BPR Full Show 1/13/20: Booker Bails & Bloomberg Bets a Billion

Today on Boston Public Radio:

Charlie Chieppo and Shannon O’Brien discussed the latest headlines around the 2020 election, and Gov. Baker’s Transportation Climate Initiative. Charlie Chieppo is principal of Chieppo Strategies, Senior Fellow at the Pioneer Institute and Adjunct Professor at Suffolk University. Shannon O'Brien is former State Treasurer and Democratic nominee for governor.

WGBH News Analyst and GroundTruth Project CEO Charlie Sennott discussed protests in Iran after state officials admitted fault for the shooting down of a Ukrainian jetliner. 

We opened our lines to callers to talk about the rise of billionaires Tom Steyer and Michael Bloomberg in the 2020 race.

TV writer Bob Thompson spoke on the legacy of screenwriter Buck Henry, and discussed the ratings success of Jeopardy’s “GOAT" series.

Reverends Irene Monroe and Emmett Price III, hosts of WGBH’s All Rev’d Up, discussed Ex-Pope Benedict’s recent statement defending the celibacy of priests, as well as the 1-year anniversary of a Bethesda church harboring an undocumented woman and her children. 

Tech writer Andy Ihnatko recapped the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show, and discussed Facebook’s recent announcement re-affirming their position on the policing of political ads.

Poet Richard Blanco joined us for another edition of The Village Voice, where he discussed the contemporary value of the sonnet.