BPR Full Show 11/26/19: Fred Rogers, "That Old Queen"

Today on Boston Public Radio:

In light of the inevitable traffic jams to come this Thanksgiving, we opened lines to ask callers about the drivers that drive you crazy.

NBC Sports Boston Reporter Trenni Kusnierek discussed ongoing tumult between Colin Kaepernick and the NFL, and a sit-in protest staged by climate activists at a Harvard-Yale football game. 

Former Suffolk County Sheriff and Secretary of Public Safety Andrea Cabral discussed three Baltimore men who were released from prison after serving 36 years for wrongful murder convictions, as part of a broader conversation on failures of the U.S. justice system. 

Food writer Corby Kummer discussed a CDC report cautioning Turkey cooks not to wash their birds, and consumer blowback to Dunkin's choice to ditch styrofoam cups. 

Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn, alongside the Kennedy School’s David Gergen, discussed lessons that Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Thanksgiving proclamation can offer a divided nation today.

CNN’s John King called in for his weekly political roundup, discussing impeachment and the 2020 presidential race. 

Playwright Ryan Landry discussed the late Mr. Rogers' views on consumer culture, Marie Kondo’s new product line, and the Gold Dust Orphan’s upcoming production of “Christmas on Uranus."