Boston Public Radio: Pre-Game

Today on Boston Public Radio:

We asked our listeners their thoughts on everything related to the upcoming Super Bowl, from the first legal bets on the big game in Massachusetts to the price of Super Bowl snacks and beyond.

Cara Solomon, founder of the nonprofit Everyday Boston, and Ronnie Elliot, the Transformational Prison Project’s Youthful Offender Coordinator, discussed their fifth annual “Love Your Wicked Awesome Neighbor Challenge,” a chance for Bostonians to connect with those in their community via supportive homemade cards.

Under the Radar and Basic Black host Callie Crossley joined the team to talk about Mayor Wu’s Reparations Task Force, and how the city can take inspiration from existing reparations and racial justice programs both here in the Commonwealth—such as that at Harvard—and across the country.

Sue O’Connell broke down major headlines ranging from President Biden’s State of the Union address from this past Tuesday to allegations that abuses against LGBTQ+ users have increased since Elon Musk took over the company to Netflix cracking down on password sharing. O’Connell is the co-publisher of Bay Windows and South End News, as well as a reporter for NBC LX and NECN.

Boston-based band Mile Twelve discussed and performed tracks from their newest album, “Close Enough to Here,” as part of Live Music Friday.

For our final listener call-in segment, we asked our listeners to weigh in on how they’re reacting to and coping with the unseasonably warm winter weather.

We ended the show by hearing from Winter Walk executive director Ari Barbanell about this weekend’s event.