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Coming up Thursday on BPR:
Political commentator Chuck Todd
Former Massachusetts public safety secretary Andrea Cabral
Common Man for Ukraine
Recent segments
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Nancy Koehn: Slowing Tech Represents A 'Real Reckoning'
The Harvard historian gave her perspective on dwindling growth for several Silicon Valley companies. -
Uncorked With Jonathon Alsop: The Wine Tariff
A new American tariff will go into place later this month on many European wines. -
Naomi Klein: 'It Would Be A Shame If Markey Wasn't Sent Back To The Senate'
Klein supports the reelection of Green New Deal co-author Sen. Ed Markey in the face of Rep. Joe Kennedy's challenge. -
Cabral: Impeachment Should Have Happened A Long Time Ago
House Democrats are ramping up their impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, and Trump has vowed to fight them. -
Alex Beam Is a Lonely Reader
Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam joined Boston Public Radio to lament that not enough people are reading. -
Village Voice: Poems For Hispanic Heritage Month
Richard Blanco shared poems to commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 5/30: Double Dip That Chip
Margery and Jim have the day off. BPR regulars Andrea Cabral and Shirley Leung take over the mics.It's Live Music Friday with Grammy-nominated violinist Christina Day Martinson and filmmaker Nathaniel Hansen. Martinson is a Grammy-nominated violinist with Handel and Hyden and Boston Baroque, and the focus of Hansen's documentary A Second Movement.Molly Baldwin leads the community violence reduction nonprofit Roca and Jenna Leschuk is Senior Director of Development at 826 Boston. They join to discuss resisting federal pressure even as they continue to embrace DEI.Boston Medical Center's Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett discusses HHS secretary RFK Jr. rolling back vaccine recommendations and the primary care physician shortage in Massachusetts. It's "Press Play" with GBH's Callie Crossley and The Bay State Banner's Ron Mitchell, who discuss a rise in local news nonprofits, NPR’s lawsuit against the Trump administration, and more. -
Best Of BPR 5/29: Trump's 'Destructive' Isolationism & Market Basket's Family Food Fight
Today:Ambassador Nicholas Burns was the United States’ top diplomat in China under the Biden administration. He discusses Trump’s tariffs, and international diplomacy writ large.Then we get listener reaction to news that another family feud is brewing at Market Basket, more than a decade after CEO Arthur T DeMoulas garnered massive community support in the last brouhaha over his business model and shareholder profit. -
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BPR Full Show 5/28: I Know It, I Totally Know It!
Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses the State Department ordering a pause on all student visas, the Heritage Foundation's plan to stifle pro-Palestinian speech, and updates on the killing of two Israeli Embassy aides in Washington, DC.Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joins for Ask The Mayor.Naturalist and author Sy Montgomery discusses a Florida woman who rescued a tangled shark and how one Chicago building made a simple change to stop birds from crashing into its windows. Massachusetts Governor's Council member Mara Dolan calls in to discuss the public defender work stoppage. -
Best Of BPR 5/27: Assumption University President On Academic Freedom & Rick Steves On American Democracy
Today:Greg Weiner, President of Assumption University, argues Trump has a point about liberal campus ideology. And Rick Steves joins for a conversation about the importance of immersing yourself in other cultures.