12/29/2025
🎙️ One Last Conversation Before the Ball Drops…
🎙️ Monday Night Talk wraps up 2025 with a powerful, thought-provoking, and wide-ranging final show of the year — and you won’t want to miss it. Tonight!
đź“… Monday, December 29
⏰ 6:15–8:00 PM
đź“» 95.9 FM WATD
🔹 State House Report with State Rep. Steve Xiarhos
A timely and serious discussion on school safety and preparedness following the fatal shooting at Brown University, including:
• H753 – strengthening school security, prevention, and coordination
• H2737 – creating a statewide ASHER program for active shooter and hostile event response
🔹 Peter Brennan, Executive Director, New England Convenience Store & Energy Marketers Association
A look at proposed policy changes as several South Shore towns consider a generational ban on to***co and ni****ne products — what it means for communities, consumers, and businesses.
🔹 Carla Kaplan, author of Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford
A fascinating literary conversation on a woman who challenged power, convention, and authority — and why her story still resonates today.
From Beacon Hill to book pages, public safety to public policy — we’re closing out 2025 the only way we know how: with smart conversation that matters.
🎧 Tune in. Join the discussion. End the year informed.