Russian President Vladamir Putin is declaring a partial mobilization of forces in Ukraine. Russia expert Jeffrey Edmonds joins us to unpack what this means. Then, in Puerto Rico, recovery efforts are underway for the more than 1 million homes without power. Denise Santos, the president of the Food Bank of Puerto Rico, joins us. And, it's banned book week. Creator of "The Stacks" podcast Traci Thomas offers reading recommendations around gender, race and sexuality that topped banned book lists across the country. Plus, Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge has hit a major milestone in his career: 60 home runs this season. The Washington Post Chelsea Janes joins us to talk about the achievement.

The number of Venezuelans taken into custody at the U.S. border soared in August, according to new numbers from Customs and Border Protection. Immigration reporter Uriel J. García joins us from El Paso. Then, the news about southern governors shipping immigrants north echoes a political stunt by segregationists during the Civil Rights movement of the early 1960s. WBUR's Gabrielle Emanuel talks about the Reverse Freedom Rides and the striking similarities to today's news. And, on Sunday, President Biden declared that the pandemic was over. Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo discusses all things COVID and boosters.

Puerto Rico is without power Monday following Hurricane Fiona. NPR's Luis Trelles joins us from San Juan. Then, when Queen Elizabeth II was laid to rest at Windsor Castle on Monday, she was accompanied by a lifetime companion: music. Paul Gambaccini, host of Her Majesty's Music on the BBC, joins us to talk about the tunes that inspired and defined the late queen. And, "The Secret of Monkey Island" broke ground in 1990 with a pirate adventure game full of puzzles and wit. Now, the original game designers are back with "Return to Monkey Island." Producer James Mastromarino reports.

Congressional hearings about the management of the EPA lead to firings, dramatic resignations, and for one person, a prison sentence. EPA staffers are making T-shirts to celebrate what they see as a victory. But after all of that, how do we ensure a system that effectively regulates industry? In the long run, did the bureaucrats and government workers who plotted and leaked documents to "save the EPA" get what they want?

Congress wants documents from the EPA about the clean up of toxic waste sites, including the Stringfellow Acid Pits in Glen Avon, California. But Gorsuch won't hand them over. Soon she's in the political hot seat and becomes the first Cabinet-level official to be held in contempt of Congress. And Lavelle is about to get into even more trouble, no thanks to the EPA staffers who have been keeping records, taking notes and are ready to testify.

The resistance's plan seems to be working. The public and Congress are alerted to the directives amiss at the EPA. But then, the White House brings on a deputy to oversee hazardous waste at the EPA: Rita Lavelle. She's even more committed to industry and Reagan's small government agenda than Gorsuch. Almost immediately, a conflict of interest arises over the Stringfellow Acid Pits. And that's just the beginning.

Anne Gorsuch's first order of business: slashing the EPA budget to fit Reagan's idea of small-government edict. Enforcement of environmental rules and regulations plummets. But a group of bureaucrats both in and outside of the agency unite to leak documents to the press. Their goal? To rally the public and put pressure on Gorsuch and the Reagan administration to keep the EPA intact. But will their plan work?

Ronald Reagan wants a leaner government with fewer regulations and much less spending. And who does he bring in to run the EPA? A glamorous conservative politician from Colorado named Anne Gorsuch, who is skeptical of the very agency she's been tasked to lead. To many staffers, it smells like regulatory capture: when the agenda of a government agency becomes beholden to the interests of companies or an ideology.

Acclaimed Nigerian author and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka talks about the relationship between the British Monarchy and his homeland of Nigeria, and the legacy of colonialism. And, the Florida grasshopper sparrow was on the brink of extinction but now numbers are rebounding in the wild. WMFE environmental reporter Amy Green reports.

Bloomberg tech reporter Mark Bergen joins us to talk about his book "Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube's Chaotic Rise to World Domination." And, Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a Democrat from New York, talks about the federal bill that would ban the use of song lyrics as evidence in court.