Today on Boston Public Radio:
We began the show by asking listeners about their marijuana habits. A recent report shows that, for the first time, cannabis tax revenue in the state has surpassed alcohol exise taxes.
Lylah Alphonse updated listeners on the latest news from Rhode Island, including the status of marijuana legalization and the state of hospitals amid the omicron variant surge. Alphonse is the Rhode Island editor for The Boston Globe.
Charlie Sennott weighed in on growing tensions between Russia and Ukraine, and the Biden administration’s foreign policy decisions. Sennott is a GBH News analyst and the founder and CEO of The GroundTruth Project.
Edgar B. Herwick III looked back on this season of The Curiosity Desk, including answering questions about fruit flies, right-on-red laws and unwritten rules of Boston. Herwick is host of the Curiosity Desk at GBH, which just wrapped up season one of its YouTube show.
The Revs. Irene Monroe and Emmett G. Price III discussed Dorothy Day’s legacy after the Archdiocese of New York asked the Vatican to make her a saint. Monroe is a syndicated religion columnist and the Boston voice for Detour’s African American Heritage Trail. Price is founding pastor of Community of Love Christian Fellowship in Allston and the inaugural dean of Africana studies at Berklee College of Music. Together, they host the “All Rev’d Up” podcast at GBH.
Corby Kummer talked about the growth of quality restaurants in suburbs and vodka infused oysters. Kummer is the executive director of the food and society policy program at the Aspen Institute, a senior editor at The Atlantic and a senior lecturer at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy.
We ended the show by asking listeners what items they have not been able to find at the grocery store, and Americans’ allegiances to particular food brands.
