BPR Full Show: April fools!

Today on Boston Public Radio:

We begin the show by asking listeners for their thoughts on office friendships as people return to work after so much time working remotely.

Tetiana Litus and Vsevolod Petriv share their efforts to support their home country of Ukraine from abroad, and why they think the U.S. should do more to support refugees. Petriv is president of the Boston branch of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America. Litus is a 24-year-old Ukrainian who just moved to the U.S. a few months ago.

Callie Crossley discusses President Joe Biden finally signing an anti-lynching bill into law after nearly 100 years of attempts, and Steph and Ayesha Curry’s latest venture into 150 little libraries in under-resourced parts of Oakland, California. Crossley hosts GBH’s Under the Radar and Basic Black.

Andy Ihnatko explains developments at the EU to reign in big tech companies, and Facebook’s partnership with GOP consultants to generate bad press for TikTok. Ihnatko is a tech writer and blogger, posting at Ihnatko.com.

Emma Choi talks about how her dorm room NPR show, “Everyone and their Mom,” came to be, and the struggles of women comedians in the changing comedy environment. Choi is the host of the NPR podcast “Everyone & Their Mom.”

Sue O’Connell weighs in on Amazon's union busting and the first successful Amazon union vote, Caitlyn Jenner becoming a Fox News contributor and Bruce Willis stepping away from acting due to his recent diagnosis of aphasia. O’Connell is the co-publisher of Bay Windows and South End News, and contributor to Current, on NBC L-X and NECN.

We end the show by talking with listeners about their favorite April Fools Day pranks.