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Is Anyone Actually Going To Call It Super Intelligence?
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. -
Can "Flat Is Back" Get Us All Eating Flounder?
September 28, 2026 First up, its a National Recovery Month conversation with Barbara Gillmeister from the Wrentham addiction treatment Gilly's House in Wrentham. Then, Edgar meets Daniel McKiernan from the Division of Marine Fisheries on what it’s going to take to get us all eating flounder. He'll join with Chef Robert Sisca of Bistro du Midi for an in-studio flounder tasting. Afterwards, Merriam Webster Editor-at-Large Peter Sokolowski runs through (some) of the 1,400 new additions to the dictionary. -
ICYMI: Human vs. Robot Fights?!
First up, we begin Friday’s show with the latest updates on ICE raids along the South Shore this week, with help from GBH’s Sarah Betancourt and New Bedford immigration attorney Ondine Galvez Sniffin. Afterwards, it’s a conversation about all that’s going on this Cranberry season, with farmers Steve Ward and Emma Wick from Mass Cranberries. Lastly, it’s our Friday misfit news panel ICYMI. Guests this week are Axios Boston's Mike Deehan and filmmaker CC Paschal. They’ll talk about the story absolutely nobody missed, about the Greenfield bar Last Ditch. But also: a Krampus appearance in Billerica, the first human-robot MMA fight, and a housing development in Utah with streets mysteriously named for Red Sox players. We’ll also hear from Brandon Parr, the Edge Homes project manager responsible for naming those streets. -
How Can We Learn to Trust Modern Medicine?
September 24, 2026First up, Misinformation researcher Joan Donovan returns for her Thursday segment “The Glitch Report.” She’ll react to sexual assault charges brought against influencer / looksmaxxer Clavicular, and news that Draft Kings uses AI to target at-risk gamblers. After, Edgar meets Nick Florco, STAT News’ new reporter on the brand-new "trust-in-science” beat. They’ll discuss MAHA, RFK Jr., and the media’s role in getting skeptics & science-trusters to better empathize with one another. Then, Curiosity Desk producer Olivia Quercio answers the latest batch of listener-submitted Curiosity Questions. This week, that's a mysterious marker on New Hampshire’s Mount Morgan, why dams are being removed from the Charles River, and why time appears to speed up as we age. Rounding out our show -- today concludes the 2026 National Urban Rat Summit, held this year in Boston. we’ll get parting thoughts from urban rodentologist and keynote speaker Bobby Corrigan. -
Is A Gas Tax Reprieve On Its Way?
September 23, 2026 First up, GBH’s Adam Reilly helps make sense of Gov. Healey’s proposed suspension of the Mass. gas tax. We’ll also air a remote piece from producer Leah Crowley interviewing folks at the pump. Then, we've got an “Ask The” double-header today. That begins with Debbie Merriam from the Wakefield Arboretum & GBH’s Dave Epstein for an autumn edition of “Ask The Gardner” After, we keep the call-in momentum going with “Ask The Dog & Cat Behaviorists.” Rachel Geller from All Cats All the Time & Kate Bigger from High Fidelity Dogs return.
