2019: Bill Weld Throws His Hat In The Ring

Boston Public Radio Podcast

English - April 16, 2019 18:12 - 2 hours - 75.7 MB - ★★★★ - 429 ratings
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Today on Boston Public Radio:

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld says he will challenge President Donald Trump in the 2020 Republican primary. We opened up the lines and asked our listeners for their takes.

Trenni Kusnierek, anchor and reporter with NBC Sports Boston, recapped yesterday's Boston Marathon.

Boston City Council President Andrea Campbell looked at a proposal to bring back rent control.

We asked listeners about a report on MBTA employees retiring in their 40s and collecting healthy pensions. Are they part of the transit agency's financial woes?

Christina Tosi, founder of the dessert chain Milk Bar, announced that she would be changing the name of their signature dish "crack pie" after criticism. Corby Kummer, a senior editor at The Atlantic, an award-winning food writer, and a senior lecturer at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition and Policy, weighed in.

John King, CNN’s chief National Correspondent and host of "Inside Politics," brought us up to date on the latest national news.

Fine art photographer Tabitha Soren discussed her latest photography exhibit at the Davis Museum, “Surface Tension.”