BPR Full Show 3/26/20: Come Together, Right Now, Quarantine

Today on Boston Public Radio:

NBC “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd discussed the staggering spike in U.S. unemployment, and how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting candidates in the 2020 presidential race.

We opened lines to ask you: is this $2 trillion stimulus package easing your worries about the economy?

Former Suffolk County Sheriff and Secretary of Public Safety Andrea Cabral discussed whether prisons should be freeing certain detainees to protect them from COVID-19.

NBC Sports Boston reporter Trenni Kusnierek discussed Tom Brady’s dismissive coronavirus Instagram post, layoffs at TD Garden, and the postponing of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Former Mass. Secretary of Education Paul Reville discussed how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting schools and colleges.

We opened lines to talk with callers about how you’re doing in the midst of the ongoing pandemic.

Mass Rep. Joe Kennedy offered some critique of the Trump administration’s coronavirus response, and broke down the latest on the emergency stimulus bill before the House on Thursday.