Today on Boston Public Radio:
E.J. Dionne weighed in on what the events of last weekend’s Conservative Political Action Conference can tell us about the future of Trumpism and the GOP. He also spoke about the nursing home scandal and sexual harassment allegations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Dionne is a columnist for The Washington Post and a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution. His latest book is “Code Red: How Progressives And Moderates Can Unite To Save Our Country.”
Next, we opened the phone lines to speak with listeners about the Baker administration’s plan to reopen schools by April.
Charlie Sennott discussed President Joe Biden’s decision not to penalize Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. He also talked about the firing of Myanmar’s U.N. ambassador, Kyaw Moe Tu, after he spoke out against the country’s military coup. Sennott is a GBH News analyst and the founder and CEO of The GroundTruth Project.
Bob Thompson recapped the Golden Globes, highlighting Andra Day’s historic win for her performance in “The United States vs. Billie Holiday.” He also discussed criticism over the lack of diversity in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Thompson is the founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
The Revs. Irene Monroe and Emmett Price III talked about vaccine inequity in Cambridge and the Black exodus from the Catholic church. Monroe is a syndicated religion columnist, the Boston voice for Detour’s African American Heritage Trail and a visiting researcher in the Religion and Conflict Transformation Program at the Boston University School of Theology. Price is executive director of the Institute for the Study of the Black Christian Experience at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Together, they host GBH’s All Rev’d Up podcast.
Richard Blanco highlighted the work of poet Denise Duhamel and previewed her upcoming book, “Second Story: Poems.” Blanco is the fifth inaugural poet in U.S. history. His new book, “How To Love A Country,” deals with various socio-political issues that shadow America.
We ended the show by asking listeners about meteorological spring.
