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On the WBFO brief today, hear parts of a new podcast that Buffalo-based mental health counselor Karl Shallowhorn’s putting together to discuss the links between music and mental health. Also, the crisis in Canada where hospital ICU admissions have topped 800. And our PBS American Portrait spotlights Michael Nguyen, whose family started one of Buffalo’s first Vietnamese groceries.

Lawyer and journalist Adam Cohen explores five decades of Supreme Court opinions and comes to a rueful conclusion: These decisions have greatly exacerbated the space between rich and poor.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Mark Jendrysik, a professor at the University of North Dakota, about why Donald Trump may be leaning toward Gov. Doug Burgum as a potential vice presidential pick.

Buffalo Bills receiver Khalil Shakir's approach to his on-field duties is no different than how he went about choosing his first car. It all revolves around reliability.

U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield travels to the Turkey-Syria border to remind the world of the need for continued aid for Syrians who are fleeing or in opposition-held parts of the country.

It Russia takes the path of aggression, it will face "extremely severe consequences immediately," says the U.S. charge d'affaires Kristina Kvien.

Check out upcoming local shows happening in Western New York and Southern Ontario, including Karma Queen, Altered By Mom, and Tiny the Dream.

Rescue operations are underway in the city of Tainan, on the southern end of Taiwan, after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake shook the area.

In today’s WBFO Brief, we have a lot to share about Gov. Cuomo. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul has begun making calls to colleagues about a transition should the governor resign. They also have the latest on the resignation of top Cuomo Aide Melissa DeRosa, and WSJ Reporter Jimmy Vielkind talks about both today. Also, today, Albany Correspondent Karen DeWitt has more from the accusers, and Prof. Peter Galie, a Canisius College Professor Emeritus who is seen as the expert on the state constitution weighs in. Beyond that, hear about the re-opening of the Canadian border to US travelers, learn about the region’s first LGBTQ History marker in Buffalo, and get the latest on a push to change organ donation preferences on your NYS driver’s license.

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is holding the first in a series of televised hearings tonight.