• Because of extreme heat, Sweden has lost it tallest peak. Death Valley is on track to set a record for the hottest month ever recorded on earth, with an average temperature of 108 degrees. Wildfires have broken out in Scandinavia, and the threat of heat stroke in Spain has officials urging people to take extreme caution. Our tried and true tips for beating the heat just don’t cut it this year. Instead we’re asking you what cities and towns are doing — or should be doing — to offer relief.
  • Writer William Martin joins us to talk about his new book, "Bound for Gold," the sixth Peter Fallon and Evangeline Carrington adventure, ahead of his event on August 14 at Stellina's Restaurant in Watertown.
  • On Thursday President Trump’s top officials made it clear that Russia sought to interfere in the 2016 election, and they are working to do it again in 2018. But does this mean anything if the president himself doesn’t agree? National security expert Juliette Kayyem joins us for that and more.
  • Then, Alex Beam: a columnist for The Boston Globe, joins us to discuss his latest book, "The Feud: Vladimir Nabokov, Edmund Wilson And The End Of A Beautiful Friendship."
  • Is it time for Gov. Charlie Baker to stop being so cautious and start spending some of his political capital? Globe Columnist Shirley Leung thinks it is.
  • Then: The scourge of the scooter. We opened the lines to ask you: is this the last thing we need, another two-wheel menace to our streets? Or is this another alternative to our congested, slow-moving transportation?
  • For our weekly news quiz, we’re featuring an exciting new public art exhibit in which the gilded age gets real. Artist Liz Glynn took an opulent private ballroom of the late 19th century and put it in a 21st century context: The Commonwealth Avenue Mall in Kenmore Square. It’s on exhibit through November, made possible by the public art curator Now and There. We were joined by Kate Gilbert, founder and director of Now and There, and Cher Krause Knight, a member of Now and There’s advisory board and a professor at Emerson College.

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