BPR Full Show 4/5: Road Rage Psychology

We opened the phone lines to check in with listeners one day after Trump’s arraignment and the announcement of his 34 felony charges.

Then, medical ethicist Art Caplan weighed in on MIT scientists who are calling for a pause in AI development, and a legal challenge to Obamacare in Texas that imperils the availability of HIV drugs, cancer screenings and other preventative care without copays.

National security expert Juliette Kayyem discussed Harvard University’s police response to a hoax emergency call, Finland joining NATO and the arrest of a WSJ journalist in Russia.

GBH’s Jared Bowen discussed the Elliot Norton Award nominees and a production of Coriolanus at the Actors’ Shakespeare Project.

Comedian Aida Rodriguez joined us before her show at the City Winery Boston on April 12.

Food policy analyst Corby Kummer discussed big dairy’s all-out push to bring Gen-Z back from nut-milk nirvana; and the rise in popularity of turbot.

A new analysis based on 40 years of the research was published in JAMA, finding that even mild drinking has negative impacts. We asked listeners, will this new research impact their behavior? Or, do the stress relief and social aspects of drinking provide enough cover for them to rationalize any negative health impacts?