Here's your local news for Monday, September 8, 2025:

• We head to a protest outside the Odana Road Social Security office,
• Consider the consequences of an increasingly corporatized and tech-focused higher education system,
• Share the local government's calendar for the week ahead,
• Celebrate the birthday of "a lion in literature's forest,"
• Discuss some of the best snacks to eat with your evening cocktail,
• Review two new offerings on the small screen,
• And much more.