BPR Full Show 4/24: Let's Have a Moment of Science

Today on Boston Public Radio:

It’s clear our government is becoming increasingly anti-majoritarian and we opened the lines for listeners to react.

Betty Francisco, chief executive of the Boston Impact Initiative, a nonprofit fund manager, joined to discuss equity in capital investments/entrepreneurship.

Scientists Titi Shodaya and Zakiya Whatley are co-hosts of the “Dope Labs” podcast, aimed to bring science to everybody. They joined the show to discuss what they do, their partnership with the Museum of Science and announced that season 5 is in the works.

Poet Richard Blanco examined the “Ars Poetica” – art of poetry, through ars poetica poems, examining the role of poets themselves and the act of writing.

The Revs discussed a push for the Catholic church to respond to the mental health crisis in teens; Muslim students at a college in NY calling for adequate prayer space; and a Texas bill that would require the Ten Commandments be posted in public school classrooms.

We re-aired a conversation with singer and song-writer Arlo Guthrie. He was promoting an event at the Boch Schubert Center but you can still get tickets to the exhibit on his life and career at the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame.

Our show wrapped up by asking listeners how far is too far when it comes to commuting. Some can handle two hours, some can’t handle forty minutes. So what did our listeners have to say?