We speak with former state representative Geoff Diehl, running in the Republican primary for governor.

Plus, what we can expect when Tropical Storm Elsa rolls through, and a conversation with former state rep. Geoff Diehl on his run for governor.

Tropical storm warnings have already been issued for much of Eastern Massachusetts, as we await the arrival of Tropical Storm Elsa. The state's first tropical storm of the season rolls through just as Boston logged its wettest first week of July in over a century. We get the latest from WBUR meteorologist David Epstein.

After winning a regional gold medal in the NAACP Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics, recent high school graduate Julie Canuto-Depina will represent the Brockton chapter of the NAACP in the national competition this week.

Biologists from around the Northeast - and as far south as Georgia - are on a mission to vaccinate the Cape's raccoon population against rabies. This, after a raccoon tested positive for rabies in Hyannis in May. It was the first case of non-bat rabies detected in that region in eight years.

We also talk to Professor Ibram X. Kendi about his new podcast "Be Antiracist." Plus, two Cape Cod Rabies Task Force members join us to talk about a new vaccination effort in Massachusetts.

Rejecting the authority of the U.S. government to enforce its laws. Local institutions requiring people to get vaccinated if they want to work. We ask retired judge Nancy Gertner, "Can they do that?"

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.