BPR Full Show: The Walmart of Weed

Today on Boston Public Radio:

We begin the show by opening phone lines, asking listeners for their thoughts on the FBI’s raid of Mar-a-Lago.

Art Caplan talks about the accessibility issues wheelchair users face while traveling by plane, and weighs in on the resurrection of extinct animals. Caplan is the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor and founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU School of Medicine in New York City.

Juliette Kayyem discusses the FBI’s raid of former President Donald Trump’s home of Mar-a-Lago. Kayyem is former assistant secretary for homeland security under President Barack Obama, and the faculty chair of the homeland security program at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

Sarah Larson shares her thoughts on the rise of pickleball in America, and the sport’s potential to bridge the political divide. Larson is a staff writer for the New Yorker.

Will Sennott discusses the foreign private equity firms dominating New England’s fishing industry. Sennott is a reporter for the New Bedford Light.

Dan Adams updates us on cannabis reforms in Mass., and Maine’s booming medical marijuana industry. Adams is the Boston Globe cannabis reporter, and author of “This Week In Weed,” the definitive marijuana newsletter. 

We end the show by talking with listeners about the potential disappearance of summer food staples – like lobsters, blueberries, and corn – with climate change.