After starting off with a postcard from Asters, C.L. welcomed Steve Conaway, director of Horticulture at the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill. They talked about plants that are spectacular in the fall, and enjoying the change of seasons at the NEBG. Callers asked about plants for a privacy screen, an overgrown staghorn fern, transplanted hydrangeas and black knot on fruit trees.

A rundown of the week's headlines with our region's leading journalists.

This week on the Fishing News, CAI's John Basile talks with Kevin Blinkoff of On the Water magazine about the lack of albies in local waters. September is usually prime time for anglers to pursue false albacore, but this year, many have found the fish have other ideas.

An interview with E. J. Dolan about his book Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America’s Most Notorious Pirates

What to do when you get too many figs at once.

During Typhoon Halong in 2025, thousands of objects from an archeological dig site in western Alaska were torn from the earth and scattered across miles of coastline. Now, there's an emergency dig.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Bloomberg's Jeff Mason, past president of the White House Correspondents' Association about President Trump's decision to ban three major news outlets from the building.

A 16-year-old fell asleep at the wheel while on a hunting trip with his dad. Pinned in the wreckage with a fire starting, he thought he was going to die -- until a trucker pulled over to help.