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Coming up Monday on BPR:
Mas GOP chair Amy Carnevale and Mass Dems chair Steve Kerrigan
Ali Noorani of the Barr Foundation
Princeton’s Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Recent segments
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Corby Kummer: Amazon's Free Food Delivery Service Will Cost Workers Jobs
Amazon recently announced that subscribers to Amazon Prime will be able to receive free delivery on grocery sales purchased through their website. -
Trenni Kusnierek On The New Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer
Chaim Bloom replaces Dave Dombrowski as the leader of roster operations for the franchise. -
College Behind Bars: Documenting The Bard Prison Initiative's Impact On Prisoners
The people behind the film series speak about their experiences within BPI and its long-lasting effects after prison. -
Village Voice: A Lesson In Eco-Poetry
Presidential inaugural poet Richard Blanco previews a new poetry anthology focused on climate change. -
Callie Crossley On Cancel Culture: 'You Need To Use It Judiciously'
The “Under The Radar” host lent her perspective on recent comments from Barack Obama. -
Andreas Schulz On BSO’s Leipzig Week: 'You Will Never Hear A Program Like This'
Two classical music giants from opposite sides of the Atlantic discuss a rare union of orchestras.
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 12/03: Nonprofits Under Threat & Rethinking BOS Nation FC
Today:Boston Foundation president and CEO Lee Pelton discusses the organization's new ONE+ Boston mortgage program for low-income home buyers, and threats at the national level to the work nonprofits do.And, NBC Sports Boston anchor/reporter Trenni Casey discusses the soccer situation in the city, from stadiums to emerging teams. -
BPR Full Show 12/03: Gotta Buy Your TV Now
Trenni Casey discussed the NCAA fining Ohio State & Michigan for a melee that broke out at their game on SundayLee Pelton of the Boston Foundation discussed ONE+ a new program focused on racial wealth disparities in the state; and TBF's housing report card.Jared Bowen discussed Luca Guadagnino's newest film with A24, "Queer"; and the box office success of Gladiator II.Sue O'Connell discussed brain rot, the Oxford University Press's word of the year -
Best Of BPR 12/02: Mass' Major Drought & Mass Deportation
Today:Sue O’Connell fills in for Margery. We talk with two local mayors – of Salem and Attleboro – about the historic drought conditions in the state. And, Amherst College’s Ilan Stavans discusses the president-elect’s threat of day-one mass deportations. -
BPR Full Show 12/2: Cyber Monday
We're back from Thanksgiving. To start the show we ask listeners what they think about President Joe Biden's decision to pardon his son Hunter. GBH News Analyst Charlie Sennott discusses the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon and Ukrainian president Zelensky saying he that he would cede Ukrainian territory for an end to the violence.Amherst college professor Ilan Stavans talks about Trump's tariff conversation with Mexico President Sheinbaum and lessons from the Chinese Exclusion Act on mass deportation.Mayors Dominick Pangallo (Salem) & Cathleen DeSimone (Attleboro) discuss how drought conditions across the state have impacted their respective cities.Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung discusses the Shaws & Star Market merger and record spending on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Then we open up the phone lines to ask listeners about online shopping. -
Best Of BPR 11/27: Andris Nelsons Does The Splits & Xi Jinping Gets The Frontline Treatment
Today:Senior Foreign Correspondent for FRONTLINE, Martin Smith, is out with an sweeping, two-hour documentary on China’s rise to global superpower, Xi Jinping advancing their goals by means necessary.And, we talk with BSO Conductor and music director Andris Nelsons, who’s celebrating a milestone 10 years with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. And for the first time on our show, he’s joined by the BSO’s new CEO and President, Chad Smith.