Today on Boston Public Radio:
Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett took questions from listeners on the latest mask guidance from the state, when to replace your mask, the importance of booster shots and more. Gergen Barnett teaches in the family medicine department at Boston Medical Center and Boston University Medical School.
Meredith Goldstein gave out Valentine’s Day advice and took listener calls on all things love. Goldstein is an advice columnist and features writer for the Boston Globe. Her advice column, “Love Letters,” is a daily dispatch of wisdom for the lovelorn that has been running for more than a decade. She also hosts the “Love Letters” podcast.
Richard Blanco read his favorite love poems, including his poem “Killing Mark,” his poem “Maybe” and “You Are Who I Love” by Aracelis Girmay. He’s the fifth presidential inaugural poet in U.S. history. His latest book, “How to Love a Country,” deals with various socio-political issues that shadow the United States.
Revs. Irene Monroe and Emmett G. Price III debriefed Sunday’s Super Bowl and the halftime show. Rev. Monroe is a syndicated religion columnist and the Boston voice for Detour’s African American Heritage Trail. Rev. Price is founding pastor of Community of Love Christian Fellowship in Allston and the Inaugural Dean of Africana Studies at Berklee College of Music. Together they host the All Rev’d Up podcast at GBH.
Paris Alston and Jeremy Siegel introduced themselves as the new hosts of Morning Edition, and talked through this morning’s headlines. Alston and Siegel are the new co-hosts of GBH’s Morning Edition, airing live Monday through Friday from 5 to 10 a.m. on 89.7 and online at gbhnews.org.
We ended the show by asking listeners if they think playing sports can make you a better person.
