The Curiosity Desk

September 29, 2026 

First up, it's the latest edition of our AI News panel. Guests this week are Boston Globe assistant business editor Andy Rosen, A.I. researcher Elena Glassman, and Agents of Purpose founder Kathy Pham. Topics include Trump's meeting today with major CEO’s, Anthropic getting spoofed on SNL, and takeaways from the UN General Assembly & US/China meetings last week.

Then, Edgar welcomes back Gal Tziperman Lotan for the latest round of Four Things To Know. 

Lastly, the Red Sox post-season begins today at 8, in a game against the Yankees. GBH’s Esteban Bustillos & Gabby Hurlbut from the podcast Locked On Red Sox provide a fair-weather fan’s guide to the Sox in the playoffs.