Today on Boston Public Radio:
We began the show by talking with listeners about rising costs amid inflation.
Art Caplan discussed the World Health Organization’s upcoming assessment of monkeypox as a potential global health emergency. Caplan is the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor and founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU School of Medicine in New York City.
Shirley Leung talked about efforts to build green space in Boston’s Seaport neighborhood, and the potential for supervised drug injection sites in Massachusetts. Leung is a business columnist for the Boston Globe.
Miles Howard shared his 25-mile Boston trail map, which connects green spaces across more than a dozen neighborhoods. Howard is a Boston-based journalist and author of the “Mind the Moss,” a newsletter about hiking.
Then, we talked with listeners about their favorite hiking trails in the Boston area.
Mitra Kalita discussed the role of the diversity officer in corporate spaces, and the transition of diversity, equity and inclusion from human resources to the C-suite. Kalita is the co-founder and CEO of URL Media, a network of Black and brown news and information outlets.
Andy Ihnatko updated us on the latest tech headlines, focusing on the Google engineer claiming that Google’s AI language model is sentient. Ihnatko is a tech writer and blogger, posting at Ihnatko.com.
We wrapped up the show by asking listeners about the regional fascination with Market Basket.
