The city of Lawrence recently announced an extension of the city's pilot program for free buses. Should Boston, and the rest of the Commonwealth, follow suit?

We check in with Alex Morse, Town Manager of Provincetown.

Plus, we catch up with Congressman Jake Auchincloss about the rise in COVID cases in the Commonwealth and President Biden's bipartisan infrastructure bill.

Congressman Jake Auchincloss, who represents Massachusetts's 4th congressional district, joins us from Washington to talk through everything from vaccines to bridges.

We take listener calls on the pandemic.

Plus, a months-long traffic headache on I-93 after a truck hit a bridge.

We talk with Wellesley Professor Kellie Carter Jackson about her essay, titled, "I Am A Black Woman In Academia. Nikole Hannah-Jones's Tenure Saga Isn't Unique," and about her own experiences working in higher education.

What's next for commuters after Monday's bridge collision on Interstate-93?

We take stock of how unprecedented all this rain really is with WBUR meteorologist David Epstein. Worcester City Manager Ed Augustus checks in to talk about how the city has been impacted by the record rainfall. And we hear from Peter Seminara, the Gloucester Shellfish Warden, on the cause and impact of the red tide and subsequent shellfishing ban.

Plus, Provincetown struggles to contain breakthrough COVID cases.