Boston Public Radio Podcast

Today on Boston Public Radio: Smith College associate professor Loretta Ross speaks on why it’s more productive to call people “in” rather than call them out, and the importance of have private – and occasionally uncomfortable – conversations with people we disagree with, in a discussion sparked by her forthcoming book, “Calling In the Calling Out Culture.” Next, we open lines and asked you about callout culture, asking: should 2021 be the year we try to call people in? Beat the Press host Emily Rooney talks about Vice President Mike Pence receiving his COVID shot Friday morning in front of the media, and the reemergence of Boston's great space saver debate. She also read a 2020 retrospective list of fixations and fulminations. Food writer Corby Kummer weighs in on frustration from some environmentalists and food justice advocates around news of President-elect Biden’s pick of Tom Vilsack to head the USDA. He also offers advice for restaurants struggling to afloat through the winter, and one sure-fire wa