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Today on Boston Public Radio: E.J. Dionne weighs in on President Joe Biden’s formation of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States. He also shares his thoughts on calls for Justice Stephen Breyer to resign. Dionne is a columnist for The Washington Post and a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution. His latest book is "Code Red: How Progressives And Moderates Can Unite To Save Our Country.” Next, we open the phone lines, talking with listeners about local government transparency in the wake of a Boston Globe article detailing the child sexual abuse allegations against ex-Boston Police officer and union leader Patrick Rose. Charlie Sennott discusses increasing unrest in Northern Ireland, and President Biden’s return to Iran nuclear deal talks. Sennott is a GBH News analyst and the founder and CEO of The GroundTruth Project. Christopher Kimball previews his latest Milk Street cookbook, “Tuesday Nights Mediterranean: 125 Simple Weeknight Recipes from the World's Healthiest Cuisine.” Kimball is the founder of Milk Street, a food media company which produces Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Magazine, He’s also the host of Milk Street Radio and Milk Street TV. Revs. Irene Monroe and Emmett Price talk about the death of Daunte Wright, and the ongoing trial of ex-police officer Derek Chauvin happening just miles away. They also share their thoughts on the reluctance of white Evangelicals to get vaccinated. 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 an executive director of the Institute for the Study of the Black Christian Experience at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Together, they host GBH’s *All Rev’d Up *podcast. We then ask listeners how they felt about plant-based alternatives to meat. Latanya Sweeney discusses the prevalence of racial bias in popular search engines, and calls for more proactive responses to racial bias from tech giants. Sweeney is the Professor of the Practice of Government and Technology at the Harvard Kennedy School and in the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Editor-in-Chief of Technology Science, and the director and founder of the Data Privacy Lab. Sweeney appears in the NOVA documentary short, “Search Engine Breakdown,” on Wednesday night at 10:30 p.m. ET.

Today on Boston Public Radio: We start off the show by talking with listeners about the CDC’s updated guidelines on surface cleaning. Dolores Huerta discusses her historical work in labor and civil rights, and the current issues facing agricultural and farm workers today. She also argues for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. Huerta is the co-founder of the United Farm Workers. Emily Rooney weighs in on the multiple defamation lawsuits filed by Dominion Voting Systems. She also touches on global vaccine equity, and shared her famous list. Rooney is host of Beat the Press, which you can watch Friday nights at 7 p.m. Andy Ihnatko updates us on the latest tech headlines, from the Supreme Court’s decision on whether former President Trump violated the First Amendment by blocking people on Twitter to the recent Facebook data leak. Ihnatko is a tech writer and blogger, posting at Ihnatko.com. Corby Kummer talks about the Aspen Institute’s updated safety guidelines for restaurant workers. He also calls for free school breakfasts and lunches, and an end to school lunch debt. Kummer is the 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. Callie Crossley discusses Vogue’s feature of poet Amanda Gorman, and the death of Prince Philip. She also previews this week’s edition of Under the Radar. Crossley hosts GBH’s Under the Radar and Basic Black. We wrap up the show by asking listeners whether they’ve had an increase in animal encounters throughout the pandemic.

For the past seven months, the Aspen Institute's Food and Policy Program has been working to assemble a comprehensive guide for safe indoor dining. As of this week, that guide is officially out and free to the public. On Friday, the organization’s director, food writer Corby Kummer, joined Boston Public Radio to talk about his hopes for how it’ll impact safe dining as restaurants work to get back to a form of quasi-normalcy. “This is meant to be a nationally [applicable], easy to use, easy to post guide for all restaurant owners, managers, workers and diners, as a way of feeling safe as you go back to dining indoors,” he explained. The guide includes the center's Diner Code of Conduct, which was initially released back in December. It’s a simple, straightforward checklist of commitments diners can make to ensure the safety of restaurant staff, and anyone looking to enjoy a meal indoors without the risk of contracting COVID-19. But the 74-page guide, Kummer noted, also includes a host of other useful information for restaurant workers and potential patrons. "It’s full of common sense steps that every restaurant needs to take – especially right now,” he said. “Because all cities are reopening, they’re trying to reopen, and we want to help restaurants and city health localities prevent a shutdown again.” Kummer is a senior editor at The Atlantic, an award-winning food writer, and a senior lecturer at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition and Policy.

Today on Boston Public Radio: Acting Mayor Kim Janey discusses her recent “All Inclusive” Boston tourism campaign, her childhood experiences during the city’s busing crisis, and her plans to make Boston a more equitable city. She also speaks with listeners during “Ask the Acting Mayor.” Andrea Cabral talks about the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, touching on the first time allowance of cameras in Minnesota courtrooms. She also discusses the controversy surrounding Dr. David Fowler, an expert witness for Chauvin’s defense. Cabral is the former Suffolk County sheriff and Massachusetts secretary of public safety. She’s currently the CEO of the cannabis company Ascend. Chuck Todd updates us on the investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz, and former House Speaker John Boehner’s new book. Todd is the moderator of “Meet the Press” on NBC, host of “Meet the Press Daily" on MSNBC, and the Political Director for NBC News. Ric Burns previews his new film, “Oliver Sacks: His Own Life,” and talks about what it was like to meet Oliver Sacks. He also addresses filmmakers who called out PBS for a lack of diversity. Burns is a documentary filmmaker and writer. His latest film, “Oliver Sacks: His Own Life,” premieres Thursday, April 9, at 9 p.m. ET. We end the show by talking with listeners about the future of train travel.

Today on Boston Public Radio: We start the show by opening phone lines, asking listeners whether they thought colleges should mandate vaccines for returning students. Jonathan Gruber shares his thoughts on President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan, arguing that investment into infrastructure could create jobs across America. Gruber is the Ford Professor of Economics at MIT. He was instrumental in creating both the Massachusetts health-care 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." Juliette Kayyem discusses the nationwide move away from mass vaccination sites to private sites. She also shares what she thought we should be asking when a mass shooting occurs. Kayyem is an analyst for CNN, former assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security and faculty chair of the homeland security program at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Ali Noorani explains how former President Donald Trump left an indelible mark on the U.S. Immigration Court system. He also discusses the spike in unaccompanied minors migrating to the U.S. Noorani is President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Immigration Forum. His latest book is "There Goes the Neighborhood: How Communities Overcome Prejudice and Meet the Challenge of American Immigration.” Art Caplan weighs in on the Boston Globe’s Spotlight investigation that found that numerous Boston hospital CEOs moonlighted on corporate boards. He also touches on the controversy behind Dr. Oz hosting “Jeopardy.” Caplan is the Drs. William F and Virginia Connolly Mitty Chair, and director of the Division of Medical Ethics at the NYU School of Medicine. Jared Bowen gives us his latest arts and cultural rundown, highlighting the American Repertory Theater’s “The Conjurors’ Club,” and the Museum of Russian Icons. Bowen is GBH’s executive arts editor and the host of Open Studio. We wrap up the show by talking with listeners about emerging from pandemic hibernation.