We take listener calls with Maria Tatar, the author of "The Heroine with 1001 Faces" and the chair of the Program in Folklore and Mythology at Harvard University.

Plus, we take listener calls and talk all things apples!

In an executive order, Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey has declared a public health crisis, and that the city will use existing laws to remove people from their tents.

We take listener calls on apples, loaded with flavor and meaning from at least biblical times, and perennial American classics. They're quintessentially fall (move over pumpkins), peak New England and right in season.

A new exhibit at Salem's Peabody Essex Museum aims to introduce us to today's witches, sans broomsticks, while also confronting the dungeons and hanging trees of our our own storied past.

Plus, we take listener calls on COVID-19 in Ask The Doctors.

We talk with Mayor Driscoll about how challenging it was to go without a celebration last year, and what folks can expect if they are headed to Salem over the next couple of weeks.

It was the first of two candidate town halls hosted by WBUR at CitySpace. The second will be with Boston City Councilor Annissa Essaibi George this Thursday night at 7 p.m.

We take listener calls with Dr. Davidson Hamer, infectious diseases physician at Boston Medical Center, and Dr. Gabriela Andujar Vazquez, associate hospital epidemiologist at Tufts Medical Center.

The deadline for state employees to submit proof of vaccination was Sunday. WBUR's Callum Borchers brings us the latest on how many state workers could be affected, and what the impact could be if hundreds of public employees are suspended for failing to comply.