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Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung
Boston Medical Center’s Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett
NBC Sports Reporter Trenni Casey
Recent segments
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Massachusetts Might Create A Statewide 'Vax ID' System, Gov. Baker Says
"Getting to the point where there's a relatively simple process for people to credential the fact that they've been vaccinated will be important for a whole bunch of reasons," Baker said. -
Harvard Health Expert Says America's Vague And Conflicting Pandemic Goals Muddy Our Path Out
Joseph Allen said Americans need clearer guidance on where the pandemic ends and quasi-normalcy begins. -
Housing Advocate Breaks Down Rental Support Pathways, Explains Why He's Endorsing Andrea Campbell For Boston Mayor
Marks, who founded the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America, joined "Boston Public Radio" on Monday. -
French Ambassador Étienne Talks Afghanistan, France's "Health Pass" And What He Really Thinks Of Gov. Baker
Étienne Zoomed in to Thursday's show as part of his tour through New England. -
For State Rep. Mike Connolly, Ditching The State’s Happy Hour Ban Is About More Than Cheap Drinks
The state legislator joined Boston Public Radio on Wednesday, where he explained how lifting a decades-old happy hour ban could offer much-needed support for struggling restaurants. -
Worried About Back-To-School Safety? Dr. Renee Crichlow Has You Covered
The Codman Square Health Center’s Chief Medical Officer talked masking, vaccine requirements and why frisbee golf is a great option for fall sports.
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 12/19: On *That* Vanity Fair Piece & Live Music With Atikin Rose
Today:Juliette Kayyem and Andrea Cabral fill in for Jim and Margery.GBH political reporter Adam Reilly and Bay State Banner publisher Ron Mitchell join for our media analysis segment Press Play.And, Atikin Rose joins for Live Music Friday, accompanied on piano by Hawk of "God-Tier Entertainment" and joined in the studio by the CEO of PUTINWORK Rob Kelley-Morgan. -
BPR Full Show 12/19: Headline Escapism
GBH's Adam Reilly and The Bay State Banner's Ron Mitchell join for Press Play media analysis. This week, they talk about media reaction to Trump’s White House address, Brian McGrory returning to the Globe and a profile of the photographer who captured Trump staff for the Susie Wiles Vanity Fair profile. Boston Medical Center's Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett on the CDC reversing its position on Hepatitis B vaccines for infants, cutting funding for the American Academy of Pediatrics, RFK Jr.’s move to ban gender affirming care for young people, and the so-called "Christmas Coronary effect." Atikin Rose is an up-and-coming R&B singer songwriter with a new EP due out next year. She joins for Live Music Friday alongside talent manager Rob Kelley-Morgan.Tony Williams and Peter Gwiazda celebrate 25 years of the Urban Nutcracker. Tony is the show’s founder and creative visionary. Peter is a dancer with Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo.NBC10 Boston media maven Sue O’Connell talks Epstein files, Brian Walshe, and a NYTimes profile of the woman caught in that Coldplay kiss-cam last summer. -
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Best Of BPR 12/17: International Human Rights Groups Are In 'Survival Mode'
Today:Volker Turk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, discusses the organization's work. -
BPR Full Show 12/17: Merry Moldy Chestnuts
Volker Türk is the United Nations High Commissioner on human rights. We talk to him about the agency’s continued campaign against human rights violations worldwide, despite the U.S. pulling back support.Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem on the latest in the Brown University shooting investigation, as detectives scramble for footage of a possible suspect. Plus her thoughts on that Susie Wiles Vanity Fair article.Step aside vinyl, CDs and DVDs are BACK — at least for Gen-Z. We talk to The Culture Show’s Jared Bowen about that, plus the mythology of Hamnet and its connection to the Bard’s most famous soliloquy.While State auditor Diana DiZoglio’s effort to audit the legislature still hasn’t happened, despite the voters’ will, she’s launching a new ballot question that would subject both the Legislature and the governor's office to the state public records law. She joins us.