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The Reconnect program is meant to support Black community members in navigating the mental health impacts of racism developed in collaboration with local churches.

U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley says she is committed to advancing DEI in healthcare, financial services and higher education, despite ongoing attacks from the current administration.

The mayor says Boston officials are neither supporting nor impeding federal deportation efforts.

Local chefs Irene Li from Mei Mei Dumplings and Tracy Chang from Pagu discuss the importance of sharing food with family and friends.

Former EPA New England administrator David Cash discusses how clean energy rollbacks could impact the region.

That caller? Boston’s mayor herself.

Today:National security expert Juliette Kayyem offers a risk assessment for international college students – and anyone planning on traveling outside the country – as the Trump administration ramps up visa revocations. Plus, auditor Diana DiZoglio is still trying to deliver on the overwhelmingly voter-supported legislation that would authorize her to audit the legislature.

GBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen discusses "It's A Motherf**king Pleasure" at ArtsEmerson and "Don't Eat The Mangos" at the Huntington. Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses the Supreme Court's ruling on Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport migrants and the crusade against free speech concerning Palestinian support on college campuses.It's a Passover panel with Mamaleh's co-founders Rachel Miller-Munzer and Rachel Sundet, plus Lehrhaus co-founder Rabbi Charlie Schwartz.State auditor Diana DiZoglio discusses constitutional concerns about the voter-backed legislation that would let her office audit the legislature.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joins for Ask The Mayor.Then NBC Sports Boston anchor/reporter Trenni Casey discusses an NCAA $2.8 billion settlement, the Red Sox Mookie Betts trade getting Trump's attention and the Women's Final Four. CNN's John King zooms in for the latest national political headlines.Plus, Andris Nelsons & Chad Smith of the Boston Symphony Orchestra join ahead of a Friday Yo-Yo Ma performance of the works of Shostakovich.

Anand Giridharadas of The Ink newsletter discusses national politics & this weekend's protests across the countryRetired federal judge Nancy Gertner discusses Trump's third term talk and the latest on cases before the Supreme Court.Fiona Hill, senior fellow at Brookings and was the senior director for European and Russian affairs on the National Security Council during Trump's first administration on what has/hasn't changed.Reverends Irene Monroe and Emmett Price discuss the decline of empathy as a valued trait in certain faith communities

Today:Fiona Hill has spent decades studying Putin and Russia – both as a scholar and as a US intelligence official – serving in George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump administrations. She discusses the shift in foreign policy agenda in the first few weeks of Trump's second administration, and threats to Democracy worldwide.