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Jim Peyser, the former Massachusetts Secretary of Education, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the recent decision by Massachusetts voters to remove the high school graduation requirement for students taking the state's test, the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System.

On Radio Boston, WBUR's Emily Piper-Vallillo shares her reporting on how educators are preparing for President-elect Donald Trump's second term. Then, former Massachusetts Secretary of Education Paul Reville reflects on the impact Trump had on education in his first term.

On this week's Education Gadfly Show podcast, Jim Peyser, former Massachusetts Secretary of Education, joins Mike and David to discuss voters' recent decision to eliminate the MCAS graduation requirement and what it means for the future of high school. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber shares reports exploring the changing landscape of homeschooling in America.Recommended content:James A. Peyser, “Don't Abandon Common High School Graduation Exams” Education Next (2024).Frederick M. Hess, “Why Did Massachusetts Just Pull the Plug on 30 Years of K–12 Success?” AEI (November 6, 2024).Angela R. Watson, Homeschool Participation: Post-Pandemic Persistence and Growth Trends, Journal of School Choice (2024)Alanna Bjorklund-Young and Angela R. Watson, The Changing Face of American Homeschool: A 25-Year Comparison of Race and Ethnicity, Journal of School Choice (2024) Feedback Welcome: Have ideas for improving our podcast? Send them to Stephanie Distler at sdistler@fordhaminstitute.org.

Jim Dao, editorial page editor at the Boston Globe, on newspaper endorsements. The Globe endorsed Harris, and included an explainer as to why.Jared Bowen wore his chaps as promised plus he discussed the Clark Art Institute's $45m donationNational security expert Juliette Kayyem discussed the threats to this election -- the existing 'stop the steal' movement, conspiracy theories, and "secrets" between Trump and Mike Johnson.Massachusetts Secretary of the Department of Veterans' Services Jon Santiago reacted to Tony Hinchcliffe's racist jokeNaturalist and author Sy Montgomery zooms in to discuss her forthcoming book "What The Chicken Knows"

Question 2 proposes eliminating MCAS as a high school graduate requirement in publicly funded schools. Massachusetts Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler joins WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about why he is against the measure.

Radio Boston talks with former Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation Jim Aloisi.

New York City Transit (NYCT) is the largest public transit agency in North America, carrying more than 2.5 billion passengers every year. NYCT is going through transformation and implanting new initiatives including predictive maintenance. The agency is implementing many new initiatives including new ticketing solution. The agency is planning to introduce electric buses and using AI to improve the maintenance of existing buses. The episode will highlight some of the key initiatives launched by NYCT and the new innovation culture within the agency. Richard Davey is President of New York City Transit and is responsible for managing the largest transit agency in North America. He joined in May 2022. Previously, he served as a Partner and Director at the Boston Consulting Group in their Public Sector and Industrial Goods practice areas. He also served as CEO of Boston 2024, the organization that sought to bring the 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games to Boston. He is a transit enthusiast and was the Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation from September 2011 to October 2014 and previously the General Manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority from March 2010 to September 2011.

On the Monday edition of Big Deal/No Big Deal, Gresh and Fauria discussed Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation Monica Tibbits-Nutt's comments on motorists and raising taxes and fees.

Ellis meets the Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation and Highway Administrator and learns about roads, bridges, snowplows, and more. 

Jim Peyser, the former Massachusetts Secretary of Education, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Peterson's latest research, which for the first time ranks states by their charter school performance, based on student performance in reading and math on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, between 2009 and 2019. "The Nation's Charter Report Card: First-ever state ranking of charter student performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress," co-written with M. Danish Shakeel, is available now. https://www.educationnext.org/nations-charter-report-card-first-ever-state-ranking-charter-student-performance-naep/

Join Allen & Overy partners Gene Ingoglia and Claire Rajan as they analyze the regulatory enforcement developments in the world of AI. In this podcast,  Gene and Claire  dive into SEC Chair Gary Gensler's speech to the National Press Club on July 17, and provide their insight on the four key areas discussed by Mr Gensler; (i) The potential for conflicts of interest; (ii) The potential for fraud and deception; (iii) The impact on privacy and intellectual property issues - so, whose data is it?; (iv) The impact on financial stability. This speech was soon followed by the SEC's new proposed rulemaking, which Gene and Claire give their view on and how this will affect the regulation of the AI space moving forward. Gene and Claire also discuss the Fed weighing in on AI's impact on the financial sector and the probe launched into the use of AI in the securities industry by Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin, by seeking information from firms using or developing AI on what supervisory procedures are in place and how they plan to use AI. 

