Today on Boston Public Radio:
We opened the lines to hear from listeners about a new Washington Post/ABC poll that shows voters unenthused about the prospects of a Biden/Trump rematch in 2024.
Jesse Mermell and Jennifer Nassour joined for a political panel, digging into how the DNC opted to move the first primary to South Carolina and how the Massachusetts Republican Party might move forward without former chairman Jim Lyons. Mermell is founder and president of deWit Impact Group, and a former Democratic candidate for Congress in Massachusetts’ 4th Congressional District. Nassour is the founder of the Pocketbook Project, former chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party and a former candidate for Boston City Council.
Cathy Judd-Stein, the chair of Massachusetts’ Gaming Commission, joined to discuss the start of sports betting in the commonwealth after the first legal bets were placed last week.
Bradley Campbell, Conservation Law Foundation president and CEO, joined to discuss various environmental headlines, including Gov. Maura Healey’s climate plans.
The Revs. Irene Monroe and Emmett G. Price III discussed the evolution of the National Prayer Breakfast.
Jessie Colbert and Dr. Leena Mittal joined to discuss maternal mental health and perinatal mood disorders. Colbert is the founder and executive director of the Mass PPD Fund, a Massachusetts-based profit devoted to postpartum depression. Mittal is medical director of the Equity, Substance Use and Community Partnerships at Massachusetts Child Psychology Access Program for Moms, instructor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and chief of the Division of Women’s Health at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
We ended the show by hearing from listeners about the best way to bail on a date that isn't going well on the heels of a survey that found people
generally take 51 minutes to make up their minds and come up with an excuse to leave.