We're joined by Corey Thomas, chairman and CEO of Rapid7, Aoife Brennan, president and CEO of Synlogic, and Jen Faigel, executive director of CommonWealth Kitchen.

We hear from three WBUR Cognoscenti contributors as part of WBUR's celebration of Cognoscenti's 10th anniversary.

Join as we explore the sea, the sky, and the human mind.

We speak to the mother and daughter behind a radio show that shares information about resources for immigrants, a mural artist in Dorchester who honored unsung heroes while bringing beauty to a building, and two Boston teenagers who's poetry about gentrification shows wisdom beyond their years.

We hear from a restaurateur who traveled to a war zone to feed refugees, as well as three other local chefs who discuss a range of industry challenges, from transparency and COVID-19, to building popular followings on TV.

We learn how to use a wok, how to make tortellini, and how to eat sustainably.

The year brought a month-long Orange Line shutdown, a scathing federal report, and multiple derailments and collisions.

Set in Roxbury, the 2001 crime drama claimed space for Black Bostonians in film.

We talk with Lowell High School history teacher Jessica Lander about her new book, "Making Americans: Stories of Historic Struggle, New Ideas, and Inspiration in Immigrant Education," and one of her former students, Safiya, who was born in Iraq and is featured in the book.

We dig into the ins and outs of housing discrimination and what advocates say we can do to help those who are or have experienced it.