The debate over keeping or eliminating the MCAS exam continues and raises questions as to whether standardized testing helps or hurts in preparing students for college and careers. Dan explored the MCAS graduation requirement with Jim Peyser, former Massachusetts Secretary of Education.

On this week's Education Gadfly Show podcast, former Massachusetts Secretary of Education Jim Peyser joins Mike to discuss education reform's tendency to overpromise, and how we can avoid that in the fight against learning loss. Then, on the Research Minute, Adam discusses a study on how the pandemic affected the academic growth of high- and low-achieving students.Recommended content:“Settle for better”— James Peyser“Education reform is alive and well, even if the Washington Consensus is dead for now”—Michael Petrilli“Let's forge a new K–12 political coalition—without political extremists” —Bruno MannoThe study that Adam reviewed on the Research Minute: Scott J. Peters et al., “Unequal Learning Loss: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Influenced the Academic Growth of Learners at the Tails of the Achievement Distribution,” Annenberg Institute at Brown University (June 2023) Feedback Welcome:Have ideas for improving our podcast? Send them to Jeanette Luna at jluna@fordhaminstitute.org.

Lauren Jones '05, the Massachusetts Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, discusses her pathway from PC to a leadership role in Gov. Maura Healey's cabinet. Secretary Jones shares her insights related to the challenges and opportunities related to addressing workforce shortage challenges in the Commonwealth, and she offers advice for students considering careers in public service. Subscribe to the Providence College Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, and YouTube.  Visit Providence College on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, and LinkedIn. 

The former Massachusetts Secretary of Education, Jim Peyser, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Peyser's tenure in the Charlie Baker administration, and what could be ahead for education reform in the state.

This is the podcast for BPR's show on Thursday, September 15, 2022. We started the show with NBC Political Director and moderator of Meet The Press, Chuck Todd. We then turned to Eve Zuckoff, reporter for WCAI, who was on the ground in Martha's Vineyard, reporting on the dozens of migrants sent to the island by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Andrea Cabral, former Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety and Sheriff of Suffolk County. We wrapped the live portion of our show with incoming Boston Public Schools Superintendent Mary Skipper. The remainder of the show was on tape, featuring Boston Globe reporter Billy Baker on his book “We Need to Hang Out: A Memoir of Making Friends” and Harvard Business School's Michael Norton on the importance of widening your circle of friends.

On this week's episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, Host Sejal Govindarao speaks to former Massachusetts Secretary of Education Paul Reville, Dean of GW's Graduate School of Education and Human Development Michael Feuer and National Higher Education Washington Post Reporter Danielle Douglas-Gabriel on the impact of President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan.

Congressman Seth Moulton and former Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation Jim Aloisi discuss the Federal Transit Administration's final report on major safety issues facing the MBTA.

Born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, Tanisha Sullivan has deep roots in The Bay State. Her father spent his career as an educator in the Boston Public Schools before retiring as the school leader at the John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science. Her mother spent several years working in the media before opening her small businesses, a home daycare system, and working as a publisher of the Black Pages of New England. After attending Thayer Academy, Tanisha graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in Government. She also holds a J.D. and MBA in law from Boston College. After obtaining her law degree, Tanisha has practiced law in large firms and life sciences companies across the Greater Boston region and New York City. Her life's work has been focused on service, equity, and impact. She was elected as the President of the NAACP Boston in a volunteer capacity, where she led the organization in its fight for racial, economic, and social justice. Today, Tanisha is taking her efforts even further by running for Massachusetts Secretary of State to help lead the fight to protect and expand voting rights, create a more transparent and accessible government, and foster greater economic opportunities for all Massachusetts residents. Tanisha joins me today to discuss the role of the Secretary of State in Massachusetts and share why she decided to run for office. We discuss the importance of creating a more transparent government and why she believes small businesses need more support from the government than large organizations. We discuss Tanisha's perspective on local government and public education. We discuss why she believes K-12 public schools should teach children civics education, how government works, and the role young people play in government. We also discuss Tanisha's goals for supporting local election officials and voting poll workers to ensure they receive the resources needed to administer safe and secure elections. “The office of Secretary of State is arguably one of the most important offices in our state government to really help ensure that we are not only protecting but advancing democracy.” - Tanisha Sullivan This week on Political Contessa: Why Tanisha is running for Secretary of State for Massachusetts Why Tanisha believes transparency is critical in government How Tanisha hopes to change the way the Secretary of State supports small and large businesses Tanisha's mission to protect and advance Massachusetts democracy Supporting local town clerks, election officials, and voting poll workers within Massachusetts communities Connect with Tanisha Sullivan: Tanisha Sullivan's Website Tanisha Sullivan on Instagram Tanisha Sullivan on Facebook Tanisha Sullivan on Twitter Awaken Your Inner Political Contessa Thanks for tuning into this week's episode of Political Contessa. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Spotify I Stitcher I Apple Podcasts I iHeart Radio I TuneIn I Google Podcasts Be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media. And if you've ever considered running for office – or know a woman who should – head over to politicalcontessa.com to grab my quick guide, Secrets from the Campaign Trail. It will show you five signs to tell you you're ready to enter the political arena.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Candidates' Corner, Vote-USA intern Brandon speaks with Tanisha Sullivan, Democratic candidate for Massachusetts' Secretary of the Commonwealth. The Primary Election is September 6, 2022. GO VOTE!

