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On Point, a live show on news, culture and more. Hosted by @MeghnaWBUR. Weekdays from 10 to 11 EST.
Aug 31, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Today: Harvard epidemiologist @michaelmina_lab joins us to lay out the testing failures so far and how rapid tests could help get our lives back to normal in the pandemic. @michaelmina_lab @michaelmina_lab says that the U.S. medical community has been much more focused on personal medical health rather than public health, and this has affected our ability to effectively regulate and implement testing meant to trace and control the spread of a virus like COVID-19.
Jul 28, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Live: Did the president mean it when he told Fox News recently he might not accept election results in November? What happens if a president contests an election? Former government and military officials held a "war game" that considered the consequences. wbur.fm/39FbL8v "I think a lot of people have this false sense of security, that there exists some magic institution that in the event of President Trump doing something in defiance of the law ... would just kind of descend like the Gods and rescue America," @brooks_rosa says.
Apr 23, 2019 • 12 tweets • 7 min read
We're LIVE: A school, a laundromat and hope.

@PrincipalAkbar joins the show.

wbur.fm/2KXbipm @PrincipalAkbar "It was everyday. I had 85 percent of my kids staying home 3-5 times a month," @PrincipalAkbar says.
Nov 15, 2018 • 15 tweets • 15 min read
Live: The cost and urgency to fix our natural gas infrastructure.

We speak with @gregorykorte, @kierablessing and Cynthia Quarterman of @AtlanticCouncil.

wbur.fm/2QL8vOw @gregorykorte @kierablessing @AtlanticCouncil "A lot of the infrastructure was built a century or more ago when we first discovered natural gas as a cheap, abundant source of energy," @gregorykorte says. "A lot of it has not been replaced since that time."
Oct 30, 2018 • 15 tweets • 13 min read
Live: The promise and potential problems with unschooling.

Unschoolers say kids should have total control of their learning.

@MeghnaWBUR speaks with Maleka Diggs, Peter Gray of @BostonCollege & Michael Apple of @UWMadisonMedia.

wbur.fm/2SvJCb1 @MeghnaWBUR @BostonCollege @UWMadisonMedia "It allows them the freedom to be able to explore ideas, thoughts -- whether it be read a book or kick off the day watching television," Maleka Diggs says of unschooling her children.