The program begins with a postcard from Chrysanthemums. Kathy Tracy, co-owner of Avant Gardens, is C.L.'s guest and talks about her favorite mums for fall flowering. Listeners called in with questions about hardy cyclamen, plant recommendations for under trees, older Christmas Cactus and more.

A new report from the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office details the abuse that nearly 1000 children went through at the hands of clergy in the Catholic Dioceses of Fall River, Worcester and Springfield.

A review of the most important local stories of the week with our region's leading journalists.

This week, CAI's John Basile talks with Kevin Blinkoff of On the Water magazine about fall fishing.As the saltwater fishing season winds down, many anglers are thinking about tautog.Catching tautog—or “tog” as most fishermen call them is completely different from chasing albies or striped bass. You’re not running around looking for birds or breaking fish. You find a rock pile, wreck or some other piece of structure, anchor the boat, and fish straight down on the bottom with pieces of crab.

The Democratic candidate is Dan Gessen and the Republican candidate is Adam Hogue.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Jeremy Scahill of Drop Site News, which has issued an extensive new report on the U.S. airstrikes on a school in southern Iran.

The rival candidates for governor of Minnesota are both breast cancer survivors, who've talked to each other about it - and spoke to a reporter about how that's shaped their lives and policies.

Combined spending on advertising by Democratic state Rep. James Talarico, Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, and super PACs supporting each of them has already topped $240 million.