From the district's last-minute deal with the state, to the selection of the next superintendent, we break down a big week for the Boston Public Schools with former Massachusetts Secretary of Education Paul Reville.

Three months ahead of the State Primaries, Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin is calling for “urgent action” on the passage of “permanent no-excuse voting by mail”. In the 2020 State Primaries, 47% of the ballots cast were by mail. The Secretary believes any delays in the passage of election reform bills would have a negative impact on voters. Should no-excuse voting by mail be made permanent here in the Commonwealth?

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We'll take some time to break down and review the big story of the week: transportation. We're joined by Jim Aloisi, former Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation, also a board member of the group TransitMatters, which advocates for better, more reliable public transit.

For 25 years Tom Grape has been a pioneer in independent and assisted living, memory care and life plan communities. As Founder, Chairman and CEO of Benchmark Senior Living, he has grown the company portfolio to 63 communities in 7 states. Benchmark's focus on culture has made the company an employer-of-choice repeat award winner with Fortune and the Boston Globe. About Tom When Tom Grape founded Benchmark Senior Living in a two-room office in Wellesley, Mass., he understood the significant health and social benefits his consumer-centered approach to senior living would provide people. Nearly 25 years later, Benchmark is one of the largest senior housing companies in the country, consistently receiving industry-leading resident and family satisfaction scores. Tom's commitment to seniors has gone beyond those served by Benchmark. He has advocated for all seniors and helped pave the way for the industry both regionally and nationally. He is a founding board member and former chair of Argentum, the national organization of senior living companies; an executive board member of the American Seniors Housing Association; and a member of the owner/operator advisory group and strategic planning committee for the National Investment Center (NIC) for the Senior Housing and Long-Term Care Industries. In 1994, along with Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services and now Governor Charlie Baker, Tom was instrumental in writing the legislation for assisted living in Massachusetts. Such groundbreaking work was recognized in 2019 when Tom received the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award from the Massachusetts Assisted Living Association (Mass-ALA). Tom is a frequent speaker, panelist and author on topics related to development, workforce, programming, and the importance of human connection in senior living. Key Takeaways A key to Benchmark's success is a concentration on core basic principles, applied over time.. The Boomers are going to want the full array of choices that they've had throughout their lives. They are going to turn senior living on its head. As the senior living market matures, there will be more segmentation and greater differentiation among products. Examples are urban and middle market models and mixed-use developments. Technology startups often miss the mark on the real need. Most develop a product based on a perceived need, without understanding the senior living market. The various software packages for accounting, care, CRM, and others are still not integrated. Getting technologies to work together remains a fundamental conundrum.

Today on Boston Public Radio: Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden joined us to discuss the investigation into the deadly parking garage collapse downtown, and his new Firearm Rapid Indictment program focused on illegal gun seizures. He also shined light on his approach to cases by exiting former Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins, and pushback from his DA opponent Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo that he doesn't support Rollins's policies, such as not prosecuting lower level offenses.  We asked listeners whether they agreed with a WalletHub study that found that Massachusetts ranked as the 43rd most stressed state in the country. Paul Reville discussed MIT being an outlier by bringing back the ACT and SAT standardized tests and the correlation between race, wealth, and testing performance.  Reville is the former Massachusetts Secretary of Education and a professor at Harvard's Graduate School of Education, where he also heads the Education Redesign Lab. His latest book, co-authored with Lynne Sacks, is “Collaborative Action for Equity and Opportunity: A Practical Guide for School and Community Leaders.” We continued our conversation on WalletHub's ranking of Massachusetts as one of the least stressed states. Juliette Kayyem discussed  President Joe Biden's speech  regarding Vladmir Putin's ability to stay in power in Russia,as well as former President Donald Trump's claim that Putin has damaging information on Hunter Biden. She also commented on how the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences should have handled the slapping incident between Chris Rock and Will Smith. Kayyem was formerly an assistant secretary for homeland security under President Barack Obama, and is now the faculty chair of the homeland security program at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Her new book is “The Devil Never Sleeps: Learning to Live in an Age of Disasters.”   We ended the show by talking with listeners about their drinking habits, following a JAMA Network study that claims moderate drinking is bad for your heart.

