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Coming up Friday on BPR:
“Press Play” media analysis with Sue O’Connell and Callie Crossley
Lunar New Year music with Zishi Liu
Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner
Author Andy Freed
Recent segments
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Lack Of Diversity In Presidential Race Is "A Problem" Says Callie Crossley
Julián Castro suspended his presidential campaign on January 2, 2020, further reducing the number of minority candidates. -
The First Same-Sex Kiss In A Star Wars Film Is Removed From Singapore Screenings
The brief kiss was brief and inconsequential to the plot, says Sue O'Connell. -
A New Republican PAC Wants To Defeat Donald Trump In 2020
The Lincoln Project is a new political action committee made up of prominent Republicans working to kick Trump and his allies out of office. -
Andrea Cabral On John Roberts' New Years Message
Chief Justice John Roberts published his Year End Report on the Federal Judiciary Tuesday. -
Paul Reville: Massachusetts Has A Diversity Problem Among Its Teachers
A new report shows diversity among Massachusetts teachers does not reflect the demographics of their students. -
Shirley Leung Backs Globe’s Call For Free Buses
The Boston Globe columnist voiced support for a pilot program in select areas of the city.
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 6/11: A Spotlight On Massachusetts' History Of Mistreating Disabled People
Today: A new report shows how, throughout its history, Massachusetts failed thousands of disabled residents living in institutions, and then tried to cover their tracks with bureaucratic stonewalling decades later.GBH’s Megan Smith joins alongside Alex Green, vice-chair of the commission behind this report. And, naturalist Sy Montgomery is back to talk about axolotls, as researchers at Northeastern look into whether humans could ever tap into their secrets around limb regeneration. -
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Best Of BPR 6/10: RFK Purges CDC Panel & Embrace Ideas Festival
Today:Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett of the Boston Medical Center joins to discuss the latest medical headlines.And, ahead of this year’s Embrace Ideas Festival, we talk with Embrace Boston CEO Imari Paris Jeffries. Plus, joining Imari both at the festival – and today’s show – Giselle Byrd. She’s the first Black trans woman to lead a regional theatre company in the United States at Boston’s The Theater Offensive. -
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Best Of BPR 6/09: Trump's Law-And-Order Hypocrisy & The American Myth Of Meritocracy
Today:Trump deployed the national guard in California, without the consent of Governor Gavin Newsom. We talk through the existential questions of presidential authority with retired federal judge Nancy Gertner. Plus, her suspicions about the government's new charges of human trafficking against a man they wrongly deported, Kilmar Abrego Garcia.And, journalist Adam Chandler argues in his new book “99% Perspiration” that the American Dream equating hard work with success has turned out to be more of an American fantasy.