Do you carry your vaccine card? Have a QR code on your phone? Starting Saturday, you'll need it to get into bars, theaters, restaurants and gyms in Boston. And if you're a city employee, no more testing weekly as an alternative to vaccination. You have to get your shots. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joins us to talk about the policy.

Social workers and Boston employees removed the encampments in the so-called "Mass. and Cass" neighborhood on Wednesday. We speak with WBUR reporter Deborah Becker who was there.

We take listener calls with Dr. Kevin Hill, Director of the Division of Addiction Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Newton Police Chief John Carmichael, a former member of the state's Special Commission on Operating Under the Influence and Impaired Driving, and John Amabile, President of the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys.

We take a look at some new legislation and a new program at Brigham and Women's.

Brigham and Women's is trying something new - a mentoring program designed to attract people of color into becoming physician assistants, and then helping them get through the program successfully.

Plus, Dr. Shira Doron and Dr. Eric Dickson take listener calls and questions.

Over the next couple of weeks, Greater Boston area college students will be back, at least in some form or fashion. Some schools are starting the semester with remote learning, while others are starting with in-person classes and using a variety of safety protocol to help navigate the current surge in cases.

We take listener calls and questions with Dr. Shira Doron, attending physician, and Hospital Epidemiologist at Tufts Medical Center, and Associate Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine, and Dr. Eric Dickson, president and CEO of UMass Memorial Health, based in Central Massachusetts.

With temperatures set to plummet overnight, and single digits in the forecast, we warm up with a hot bowl of soup and take listener calls with Bryan Roof, executive food editor for Cook's Country magazine and an on-screen test cook for Cook's Country.

Plus, with cold temps in the forecast, we try to warm up with some tips and tricks for making your favorite soup.