Cuba developed, out of necessity, the most organic, sustainable agricultural system of any country. Is that model replicable in other parts of the world, or is it now likely to be overrun by industrial farming as ironically the easing of tensions with the U.S. opens the island up to the influx of capital and multinational corporate plutocrats? What can we learn from Cuba's food system, and what are the risks to Cuban food security and sovereignty as its economic isolation ends? With: Kevin Danaher, co-founder of Global Exchange and FairTradeUSA; Greg Watson, former Massachusetts Secretary of Agriculture; Anuradha Mittal, founder and Executive Director of the Oakland Institute.

We catch up with Ed Freni, Director of Aviation at Massport, to hear what Logan's seeing. Then we take listener calls with Jim Aloisi, former Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation, and Josh Ostroff, Interim Director of Transportation for Massachusetts.

We discuss with former Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation Jim Aloisi, now a board member of the group Transit Matters, Dan McNichol, infrastructure advocate and former chief spokesperson for the Big Dig, and Mela Bush Miles, director of transit-oriented development and the T Riders Union at Alternatives for Environment and Community.

And the winners of the Boston Mayoral Primary race are City Councilors Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi-George. The official results took longer than expected and were not in until mid-morning the day after the polls closed. Massachusetts Secretary of State Bill Galvin says that is because more than twice the number of expected mail-in ballots were received. City Councilors Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi George joins Dan to discuss their victories.

In this episode of OA on Healthcare, Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services Marylou Sudders provides a retrospective on the challenges and obstacles faced by the Commonwealth's leadership in its response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the continuing threat posed by the Delta variant and the importance of getting all citizens fully vaccinated.

On February 9, 2021, the Military, Veterans, and Society Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) held a two-part event to launch the report Massachusetts Veteran Needs Assessment: During the Pandemic and Beyond. The event was held as a CNAS webinar, and featured a presentation by Nathalie Grogan, keynote remarks by Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) and Massachusetts Secretary of Veterans Services Cheryl Poppe, and a discussion hosted by Emma Moore and Rosye Cloud, featuring panelists Michael Allard, Michael Dwyer, Meg Harrell, Pamela Johnson, and Kristy Kaufmann.

We get the latest from WBUR's Zeninjor Enwemeka, and analysis from former Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation Jim Aloisi.

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Kara and Scott talk about Facebook's ad campaign going after Apple as both companies face antitrust lawsuits. They also discuss the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth filing a complaint against Robinhood. In listener mail, we get a question about whether podcasters will go behind paywalls. Scott has a prediction for Zoom Send us your Listener Mail questions through our site, nymag.com/pivot and use Yappa to leave a video or audio message. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kara and Scott talk about Facebook's ad campaign going after Apple as both companies face antitrust lawsuits. They also discuss the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth filing a complaint against Robinhood. In listener mail, we get a question about whether podcasters will go behind paywalls. Scott has a prediction for Zoom Send us your Listener Mail questions through our site, nymag.com/pivot and use Yappa to leave a video or audio message. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kara and Scott talk about Facebook's ad campaign going after Apple as both companies face antitrust lawsuits. They also discuss the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth filing a complaint against Robinhood. In listener mail, we get a question about whether podcasters will go behind paywalls. Scott has a prediction for Zoom Send us your Listener Mail questions through our site, nymag.com/pivot and use Yappa to leave a video or audio message. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kara and Scott talk about Facebook's ad campaign going after Apple as both companies face antitrust lawsuits. They also discuss the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth filing a complaint against Robinhood. In listener mail, we get a question about whether podcasters will go behind paywalls. Scott has a prediction for Zoom Send us your Listener Mail questions through our site, nymag.com/pivot and use Yappa to leave a video or audio message. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the two Massachusetts ballot questions this year includes ranked choice voting. Some find it to be a confusing concept which could lead to the possibility of rigging and gaming elections. Dan is joined by former Massachusetts Secretary of State candidate Anthony Amore who has the details on why ranked choice voting is a bad plan.

Massachusetts Secretary of State Bill Galvin has offered up state records to supplement what he described as shortcomings in the census due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The Massachusetts Secretary of State says you better hand deliver your vote-by-mail primary ballots instead of trusting the Post Office to deliver them on time. If you can hand deliver your ballot why can't you vote in person? In Brookline, the town clerk is allowing anybody to hand deliver anybody else's ballot to town hall even though the state law limits delivery to the voter themselves or a family member. If the Postal Service is untrustworthy why are we starting Vote-By-Mail?

