Today on Boston Public Radio:
We started Tuesday's show by opening the phone lines, getting listerners' reactions to the bumpy rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in Massachusetts.
Trenni Kusnierek weighed in on quarterback Tom Brady’s Sunday win with the Buccaneers and what it means about the role Patriots coach Bill Belichick played in his team’s success over the past two decades. She also reflected on the death of baseball legend Hank Aaron and sexual harassment allegations made against New York Jets GM Jared Porter. Kusnierek is a reporter and anchor for NBC Sports Boston and a weekly Boston Public Radio contributor.
Michael Kirk talked about his latest Frontline documentary, “Trump’s American Carnage,” about the chaos of former President Donald Trump’s four years in power, beginning with his ban on Muslims entering the U.S. and culminating with January’s attack on the U.S. Capitol. Kirk is the director and producer of "Trump's American Carnage," which you can watch Tuesday at 10 p.m. on GBH 2 or stream online at PBS.org/FRONTLINE.
Dr. David Fajgenbaum talked about his experience battling a rare condition known as Castleman’s disease and how it ended up providing insights into treating COVID-19. Fajgenbaum is the co-founder and executive director of the Castleman Disease Collaborative Network, a professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and associate director of patient impact for the Penn Orphan Disease Center. His memoir "Chasing My Cure: A Doctor's Race To Turn Hope Into Action," came out in paperback Tuesday.
Bob Thompson talked about the future of late-night TV post-Trump. He also spoke on the performance of poet Amanda Gorman at last week's inauguration and reviewed Netflix's "The Forty-Year-Old Version," "White Tiger" and "Lockdown" on Amazon Prime. Thompson is the founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture and a professor of television and popular culture at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
John King discussed the future of the filibuster in the U.S. Senate and how he expects Congress to handle President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. He also touched on Trump's legacy with the Republican Party and news that his former press secretary, Sarah Huckabee-Sanders, is running for governor of Arkansas. King is CNN's chief national correspondent and anchor of "Inside Politics,” which airs weekdays and Sunday mornings at 8 a.m.
We closed out Tuesday's show by opening the phone lines to listeners, getting their takes on movies and television centered around the COVID-19 pandemic.
