Recent Episodes
Fri. 5/25/12
Week In Review
Fri. 5/25/12
Week In Review
The Emily Rooney Show
Public affairs professional Terence Burke, social critic and attorney Wendy Kaminer, and regular contributor to the Boston Globe Tom Keane weigh in on the week that was.
Thurs. 5/24/12
Is The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist Close To Being Solved?
Thurs. 5/24/12
Is The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist Close To Being Solved?
The Emily Rooney Show
We check in on recent developments in the Isabella Stewart Gardner heist with Tom Mashberg, who has been following the case for 22 years.
Thurs. 5/24/12
Local Scientist Redefines Brain Power
Thurs. 5/24/12
Local Scientist Redefines Brain Power
The Emily Rooney Show
We talk with the local scientist at the center of the development of the powerful new technology that allows paralyzed people to move objects – with their thoughts.
Thurs. 5/24/12
Show & Tell — Chloe Caldwell’s Legs Get Led Astray
Thurs. 5/24/12
Show & Tell — Chloe Caldwell’s Legs Get Led Astray
The Emily Rooney Show
Our resident provocateur talks about trends in young women's confessional literature, epitomized by Chloe Caldwell's frankly sexual writing.
Wed. 5/23/12
Pets, Etiquette And The Law
Wed. 5/23/12
Pets, Etiquette And The Law
The Emily Rooney Show
Kara Holmquist, MSPCA director of advocacy, and animal behaviorist Terri Bright take your questions about the line between rude and illegal when it comes to pet etiquette.
Wed. 5/23/12
The 30 Songs That Cost Joel Tenenbaum $675,000
Wed. 5/23/12
The 30 Songs That Cost Joel Tenenbaum $675,000
The Emily Rooney Show
Joel Tenenbaum, former BU Student who was sued by the RIAA, joins us to discuss the case.
Related Content
Innovating Incarceration
The United States has a higher percentage of incarcerated people than any nation in the world. Though Americans only make up about five-percent of the world's population - we have a quarter of those behind bars. How did we get here? How did we become a country that spends close to $70-billion a year on corrections? Sometimes at a cost of nearly $50,000 per prisoner, per year? We tackle the issue of prison reform and take a look at whether the controversial “three-strikes” bill should become law here in Massachusetts.
Guests:
Nancy Gertner, retired judge from the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Visiting professor at Harvard Law School
Leslie Walker, executive director of Prisoners' Legal Services
Mary Elizabeth Heffernan, secretary of Massachusetts’ Executive Office of Public Safety and Security
More on this topic from WGBH:
In Defense Of Minimum-Security Incarceration (ERS, 12/5/11)
Vipassana Meditation At A Maximum-Security Prison (ERS, 2/17/10)
Nancy Gertner on WGBH's Forum Network












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