The Massachusetts Secretary of State says you better hand deliver your vote-by-mail primary ballots instead of trusting the Post Office to deliver them on time. If you can hand deliver your ballot why can't you vote in person? In Brookline, the town clerk is allowing anybody to hand deliver anybody else's ballot to town hall even though the state law limits delivery to the voter themselves or a family member. If the Postal Service is untrustworthy why are we starting Vote-By-Mail?

On July 21st 2020 Leaders in Lowell was joined by Massachusetts Secretary of Education Jim Peyser for a wide ranging discussion on education. Over the course of the discussion Secretary Peyser spoke on the digital divide in low income communities, student loan debt, and more. Secretary Peyser also spoke about the effect of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on our schools and students, as well as how the system will change as a result of the rise of distance learning. Speaking from his extensive experience in the Massachusetts Department of Education spanning from serving with Governors Weld, Swift, Romney, and Baker, he is an expert in his field and provides great insight into these important issues. We hope you enjoy the discussion. Visit leadersinlowell.org for more info about this event & our series.

6/24/20--A state report was released today on the Holyoke Soldiers' Home that was the site of a deadly coronavirus outbreak. 76 people, more than a third of the veterans residing at the home, died of COVID-19-related causes. The report found that leadership at the state-run home made “substantial errors” that “likely contributed” to the death toll. Investigations from the Massachusetts Department of Justice and Attorney General Maura Healey will follow, and Governor Charlie Baker obtained an outside firm to do an independent review. The report's release prompted a resignation from the Massachusetts Secretary of Veterans Services, Francisco Urena. This is one of several high-profile resignations from state organizations in recent years, following scandals at the state police, the Registry of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Conservation and Recreation. As Stephanie Murray puts it, “this does seem to be some sort of trend where administration officials end up resigning amid really serious issues, but Charlie Baker's popularity stays really high.” A web-based initiative to model coronavirus data in the U.S., Covid Act Now, found that only 4 states are on track to contain the coronavirus: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Governors of three of those states — all but Charlie Baker — announced a travel advisory starting Thursday that “all individuals traveling from states with significant community spread” of the coronavirus into one of these states must quarantine for 14 days. anyone who doesn't follow the advisory could be punished by way of a fine. Baker said MA would not be installing such a requirement, calling such an action “unconstitutional.” Co-host and resident legal analyst Jennifer Smith calls this a weird and kind of thorny issue of constitutional law regarding the essential right to travel between states.” We want to hear from you listeners, should we delve into this further with a constitutional law segment next week? Kentucky voters both hit the polls and mailed in ballots yesterday in a Democratic primary contest for Senate that's garnered national attention. Amy McGrath leads Charles Booker in in-person vote totals, but mailed ballots are still being counted. Officials estimate a winner might not be announced until next week, when all votes are officially tallied. This trend might continue as vote by mail gains popularity, and we might not know who wins future primary and general elections, even the presidential election, on designated election days. In #Veepstakes news, Sen. Amy Klobuchar this week withdraws her name from consideration as a potential VP pick, urging BIden to pick a woman of color. Variety floated Massachusetts Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley as an option. New data from The MassINC Polling Group shows parents of school-age children are divided over plans for school reopenings. MPG Research Director Maeve Duggan shares the data with The Horse Race hosts. The biggest takeaway? “There's no clear mandate from parents over what they would prefer, and a sizable portion of them are not confident that schools can reopen safely.” Within that, there are divides by race, income, and geography “that we have come to expect when it comes to anything to do with impacts of the coronavirus.” Maeve says the findings in this data support the narrative found in previous work done by MPG and other outlets, that "those who are less confident [about schools reopening], are the same groups that have borne both the health and the economic brunt of the coronavirus crisis."

Arun Rath speaks with the state’s top election official, Massachusetts Secretary of State Bill Galvin, about how residents can expect to vote amid the pandemic. And political consultant Tony Cignoli talks about two local elections taking place tomorrow, and how candidates are adapting their campaigns to the coronavirus crisis.

Arun Rath speaks with the state’s top election official, Massachusetts Secretary of State Bill Galvin, about how residents can expect to vote amid the pandemic. And political consultant Tony Cignoli talks about two local elections taking place tomorrow, and how candidates are adapting their campaigns to the coronavirus crisis.

