Today on Boston Public Radio:

We begin the show by asking listeners about how they are reacting to the latest news about the Omicron variant.

Michelle Singletary gives tips on how to budget for the holiday and avoid scams during the shopping season. Singletary is a nationally syndicated columnist for The Washington Post, whose award-winning column "The Color of Money" provides insight into the world of personal finance.

Christopher Muther talks about the latest locations of Getaway House, a Cambridge-based startup of tiny homes offered for vacation rental, and weighs in on ABBA’s latest album in 40 years, Voyage. Muther is a Boston Globe travel columnist and travel writer.

Gov. Charlie Baker discusses why testing is not more widely available across the state, his efforts to create a single QR code showing proof of vaccination and his dissatisfaction with the state legislature’s delay in spending the American Rescue Plan Act money. Baker is the governor of Massachusetts. 

Revs. Irene Monroe and Emmett G. Price III react to the conviction of Ahmaud Arbery’s murderers last week. Monroe is a syndicated religion columnist, the Boston voice for Detour’s African American Heritage Trail and co-host of the All Rev’d Up podcast. Price is the founding pastor of Community of Love Christian Fellowship in Allston, the inaugural dean of Africana studies at Berklee College of Music and co-host of the All Rev’d Up podcast.

Keith Lockhart mourns the loss of composing giant ​​Stephen Sondheim, who died on Friday. He also previews Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Holiday Pops performance. Keith Lockhart is conductor for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and will be leading the Boston Holiday Pops this season, which starts Dec. 2 and runs through Christmas eve.

Anne Barrett Doyle shares memories of Phil Saviano, a survivor of clergy sexual abuse who played a large role in bringing the story to the public, who died on Sunday. Doyle is the co-director of accountability.org/">BishopAccountability.org, an online library tracking global clergy sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.