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Coming up Monday on BPR:
Former Ambassador to Denmark Rufus Gifford
Transit panel with Chris Dempsey and Bill Straus
Boston Medical Center’s Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett
Princeton’s Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Recent segments
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Bob Thompson Reviews 'One World: Together At Home' Simulcast
The simulcast provided some of the best entertainment in the age of coronavirus, Thompson said. -
Director Miles O'Brien Talks New Frontline Documentary 'Coronavirus Pandemic'
The new documentary looks at the different political response rates to the coronavirus pandemic. -
Dr. Vanessa Kerry On COVID-19 In Massachusetts
The state's hospitals have done well to prepare for the surge, but the national response has been mired by politics. -
Emily Rooney On The Origins Of The New Coronavirus Outbreak
Almost as soon as word of a new coronavirus outbreak that first infected people in China reached the internet, conspiracy theories about its origin spread quickly. -
Callie Crossley Weighs In On Jerome Adams Controversy: ‘It Just Didn’t Sit Well'
Crossley pushed back on the notion that drugs are the reason for higher COVID-19 cases in communities of color. -
Juliette Kayyem: 'Adaptive Recovery' Phase Of The Coronavirus
What will life after social distancing look like?
Listen to previous shows
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Say More: The C-Word With Shirley Leung
Today, we bring you the first episode of friend-of-the-show Shirley Leung's new series The C-Word, where she discusses her own experience with breast cancer, something she's kept to herself for years.Shirley's podcast "Say More" can be found here. -
BPR Full Show 5/2: Trumps Wants To End Federal Funding For NPR
Skylark is a multi Grammy-nominated vocal ensemble here for this week’s Live Music Friday. Shirley Leung on her recent episode of “Say More” where she speaks – for the first time publicly – about her experience with cancer. Evan Dalton & Nathan Senner are two birding experts, we’ll put their skills to the test, discuss how climate change impacts bird populations, as well as the threats to science funding.Matt Gertz for Press Play; we peak behind the curtain of the Fox News universe on tariffs, and get an update on the latest with Paramount/60 Minutes. -
Best Of BPR 5/01: 'This Is The Moment' To Fight For Democracy & May Day In Boston
Today:Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist, author of "How to Stand Up to a Dictator," discusses standing against authoritarianism and confronting disinformation. Her message is clear: the future of American Democracy depends on the willingness of Americans to fight for it.And, president of American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts Jessica Tang joins to discuss today's international day of action for the labor movement, amid widespread attacks on laborers, educators, and civil society more broadly from the Trump administration. -
BPR Full Show 5/01: Holding The Line
Maria Ressa is the CEO and co-founder of the Filipino news service Rappler. In 2021 she won the Nobel Peace Prize for her commitment to a free press, reporting on dictator Rodrigo Duterte. Amy Spitalnik is CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs. She’ll discuss antisemitism in America and those who argue it’s being politicized by the far-right. Jessica Tang is President of AFT Massachusetts, she joins ahead of an appearance at a May Day rally on Boston Common. Jelani Cobb is Dean of the Colombia Journalism School and writer for the New Yorker. He talks about Columbia in Trump’s crosshairs and journalism’s role holding Trump 2.0 to account. -
Best Of BPR 4/30: 'Alaska's Vanishing Native Villages' & Even Pigeons Know The Difference Between Monet And Manet
Today:Patty Talahongva discusses her new film for Frontline, documenting climate devastation in Alaska for native communities; and the cultural impacts of forced relocation, first at direct hands of the American government, and now at the hands of its inability to deal with climate change.Then, it’s our favorite Hancock NH resident, author and naturalist Sy Montgomery on boozy chimps caught on camera getting loaded off of fermented breadfruit.