Today on Boston Public Radio: MSNBC “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd discussed the latest political headlines around impeachment and 2020. We opened lines to hear your thoughts on Kamala Harris dropping out of the 2020 presidential race. Former Suffolk County Sheriff and Secretary of Public Safety Andrea Cabral discussed impeachment, the Department of Justice’s campaign to reinstate the federal death penalty, and the flaws in ankle bracelet technology. Paul Reville, former Massachusetts Secretary of Education, weighed in on the Massachusetts education funding reform bill, and discussed how 2020 candidates are distancing themselves from charter schools. Food writer Corby Kummer discussed the legacy of jello molds, the Orwellian nature of food delivery bots, and a campaign by the meat industry to take down imitation meat. Tech writer Andy Ihnatko discussed privacy concerns over Apple’s new iPhone 11 Pro and Amazon’s Ring doorbell, and the question of whether we ought to transition to electronic voting. 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg phoned in to discuss his stance on medicare, the diverse candidate pool, and why he ought to be president. We opened our lines to hear your thoughts on our interview with Mayor Buttigieg, and whether you plan to vote for him in the 2020 primaries.

Today on Boston Public Radio: MSNBC “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd discussed Wednesday’s impeachment hearing, and the addition of Deval Patrick to the 2020 presidential race.  We opened our lines to callers to hear your thoughts on Wednesday’s impeachment hearing.  Former Suffolk County Sheriff and Secretary of Public Safety Andrea Cabral discussed efforts to save Rodney Reed, a Texas man currently facing the death penalty. Ali Noorani, Executive Director of the National Immigrant Forum, discussed the Supreme Court’s forthcoming decision on DACA, and its potential implications for the Trump presidency.  Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick phoned in to discuss his newly announced campaign for president.  Paul Reville, former Massachusetts Secretary of Education, spoke about gun violence in the shadow of Wednesday’s shooting at a Santa Clarita high school, as well as the looming $100,000 per year cost of college tuition.  Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn discussed the failures of leadership at Boeing in the wake of a botched apology from the company’s CEO over malware that caused two plane crashes. Activist and folk singer Joan Baez, alongside Betsy Siggins, co-founder of Cambridge’s Club Passim, discussed the singer's career and the legacy of the famed folk venue on the eve of its 60th anniversary concert. 

Today on Boston Public Radio: MSNBC “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd discussed the latest headlines regarding the House impeachment inquiry. We opened lines to hear from callers on Thursday’s House impeachment vote. Former Suffolk County Sheriff and Secretary of Public Safety Andrea Cabral covered the latest in a case surrounding the suicide of a Boston College student who faced repeated harassment from his girlfriend.  Nancy Koehn, Harvard Business School historian, discussed Amazon’s plans to deliver $1.00 items with free, next day delivery.  Paul Reville, former Massachusetts Secretary of Education, discussed Massachusetts’ standing in public education, and a federal judge holding Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in contempt.  Jane McMullen, director of the Frontline documentary “Trouble in Paradise,” discussed her documentary on last year's Camp Fire in Paradise, California.  Boston Globe columnist Shirley Leung discussed news that Rep. Lori Trehan’s husband loaned $300,000 to her 2018 campaign.

Today on Boston Public Radio: MSNBC “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd discussed the passing of Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings, as well as the latest headlines regarding President Donald Trump’s conduct. We opened lines to callers to hear your thoughts on the House impeachment inquiry. Legal analyst Michael Zeldin discussed the road ahead for impeachment proponents. Medical ethicist Art Caplan discussed a set of new guidelines urging doctors not to take patients off opioids too abruptly. Paul Reville, former Massachusetts Secretary of Education, discussed the ongoing debate over funding in an education bill currently before the Massachusetts Legislature. Artisan baker Daniel Leader stopped by the *BPR *studios to discuss his latest cookbook, “Living Bread.”

Today on Boston Public Radio: We opened the lines to hear from listeners about how mass shootings are affecting our mental health. NBC Sports reporter Trenni Kusnierek discussed a recent Major League Soccer player's goal celebration decision to grab a field microphone and call on Congress to end gun violence, and the league's decision not to punish him. Chris Dempsey and Jim Aloisi discussed Governor Charlie Baker's transportation bond bill, highlighting aspects where the governor is a leader and where he's falling behind. Dempsey is director of Transportation For Massachusetts. Aloisi is a former Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation and is on the board of TransitMatters. ACLU Executive Director Carol Rose discussed anti-immigration rhetoric coming out of the White House in the aftermath of the El Paso shooting, and what the civil liberties union is doing to protect immigrants rights. Lizzie Post discussed her new book* Higher Etiquette: A Guide to the World of Cannabis, From Dispensaries to Dinner Parties.* We took listener calls again, this time to hear horror stories and odes to the long distance bus ride. Poet Richard Blanco joined us for another edition of Village Voice, and shared a collection of poems to help us “surrender to oblivion” and recenter in the wake of trauma with recent mass shootings. Blanco is the fifth presidential inaugural poet in U.S. history, his new book How To Love A Country deals with various socio-political issues that shadow America.

