BPR Full Show 3/6/19: Frontline, A Cure For HIV, What Makes You Faint

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Wednesday, March 6th, 2019.

A new study from PredictWise in collaboration with The Atlantic ranked every county in Massachusetts as being in the 99th or 100th percentile for "more prejudiced" in terms of political tolerance, or lack thereof. We opened up the lines to ask our listeners, Do you think this is true? And if so, why?

A second patient is in remission of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant. Joining us to discuss what this means for HIV research and the future of finding a cure is Art Caplan, the Drs. William F and Virginia Connolly Mitty Chair, and director of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Langone Medical Center. He’s also the co-host of the Everyday Ethics podcast.

We checked in on the ongoing search for Boston’s Superintendent of Schools with Shirley Leung, the Boston Globe’s Interim Editorial Page editor.

Conan Harris and Mark Culliton of College Bound Dorchester joined us to discuss their new initiative to get gang members off the street and into college. Mark Culliton is the CEO of College Bound Dorchester and Conan Harris serves as the organization’s Senior Vice President of Policy and External Affairs.

Tom Jennings, the producer of new Frontline documentary "Right to Fail," discusses Frontline’s new film about New York City’s landmark ruling to let people in assisted housing live independently — and how that decision has backfired.

In our discussion with medical ethicist Art Caplan, we discussed the largely ignored reason why many people faint at the sight of blood, a phenomenon called vasovagal syncope. We opened the lines to ask our listeners about their experience.

And finally, we checked in with Carolyn Beeler, environment reporter for PRI’s The World, who gave us an update on her Antarctica expedition to Thwaites Glacier.