Today on Boston Public Radio:
We began the show by asking listeners whether they think American kids are too coddled, in light of the new Netflix show “Old Enough!” in which Japanese toddlers run errands independently.
Susan Yanow discussed the shape of abortion rights in the United States, stories of women arrested for at-home abortions, and how people across the country can find abortion resources. Yanow is a co-founder of the international nonprofit Women Help Women, which supports women with accessing abortion medication. She’s the spokesperson for their U.S. based program SASS, or Self-Managed Abortion, Safe and Suppored.
Andrea Cabral talked about the problems with no-knock police raids, and former Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia II soon heading to prison after multiple delays. Cabral is the former Suffolk County sheriff and Massachusetts secretary of public safety, and former CEO of the cannabis company Ascend.
Andy Ihnatko updated listeners on the world of tech, including artificial intelligence technology that can generate original images based on user descriptions, and how a Ukrainian man tracked down the Russian soldier who stole his AirPods. Ihnatko is a tech writer and blogger, posting at Ihnatko.com.
Karla Hoyos and Henry Patterson shared their experiences cooking for refugees at the Polish-Ukrainian border with World Central Kitchen. Hoyos is a Miami-based chef who ran the World Central Kitchen in Poland, as well as in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. Patterson is the founder of Bel Canto, the consulting group ReThink Restaurants and Somerville restaurant incubator CWC, Inc.
Jon Gruber made a case for why the U.S. needs to ramp up pandemic funding for both COVID-19 and future outbreaks. Gruber was instrumental in creating both the Massachusetts healthcare reform and the Affordable Care Act, and his latest book is “Jump-Starting America: How Breakthrough Science Can Revive Economic Growth And The American Dream.”
We ended the show by asking listeners their opinions on tipping.