At a legislative hearing on Beacon Hill yesterday Former Registry of Motor Vehicles chief Erin Deveney admitted that she knew out-of-state violations weren’t being processed as early as 2015. Deveney resigned last month after the RMV failed to suspend a trucker's license who then went on to kill 7 people in a road accident. Should the Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation also be held accountable?

Today on Boston Public Radio: Former Vice President Joe Biden announced today that he is running for president in 2020. We opened up the lines and asked listeners: Are you all in for Biden? Is Biden's entrance into the race the moment you've been waiting for — or the one you've been dreading? Why do so many presidential candidates seem to be obsessed with James Joyce? Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam explained. Should prisoners be able to vote? Andrea Cabral weighed in. Cabral is the former Suffolk County Sheriff, state Secretary of Public Safety, and CEO of Ascend. Poet Richard Blanco discussed his new book, "How To Love A Country." Blanco is the fifth inaugural poet in U.S. history. The Mueller Report highlighted how vulnerable the U.S. voting system is. How secure is the system in Massachusetts? Secretary of State Bill Galvin joined us. Should drug companies be held criminally responsible for opioid overdoses? Medical ethicist Arthur Caplan weighed in. Caplan is the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Chair, director of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Langone Medical Center, and the co-host of the "Everyday Ethics" podcast. A new survey finds that Massachusetts commuters are at the breaking point. We asked listeners: Are you one of them?

Jim Aloisi, former Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation, shares how his merry band of “transit geeks” at TransitMatters (where he is a board member) gets in the weeds with a unique brand of technical advocacy providing practical transit solutions. For more information about The Movement podcast, head to www.transloc.com and follow host Josh Cohen at www.twitter.com/CohenJP.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, November 2018. After President Trump called a reporter racist, and has fended off the same accusations against himself, and a deadly shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, we asked our listeners if they feel like hate speech is on the rise. We spoke with former Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral about Trump’s recent support for legislation that would shorten sentences for some drug crimes, and help recently released prisoners reintegrate into society. Tech journalist Andy Ihnatko joined us in the studio to discuss this morning’s major investigation by the New York Times into the inner workings of Facebook as they dealt with the aftermath of the 2016 election and revelations of Russian interference and data breaches. Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam dropped by Studio 3 to tell us a little bit about ranked choice voting. We sat down with former Massachusetts Secretary of Education Paul Reville to discuss what the results of the 2018 midterms mean for education policy in America. We spoke with author Lisa Halliday about her book “Asymmetry.” Wine expert Jonathan Alsop joined us to tell us what wines to keep an eye out for with the holidays just around the corner.

Marylou Sudders leads the largest executive agency in state government, overseeing a $22 billion state budget, twelve agencies and 22,000 public servants. EOHHS services directly touch the lives of slightly more than 1 in 4 residents of the Commonwealth. Sudders’ responsibilities include the state’s MassHealth (Medicaid) program that provides health coverage to 1.9 million low income or disabled residents, chairing the board of the state’s health care marketplace (The Connector), the Autism Commission and, the Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) Oversight Council; and, co-chairs the Governor’s Interagency Council on Homelessness and the state’s first Governor’s Council to Address Aging in Massachusetts. Sudders is leading the Commonwealth’s efforts to address the opioid epidemic and efforts to reform and strengthen the Department of Children and Families. Professionally trained as a social worker, Sudders has been a public official, private non-profit executive, advocate and college professor. She served as the Massachusetts Commissioner of Mental Health from 1996 to 2003. Prior to her appointment as Secretary, Sudders was an associate professor and chaired the health/mental health program at Boston College’s Graduate School of Social Work. She also served as an expert with the Department of Justice as a behavioral health expert.

Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services Marylou Sudders and Dr. James O'Connell, President of Boston Health Care for the Homeless,discussed key healthcare issues, as well as challenges and opportunities for consumers. WCVB's Emily Riemer mode

Francisco Urena is a Marine Veteran and currently serves as Massachusetts Secretary of Veterans’ Services and previously served as the Veterans’ services officer for the cities of Boston and Lawrence, Massachusetts. Covered in Episode Two: The valuable content being shared on our social media platforms Facebook Twitter Instagram Interview with Marine Veteran Francisco Urena Francisco’s decision to join the military. Serving during 9/11. Being posted in Syria and Kyrgyzstan. His transition out of the Marine Corps. Getting involved in civil service in Massachusetts. The VA benefits Francisco enjoys Basic information on dental benefits provided by VA #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Jack Shannon  

