Monday Morning Politics; Ask a Virologist: COVID Boosters, Delta and More; NJ Sets a Timeline For Legal Cannabis; The Emotional Labor of Pandemic Meal Planning

Coming up on today's show:

• Susan Page, USA Today Washington bureau chief and the author of Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power (Twelve, 2021), talks about the latest in national politics, including the Afghanistan withdrawal and the infrastructure and budget bills in the House.
• The Biden Administration has said Americans can begin to get a third COVID-19 vaccine booster shot in the coming months. Brianne Barker, virologist and immunologist, associate professor of biology at Drew University, and co-host of the podcast This Week in Virology, talks about the science behind the decision, whether vaccinated people should be worried about waning immunity against the delta variant and more.
• Dianna Houenou, chair of the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission, talks about the rules and timeline for when (adult) New Jerseyans will be able to buy cannabis legally at dispensaries in the state.
• Deciding what to have for dinner can sometimes be as exhausting as making it. Virginia Sole-Smith, a journalist who covers weight stigma and diet culture, the author of the book The Eating Instinct (Henry Holt and Co., 2018) and the newsletter Burnt Toast, talks about why meal planning often falls to women, and offers tips on how to make the process less agonizing and more equal.

Transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages as soon as they are available.