BPR Full Show 6/13/2019: To Socialism Or Not To Socialism
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WGBH
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audio
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News
Publication Date |
Jun 14, 2019
Episode Duration |
02:44:13

Today on Boston Public Radio:

  • A recent poll shows that millennials and generation Z are embracing socialism. We opened the lines to hear listeners' thoughts on Sen. Bernie Sanders putting Democratic socialism front and center in his campaign.

  • Playwright Melinda Lopez discussed her adaptation of the 1934 play "Yerma," a meditation on motherhood, running at the Huntington Theater Company through June 30.

  • Andrea Cabral, former Suffolk County Sheriff, former secretary of Public safety, and CEO of Ascend, joined the show to discuss the recent return to convict-leasing programs for the agricultural sector.

  • We spoke with NBC Sports Boston reporter Trenni Kusnierek about the Boston Bruins' big loss in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Wednesday night.

  • Former Secretary of Education Paul Reville broke down a recent U.S. News and World Report rankings of Boston schools. Reville is also a professor at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education where he runs the Education Redesign Lab.

  • Poet Richard Blanco shared some original poetry in honor of Father's Day.

  • Artist Rob Gibs and curator Kate Gilbert discussed a new art installation in Roxbury.

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