Our guests are former Massachusetts Governor Jane Swift, now the president and executive director of LearnLaunch, and Gary Daffin, the executive director of the Multicultural AIDS Coalition, and the co-chair of the Massachusetts Gay and Lesbian Political Caucus.

Plus we 'Check The Score' on COVID and sports.

Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner has been struggling with some legal demons herself, and she wound up turning to people she'd sentenced to help her sort them out.

Not one, but two Boston sports stories are making national news this week. From the Patriots surprise release of quarterback Cam Newton, to the COVID outbreak in the Red Sox clubhouse, we'll take listener calls with Radio Boston's Chris Citorik and Khari Thompson, sports writer for Boston.com.

All this week, we've checked in with educators from around the state about what it means to have kids back in the building in this most unusual of years.

We take calls with Dr. Benjamin Linas, an infectious disease physician at Boston Medical Center and Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the Boston University School of Medicine, and Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett the vice chair of Primary Care Innovation and Transformation in the Department of Family Medicine at Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine.

Plus, we take listener questions in another edition of 'Ask The Doctors.'

Leftover rain from Hurricane Ida might bring 4 to 6 inches to parts of New England, putting some areas on flash flood watch Wednesday afternoon through Thursday.

This week, we are checking in with educators from around the state about what it means to have kids back in the building in this most unusual of years.

We caught up with Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee.