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What's Lurking In Our Planet's "Spooky Rivers"?

October 26, 2026

We’re starting off the week with an energy panel, exploring Gov. Healey’s interest in expanding natural gas pipelines in Massachusetts. We’ll hear from Jordan Wolman at Commonwealth Beacon, MASS Fiscal Alliance’s Paul Craney, and Eva Morgan from The Sierra Club.

Then: author Geo Rutherford on her book Spooky Rivers: 25 Strange and Mysterious Rivers That Snake Across Our Planet.

Lastly, it's Merriam Webster Editor-at-Large Peter Sokolowski on their new Scrabble Dictionary. We’re also celebrating 20 years of his word of the day podcast.

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