I’m delighted to be able to share with you this very special episode of Barefoot Innovation, because my guest is the 30th Comptroller of the Currency, Thomas J. Curry. Our conversation is a particular treat for me, because I myself am a proud alum of the OCC. Many years ago I was the first women Deputy Comptroller of the Currency and also the youngest to serve in that role. My worldview has always been shaped by that experience – by the agency’s tradition of excellence, the weight of its mission, and the talent of its people, including, now, its far-flung diaspora. At the Comptroller’s office in southwest Washington, I think everyone probably notices the interesting juxtaposition of its modern architecture and bright, open work space on the one hand, with its prominent display of the historical portraits of former comptrollers on the other. Those portraits embody a legacy that dates back to the Civil War. Congress passed the National Currency Act of 1863 to replace the existing, unstable system of bank notes – hence the agency’s non-descriptive, rather archaic name. For listeners who are not steeped in bank regulation, this is the primary regulator of all national banks. It’s an independent bureau of the Treasury Department, and is called, for short, the “OCC,” for Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. It is our oldest bank supervisory agency. The OCC has 4,000 employees, in 91 locations (including London). It oversees more than 1,600 national banks and federal savings associations and 50 federal branches and agencies of foreign banks. It charters federal financial institutions, supervises them for safety and soundness, and retains some consumer protection responsibilities even after most of that role transferred to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It also retains regulatory power under the Community Reinvestment Act. The blending of old and new reflected in the oil paintings is a metaphor for the thing that prompted me reach out to Tom Curry. Last summer, he established an OCC task force on Responsible Innovation, asking a team of his senior leaders to undertake a focused examination of how technology is reshaping financial services, and how best to regulate the huge changes ahead – the kinds of issues we talk about in this series.  The team is exploring this inflection point in finance. How is technology likely to disrupt the traditional banking industry? Will banks – especially community banks – lose market share  to innovators, including those with simple, mono-line strategies and relatively low regulation? How should regulation protect consumers? And remember, this is a prudential regulator, and so they are especially grappling with the question of how best to protect the financial system itself. As you will hear, Tom Curry has many preliminary thoughts on those questions. He cautions against getting swept up in innovation fads, some of which end badly, as recent history has shown. He also talks candidly about the fact that regulators are not wired to look at the upside opportunity of change – they are culturally primed to see the risk in things, to say “no.” Shifting that mindset will be a challenge. He believes the future lies in collaboration – that traditional institutions and innovators together can lead the industry toward a future of responsible innovation, one that works for customers and communities and for providers. He said, “We’re still early in the process, so I can’t tell you exactly where we’ll end up,” but he has made a priority of understanding these new trends, including positioning the OCC to “quickly evaluate those products that require regulatory approval and identify any risks associated with them.” Before joining the OCC in 2012, Mr. Curry served as a director of the FDIC beginning in January 2004 and as Chairman of the NeighborWorks® America Board of Directors. He previously served five Massachusetts Governors as the Commonwealth's Commissioner of Banks and as First Deputy Commissioner and Assistant General Counsel within the Massachusetts Division of Banks. He entered state government in 1982 as an attorney with the Massachusetts’ Secretary of State’s Office. A veteran of the dual-banking system, Mr. Curry also chaired the Conference of State Bank Supervisors and served on the State Liaison Committee of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), including as chairman. Even back in my days at the OCC, we saw ourselves as innovating in a time of rapid change in technology and industry structure. My own unit was an innovation – I led the establishment of the initial OCC consumer protection function. The OCC itself was old then, and is older now. It was and is a learning organization, about the evolving financial system and about how to regulate it. I’ve been able to talk with most of the members of the new innovation task force, and I’m extremely impressed with what they’re doing. Even the bitcoin blogosphere is excited to see what they have in store. So please enjoy this unique opportunity to hear from one of our preeminent financial regulators, Thomas Curry. And, as mentioned in the episode, click below to find: Remarks by Thomas Curry before the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago on Responsible Innovation 2013 amendments to third party vendor management guidelines The OCC’s white paper on community banks Please subscribe to the podcast by opening your favorite podcast app and searching for "Jo Ann Barefoot", or in iTunes.                  

Chuck Morse Speaks hosts United Independent Party Chairman Evan Falchuk who has announced that his Massachusetts party has been certified by the office of Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin. Link: http://www.unitedindependent.org/press_releases In the second hour Chuck is joined by Guitarist and songwriter Jimmy Mitch Bentley who performs live on the program. Link: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=130050693&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=_KDD&locale=en_US&trk=tyah2&trkInfo=tarId%3A1418329240544%2Ctas%3Ajimmy%20mitch%2Cidx%3A1-1-1