January 31, 2020

Local News: Charlestown Laundromats, Logan Airport Monorail, and Boston Recycling

57 minutes

Charlestown has no laundromat - how did gentrification leave the neighborhood’s lower income residents without a crucial life service? A monorail for Logan International? This year Massport may finally make the decision to streamline ground transportation at the airport. And is it worth it to recycle now that it costs Boston more to haul away recyclables than trash?

It’s our local news round table.

Guests:

Gin Dumcius - Digital editor for the Boston Business Journal.

Seth Daniel - Senior reporter with the Independent News Group, which includes the Chelsea Record and Revere Journal.

Sue O’Connell – Commentator for NECN and WGBH and Co-Publisher of Bay Windows and the South End News.

Later in the show…

At first glance, Mama, Ella and Kevin seem to live in a here and now achingly familiar to a number of black families. But very quickly Riot Baby reveals itself to be a time-traversing tale of the future infused with the frustration and rage linked to incidents of the recent past. Author Tochi Onybuchi takes readers on the journey of siblings navigating their past, current and future worlds. Riot Baby is our February selection for “Bookmarked: The Under the Radar Book Club."

Guest:

Tochi Onyebuchi - author of Riot Baby, his first adult novel, which is available in bookstores and online now.

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