Plus, we check in with a local correspondent about the Olympic opening ceremonies in Tokyo.

All this summer, we're inviting the major candidates officially running for governor to make their case on the show. Today we hear from State Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz. Later, we check-in with WBUR senior political correspondent Anthony Brooks on the state of the race.

Plus, can talking to strangers really be a good thing?

We take listener calls with Joe Keohane, a Boston-born journalist and author of the new book "The Power Of Strangers: The Benefits Of Connecting In A Suspicious World." He argues that there might just be a cure for many of our social ills: talking to strangers.

The Massachusetts House is debating a bill that would legalize sports betting in the state. We hear more about the proposal from WBUR senior reporter Steve Brown and Victor Matheson, a professor of economics and accounting at Holy Cross.

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.