It's the Brian Larry Show on WNYC.

Good morning, everyone.

Have you been listening to Matt Katz's WNYC podcast series called Inconceivable Truth about the bombshell revelation he learned from one of

those DNA tests that people take and some shocking American history that he brings into it as

context.

We'll kind of do the talk show version with Matt today, including any of your similar stories

of discovering who one of

your biological parents actually was. Also today, our transportation reporter Stephen Nesson

on a few developing New York area transportation stories. The MTA has now set the exact start

date for congestion pricing, plus a new discount for some Metro North and LIRR riders

that goes with it.

And something we didn't see right away in the New York State budget, we didn't mention it

in our breakdown of the budget, that experiment with one free New York City bus route in each

borough.

Sorry, they took that away, and we'll explain

why. But we begin with Monday morning politics. This might make you cheer, or it might make you

cringe, but on Friday's Howard Stern show, of all places, President Biden seemed to commit

for the first time, well, maybe commit

is too strong a word, to debate Donald Trump in their election campaign this fall. Here it is,

don't blink or you'll miss it. Howard Stern speaks first. Can I tell you what fantasy I had? Sure. I don't

know if you're going to debate your opponent. I am somewhere. I don't know when. I'm happy to debate him.

Happy to debate him if you didn't catch it. Biden said somewhere, I don't know when, but I'm

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