We're joined by Nancy Gertner, retired federal judge, senior lecturer at Harvard Law School, and WBUR Legal Analyst.

How one Cape Cod restaurant is managing this summer with less staff, less supplies, and an increase in cases.

We take listener questions with Dr. Sabrina Assoumou of Boston Medical Center, and Dr. Shira Doron of Tufts Medical Center.

Plus, the intersection between COVID, vaccines, and sports.

Mehmet Ali Sanlikol, Grammy-nominated musician, composer, and faculty member at the New England Conservatory, joins us to talk about his new album, "An Elegant Ritual," which comes out Friday, and the value of speaking multiple musical languages.

The IRS estimates that about 39 million households, which covers around 88% of US children, will receive the new monthly child tax credit. We talk about the program with Dr. Megan Sandel, pediatrician and co-director of the Grow Clinic at Boston Medical Center and Principal Investigator at Children's Healthwatch, and Victoria Negus, Policy Advocate at the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute.

Plus, the impact of monthly child tax credit payments on children and families in the Commonwealth.

For the first time in nearly a quarter of a century, Boston has changed the way it admits students to its prestigious exam schools.

Joining us to talk about how climate change, money, and power all fit into the equation of offshore wind are Annie Ropeik, a climate, energy, and environment reporter at NHPR and co-host of NHPR's Windfall podcast, and Elizabeth Turnbull Henry, President of the Environmental League of Massachusetts.

Plus, we take listener calls about how their lives have changed as a result of the pandemic.