20141203.mp3

  • We discuss Uber, Lyft, and the way they are changing the Boston taxi market with you, then we chat briefly with Donna Blythe-Shaw , a representative of the Boston Taxi Drivers Association, to get her take.
  • Art Caplan discusses the ongoing investigation of NFL team doctors and trainers and the prescription drug scandal, and if you should continue taking baby aspirin. [29:05]
  • Juliette Kayyem  stops by to update us on Chuck Hagel's resignation, discuss holiday travel security,  and whether Michael Brown's stepfather should be charged for inciting a riot in Ferguson. [52:10]
  • Pamela Lightsey , Associate Dean of Boston University's School of Theology, has returned from Ferguson. We get her take on the situation there, and sense of how faith leaders have responded. [1:44:30]
  • After increased Al Qaida chatter, the federal government is toying with the idea of banning carry on luggage. We talk to you to see what you think? [2:05:29]
  •  Sue O'Connell discusses the government's move to lift the ban on gay men giving blood, the rise of homophobic "Mall Santas," and Mayor Walsh's new Chief of Diversity. [2:22:10]