18 | Racist Ads, Education Gap, Facebook

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English - November 01, 2018 20:23 - 2 hours - 75.3 MB - ★★★★ - 429 ratings
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The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, November 1st, 2018.

MSNBC Host Chuck Todd joined us for his take on the latest political headlines, including President Trump’s racially-charged advertisement and his recent comments on the immigrant caravan headed for the southern U.S. border.

We continued that conversation with Gil Kerlikowske, former commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Then we opened the lines to ask you, what do you make of all this? Were you put off by Trump’s use of race and immigration issues in an advertisement?

Environmentalist, author and founder of 350.org Bill McKibben joined us to discuss the status of our planet — and how climate change may be affecting us much more quickly than previously anticipated.

Media Maven Sue O’Connell, host of NECN's "The Take" and longtime co-publisher of New England's largest LGBTQ paper, "Bay Windows," joined us to discuss Caitlyn Jenner’s change of heart on Trump.

Former Education Secretary Paul Reville checked in on the ongoing Harvard affirmative action lawsuit.

Frontline producer James Jacoby joined us to talk about his latest film, "The Facebook Dilemma,"discussing how our relationship with the social network has impacted our world.

Then we opened up the lines to ask you — with the way Facebook has revealed itself to be more than just a “place to connect,” are you disconnecting yourself from the site? Do you still use Facebook?