We sit down with Michael Curry, the President and CEO of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers. and Jennifer Braceras, the Director of the Independent Women's Law Center at the Independent Women's Forum, to discuss the news of the week

Plus, a conversation with newly-minted MacArthur "genius" Ibram X. Kendi.

President Biden nominated Suffolk County DA Rachael Rollins to be U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts and if confirmed, she'd be the first Black woman to hold the position.

Ibram X. Kendi is a genius. At least, the MacArthur Foundation dubbed him one when they named him part of their 2021 Fellows class this week.

On Sunday night, the entire nation will be watching as Patriots legend Tom Brady returns to Gillette Stadium for the first, and maybe only time, since leaving the team less than two years ago. We try to process all the emotions rippling through Patriots Nation and Check the Score with Radio Boston's Chris Citorik.

Plus, an update on the ongoing nurses' strike at St. Vincent Hospital, and a conversation about where to find the most breathtaking foliage in New England.

We speak to Carolyn Jackson, the CEO of St. Vincent Hospital, and later, to Marlena Pellegrino, a striking nurse at the hospital and member of the Massachusetts Nurses Association, to hear their perspectives.

We discuss with former Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation Jim Aloisi, now a board member of the group Transit Matters, Dan McNichol, infrastructure advocate and former chief spokesperson for the Big Dig, and Mela Bush Miles, director of transit-oriented development and the T Riders Union at Alternatives for Environment and Community.

It's the second week of fall in New England, which means the leaves are starting to turn into brilliant shades of red, yellow, and orange. For so-called leaf peepers, it's like Christmas morning.

Plus, we check in on an effort to vaccinate local zoo animals.