Massachusetts Congressman Seth Moulton flew in secret to the Kabul airport on Tuesday, stunning the State Department and Biden administration officials.

The child care industry has been hit especially hard by pandemic, and is now struggling to find enough staff to deal with rising enrollments.

Plus, we check-in with leaders of the St. Vincent nurses strike, and discuss the staffing shortages among child-care providers with the cofounder of a local preschool and labor expert.

What does it take for a Black arts organization to thrive and be sustainable in Boston? Two local organizations are betting that a short-term partnership is part of that equation.

Plus, we talk to a local refugee worried about his family in Afghanistan.

We take listener calls with Dr. Cassandra Pierre, acting hospital epidemiologist and an infectious diseases physician at Boston Medical Center, and Dr. Shira Doron, infectious disease physician and hospital epidemiologist at Tufts Medical Center.

The International Institute of New England is resettling Afghan refugees and special immigrant visa holders as they evacuate the country. We hear from Emma Tobin, Chief Program Officer for the International Institute of New England, and Sayed, an Afghan who was resettled in Massachusetts with his wife in May of 2019.

We turn to Dr. Davidson Hamer, infectious diseases physician at Boston Medical Center and a professor of infectious diseases and medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine, for reaction.

Last week on Ask the Doctors, we took your calls about all-things-COVID, including masks, vaccines, and how to make sure your kids are safe as they head back to in-person learning.

Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell, representing the city's fourth district, joins us to make the case why she should be the next mayor of Boston.