BPR Full Show: Love Advice

Today on Boston Public Radio:

Dr. Katherine Gergen-Barnett takes questions from listeners on the latest mask guidance from the state, when to replace your mask, the importance of booster shots and more. Gergen-Barnett teaches in the family medicine department at Boston Medical Center and Boston University Medical School.

Meredith Goldstein gives out Valentine’s Day advice and takes listener calls on all things love. Goldstein is an advice columnist and features writer for the Boston Globe. Her advice column, “Love Letters,” is a daily dispatch of wisdom for the lovelorn that has been running for more than a decade. She also hosts the “Love Letters” podcast.

Richard Blanco reads his favorite love poems, including his poem “Killing Mark,” his poem “Maybe” and “You Are Who I Love” by Aracelis Girmay. He’s the fifth presidential inaugural poet in U.S. history. His latest book, “How to Love a Country,” deals with various socio-political issues that shadow the United States.

Revs. Irene Monroe and Emmett G. Price III debrief last night’s Super Bowl and the halftime show. Rev. Monroe is a syndicated religion columnist and the Boston voice for Detour’s African American Heritage Trail. Rev. Price is founding pastor of Community of Love Christian Fellowship in Allston and the Inaugural Dean of Africana Studies at Berklee College of Music. Together they host the All Rev’d Up podcast at GBH.

Paris Alston and Jeremy Siegel introduce themselves as the new hosts of Morning Edition, and talk through this morning’s headlines. Alston and Siegal are the new co-hosts of GBH’s Morning Edition, which you can catch every weekday from 5 until 10 AM. 

We end the show by asking listeners if they think playing sports can make you a better person.