past year.

Plus, we take listener questions and talk about the latest coronavirus, reopening and vaccine news with with our panel of doctors.

Plus, what's up with all the pollen this year?

The Bruins played ferocious hockey both Friday and Sunday to take round one of the NHL playoffs, beating the Washington Capitals 4-1.