Boston Public Radio Podcast BPR Full Show: 5/16/2019: Legal Same-Sex Marriage In MA, 15 Years On
Today on Boston Public Radio:
Chuck Todd, host of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” joined us on the line to talk about the debate over impeachment, Bill DeBlasio jumping into the 2020 race, and other political headlines.
Then we opened up the lines and asked our listeners: Will the new anti-abortion laws in states like Georgia and Alabama turn you into a single-issue voter on abortion? Could it change the dynamics of the presidential race for you?
Fifteen years ago this week, Massachusetts became the first state in the nation to allow same-sex marriage. WGBH News reporter Gabrielle Emmanuel spoke with the couple who started it all.
Former State Judicial Court Chief Justice Margaret Marshall, who wrote the landmark opinion that legalized same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, looked back on the decision.
Harvard health policy professor John McDonough looked at the role health care could play in the 2020 campaign.
Former industrial trawler-turned-kelp-fisherman Bren Smith discussed his new book, “Eat Like A Fish.”
Playwright Ryan Landry examined our soceity’s obsession with artificial scents.