Today on Boston Public Radio:
We began the show by opening phone lines, asking listeners for their thoughts on Tom Brady’s retirement .
Trenni Kusnierek weighed in on Tom Brady’s retirement, and Rafael Nadal’s record 21 Grand Slam tennis titles. She also talked about athletes’ coronavirus precautions at the Beijing Olympics. Kusnierek is a reporter and anchor for NBC Sports Boston, and a weekly Boston Public Radio contributor.
Carol Rose shared her analysis of a federal judge rejecting a hate crimes plea deal for one of the men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery, and Justice Stephen Breyer announcing his retirement. Rose is the executive director of the ACLU of Massachusetts.
Alexandria Onuoha discussed the crisis of missing Black women and girls in Massachusetts, and called for increased community and political support to protect Black women and girls. Onuoha is the director of political advocacy for Black Boston, a nonprofit focused on fighting injustice and creating community in Boston’s Black community.
Corby Kummer talked about the restaurants ditching their landline phones, and the restaurateurs urging Congress to replenish the Small Business Administration’s Restaurant Revitalization Fund. Kummer is the executive director of the food and society policy program at the Aspen Institute, a senior editor at The Atlantic and a senior lecturer at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy.
John King updated us on the latest political headlines, focusing on former President Donald Trump’s staff drafting versions of an executive order to seize voting machines. King is CNN's chief national correspondent and anchor of "Inside Politics,” which airs weekdays and Sunday mornings at 8 a.m.
We wrapped up the show by continuing our conversation with listeners on Tom Brady.
