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Coming up Monday on BPR:
Michael Curry of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers
Leah Hastings of Mass Prisoner Legal Services and Sarah Sherman-Stokes of BU School of Law on what Massachusetts can do to protect against federal immigration actions
Boston coffee legend George Howell, founder of The Coffee Connection and George Howell Coffee
The Culture Show’s Jared Bowen
Recent segments
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Trenni Kusnierek Decodes Tom Brady’s Cryptic Super Bowl Ad
The NBC Sports Boston reporter clarified that Brady could very well still be leaving the Patriots. -
The ACLU Of Massachusetts Wants To Ban Facial Recognition Technology, For Now
The civil liberties organization has privacy concerns over a technology that is unregulated in the public space. -
Kellogg's To Phase Out Herbicide Found In It's Ingredient Supply Chain
Farmers rely on glyphosate for their crops, but Kellogg's is suggesting that trace amounts of it found in their ingredients are unsafe. -
Callie Crossley Isn’t Buying The Update To Florida's Felon Voting Rights Amendment
The “Under the Radar” host compared the updated law to the poll taxes of the pre-civil rights era. -
Emily Rooney: Will Kobe's Death Change Helicopter Regulations?
Rooney pointed out similarities between the Kobe Bryant tragedy and Stephen Colbert's family. -
Ezra Klein On The Roots Of America's Political Polarization
In Ezra Klein’s book “Why We’re Polarized,” he explores the reasons and history behind America's political divisions.
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 4/16: 'Show Me Proof Of Life' For Abrego Garcia & Trump Says He Won't Defund Harvard-Affiliated Hospitals
Today: National security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses the normalization of political violence; and calls for the Trump administration to show proof of life for the man wrongly deported to an El Salvador mega-prison.Michael Curry, CEO of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, discusses the health and medical impacts of the federal administration's decision to pause more than $2 billion in contracts and grants to Harvard. -
BPR Full Show 4/16: ICE Agents & Smashed Windows
Michael Curry joins via zoom to discuss the federal funding freeze impacts on medical research and healthcare in Mass, and Healey's budget request for cuts to mental health.Juliette Kayyem discusses the attack on PA Gov Josh Shapiro, and normalized violence; Harvard's defiance; plus, DHS staffers given lie detector tests over alleged leaks.Christopher Kimball discusses Milk Street's latest Italian cookbook "Backroads Italy"Boston Globe's Shirley Leung discusses the threats to Boston's biotech industry under Trump 2.0; and the families on child-care vouchers waiting more than a year for care. -
Best Of BPR 4/15: Black Business Owners Warn Of Recession & Ken Burns On The American Revolution
Today:We check back in with local Black entrepreneurs Rose Staram and Ricardo Pierre Louis on today's environment for BIPOC-owned businesses -- both had secured major contracts two years ago when Boston hosted the NAACP’s national convention. And, legendary filmmakers Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein discuss their six-part, 12 hour docu-series coming this fall: “The American Revolution" -
BPR Full Show 4/15: Harvard Will Not Comply
Filmmakers Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein join to discuss their American Revolution series, premiering later this year.We check back in with Rose Staram (RoseMark Production) and Ricardo Pierre Louis (Prive Parking) two local business owners we've spoken with since the NAACP convention in Boston around the city's contracting policies as it relates to people of color.Sports authority Trenni Casey zooms in to discuss Rory McIlroy winning the Masters, the Boston Marathon field, NBA playoffs.CNN's John King zooms in for the latest national political headlines. -
Best Of BPR 4/14: Another Oval Office Stunt & Harvard Says They Will Not Comply
Today:Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner discusses the Trump administration’s defiance of a court order to return the wrongfully deported Abrego Garcia – still locked up in a mega prison in El Salvador. Meanwhile, in the Oval Office, Trump welcomed El Salvadoran president Bukele with open arms.And, Princeton’s Khalil Gribran Muhammad discusses which schools are standing up and which schools are rolling over for Trump, while news breaks of Harvard's intention to defy Trump's demands.