Entries in The Scrum by Adam Reilly

The Scrum podcast heads to Capitol Coffee on Beacon Hill for a chat with the former (and future?) Senator Mo Cowan. Reilly speaks with him about wrestling Mitch McConnell, what Charlie Baker learned from Deval Patrick, and why he's not ruling out a return to public life.

Massachusetts elects an attractive man who has not held any elected office before, with a business demeanor talking about reforming Beacon Hill. We're starting to see a pattern, here. This week: post-election Scrum.

The loneliness of the major-party candidate and some hard-won wisdom for Martha Coakley (and any political candidate) from former candidate Shannon O'Brien.

David Bernstein's Grand Unifying Theory of Massachusetts Politics and Charlie Baker; and the viability (or lack thereof) of former Boston Mayor Tom Meninio's attempt to cast himself as a prophet for American politics in his new book, Mayor for a New America.

Former Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank agreed to take some time out of his teaching schedule over at Harvard and joined us in The Scrum studio.

It's a milestone edition of the Scrum podcast--the first installment to feature a candidate for office and the first installment to feature a former professional athlete. 

Isn't July supposed to be a quiet month for politics? Things are heating up in the Hub...