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Coming up Monday on BPR:
Political commentator Anand Giridharadas
Lisa Thurau and Kristen Wheeler from the Cambridge-based nonprofit Strategies for Children on juvenile justice reform
Lucy Wightman – out with a new memoir about her life as Boston’s Most Famous Stripper
Reverends Irene Monroe and Emmett G. Price
Recent segments
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Lee Pelton Says He Will Use His New Role At Boston Foundation To Address City Inequities
Pelton will begin his tenure at the philanthropic organization in June, after nearly 10 years leading Emerson College. -
The Revs Talk Biden Catholicism, Debate Praise of Faith In Politics
During the "Boston Public Radio" interview, Rev. Monroe said she worries touting the President-elect's Catholicism would create a political double-standard, calling it "a slippery slope." -
Juliette Kayyem: Expect Widespread Immunity to COVID By Summer Of 2021
The national security analyst and CNN contributor said Americans have "every reason to be happy,” even if we have to hunker down for a while longer. -
Revs: 'We Should Be Able to Tell the Truth' This Thanksgiving Season
Irene Monroe and Emmett Price talked about the whitewashed legacy of British colonists. -
AG Healey: Trump's Efforts To Subvert Michigan Election May Violate Civil Rights Laws
'We're watching very closely.' -
Andrea Cabral: Legal Efforts to Overturn 2020 Results Are 'Incredibly Dangerous'
The frequent Boston Public Radio contributor said she's confident that GOP litigation won't hold up in court, but warned that the wider effort to call election results into question may well bring "catastrophic" harm to U.S. democratic integrity.
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 10/29: CNN's John King Urges Patience On Nov. 5 & The Singing Auditor Says Vote Yes On 1
Today: CNN’s chief national correspondent, John King joins us just one week out from when vote counting begins. The Man of the Magic Wall tells us not to expect the results on Tuesday or even Wednesday night … And, state auditor Diana DiZoglio discusses her ballot campaign to expressly authorize her office to audit the legislature – on the heels of two legislative leaders saying they might change her petition even if voters pass it. -
BPR Full Show 10/29: Butterfingers or Bust
Today the presidential candidates give their closing arguments to voters. We ask listeners what issues Harris should focus on during her speech at the Ellipse.Trenni Casey, anchor/reporter for NBC Sports Boston, discusses the NFL concussion protocol after Patriot's QB Drake May took a helmet-to-helmet hit on Sunday, and a Hail Mary pass by the Washington Commanders.Sue O'Connell of NBC10 discusses the ramped-up rhetoric leading up to the election, efforts to rescue Newburyport's Pink House, and Elon Musk's latest claims about aliens.CNN's John King joins one week until election day to discuss how voters across the political spectrum are feeling.State auditor Diana DiZoglio discusses her ballot campaign that would authorize her to audit the legislature and the legislative leaders who say they might just change the law if it passes.Election day isn't the only thing we're counting down to. Halloween is Thursday, so we ask listeners about their favorite candies. -
Best Of BPR 10/28: Democracy Dies In Broad Daylight & America's Robber Barons
The Washington Post killed their planned endorsement of Kamala Harris. Former editor Marty Baron joins us to discuss, and the newspaper man doesn’t mince words: he calls it a spineless, cowardly decision.And, a return to the gilded age – with union-busting billionaire robber barons operating in this country under very different rules than the rest of us. We discuss with former labor secretary Robert Reich. -
BPR Full Show 10/28: Newspaper Endorsements
Former Washington Post editor Marty Baron discussed the paper's decision not to endorse a presidential candidateWe opened the lines to discuss newspaper endorsementsGroundTruth Project Charlie Sennott spoke from Michigan to discuss Arab American voters concerned with Harris over the administration's support for Israel amid widespread civilian deaths in Gaza. Former labor secretary Robert Reich on the presidential race being so closeRevs Irene Monroe and Emmett Price on Harris' increasing but cautious discussion of faith on the campaign trailWe ended the show discussing Halloween decorations and Skelly -
Best Of BPR 10/25: Megalopolis' Mega Flop & LMF Bachtoberfest
We talk about the best bad movies to watch, and the rock stars still rocking with James Bennett II, arts & culture reporter for GBH and a co-host of The Culture Show, daily at 2:00 on 89.7 GBH.And, Music Worcester will kick off a feat we’re pretty sure no one has done before. 11 years of music: everything ever composed by Johannes Sebastian Bach over his 65 years on this planet. They’re calling it, fittingly, “The Complete Bach,” and it begins this weekend with a bang. 25 year-old Zlotomir Fung, cellist and professor at Juilliard, performs; Music Worcester executive director Adrien Finlay tells us about the program.