Today on Boston Public Radio:
We began the show by asking listeners whether they prefer to return to the office or work from home at this point in the pandemic.
Charlie Sennott gave an update on top international news. He critiqued the U.S. government’s response to Haitian migrants at the border and the U.S. drone strike in Kabul that killed 10 civilians. Sennott is a GBH News analyst and the founder and CEO of The GroundTruth Project.
Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett took questions from callers about all things vaccines. She discussed the ethics and uses of booster shots and the status of vaccine trials for children. Gergen Barnett teaches in the Department of Family Medicine at Boston Medical Center and Boston University Medical School.
Revs. Irene Monroe and Emmett G. Price III critiqued some Christian leaders’ hypocrisy in discouraging COVID-19 vaccines and also talked about what it means for Boston that none of the three Black mayoral candidates made it through the preliminary election. Monroe is a syndicated religion columnist, the Boston voice for Detour’s African American Heritage Trail and a visiting researcher in the Religion and Conflict Transformation Program at the Boston University School of Theology. Price is the founding pastor of Community of Love Christian Fellowship in Allston. Together, they host GBH’s All Rev’d Up podcast.
Christopher Muther shared memories from his recent trip to Quebec’s Eastern Townships and discussed the decision by the European Union to remove the United States from its safe travel list. Muther is a travel writer and columnist for the Boston Globe.
We ended the show by asking listeners about their thoughts on the ethics of booster shots in the United States.
