Ibram X. Kendi, author, historian, and founder and director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research, has launched a new podcast, called "Be Antiracist." We talk with Professor Kendi about the show, and what he's learned over the last year.

The arrest of 10 armed men and one juvenile from Rhode Island on I-95 near Wakefield this weekend has caused both shock and confusion.

We take listener questions on viruses, vaccines, and variants on another edition of "Ask The Doctors." Joining us are Dr. Cassadra Pierre, acting hospital epidemiologist and an infectious diseases physician at Boston Medical Center, and Dr. Sharon Wright, Chief Infection Prevention Officer for Beth Israel Lahey Health.

Plus, starting next week, families who qualify for the expanded Child Tax Credit will start receiving their payments.

Starting next week, households that qualify for the expanded Child Tax Credit will be able to start receiving payments. Meanwhile, Democrats grapple with the right approach to infrastructure spending. We discuss both issues with Assistant Speaker of the House Katherine Clark.

As we remember our country's founding, we re-examine one of the nation's founding stories: the arrival of the pilgrims on the Mayflower.

We'll check in with Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart, preview the upcoming summer season of movies, and send you into the holiday weekend with a burst of pure energy and joy.

We talk with Ty Burr, film critic for the Boston Globe, and Allyson Johnson, film critic for CambridgeDay.com and editor in chief for TheYoungFolks.com about what they are most excited to see, whether audiences will ever return to pre-pandemic numbers, and how streaming has changed everything for film.

Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart joins us to talk about preparing for the Pops' return, what's been lost over the last sixteen months, and how he's thinking about the July 4th holiday as our country grapples with our own complicated history.

More people are drowning this year than in the past. How we can all stay safe near water.