BPR Full Show: This or That

Today on Boston Public Radio:

Art Caplan shares his thoughts on the CDC’s latest COVID-19 guidelines, and whether unvaccinated people will throw caution to the wind as more vaccines become available. Caplan is the Drs. William F and Virginia Connolly Mitty Chair, and director of the Division of Medical Ethics at the NYU School of Medicine.

Next, we ask listeners whether they thought the CDC’s new guidelines were too lax, or just right.

Ali Noorani discusses how President Joe Biden is handling the humanitarian crisis at the border in the midst of COVID-19. He also talks about the Mexican restaurant in Houston subjected to ICE threats after refusing to serve unmasked customers. Noorani is President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Immigration Forum. His latest book is "There Goes the Neighborhood: How Communities Overcome Prejudice and Meet the Challenge of American Immigration.”

Revs. Irene Monroe and Emmett Price weigh in on Cornel West’s decision to leave Harvard after a tenure dispute, and Oprah’s interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. They also touch on Stevie Wonder’s plans to move to Ghana. Monroe is a syndicated religion columnist, the Boston voice for Detour’s African American Heritage Trail, and a visiting researcher in the Religion and Conflict Transformation Program at the Boston University School of Theology. Price is an executive director of the Institute for the Study of the Black Christian Experience at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Together, they host GBH’s *All Rev’d Up *podcast.

Victor Anthony Lopez-Carmen discusses the health disparities in Native American communities, and how COVID-19 has exacerbated them. He also talks about the need for more Native American representation in the medical field. Lopez-Carmen is a Dakota and Yaqui writer, health policy advocate, and student at Harvard Medical School. He currently serves on the City of Boston’s COVID-19 Health Inequities Taskforce and as Co-Chair of the UN Global Indigenous Youth Caucus, the official UN Caucus that represents the political interests of Indigenous youth before international policy making bodies. His commentary on minority health and human rights has been featured in such outlets as the BBC, Teen Vogue, and the UN News Centre.

John King update us on the latest political headlines, from President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 package to the 2022 midterm elections. King is CNN's Chief National Correspondent and anchor of "Inside Politics,” which airs weekdays and Sunday mornings at 8 a.m.

We revisit Monday’s discussion of the new Netflix show “Marriage or Mortgage,” asking if listeners would say yes to the dress or say yes to the down payment.