Plus, Massachusetts legislators reach a last-minute deal that allows some betting in college sports. And doctors help us understand how the latest COVID subvariant is altering health officials' vaccination plans, and what's being done to contain another outbreak: monkeypox.

Plus, President Joe Biden's rebound case after Paxlovid.

We dive into the week's biggest headlines from Beacon Hill to white supremacy with former Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson and Boston Herald columnist Joe Battenfeld.

A popular class at Worcester Polytechnic Institute explores how Shakespeare was influenced by and incorporated the plague and pandemics into his works. We speak with the professor who teaches "Infected Shakespeare."

A Worcester Polytechnic Institute professor explains how William Shakespeare's life and writings were shaped by waves of plague.

WBUR's arts and culture reporter Cristela Guerra joins Radio Boston to share what there is to do in and around Boston this weekend.

The demonstration by neo-Nazis followed a separate incident in which a planned housing development for LGBTQ seniors was vandalized with graffiti.

For those who want to work in politics in Massachusetts, an unpaid internship can be a foot in the door. But only some can afford to take those roles. We meet an organization trying to change that dynamic.

Plus, we check in with the Boston Globe's Hiawatha Bray on subscription models gaining popularity with car makers and discuss how neo-Nazis disrupted a drag queen story hour last Saturday.

In this week's Tech Talk, Boston Globe's Hiawatha Bray tells us about how about subscription services are growing popular with car makers.