Today on Boston Public Radio:
Ella McDonald and Maya Mudgal began the show by sharing their reactions to the COP26 climate summit and their thoughts on Mayor-elect Michelle Wu’s climate platform. McDonald is a senior at Tufts University and communications director at Act on Mass, a nonprofit working toward more transparency at the State House. Mudgal is a senior at Northeastern University and organized for Wu during the campaign. They both have been involved with Sunrise Movement’s Boston chapter.
Then, we asked listeners about what they think are the best large-scale approaches to tackling climate change.
Charlie Sennott discussed his thoughts on the outcome of the COP26 climate summit and the state of the Taliban today. Sennott is a GBH News analyst and the founder and CEO of The GroundTruth Project.
Dan Adams reflected on five years of marijuana legalization in Massachusetts, and what still needs to happen to make legalization just and equitable. Dan Adams is cannabis reporter for Boston Globe and author of the “This Week in Weed” email newsletter.
Revs. Irene Monroe and Emmett G. Price III talked about incidents of racist bullying at schools across the region, and a top Catholic bishop calling social justice movements “pseudo-religion” and “dangerous.” Monroe is a syndicated religion columnist, the Boston voice for Detour’s African American Heritage Trail and co-host of the All Rev’d Up podcast. Price is the founding pastor of Community of Love Christian Fellowship in Allston, the Inaugural Dean of Africana Studies at Berklee College of Music and co-host of the All Rev’d Up podcast.
Richard Blanco read poetry by January Gill O'Neil, Beverly resident and associate professor of English at Salem State University, including “On Being Told I Look Like FLOTUS, New Year’s Eve Party 2014” and “In Praise of Okra.” Blanco is the fifth inaugural poet in U.S. history. His latest book, "How To Love A Country," deals with various socio-political issues that shadow America.
We ended the show by asking listeners what secrets they have held inside, after a Lynnfield father admitted to his bank-robbing crimes right before his death.
