Today on Boston Public Radio:

  • We opened up the lines and asked listeners about the Gaming Commission's decision to allow Wynn's Encore Boston Harbor casino to open for business.
  • Medical ethicist Arthur Caplan looked at the debate over Julian Assange's medical care. Caplan is the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Chair, director of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Langone Medical Center, and the co-host of the "Everyday Ethics" podcast.
  • Attorney General William Barr testified to Congress today about reports that Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his team were dissatisfied with Barr's summary of the Mueller investigation. Homeland security expert Juliette Kayyem analyzed the situation. Kayyem is on the faculty of Harvard’s Kennedy School and a CNN analyst.
  • WGBH Executive Arts editor Jared Bowen gave us his take on the blockbuster movie "Avenger: Endgame" and other arts and culture events around town.
  • David Gergen shared his take on the 2020 race, Mueller's report, and his passion for the arts, with a specific focus on his 20 year relationship with the The Handel and Haydn Society. Gergen is Founding Director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School and a senior political analyst for CNN.
  • Our concert roundtable previewed some of the best music events around town. Joining the line-up were Rob Hochschild, Associate Professor of Liberal Arts at Berklee College of Music; Brian O'Donovan, the host of WGBH's A Celtic Sojourn; and WCRB's Brian McCreath, who is the producer of WCRB's Boston Symphony Orchestra broadcasts, the executive producer of WCRB In Concert, and host of an interview podcast called The Answered Question.