Today on Boston Public Radio:

  • We opened the lines to callers to discuss former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg potentially entering the 2020 presidential race.
  • Tech writer Andy Ihnatko discussed ongoing questions over Twitter’s ban on political ads, and Google’s new "paper phone."
  • Emily Rooney, host of WGBH News' Beat The Press, joined us for her famous list of fixations and fulminations.
  • Media maven Sue O’Connell discussed growing representation for the LGBTQ community on broadcast TV, and considered whether or not Bruce Springsteen is a gay icon.
  • Under the Radar host Callie Crossley discussed a study indicating that low-income districts had longer wait times in the 2018 election, and why Kansas City voters elected to remove Martin Luther King’s name from a boulevard.
  • Former Senate investigator Daniel J. Jones and screenwriter Scott Z. Burns discussed their new film, “The Report.”
  • Artists Keith Maddy and Ed Stitt joined for our weekly news quiz to promote the upcoming Open Studios event in Fenway.