Today on Boston Public Radio:
— We opened our lines to ask caller: Do debates influence how you vote?
— MIT economist Jon Gruber discussed housing affordability in Massachusetts and whether rent control is the most effective solution.
— "Boston Globe" columnist Shirley Leung discussed fraud charges against Mass. Rep. David Nangle and former GE executive Ann Klee’s move to construction company Suffolk.
— Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn discussed Jeff Bezos’ pledge to commit $10 billion towards combating climate change.
— Journalist and naturalist Sy Montgomery discussed the role pangolins may have played in the spread of coronavirus and news on the graciousness of crows.
— We re-opened our lines to talk with listeners about your experiences at dog parks, in light of a "New York Times" article arguing that they're bad for a dog's health and development.
— WGBH Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen discussed 40 years of “Sheer Madness” at the Charles Playhouse, and a new exhibit at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, titled “Boston’s Apollo: Thomas McKeller and John Singer Sargent.”
