Boston Public Radio Podcast

Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett offered her medical perspective on the latest headlines around President Trump’s fight with COVID-19, helping parse together exactly how sick the president actually is. Gergen Barnett is the vice chair of Primary Care Innovation and Transformation and residency director in the Department of Family Medicine at Boston Medical Center and Boston University Medical School. Jennifer Braceras and Michael Curry weighed in on the wider political implications of President Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis. Braceras is a political columnist and director of the Center for Law & Liberty at the Independent Women’s Forum. Curry is Deputy CEO & General Counsel Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers and member of the national NAACP Board of Directors, Chair of the Board’s Advocacy & Policy Committee. We opened lines to talk ask listeners: is the Trump administration blowing an opportunity to use his diagnosis as a teachable moment? CNN analyst Juliette Kayyem discussed the gro