If you're going out to eat, or to the gym, or taking in a game or show in Boston -- you'll soon have to prove you've been vaccinated against COVID-19. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu made the announcement Monday, saying the policy is needed to help address shrinking hospital capacity.

We take listener calls with guests Lan Lam, a senior editor at Cooks Illustrated Magazine and a cast member of PBS's America's Test Kitchen, and Joe Gatto, private chef, culinary instructor, and host of "From Scratch" on Pluto TV.

Plus, we take your calls on your best baking recipes ahead of the holidays.

We take your calls and review all the week's headlines with Tom Keane, former Boston City Councilor, writer for the Boston Globe, and regular contributor to WBUR's Cognoscenti, and Tito Jackson, former Boston City Councilor and now CEO of Verdant Medical.

Plus, a look at another alleged racist incident at Danvers High School.

The weather may not cooperate but hey, it’s December in Boston and we can’t let a few flakes and sleet getting in the way of enjoying the weekend!

Plus, we take listener calls on the best way to cook eggs, and if shoppers are worried about a price hike.

Plus, "A Christmas Carol" is one of the all-time classic Christmas stories. But did you know that more than 150 years ago, British author Charles Dickens actually came to Boston to read his story out loud for a captivated audience?

Should colleges and universities think about the trade-off between COVID health and mental health differently now?

Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" has been told and retold over almost two hundred years now, but did you know that thousands of people turned out in 1867 to hear Dickens himself read the story here in Boston?