Full Broadcast 5/07/18

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Monday, May 7th, 2018. Shannon O’Brien, former State Treasurer and Democratic nominee for Governor, and Charlie Chieppo, principal of Chieppo Strategies and senior fellow at both the Governing and Pioneer Institute, joined us to discuss the top national and local headlines. The GroundTruth Project's Charlie Sennott talked about the latest news regarding the peace talks with North and South Korea. It was reported over the weekend that John McCain said that he would not want President Trump to come to his funeral. We opened the lines to hear your thoughts on McCain's request. Novelist Jesmyn Ward joined us to talk about her newest award-winning book, Sing, Unburied, Sing. Irene Monroe and Emmett Price joined us for another edition of All Revved Up. The City Of Boston’s Housing Innovation Lab is proposing a new line of affordable houses that would essentially be tiny houses placed in backyards. We went to the phones to hear if this a solution to affordable housing that you could get behind. TV expert Bob Thompson gave us his list of the best and worst shows on TV.