BPR Full Show: The Problem with "True Crime"

Today on Boston Public Radio:

We began the show by talking with listeners about the murder of Ana Walshe, and what our obsession with true crime says about us.

Art Caplan talked about AI’s increasing role in medicine. 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.

Liz Neisloss and Prof. Judith Gonyea discussed GBH’s latest reporting from “Priced Out,” focusing on older women experiencing homelessness. Neisloss is a reporter for GBH. Gonyea is a professor and Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs at Boston University’s School of Social Work and senior fellow in the Institute for Health Systems Innovation & Policy at Boston University. 

Dan Adams talked about the RMV’s new stoned driving curriculum. Adams is the Boston Globe’s cannabis reporter and author of “This Week In Weed,” the definitive marijuana newsletter.

Corby Kummer shared his thoughts on the systems at work reinforcing the restaurant industry’s low wages, and calls to break up the FDA. Kummer is executive director of the Food and Society policy program at the Aspen Institute, a senior editor at The Atlantic and a senior lecturer at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy.

Sy Montgomery joined us for this month’s edition of “The Afternoon Zoo,” focusing on new research indicating turtles communicate with their eggs before they hatch. Montgomery is a journalist, naturalist, author and a BPR contributor. Her latest book is “The Hawk’s Way: Encounters with Fierce Beauty.”

We ended the show by talking with listeners about Madonna’s international music tour announcement, and double standards for older women in music.