BPR Full Show 4/12/2019: Turning On, Tuning In, and Dropping Out With T.C. Boyle

Today on *Boston Public Radio: *

• We opened up the lines and asked our listeners: Is it time for the millionaire’s tax to have its moment?

• South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg is taking on the religious right on their own turf. Sue O'Connell, co-publisher of Bay Windows and The South End News, and host of NECN’s "The Take with Sue O’Connell," weighed in.

• Emily Rooney, host of "Beat the Press," shared her list of frustrations and fulminations.

• Author T.C. Boyle discussed his new novel, "Outside Looking In," a fictionalized account of Timothy Leary's early LSD experiments at Harvard and beyond.

• Shirley Leung, interim editorial page editor for The Boston Globe, discussed a controversial column about Kirstjen Nielsen that the paper published and then walked back.

• Callie Crossley, host of "Under the Radar with Callie Crossley," shared her take on a viral confrontation between Rep. Maxine Waters and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

• We got a running start on Marathon Monday with Peter Villa and Bryan Gould, the two hosts of the "How Was Your Run Today?" podcast, who faced off on the Friday News Quiz.