With the college semester now in full swing, we discuss what the current higher education experience is like with three students at three different Massachusetts universities.

It's the dawning of not one, but two new eras for Boston sports fans.

In two papers published Monday, a global team of scientists -- including from MIT -- say they have found what may be signs of life on our neighboring planet, Venus.

We get reaction from WBUR legal analyst Nancy Gertner, who is also a retired federal judge and senior lecturer at Harvard Law School.

Could what appears to be an "I told you so," moment for critics of universities reopening also become a blueprint for successful town and gown relations during the coronavirus?

We take listener calls in our Week In Review with Rev. Mariama White-Hammond, pastor at the New Roots A.M.E. Church in Dorchester, and Richard Tisei, former Republican leader of the Massachusetts State Senate.

Plus, we look ahead to a Boston sports-filled weekend.

The Celtics find themselves facing a pivotal Game 7 Friday night, and the Patriots begin their season on Sunday, without Tom Brady under center.

Plus, 19 years after 9/11, we face another national crisis.

Our Lady of the Airways is not easy to find, tucked away near baggage claim at Logan Airport, in between terminals B and C. But once you’re inside, it feels a world apart.