BPR Full Show 12/28/20: Some Breaking News, And Some BPR Book Club Faves

Today on Boston Public Radio:

Jared Bowen and Sue O’Connell fill in for Jim and Margery.

First, they get a politics roundup from Beacon Hill to Capitol Hill, with GBH reporter Adam Reilly.

Then, Reverends Irene Monroe and Emmett G Price III join us for this week’s edition of All Rev’d Up.

The rest of Monday’s show features re-airs of some of our favorite segments:

Author and journalist Naomi Klein joins Jim and Margery to talk about her book, "On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal."

New Yorker staff writer and “Revisionist History” host Malcolm Gladwell discusses his new book, “Talking To Strangers: What We Should Know About The People We Don't Know.”

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ronan Farrow discusses his new book, “Catch And Kill: Lies, Spies, And A Conspiracy To Protect Predators,” about his experience reporting on the crimes of disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.

Harvard Business School’s Michael Norton discusses his latest research about why minimalism has become the new status symbol.

Journalist Joshua Foer discusses the latest edition of “Atlas Obscura: An Explorers Guide to the World’s Hidden Wonders.”