Conversations with our reporters from along the course, but a lesson in the shared history of today with a scholar in indigenous history.

We check in with reporter Alex Ashlock, who's been out on the course all day covering the race for WBUR.

We hear from Anna Brown-Jackson, Tarzan Brown's granddaughter. Anna tells us her grandfather ran his whole life, and though she was only seven or eight when he died and therefore never saw him run, she knew his legend, and to her, he was always both grandfather and Tarzan.

We speak to Norman Khumalo, the town manger of Hopkinton, Massachusetts, about what it was like to prepare for today's historic race.

We dive into the latest endorsements for mayor, social spending in Boston and in Washington, D.C. and how city officials are preparing for the Boston Marathon.

After last year's historic postponement, we check-in with reporter Alex Ashlock about how runners and city officials are preparing for the big day.

Plus, Brandeis Professor Anita Hill joins us to talk about her new book, "Believing: Our Thirty Year Journey To End Gender Violence."

We speak Emma Tobin, the Chief Programming Officer at the International Institute of New England, to hear how they're helping welcome Afghan families.

Brenda Cassellius, Superintendent of the Boston Public Schools, joins us to talk about how the district is dealing with a host of challenges, including learning loss, food distribution challenges and getting students to school on time, one month into the new school year.

Professor Anita Hill says the first steps are acknowledging the problem and investing in measuring it. "Because you can't fix what you haven't measured and acknowledged," she tells Radio Boston.