Happy First Friday of February! Today on East to West, we cover how the Massachusetts Restaurant Association is petitioning the Mayor’s office to end indoor vaccine mandate, BU’s new 15-day sick leave policy for doctoral students, and the new executive director for newly formed Office for Black Male Advancement and more.

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FEATURING: Taylor Hawthorne, Nellie Maloney
WRITTEN BY: Rani Thompson, Jit Ping Lee, Taylor Hawthorne, Nellie Maloney
EDITED BY: Jit Ping Lee
BASED ON DFP PIECES BY: Walker Armstrong, Anna Vidergar, Leila El Alam, Olga Benacerraf, Tanisha Bhat

MUSIC:
Acid Trumpet by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3340-acid-trumpet
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Backbay Lounge by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3408-backbay-lounge
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5010-ultralounge
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This episode originally aired Feb. 11, 2022. For a full archive of “East to West,” head to dfpress.co/listen.