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Coming up Monday on BPR:
Political commentator Anand Giridharadas
Lisa Thurau and Kristen Wheeler from the Cambridge-based nonprofit Strategies for Children on juvenile justice reform
Lucy Wightman – out with a new memoir about her life as Boston’s Most Famous Stripper
Reverends Irene Monroe and Emmett G. Price
Recent segments
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After SCOTUS Upholds Arizona Voting Restrictions, Warren And Pressley Double Down On Ending The Filibuster
Mass. lawmakers say Democrats must overcome GOP objections to push through voting protections. -
Author And Self-Described Vagrant Sebastian Junger Talks 'Freedom' In Conversation About New Book
The journalist, filmmaker, and "Perfect Storm" author's latest book centers on the concept of freedom, and his time traversing hundreds of miles along Pennsylvania train tracks. -
Brattle Theatre Executive Director: Outpouring Of Community Support Was Like 'It's A Wonderful Life'
Ned Hinkle and Ivy Moylan joined Boston Public Radio to talk about making it through COVID-19 and the programming they have scheduled for the year ahead. -
Revs Call Winthrop Shooting An Example Of 'Whitelash'
"There's still a sense to normalize him [the shooter], and make him whole, even when he's done such a despicable act," said Rev. Emmett G. Price III. -
Senate President Spilka: Baker's Two-Month Tax Holiday 'Probably' Not Happening
"We probably will defer to take up the Governor's bill on the two-month" proposal, Senate President Spilka says. -
'We Should Be Making Strategic Investments': Democratic Gov Hopeful Danielle Allen Pans Baker's Sales Tax Holiday Pitch
Allen also backed mandatory vaccinations for some public-facing state employees.
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 2/18: "If You're Not At The Table, You're On The Menu"
Today: Federal funding cuts are threatening community healthcare, and equity across every industry. NAACP’s Michael Curry minces no words about DEI rollbacks, and the fragility of our healthcare system -- nationally and here in Massachusetts.And, CNN’s John King joins to talk about the fracturing of the media as Trump bans the Associated Press from the Oval Office & Air Force One. -
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Best Of BPR 2/13: Elon Musk Gave MIT Economist Jon Gruber Whiplash & Democracy When?
Today:Jon Gruber, head of MIT's economics department, joins to discuss Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.And, we open the lines as Donald Trump reopens communication with Russia's Vladimir Putin -- before Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy -- as the war in Ukraine enters three years of sustained bloodshed. -
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BPR Full Show 02/12: Losing Our Marbles
We start the show with "Ask the Mayor" with Michelle Wu. Harvard national security analyst Juliette Kayyem discusses President Trump's posturing on Gaza and attempts within the government to shield itself from DOGE.Ashish Jha, dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health, on the Trump administration's assault on science and health research. Naturalist Sy Montgomery says its the season of love --- and not just for humans. New England foxes, skunks, coyotes, racoons, mink, and barred owls are getting hot and heavy around Valentine's Day.
