2019: Opening Day

Boston Public Radio Podcast

English - April 09, 2019 18:15 - 2 hours - 75.9 MB - ★★★★ - 429 ratings
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Today on Boston Public Radio:

We’re taking about Trump’s renewed push for border security, which includes purging the Department of Homeland Security, bringing back family separation at the border, and asking agents to not let migrants in. We opened up the lines and asked listeners: Is this the kind of border security you want?

Trenni Kusnierek, anchor and reporter with NBC Sports Boston, previewed Opening Day for the Boston Red Sox.

Is Boston’s standing as a sanctuary city on thin ice? Carol Rose, executive director of the ACLU of Massachusetts, weighed in.

Is it the end of the line for the all-you-can-eat buffet? Corby Kummer explained the decline of this restaurant model. Kummer is a senior editor at The Atlantic, an award-winning food writer, and a senior lecturer at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition and Policy.

MIT economists Simon Johnson and Jonathan Gruber discussed their new book, "Jump-Starting America: How Breakthrough Science Can Revive Economic Growth and the American Dream."

John King, CNN’s Chief National Correspondent, went over the latest national headlines.

We opened up the lines and asked our listeners about the death of the all-you-can-eat buffet.