WBUR Up Next

Will the Democratic party bring its big promises home to Massachusetts, by its own deadline? "I sure hope so," says Senator Warren.

Plus, we get the latest in the fight to end receivership of Lawrence Public Schools, and discuss how women have been depicted through myths and fairytales, and what that tells us about our culture.

After a physical altercation at Lawrence High School grabbed media attention earlier this month, the city is debating who controls its schools. Is it time to end its 10-year receivership?

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.