Could Eroding Election Trust Define November's Midterms?
About The Episode
September 18th, 2026
NPR correspondent Miles Parks Zooms in to talk through this week’s SCOTUS ruling on mail-in voting and other questions of voting rights / election security ahead of November.
It's our Friday misfit news panel In Case You Missed It, with GBH’s Tori Bedford and journalist Maura Johnston. They’ll weigh in on some local controversy around a Newton resident's miniature horse, “birdnato" in Newburyport, and reports that the planet Mercury is shrinking at faster-than-expected rates. We’ll also get reaction to that final story from bonus ICYMI guest, BU Planetary Scientist Carl Schmidt.
We’re closing out the week celebrating Fluff ahead of the What the Fluff? festival in Union Square with organizer Jessica Eshleman. Which may or may not involve Edgar experimenting with a Fluff as hair-styling agent.
