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Coming up Wednesday on BPR, live from the BPL:
NBC Sports Boston’s Trenni Casey
Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem
Naturalist and author Sy Montgomery
Yale School of Management's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
Recent segments
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Mass. lawmakers demand release of Tufts grad student detained by ICE
U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley and other lawmakers are calling for the release of Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk. -
Former administrator says USAID reforms are ‘baloney’
Andrew Natsios, USAID administrator during the George W. Bush administration, said crucial public health and anti-terrorism efforts will be wasted. -
NASA astronauts have a long road of recovery ahead
Was this Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore's last mission to space? -
Massport wants people to love getting to Logan Airport
Massport CEO Richard Davey says Logan Airport is working to improve passenger experiences, addressing congestion and space limitations. -
Former editor Marty Baron criticizes owner Bezos’ interference in Washington Post
He says traditional media needs to better serve its audience, build back trust and deliver facts with “authenticity.” -
How federal cuts to the VA could impact Massachusetts
Federally funded health services and disability payments may be impacted, but state-funded veteran's services should be protected.
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 4/01: Former Denmark Ambassador On Trump's Greenland Land Grab & The ACLU Against Tyranny
Today:Rufus Gifford, former ambassador to Denmark under Barack Obama -- who more recently worked on the Biden/Harris and Harris/Walz campaigns -- discusses Donald Trump's rhetoric about Greenland.Carol Rose, executive director of the ACLU of Massachusetts, discusses their organization joining onto the legal team in defense of Tufts grad student Rümeysa Öztürk. -
BPR Full Show 4/01: Rumeysa Ozturk Case
ACLUM executive director Carol Rose discusses the local ACLU chapter joining on to legal filings in support of Rümeysa ÖztürkCorby Kummer on Trump's immigration impacts on farm workers and unions.Rufus Gifford, former Ambassador to Denmark parses through the Trump administration's rhetoric around Greenland.CNN's John King on national political headlines & Wisconsin election. -
BPR Full Show 3/27: Detained Tufts Student
Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung recaps Mayor Wu's appearance on The Daily Show, Canadians upset over U.S. annexation talk and the latest on the White Stadium development. Former secretary of public safety Andrea Cabral discusses Cambridge City Counselor Paul Toner's refusal to resign over the brothel scandal, and law firms refusing to represent Trump opponents. Andrew Natsios used to chair the Mass GOP and served as USAID administrator under George W. Bush. He reacts to the recent dismantling of the aid agency. Vulture podcast critic Nick Quah shares some of his picks for the best podcasts of the year so far, including GBH News' own "Scratch & Win." -
Best Of BPR 3/31: Inside The Notorious Mega Prison Trump Sent More Than 200 Migrants With Photojournalist Philip Holsinger
Photojournalist Philip Holsinger was on the tarmac documenting the arrival of Venezuelan migrants detained here in the U.S. and sent abroad to El Salvador, where they were immediately transferred to the country’s maximum-security gang prison. He joins to discuss what he saw. -
BPR Full Show 3/31: May We Take Your Order?
Randi Weingarten, of the American Federation of Teachers, discusses Trump's efforts to dismantle the Education Department, and other education headlines.Philip Holsinger is a photojournalist who gained access to the El Salvador prison where Trump sent Venezuelan deportees from the US. He zooms in to discuss what he saw.Reporters Brendan McCarthy and Andrew Ryan of the Boston Globe join to discuss "Snitch City," the paper's new podcast and investigative series looking into local police's use of confidential informants.Michael Curry of the Mass League of Community Health Centers discusses the health equity lessons learned during COVID that we're unlearning under Trump. And, a growing gender gap at HBCUs.