BPR Full Show: Back on Track

Today on Boston Public Radio:

We begin the show by opening phone lines, asking listeners what they thought about universal basic income.

Sue O’Connell shares her thoughts on America’s gun culture in the wake of a shooting at a FedEx warehouse in Indiana. She also talks about Bessemer Amazon employees’ vote not to unionize. O’Connell is the co-publisher of Bay Windows and the South End News, as well as NECN's political commentator and explainer-in-chief.

Dr. David Ludwig explains how the obesity epidemic in the U.S. exacerbated the COVID-19 pandemic, and calls for people to be gentle with themselves with weight gain and loss. Dr. Ludwig is a physician specializing in obesity at Boston Children’s Hospital and professor of nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. His latest book, which he co-authored with Dawn Ludwig, is “Always Delicious.”

Callie Crossley discusses the police-involved death of 13-year-old Adam Toledo, and a bill in Oklahoma that would give protections to drivers who run over protestors. She also previews this week’s edition of Under the Radar. Crossley hosts GBH’s Under the Radar and Basic Black.

Shirley Leung talks about learning the history of anti-Asian hatred in the U.S., and Cambridge’s new program providing guaranteed basic income for single parent households. Leung is a business columnist for the Boston Globe.

Corby Kummer discusses a proposal in Washington state that would grant increased overtime protections for farmworkers, and explained how school cafeteria lunches are becoming a major source of nutrition for kids. Kummer is the 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.

We wrap up the show by talking with listeners about their experiences with work from home back pain.