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Coming up Thursday on BPR:
Political commentator Chuck Todd
Former Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety Andrea Cabral
Lonnie DiNello – who says she staved off depression and loneliness with AI companions – she joins with the Boston Globe reporter who profiled her story, Dana Gerber.
Everyday Boston’s Cara Solomon and Stephen Pina, on the power of unexpected kindness in these very tough times.
Recent segments
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Trenni Kusnierek Weighs The Likelihood Of A Brady-Less Patriots
"I just think for fans, it’s jarring, ” the NBC Sports reporter said in an interview Tuesday. -
Prisoners Who Expose Inhumane Treatment Are 'Whistle Blowers' Says Andrea Cabral
Inmates in Parchman, MS have used contraband cell phones to expose poor living conditions. -
All Rev'd Up: The Legacy Of John Lewis
On Dec. 29, 2019 seventeen term congressman Rep. John Lewis announced that he is receiving treatment for stage four pancreatic cancer -
Sy Montgomery On How Australia's Wildfires Will Affect Its Diverse Animal Populations
A new report estimates more than a billion animals are 'dead or dying' from the fires. -
BPR Politics Roundtable: Can A Lower Tier Candidate Breakthrough In Democratic Race?
In three weeks, voters in New Hampshire will cast their votes in the first presidential primary of the 2020 election. -
Bob Thompson: The New York Times Turned Their Endorsement Into A Reality TV Show
On Sunday, the New York Times decided to select their endorsement for the candidate to beat former reality television star and President Donald Trump via their television show “The Weekly”.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 5/21: "Ask The AG" And Doris Kearns Goodwin
GBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen discusses "The Light in the Piazza" at the Huntington, penguins getting a retirement home at the New England Aquarium and the Kennedy Center's MAGA makeover.Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin discusses her new 8-part documentary series on the American West, with Kevin Costner, premiering on Memorial Day.Chris Dempsey and Rep. Bill Straus join for a transportation panel, discussing former T chief Brian Shortsleeve joining the GOP race for governor, a turbulent start for South Coast Rail and how to spend the $1.3 billion from the millionaire's tax.Attorney General Andrea Campbell joins for Ask The AG. We ask her about ICE raids and local law enforcement, Question 1, consumer protections and more. -
Best Of BPR 5/20: Joe Biden's Cancer Diagnosis & Boston Pops' Keith Lockhart Finally Gives Us A Scoop
Today:Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett of Boston Medical Center discusses Joe Biden's cancer diagnosis.And, Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart calls in with July 4 news. -
BPR Full Show 5/20: Fifty Years Of Shark Mania
NBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey discusses the Celtics out of the playoffs and breaking news about Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson.Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett discusses Biden's prostate cancer diagnosis and new COVID-19 vaccine guidelines from the FDA.Boston Globe film critic Odie Henderson joins for a summer movie preview and reflects on 50 years since Jaws premiered. CNN's John King joins remotely to discuss the opposition to Trump's big, beautiful tax bill. -
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BPR Full Show 5/16: Five Second Rule
Carbon Leaf joins for Live Music Friday, head of a performance at the Spire in Plymouth.Dan Primack is the business editor for Axios. He joins to talk about Trump’s business deals in the Middle East, Walmart’s tariff price hikes and HBO’s big re-re-re-brand to HBO Max.Director Gene Tempest & American Experience EP Cameo George talk about their latest project, “Mr. Polaroid,” a new documentary about the invention of the Polaroid camera (which started in Cambridge). Armani Thomas is a local artist who makes mini-paintings of Boston scenes and leaves the canvases up around the city. He chronicles his work on TikTok as @armoneythomas. Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner discusses yesterday's SCOTUS arguments on the 14th Amendment, along with other contested Trump executive orders and the sense that "rule of law" is ending in America.
