Cambridge's Million Year Picnic is marking five decades in operation this weekend. We preview the festivities and talk about what's next for the shop.

We dig into what it would take to build a more reliable and local food system with Jen Faigel, co-founder and executive director of CommonWealth Kitchen, and Shane Rogers, program and communication director for Food Solutions New England.

Radio Boston speaks with the oud and violin player Yoni Battat about how his music reflects his Iraqi and Jewish roots ahead of his performance at the Lowell Folk Festival.

Radio Boston checks in with WBUR's Walter Wuthmann and Boston Globe political reporter Samantha Gross about where lawmakers stand with their agenda with just two weeks before the end of their session.

The Boston Globe's Aaron Pressman joins Radio Boston to explain that growing fears about the risk of electric vehicle fires are out-of-step with their actual prevalence.

Auchincloss noted his constituents were concerned about Biden's ability to win, but that the decision making process is best done "with unity in mind, with candor and confidentiality."

Local, best-selling author Jessica Shattuck joins Radio Boston  to talk about her new book 'Last House" which takes place mostly in rural Vermont. 

Backlash is mounting following the demotion of Boston deputy superintendent Eddy Chrispin over his appointing to the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission, known as POST. We check in on the latest with the Boston Globe's Adrian Walker and founding POST Commission member Larry Ellison. 

Plus, Torres shares her thoughts on Katie Ledecky and other Team USA swimmers headed to Paris for this summer's Olympic Games.