Today on Boston Public Radio:
We began the show by opening phone lines, asking listeners about the large number of people in their 20s and 30s moving back in with their parents amid rising costs of living.
Michelle Singletary shared her advice off of her latest personal finance columns, focusing on the looming deadline for public service loan forgiveness. Singletary is a personal finance columnist for the Washington Post. She writes the nationally syndicated column, "The Color of Money," which provides insight into the world of personal finance. Her latest book is “What To Do With Your Money When Crisis Hits: A Survival Guide.”
Mitra Kalita and Levi Rickert talked about covering politics and this year’s midterm elections, as well as Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Kalita is co-founder/CEO of URL Media, a network of Black and brown community news outlets that share content. She was most recently Senior Vice President at CNN Digital, overseeing the national news, breaking news, programming, opinion and features teams. Rickert is founder, publisher and editor of Native News Online. He serves on the advisory board of the Multicultural Media Correspondents Association.
Retired Federal Judge Nancy Gertner discussed mounting criticism over the legitimacy of the Supreme Court, and previewed the court’s 2022-2023 session. Gertner is a retired federal judge and a senior lecturer at Harvard Law School.
Mayor Kim Driscoll shared this month’s Halloween happenings in Salem. Driscoll is the mayor of Salem, and is the 2022 Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor of Massachusetts.
Corby Kummer talked about rising costs at restaurants, and the latest “hot girl food”: deviled eggs. Kummer is 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.
We ended the show by asking listeners whether they’re still dining out amid rising food costs.
