Today on Boston Public Radio :

We opened the show by getting our listeners thoughts on a recent study that found that U.S. teenagers spend over eight hours a day on their phones and how cutting screen time — even by one hour — improved teenagers’ self image.

Vsevolod Petriv and Tetiana Litus reflect on the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Petriv is president of the Boston branch of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America. Litus is a 25-year-old student from Ukraine who lives in the Boston area. The two attened the rally in Copley Square in support of Ukraine on Feb. 26.

Angelo Carusone discussed Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy sharing security footage from the Jan. 6 insurrection to Fox News' Tucker Carlson. He also touched on Fox News' attitude towards Marjorie Taylor Greene's messaging on a "national divorce" and Fox's latest hire of Curt Schilling. Carusone is president of the nonprofit watchdog group Media Matters for America.

Corby Kummer discussed a new restaurant gallery opening in Allston and weighs in on the gas versus electric stove heated debate. He also discussed the unionization push at an upscale New York restaurant where servers are seeking higher pay and better equipment, and explained the latest marketing food stunt: Peeps-flavored Pepsi. Kummer is executive director of the Food and Society policy program at the Aspen Institute, a senior editor at The Atlantic and senior lecturer at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy.

Richard Blanco read poetry to highlight Black History Month. Blanco is the fifth Presidential Inaugural Poet in U.S. history and the first Poet Laureate of Miami-Dade County. His latest collection is “How To Love A Country.”

Revs. Irene Monroe and Emmett G. Price III discussed rural Idaho seeing more right-leaning Christians settling and what it means for Seattle to become the first city in the United States to ban caste discrimination. They also discussed Kung Fu Nuns in Nepal and addressed the 'Dilbert' comic strip that was dropped from numerous newspapers after the creator’s racist remarks. Monroe is a syndicated religion columnist and the Boston voice for Detour’s African American Heritage Trail. Price is founding pastor of Community of Love Christian Fellowship in Allston and the Inaugural Dean of Africana Studies at Berklee College of Music.

We wrapped up our show by discussing cold calling vs. texting.