BPR Full Show: Don't Cry Over Spilled Gazpacho
Publisher |
WGBH
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
News
Publication Date |
Sep 20, 2021
Episode Duration |
02:41:05

Today on Boston Public Radio:

We begin the show by asking listeners whether they prefer to return to the office or work from home at this point in the pandemic.

Charlie Sennott gives an update on top international news. He critiques the U.S. government’s response to Haitian migrants at the border and the U.S. drone strike in Kabul that killed 10 civilians. Sennott is a GBH News analyst and the founder and CEO of The GroundTruth Project.

Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett takes questions from callers about all things vaccines. She discusses the ethics and uses of booster shots and the status of vaccine trials for children. Gergen Barnett teaches in the Department of Family Medicine at Boston Medical Center and Boston University Medical School.

Revs. Irene Monroe and Emmett G. Price III critique some Christian leaders’ hypocrisy in discouraging COVID-19 vaccines. They also talk about what it means for Boston that none of the three Black mayoral candidates made it through the preliminary election. Monroe is a syndicated religion columnist, the Boston voice for Detour’s African American Heritage Trail and a visiting researcher in the Religion and Conflict Transformation Program at the Boston University School of Theology. Price is the founding pastor of Community of Love Christian Fellowship in Allston. Together, they host GBH’s All Rev’d Up podcast.

Christopher Muther share memories from his recent trip to Quebec’s Eastern Townships, and discuss the decision by the European Union to remove the U.S. from its safe travel list. Muther is a travel writer and columnist for the Boston Globe.

We end the show by asking listeners about their thoughts on the ethics of booster shots in the United States.

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