Your phone is not secretly spying on your conversations. It doesn’t need to. On the latest episode of Too Embarrassed to Ask, Recode’s Kara Swisher talked with Northeastern University researchers Christo Wilson and David Choffnes about a popular online conspiracy theory: Smartphones are secretly turning on their microphones to record conversations and serve us more targeted ads. Wilson and Choffnes just completed a year-long investigation into 17,000 of the most popular Android apps; […]
Boston Herald Mayer: Elizabeth Warren sticks to an old narrative Though there is no hard evidence that Elizabeth Warren had any Native American ancestors, the senator continues to claim that that was what her parents told her. In the words of a commercial she ran back during the 2012 election, “As a kid I never asked my mom for documentation when she talked about our […]
WGBH Bail reform in Massachusetts and beyond Bail reform has emerged as a hot topic in recent years, and last Friday the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court weighed in, issuing a bold opinion that will change some key features of bail practices in the state. Morning Edition’s Joe Mathieu talked with WGBH Legal Analyst and Northeastern Law Professor Daniel Medwed about that case […]
How Is Rex Tillerson, Trump’s Secretary of State Pick, Going to Handle Russia? To learn more about what all this means for US-Russia relations, I called Harlow Robinson, a history professor at Northeastern University, who told me among other things that Tillerson’s conflicts of interests were unprecedented and that Russian hackers will never relent. Here’s what we talked about.
WGBH All revved up: Pope’s visit was politics as usual The Reverends Emmett G. Price III and Irene Monroe were back on Boston Public Radiofor their regular Monday feature, “All Revved Up.” Questions are paraphrased, and responses are edited where noted […]. We’ve talked a lot about Pope Francis’ impact on politics. Do you think his talks about climate change and immigration have any impact—religiously […]
WGBH How well did we know Atticus Finch? The Reverends Emmett G. Price III and Irene Monroe joined Boston Public Radio for their regular Monday segment, “All Revved Up.” They talked about the re-envisioning of a character in Harper Lee’s new novel; what’s next for South Carolina after the Confederate flag was taken down; and Pope Francis’ junket in South America. The Rev. […]
WGBH Revs talk about way forward after Gov. Haley calls for Confederate flag removal The Reverends Irene Monroe and Emmett G. Price III joined Boston Public Radio for their regular Monday segment, “All Revved Up.” They talked about the shooting in the Emanuel A.M.E. Church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina last week, including what to label the shooting, and whether we’re focused on the right things in the wake […]
WGBH Tsarnaev guilty verdict and transportation sec. Stephanie Pollack on MBTA report Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been found guilty on all 30 counts in the Marathon bombing trial. Adam Reilly was inside the court when the verdict was read and gave his take. We also talked about what’s next in the trial with our panel of legal experts: Harvard Criminal Justice Institute’s Ronald Sullivan, former Homeland Security official […]
Echo chambers: Should US play nice with Syria’s Assad? In the Washington Post, Adam Taylor talked to several scholars about how IS was changing the rules in the Middle East. “Americans are understandably reluctant to help Assad because he is a depraved dictator who responded to the Arab Awakening by turning his military against the Syrian population,” he quotes Max Abrahams, a terrorism policy […]
Entrepreneur Forget drones. ‘RoboBees’ and ‘RoBirds’ take flight If you think drones are cool, our skies are about to get a lot more high-tech. Researchers are developing robotic birds and bees — and they might take flight soon. This isn’t what your parents had in mind when they talked about the birds and the bees. One group of researchers from Northeastern University and […]
Proven ways to earn your employees’ trust Trust is often talked about as the bedrock of a company’s success. Most people think about the issue in terms of customers: They have to believe in you and your products and services. But trust within the organization is just as important: Your employees must believe in each other. When they don’t, communication, teamwork and […]
WGBH Commissioner William Evans, Politics, Staycations, All Revved Up, TV Bob Thompson All Revved Up! Revs. Emmett Price and Irene Monroe joined Jim and Margery for their regular Monday segment. Price is an associate professor of music at Northeastern University, and Monroe is a syndicated religion columnist who blogs for the Huffington Post. They talked about ways to create more lasting effects from Black History Month. {Audio}