BPR Full Show 2/19/20: Don't Blame the Pangolin!

Today on Boston Public Radio:

We opened our lines to ask caller: do debates influence how you vote?

MIT economist Jon Gruber discussed housing affordability in Massachusetts, and whether rent control is the most effective solution.

Boston Globe columnist Shirley Leung discussed fraud charges against Mass. Rep. David Nangle, and former GE executive Ann Klee’s move to construction company Suffolk.

Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn discussed Jeff Bezos’ pledge to commit $10 billion towards combating climate change.

Journalist and naturalist Sy Montgomery discussed the role pangolins may have played in the spread of coronavirus, and news on the graciousness of crows.

We re-opened our lines to talk with listeners about your experiences at dog parks, in light of a New York Times article arguing that they're bad for a dog’s health and development.

WGBH Arts Editor Jared Bowen discussed 40 years of “Sheer Madness” at the Charles Playhouse, and a new exhibit at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, titled “Boston’s Apollo: Thomas McKeller and John Singer Sargent.”