BPR Full Show 4/16/2019: Bill Weld Throws His Hat In The Ring

Boston Public Radio Podcast

Today on Boston Public Radio:

• Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld says he will challenge President Donald Trump in the 2020 Republican primary. We opened up the lines and asked our listeners for their takes.

• Trenni Kusnierek, anchor and reporter with NBC Sports Boston, recapped yesterday's Boston Marathon.

• Boston City Council President Andrea Campbell looked at a proposal to bring back rent control.

• We asked listeners about a report on MBTA employees retiring in their 40s and collecting healthy pensions. Are they part of the transit agency's financial woes?

• Christina Tosi, founder of the dessert chain Milk Bar, announced that she would be changing the name of their signature dish "crack pie" after criticism. Corby Kummer, a senior editor at The Atlantic, an award-winning food writer, and a senior lecturer at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition and Policy, weighed in.

• John King, CNN’s chief National Correspondent and host of "Inside Politics," brought us up to date on the latest national news.

• Fine art photographer Tabitha Soren discussed her latest photography exhibit at the Davis Museum, “Surface Tension.”