As hospitals were slammed with COVID cases last month, Governor Charlie Baker activated 500 National Guard members to enter healthcare systems and lend a hand. He added 500 more just this month in the midst of the omicron surge. We hear more about the Guard's role from members Major Vincent Mullen and Lt. Colonel Geoff Love.

Former Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins made history this month when she became the first Black woman to take over the position of Massachusetts U.S. attorney. It's the state's top federal law enforcement post.

Two half-brothers share how DNA testing brought them together. Then, we turn to a bioethicist to look broadly at the gray areas of mail-in genetic tests.

Plus, what if you took a home DNA test and found out that you had a sibling you never knew about? Two Cambridge half-brothers tell us their amazing story.

Gov. Charlie Baker delivers his final State of the Commonwealth address Tuesday night. We at Radio Boston thought it would be fun to mark the occasion by creating a bingo card of what you might hear — and what you might not. Also, we hear the latest on the ongoing search for Boston's next police commissioner.

Mayor Michelle Wu has tasked a five-person committee with answering the question: What does Boston want and need from its next police commissioner? She told WBUR she expects to make a hire by the spring.

We'll discuss what you can expect from Gov. Baker's final State of the Commonwealth address with Ed Lyons, Massachusetts Republican writer and activist, and Joan Vennochi, columnist with the Boston Globe. And you can play along at home with our virtual bingo card to see how well our panelists did.

We welcome back Dr. Davidson Hamer and Dr. Benjamin Linas, both infectious disease physicians at Boston Medical Center and professors at BU's school of medicine.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joins us to take our questions and yours.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joins us to take our questions and yours. And, in one way or another, we're all feeling the ripple effect of the so-called "Great Resignation." But what's driving it? We dig in with Evan Horowitz, executive director at the Center for State Policy Analysis at Tufts University.