BPR Full Show: Choose your vice

Today on Boston Public Radio:

Michael Curry and Jennifer Nassour bring back our politics roundtable, weighing in on the governor’s race and what successful voter engagement would look like. Curry is chair of the NAACP Advocacy and Policy Committee, and is president and CEO of the Mass League of Community Health Centers. Nassour is former chair of the Massachusetts Republican party, and co-founder and president of the Pocketbook Project, a nonprofit geared toward getting women elected to public office.

Then, we ask listeners their thoughts on the decision to ban runners from Russia and Belarus from the Boston Marathon.

EJ Dionne updates listeners on the latest national politics headlines, including on the state of political polarization and the national response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Dionne is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. His latest book is “Code Red: How Progressives and Moderates Can Unite to Save Our Country.”

Dan Adams weighs in on the latest news from the cannabis industry, including reports that the quality of marijuana in Massachusetts ranks lower than other states, and changing laws that could lead to cannabis cafes. Adams is a cannabis reporter and author of the “This Week in Weed” newsletter for the Boston Globe.

The Revs. Irene Monroe and Emmett G. Price III react to Pope Francis’ speech at Palm Sunday Mass, and the growing religious fervor on the American right. Monroe is a syndicated religion columnist and the Boston voice for Detour’s African American Heritage Trail. Price is founding pastor of Community of Love Christian Fellowship in Allston, and the inaugural dean of Africana Studies at Berklee College of Music. Together they host the All Rev’d Up podcast.

Seema Tikare recommends spring wines as the summer gets warmer, weighs in on corks versus screw tops and discusses other news from the wine industry. Tikare is a wine expert who has taught at Commonwealth Wine School and now runs her own wine website, thepremiercru.com. 

We end the show by asking listeners whether they prefer wine or marijuana.