The firmly-Massachusetts rooted film CODA is sitting pretty at the Oscars this year. It's the latest in a long tradition of Boston going to the Academy Awards, so we welcome back film critic Ty Burr to talk about Bay State films now and in years past looking to bring home the statue.

Plus, we hear music from Panamanian-born and Boston-based jazz pianist and composer Danilo Perez's new album.

In his new album "Crisálida," Panamanian-born and Boston-based jazz pianist and composer Danilo Pérez uses a mix of musical styles from South America to the Middle East to evoke a reality without borders.

Right now, at least nine law enforcement offices and departments in Massachusetts use it, as well as offices of some federal agencies, drawing mostly on an RMV database and FBI resources. But there's very little oversight in how facial recognition technology is used in law enforcement.

Dr. Carl Streed, physician, assistant professor at the Boston University School of Medicine, and Research Lead for the Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery at Boston Medical Center, joins us to talk about the issue.

Plus, we discuss the importance of local journalism, and take a look at what anti-racism looks like in an English class.

We speak with Westfield State professor Sophia Sarigianides, co-author of "Letting Go of Literary Whiteness: Antiracist Literature Instruction for White Students."

The newspaper chain Gannett will stop printing at least 19 weekly newspapers in Eastern Massachusetts after the first week of May. They'll go all digital.

We take your calls with Dr. Shira Doron, an attending physician and hospital epidemiologist at Tufts Medical Center, and Dr. Lou Ann Bruno-Murtha, chief of infectious diseases at Cambridge Health Alliance, which has locations in Cambridge, Somerville and Everett.

Plus, we dig into what everyone should know about endometriosis, and revisit a conversation with Boston's newly-named James Beard award-winner, Irene Li.