Plus, remembering beloved local author Eric Carle and his 'Very Hungry Caterpillar'

If you need ideas we have just the thing for you: two local travel writers who know the city of Boston inside and out ... from fake Viking memorials to a sneaker store hidden behind a vending machine.

Plus, we discuss some of Boston's best hidden gems and secret places.

WBUR's Ally Jarmanning brings us the latest on this still developing story. We also break down the legal arguments with Nancy Gertner, retired federal judge, senior lecturer at Harvard Law School, and WBUR Legal Analyst.

Boston City Councilor Lydia Edwards is pushing for reforms in licensing to change how the city approves and oversees the local industry.

It's commencement season in Boston! We hear highlights from this year's commencement speakers, and are joined by WBUR Edify Reporter Max Larkin, Simmons University President Lynn Perry Wooten, and Jyotika Vallurupalli, a UMass Amherst graduate and one of her university's student commencement speakers.

We take listener questions with Dr. Shira Doron, infectious disease physician and hospital epidemiologist at Tufts Medical Center and Dr. Cassandra Pierre, acting hospital epidemiologist and an infectious diseases physician at Boston Medical Center.

We discuss the week's news and take listener calls with Tito Jackson, former Boston City Councilor and current CEO of Verdant Medical, and Richard Tisei, former Republican leader of the Massachusetts State Senate and a former Republican candidate for Congress.

We talk about why this pollen season seems worse than usual, and what we can expect from seasonal allergies now and in the years ahead.

The report, from a joint legislative committee, says Governor Baker and his top deputies knew the facility was poorly run and critically understaffed well before the pandemic and failed to act.